Herring, Lucinda
Summary: "For all those seeking to reclaim their innate and legal right to care for their own dead, create home funeral vigils, and choose greener after-death care options that are less toxic and more sustainable for the earth More natural after-death care options are transforming the paradigm of the existing funeral industry, helping families and communities recover their instinctive capacity to care...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393 HERHelling, Thomas
Summary: "The Great War and the Birth of Modern Medicine provides a startling and graphic account of the efforts of teams of doctors and researchers to quickly develop medical and surgical solutions. Those problems of gas gangrene, hemorrhagic shock, gas poisoning, brain trauma, facial disfigurement, broken bones, and broken spirits flooded hospital beds, stressing caregivers and prompting medical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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Summary: In Cocaine Nation, Tom Feiling travels the trade routes from Colombia via Miami, Kingston and Tijuana to London and New York, meeting Medellin hitmen, U.S. kingpins, Brazilian traffickers, and talking to soldiers and narcotics officers who fight the gangs and cartels. He traces cocaine's progress from legal "pick-me-up" to luxury product to global commodity, looks at legalization programs in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.298 FEISelling, Bernard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hunter House 1989
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Summary: "The Island that Disappeared tells, for the first time, the story of the passengers aboard the Mayflower's sister ship (the Seaflower) who in 1630 founded a rival Puritan colony on an isolated Caribbean island called Providence--so small it doesn't appear on most maps. Chaos ensued, and the great experiment failed. One-hundred years later the disaster repeated itself. Traveling to the island...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.9 FEIMaxwell, Zerlina
Summary: "In the entire history of the United States of America, we've never elected a woman as our president. And we've only had one president who was not a white man. After working on two presidential campaigns (for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton), MSNBC political analyst and SiriusXM host Zerlina Maxwell gained first-hand knowledge of everything liberals have been doing right over the past few...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.513 MAXGirling, Richard
Summary: "The history of humanity's relationship with other species is baffling. Without animals there would be no us. We are all fellow travellers on the same evolutionary journey. By charting the love-hate story of people and animals, from their first acquaintance in deep prehistory to the present and beyond, Richard Girling reveals how and where our attitudes towards animals began - and how they have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Onebook Publications 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.27 GIRHarline, Craig.
Summary: Traces the significance of Sunday from ancient times to present-day America, looking at the religious and secular rituals that have defined the day over the centuries, from early Christian celebrations of the liturgy, to the end of "blue laws" during the1950s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 263.3 HARKealing, Bob.
Summary: A view of the music and life of Gram Parsons and his influence on country rock.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Florida 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 KEAHongoltz-Hetling, Matthew
Summary: "A bizarre, rollicking trip through the world of fringe medicine, filled with leeches, baking soda IVs, and, according to at least one person, zombies. It's no secret that American health care has become too costly and politicized to help everyone. So where do you turn if you can't afford doctors, or don't trust them? In this book, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling examines the growing universe of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.8 HONDarling, Kate
Summary: "The MIT Media Lab researcher and robot ethicist offers an optimistic look at our future with robots based on our historical relationships with animals"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.8 DARDarling, Kathy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Monday Morning Books 1985
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Summary: "Lights! Camera! Woof! Human actors are some of the most admired people in show biz. But animal actors? They're definitely the cat's meow. In this star-studded book, readers will learn about some of the most famous animals to walk the red carpet. They'll get a peek at the training process and what a typical day is like on the set. They'll also learn about where animal actors go when they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing, LLC 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.43 BURBurling, Alexis
Summary: Discusses how in 1969, a group of daring Native American activists launched a 19-month takeover of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, seeking to highlight the poor living conditions that persisted in Native American communities throughout the country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970 BURHemming, Henry
Summary: This is the extraordinary story of Geoffrey Pyke, an inventor, war reporter, escaped prisoner, campaigner, father, educator--and all-around misunderstood genius. In his day, he was described as one of the world's great minds, to rank alongside Einstein, yet he remains virtually unknown today. Pyke was an unlikely hero of both world wars and, among many other things, is seen today as the father...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1992
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Summary: "What are drones? Explore the science behind drone technology in this high-interest book that aligns with the STEM initiative and also supports Common Core English Language Arts standards--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J623.74 HUSBurling, Alexis
Summary: "In today's high-tech, fast-paced world, the job market is incredibly competitive. Searching for even part-time summer work, much less the perfect job, can be time-consuming and challenging. Fortunately, this title has readers covered, with practical tips for honing in-person networking skills and using a variety of reputable online resources to find the positions most suited for their passions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 650.14 BURHerlihy, David.
Summary: The Black Death was the great watershed in medieval history. In this compact book, David Herlihy makes bold yet subtle and subversive inquiries that challenge historical thinking about this disastrous period. As in a finely tuned detective story, he upturns intriguing bits of epidemiological evidence. And, looking beyond the view of the Black Death as unmitigated catastrophe, Herlihy sees in it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.192 HEREmling, Shelley.
Summary: "Marie Curie was the first person to be honored by two Nobel Prizes and she pioneered the use of radiation therapy for cancer patients. But she was also a mother, widowed young, who raised two extraordinary daughters alone: Irene, a Nobel Prize winning chemist in her own right, who played an important role in the development of the atomic bomb, and Eve, a highly regarded humanitarian and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2012
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Summary: When Russia sent Sputnik 1 into space, the country launched not only a satellite but a new age. Many popular stories about American advancements during the space age have gotten some facts wrong and left out others altogether. Fact and Fiction of the Space Age dives into the myths about the history of NASA and space exploration and brings the truth to light. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.9 HUSFerling, John E.
Summary: Amid a great collection of scholarship and narrative history on the Revolutionary War and the American struggle for independence, there is a gaping hole; one that John Ferling's latest book, Whirlwind, will fill. Books chronicling the Revolution have largely ranged from multivolume tomes that appeal to scholars and the most serious general readers to microhistories that necessarily gloss over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 FERFerling, John E.
Summary: It was 1778, and the recent American victory at Saratoga had netted the U.S a powerful ally in France. Many, including General George Washington, presumed France's entrance into the war meant independence was just around the corner. Meanwhile, having lost an entire army at Saratoga, Great Britain pivoted to a “southern strategy.” The army would henceforth seek to regain its southern colonies,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 FERHorning, Nicole
Summary: Comic books have been popular for generations, and the success of films based on superheroes such as Wonder Woman and Black Panther has proven that their popularity shows no signs of slowing down. This guide is designed specifically for young fans and includes information about the history, future, and storage of comics, where to buy and how to read comic books, conventions, and the companies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020