Gold, Alison Leslie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 306.734 GOLGould, Leslie
Summary: "Ivy Zimmerman is successfully navigating her life as a young Mennonite woman, one generation removed from her parents' Old Order Amish upbringing. But when her parents are killed in a tragic accident, Ivy's way of life is upended. As she deals with her grief, her younger sisters needs, her relationship with her boyfriend, and her Dawdi and Mammi's strict rules, Ivy finds solace in both an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC GOUJamison, Leslie
Summary: A collection of essays explores empathy, using topics ranging from street violence and incarceration to reality television and literary sentimentality to ask questions about people's understanding of and relationships with others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Presents an exploration of addiction that blends memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and journalistic reportage to analyze the role of stories in conveying the addiction experience, sharing insights based on the lives of artists whose achievements were shaped by addiction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 JAMGalison, Peter
Summary: At the beginning of the 20th century, just as industry and government were anticipating the immanent coordination of time around the globe, says Galison (history of science and of physics, Harvard U.), the notion of time and the ability to coordinate two clocks at a distance, were being demolished in the nexus of physics, technology, and philosophy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 529 GALSlade, Suzanne
Summary: Describes the friendship between the two inventors and how Thomas Edison's advice to the young Henry Ford inspired Ford to work on his automobiles until he came up with an inexpensive, reliable version which became the Model T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SLAMartin, Alyson.
Summary: "In November 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington passed landmark measures to legalize the production and sale of cannabis for social use-a first not only in the United States but also the world. Medical cannabis is now legal in eighteen states and Washington, D.C., and more than one million Americans have turned to it in place of conventional pharmaceuticals. Yet the federal government...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.45 MARMorgan, Alyson
Summary: Morgan grew up feeling disconnected from her Haitian roots and suffering from the trauma of racism. To heal herself, she found a connection with the natural world around her: slowing down, respecting the seasons, and growing or foraging plants in her local area. Here she shares her methods of homesteading for anyone to practice in their own life, offering regenerative and sustainable ways of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.3 MORBessie, Adam
Summary: "With Peter Glanting's powerful illustrations, author Adam Bessie, an English professor and graphic essayist, uses the unique historical moment of the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst to explore the existing inequalities and student struggles that plague the public education system. This graphic memoir chronicles the reverberations from the onset of the pandemic in 2020 when students and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Censored Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BESSIE, ADAM BESEdison, Diane.
Contents: Design principles and the visual elements -- Understanding color through paint mixing -- First painting: wet on wet -- Second painting: wet on dry and scumbling -- Third painting: Venetian painting technique -- Subject matter and content.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.4 EDIKryst, Cheslie
Summary: Tells the story former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst was about to publish before her tragic suicide, with her mother, April, wrapping up the narrative by exploring the mental illness and depression that took her daughter's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Wiley & Sons 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2005
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Summary: In October 2013, the arts world was rocked by the news that the New York City Opera—“the people’s opera”—had finally succumbed to financial hardship after 70 years in operation. The company had been a fixture on the national opera scene—as the populist antithesis of the grand Metropolitan Opera, a nurturing home for young American talent, and a place where new, lively ideas shook up a venerable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.5 WALAvison, Charles C.
Contents: ch. 1. Joe Louis -- ch. 2. Detroit Tigers -- ch. 3. Detroit Lions -- ch. 4. Detroit Red Wings -- ch. 5. Testimonial dinner -- ch. 6. Rise of the Detroit fan -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Joe Louis -- Appendix B. Detroit Tigers -- Appendix C. Detroit Lions -- Appendix D. Detroit Red Wings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diomedea Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.04 AVIHeslin, Nancy
Summary: Describes the towns and villages of Provence and the Riviera and lists points of interest, beaches, hotels and restaurants, recreation, and entertainment for each.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.49 PROPratt, Leonie
Summary: "Who were the Celts exactly? Did you know they lived on top of hills? Do you have any idea how Celtic warriors made themselves look really scary in battle? Discover all the answers and lots more about the Celts in this fascinating book."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PRAEskeets, Edison
Summary: "The Navajo tribe, the Diné, are the largest tribe in the United States and live across the American Southwest. But over a century ago, they were nearly wiped out by the Long Walk, a forced removal of most of the Diné people to a military-controlled reservation in New Mexico. The summer of 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the Navajos' return to their homelands. One Navajo family and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.1004 ESKLaughlin, Ledlie Irwin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Legacy Press 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 739.533 LAULessig, Lawrence.
Summary: "... takes a clear-eyed look at how we arrived at this crisis: how fundamentally good people, with good intentions, have allowed our democracy to be co-opted by outside interests, and how this exploitation has become entrenched in the system. Rejecting simple labels and reductive logic-and instead using examples that resonate as powerfully on the Right as on the Left, Lessig seeks out the root...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 328.73 LESShockney, Lillie
Summary: 85% of women diagnosed with breast cancer today will be survivors of this disease.Your goal is to join that majority. Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Breast Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow how-to guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining breast cancer treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Waveland Press 1985
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.3714 GOLGold, Philip W.
Summary: "Breaking through depression explores how the anatomy of the brain and the biochemistry of nerve impulses play a major role in how we view ourselves and the world. Drawing from his long-term research, Dr. Philip Gold makes the case for depression arising at the intersection of genetic vulnerability with stressful, disturbing life experiences that get encoded in our emotional memory. Breaking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 GOLOlsson, Helen
Summary: If you're like most kids who love the outdoors, you want to do more than go on a picnic or play in your neighborhood park. This book will teach you to hike like a pro and have lots of fun while doing it. You'll learn all the skills needed, everything from choosing a trail to basic first-aid. This book includes tips for spotting wildlife, creating a nature journal, deciding what clothes to wear...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walter Foster Publishing, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2018