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Greenstein, Elaine.

Summary: Reveals who really invented the ice cream cone, even before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair where five people claim they did so.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books 2003

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC GRE

Greenstein, George

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Bake Greenstein

Harden, Blaine

Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Camp 14 returns with the untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history, shedding new light on the U.S. role in the Korean War, and its legacy In 1946, master sergeant Donald Nichols was stationed on the sleepy island of Guam when he caught the eye of recruiters from the Army's Counter Intelligence Corps. After just three...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NICHOLS, DONALD HAR

Laine, Carolee

Summary: "Food Safety Basics helps readers trace the history of food safety, explore the science behind it, and discuss controversies from an objective viewpoint. The title will engage readers on the topic and help them to weigh the pros and cons as they make their own food decisions."--Publisher's website.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.19 LAI

Snel, Eline.

Summary: Mindfulness--the quality of attention that combines full awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is--is gaining broad acceptance among mental health professionals as an adjunct to treatment. This little book is a very appealing introduction to mindfulness meditation for children and their parents. In a simple and accessible way, it describes what mindfulness is and how...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649 SNE

Feldman, Elane.

Summary: Explores, through text and illustrations, how fashions and clothes reflect the social, political, and cultural climate of their time.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1992

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391 FEL

Olen, Helaine

Summary: When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the author of the bestselling Pound Foolish, he made an off­hand suggestion: everything you need to know about managing your money could fit on an index card. To prove his point, he grabbed a 4" x 6" card, scribbled down a list of rules, and posted a picture of the card...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 OLE

Olen, Helaine.

Summary: Exposes the unethical machinations of the personal finance industry and its false promises of quick and easy wealth, explaining how everyday investors are misled by money experts who exploit clients to increase their own wealth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 OLE

Orenstein, Peggy

Summary: "Peggy Orenstein's Girls & Sex broke ground, shattered taboos, and galvanized conversations about young women's right to pleasure and agency in sexual encounters. It also had an unintended effect on its author: Orenstein realized that talking about girls is only half the conversation. To understand girls and sex, we also need to talk about boys and sex. Today's young men are subject to the same...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.235 ORE

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.235 ORE

Savage, Elayne.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 1997

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: 150 SAV

Gorenstein, Nathan

Summary: "The first major biography of "the Thomas Edison of guns," John Moses Browning, a visionary inventor who designed the modern handgun and whose awe-inspiring array of firearms helped ensure victory in numerous American wars and found an important place in American culture. Few people are aware that John Moses Browning-a tall, humble, cerebral man born in 1855 and raised as a Mormon in the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWNING, JOHN M. GOR

Becker, Helaine

Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats of various prehistoric insects, including trilobites, griffinflies, cockroaches, and centipedes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2019

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Becker, Helaine

Summary: "The most powerful pirate in history was a woman who was born into poverty in Guangzhou, China, in the early 1800s. When pirates attacked her town and the captain took a liking to her, she saw a way out. Zheng Yi Sao agreed to marry him only if she got an equal share of his business. When her husband died six years later, she took command of the fleet. Over the next decade, the pirate queen...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BEC

Orenstein, Peggy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 ORE

Bettinger, Blaine T.

Contents: Part one: Getting started -- Genetic genealogy basics -- Common misconceptions -- Ethics and genetic genealogy -- Part two: Choosing a test -- Mitochondrial-DNA (mtDNA) testing -- Y-chromosome (Y-DNA) testing -- Autosomal-DNA (atDNA) testing -- X-chromosomal (X-DNA) testing -- Part three: Analyzing and applying test results -- Third-party autosomal-DNA tools -- Ethnicity estimates -- Analyzing...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1 Bettinger

Briody, Blaire

Summary: The New Wild West is the definitive account of what's happening on the ground and what really happens to a community when the energy industry is allowed to set up in a town with little regulation or oversight - and at what cost.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 BRI

Becker, Helaine

Summary: "You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 [mission]. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure that Apollo 13 returned safely home? As a child, Katherine Johnson loved to count. She counted the steps on the road, the number of dishes and spoons she washed in the kitchen sink, everything! Boundless, curious, and excited by calculations, young Katherine longed to know as...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOH

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JOH

Becker, Helaine

Summary: "A nonfiction picture book introduction to the history and importance of Title IX as civil rights legislature"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 344.73 BEC

Toumani, Meline.

Summary: A young Armenian-American goes to Turkey in a 'love thine enemy' experiment that becomes a transformative reflection on how we use-- and abuse-- our personal histories.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOUMANI, MELINE TOU

Harden, Blaine

Summary: "The untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history sheds new light on the U.S. role in the Korean War"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 NICHOLS, DONALD HAR

Harden, Blaine

Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14 returns with the riveting and revealing story of one of the most persistent "alternative facts" in American history: the story of a missionary, a tribe, a massacre, and a myth that shaped the American West In 1836, two missionaries and their wives were among the first Americans to cross the Rockies by covered wagon on what would...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.5 HAR

Harden, Blaine.

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. This is the gripping, terrifying story of his escape from this no-exit prison-- to freedom in South Korea.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365 HAR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B SHIN HAR

Orenstein, Peggy

2 holds on 1 copy

Summary: Presents an analysis of the new sexual landscape faced by girls in today's high schools and colleges, revealing hidden truths, hard lessons, and important possibilities in girls' modern-world sex lives.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

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Orenstein, Peggy

1 hold on 3 copies

Summary: The author sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, spinning, dyeing wool--and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ORE

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ORENSTEIN, PEGGY ORE

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio Orenstein

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