Dumas, Alexandre
Summary: Edmond Dantes, a young, energetic sailor, is falsely accused of treason on his wedding day and incarcerated until his escape years later when he exacts his revenge on those who wronged him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsworth Editions Limited 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUMOliva, Alejandra
Summary: In this powerful and deeply felt memoir of translation, storytelling, and borders, Alejandra Oliva, a Mexican-American translator and immigrant justice activist, offers a powerful chronical of her experience interpreting at the US-Mexico border. Having worked with asylum seekers since 2016, she knows all too well the gravity of taking someone's trauma and delivering it to the warped demands of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 OLISchrader, Alejandra
Summary: Determining a food's carbon cost can be difficult. From examining the impact of the supply chain for foods to evaluating the carbon footprint of various plant-based options, this cookbook shows you exactly how to make the most environmentally friendly food choices. Packed with over 140 delicious recipes made with sustainable ingredients, this climate-friendly cooking book will teach you how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56362 SCHExquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Summary: Of all the pirates to terrorize the Caribbean waters, none are as notorious as Sir Henry Morgan. His fame rests in part on an extraordinary document: the diary of buccaneer Alexander Exquemelin, who sailed under Morgan and recorded his infamous and bloody adventures. Originally published in 1678, Exquemelin's classic account of joining "the wicked order of pirates," and of the most fearsome...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wld ExquemelinBahamn̤, Alejandro.
Summary: Rematerial features projects that rescue discarded materials, from paper cups to cargo containers, and transform them into imaginative, attractive, efficient buildings and projects that are sustainable, innovative, even daring from a conventional perspective --Rematerial brings to light a movement of diverse professionals from around the world who address this fundamental theme: the reuse of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720.47 BAHJadad, Alejandro R.
Summary: "A provocative manifesto that teaches you how to take control of your own health, no matter your age or circumstances-from an innovative doctor and his philosopher daughter. Dr. Alex Jadad is the creator of the Jadad scale, a methodology to assess the quality of clinical trials that has become the most widely used in the world, and Tamen Jadad-Garcia is a health entrepreneur and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 JADConnor, Alexandra.
Summary: Could a single scandalous painting rock two British monarchies, centuries apart and threaten the lives of everyone who knows of its existence? It could--if the painting contains proof of a liaison between a prostitute and a prince.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Oak 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONHorowitz, Alexandra.
Summary: What do dogs know? How do they think? The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 HORMunroe, Alexandra.
Summary: "This illustrated book is the first full survey of the artist's career to include work in all media, including film and music. An introductory essay by Alexandra Munroe explores Ono's life, her relationship to international avant-garde movements in America and Japan, and the aspects of her art and thought that have guided her prolific production over four decades. Jon Hendrick's study of Ono...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Japan Society 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 700.92 MUNPopoff, Alexandra.
Summary: Discusses the lives of six wives who were married to famous Russian authors, describing their dedication to their husbands' careers and the hardships they endured under the repressive policies of Russian regimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.709 POPRobbins, Alexandra
Summary: "A riveting, must-read, year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what's really going on behind school doors, by New York Times bestselling author and education expert Alexandra Robbins. Alexandra Robbins goes behind the scenes to tell the true, sometimes shocking, always inspirational stories of three teachers as they navigate a year in the classroom. She...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social RobbinsZapruder, Alexandra
Summary: The family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact, told by Zapruder's granddaughter, draws on personal records and previously sealed archive sources to trace the film's role in the media, courts, government, and arts community.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 ZAPSummary: Essays and reported stories on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's meteoric rise and impact written by New York magazine's top writers and commentators provide an in-depth look at the youngest member of the 116th Congress, and the youngest woman to serve as a representative in U.S. history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OCASIO-CORTEZ, ALEXANDRIA MILDenise, Anika
Summary: An inspiring biography of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Pura Belpré Honor-winning creators Anika Aldamuy Denise and Loris Lora! In 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest congresswoman in America. How did this young Puertoriquena become an unstoppable force in politics? Find out in this accessible and engaging book for young readers. AOC's remarkable story begins in her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OCAFilindra, Alexandra
Summary: "One-third of American adults--some 86 million people--own firearms. This is not just for protection or hunting. Today it is common to associate US gun-centric ideology with individualist and libertarian traditions in American political culture, but Race, Rights, and Rifles shows that gun-centric ideology rests on a very old, but different foundation--a belief system dating back to the American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.33 FILHorowitz, Alexandra
Summary: "Do you want to know what dogs are thinking? What they're feeling? Now you finally can. The answers will surprise and delight young readers as scientist and dog-owner Alexandra Horowitz explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Y 636.7 HORHorowitz, Alexandra
Summary: The story of humans and dogs is thousands of years old but is far from understood. We keep dogs and are kept by them. We celebrate their individuality but breed them for sameness. We create emotional relationships with dogs, but legally they are property to be bought, sold, abandoned, or euthanized as we wish. Horowitz explores all aspects of this unique and complex interspecies pairing-- and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 HORHorowitz, Alexandra
Summary: "What is it like to be a puppy? Author of the classic Inside of a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz tries to find out, spending a year scrutinizing her puppy's daily existence, and poring over the science of early dog development. Few of us meet our dogs at Day One. The dog who will, eventually, become an integral part of our family, our constant companion and best friend, is born without us into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 HORMichaels, Alexandra.
Summary: Explores roots, rhythms, and traditions from all corners of the earth while providing ideas and instructions for related crafts, from Kachina dolls of the American Southwest to paper beads from Egypt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Williamson Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 MICRisen, Alexandra
Summary: "In this moving memoir, a woman digs into a garden and into the past and finds secrets, beauty, and acceptance"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 RISEN, ALEXANDRA RISRisen, Alexandra
Summary: "The author describes how she used the abandoned and overgrown garden behind the house she and her husband bought to come to grips with the recent death of her father and to awaken forgotten childhood memories,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RISEN, ALEXANDRA RISLange, Alexandra
Summary: Since their birth in the 1950s, malls have been temples of commerce. Amid the aftershocks of financial crises, a global pandemic, and the rise of online retail, abandoned shopping centers have become one of our era's defining images. Lange chronicles the postwar invention of the mall, and shows how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in the cultural ascent. She shows that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2022