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(Greek mythological character) Heracles Drinking water Lead content Michigan Flint Flint (Mich.) Environmental conditions MEDICAL / Public Health Physicians Michigan Flint Biography Plot-your-own stories Public health SCIENCE / Environmental Science SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban Whistle blowing Michigan FlintDemetre, Danna
Summary: "Eat, Live, Thrive Diet shows women how they can not only lose excess body fat permanently but also improve their overall health in critical areas such as brain function, resistance to disease, slowing down external aging, and increasing energy. This highly effective eating plan is presented in a compassionate voice by two experienced health coaches who share personal experiences of battling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 DEMSchneider, Anny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.321 SCHAnand, Anita
Summary: Follows the princess who, at the age of thirty-one, secretly went to India and returned as a revolutionary to fight for Indian Independence, the welfare of Indian soldiers in World War I, and, above all, women's suffrage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DULEEP SINGH, SOPHIA ANABarkin, Janna
Summary: This true story by a family about raising their transgender son is both a captivating read and an invaluable support source for parents facing similar issues. A warm, insightful portrait of a family that includes tips on helping young transgender people navigate their transition, it will support, educate and inspire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BARRøyne, Anja
Summary: "A journey through chemistry and physics introducing the elemental building blocks from which humans are made--iron, phosphorus, silicon, potassium, and more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 546 ROYMuhlstein, Anka.
Summary: Balzac uses food and the art of the table as a connecting thread in his novels, showing how food can evoke character, atmosphere, class, and social climbing more suggestively than money, appearances, and other more conventional trappings. Full of surprises and insights, "Balzac's Omelet" invites readers to taste anew Balzac's genius as a writer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.12 MUHKamenetz, Anya
Summary: Finally, an evidence-based, don't-panic guide to what to do about kids and screens. Today's babies often make their debut on social media with the very first sonogram. They begin interacting with screens at around four months old. But is this good news or bad news' A wonderful opportunity to connect around the world' Or the first step in creating a generation of addled screen zombies' Many have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 004.67 KAMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 004.67 KAMLevin, Janna.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 LEVSummary: For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a school field trip to the lake (making for some cringeworthy moments of humor). And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan, meaning that she won't be able to fast after all. Whether it spurs silence or celebration, whether the subjects are well prepared or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC CALHanna, Martha.
Summary: A young peasant couple from southwest France wed just prior to to war's eruption in 1914 is forced to conduct their marriage mostly by correspondence. Civilians and combatants alike maintained bonds of emotional commitment and suffered the inevitable miseries of extended absence. Against the general background of the World War I, their letters reveal how war transformed their lives, reinforced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 HANVon Bremzen, Anya
Summary: "National Dish peels back the layers of myth, commercialization, and fetishization around the great world cuisines. In so doing, it brings us to a deep appreciation of how the country makes the food, and the food the country"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.1 VONHomayoun, Ana
Summary: "What if a getting [sic] into top four-year college is no longer the holy grail of success that it once seemed to be? What if the key to kids achieving their potential in life has less to do with grades or test scores and more with critical skills overlooked in schools? Erasing the Finish Line directly addresses those points by highlighting a reality about our education system that we seem to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go 2023
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Summary: "A charming collection of 100 recipes from Cambridge's Sofra Bakery and Cafe, showcasing modern Middle Eastern spices and flavors with exotic yet accessible sweet and savory dishes geared toward everyday cooking and entertaining. Ana Sortun and Maura Kilpatrick have traveled extensively throughout Turkey and the Middle East, researching recipes and gaining inspiration for their uber-popular...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5956 SORAncona, George.
Summary: Describes the various breeds of dogs used to guard and herd sheep, explains how they work, and discusses the importance of these dogs to the sheep industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1985
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636.7 ANCAmeri, Anan
Summary: "Born to a Syrian mother and a Palestinian father in 1944, Anan Ameri'a refreshing memoir, The Scent of Jasmine, offers a funny, spirited, unique self-portrait of her childhood, adolescence and passage to adulthood as a young woman in an Arab world. A collection of twenty-three vignettes, Anan's search for the familiar fragrance of jasmine blossoms leads her to reimagine the puzzle pieces of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AMERI, ANAN AMEArana, Marie
Summary: "Against the background of a thousand years of vivid history, acclaimed writer Marie Arana tells the timely and timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region:exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). Leonor Gonzales lives in a tiny community perched 18,000 feet above sea level...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.08 ARAVolz, Alia
Summary: "During the 70s in San Francisco, Alia's mother ran the underground Sticky Fingers Brownies, delivering upwards of 10,000 illegal marijuana edibles per month throughout the circus-like atmosphere of a city in the throes of major change. She exchanged psychic readings with Alia's future father, and thereafter had a partner in business and life. Each was devoted to the occult, and they regularly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VOLZ, ALIA VOLAbramson, Ann
Summary: Looks closely at Anne Frank's life before the secret annex, what life was like in hiding from the Nazis, and the legacy of her diary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Von Bremzen, Anya.
Summary: Born in a surreal Moscow communal apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen, the author grew up singing odes to Lenin, black-marketeering Juicy Fruit gum at school, and longing for a taste of the mythical West. It was a life by turns absurd, drab, naively joyous, melancholy and, finally, intolerable.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 VONHanna-Attisha, Mona
Summary: "The dramatic story of the signature environmental disaster of our time and an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood up to power. Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan--in the name of austerity--shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Soon after, citizens began complaining about the water...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2018
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2 available in Adult, Call number: 615.9 HANCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ Hanna-AttishaHanna-Attisha, Mona
Summary: "The dramatic story of the signature environmental disaster of our time and an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood up to power. Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan--in the name of austerity--shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Soon after, citizens began complaining about the water...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2018
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: 615.9 HAN Book Club KitFajardo, Anika
Summary: "Interactive adventures about the mythical Greek hero Hercules and his 12 labors in You Choose format"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FAJSrinivasan, Amia
Summary: "A work of nonfiction by philosopher Amia Srinivasan that upends the way we discuss-or avoid discussing-the problems and politics of sex"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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Summary: "When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins. Through a series of disastrous decisions, the state government had switched the city's water supply to a source that corroded Flint's aging lead pipes. Complaints about the foul-smelling water were dismissed: the residents of Flint, mostly poor and African...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2018