Barbassa, Juliana
Summary: Rio de Janeiro is a city of extremes: from Carnaval's hedonistic delights, to the poverty of the favelas, to the softly seductive samba beat. But there's a dark side to this beautiful city: for years, Rio was ravaged by inflation, drug wars, and crooked leaders, and the legacy of decades of corruption can be seen in the very real struggles the city faces today. Now, Rio is ready to remake...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 981 BARTzvetkova, Juliana
Summary: Culture Smart! Bulgaria provides a key to understanding the Bulgarian people. It outlines their long and complex history, shows you what everyday life is like there today, and offers advice on what to expect and how to navigate unfamiliar cultural terrain. This is a small country of proud and persevering people. Familiarize yourself with their traditions and way of life, and the warmth and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.99 BULJulin, Don.
Summary: The mandolin has been enriching western music with its distinctive voice for nearly three centuries. Master the basics in no time and learn to play everything from blues and bluegrass to jazz and classical.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 787.84 JULCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Music JulinLopez, Kristen
Summary: "For film buffs and literature lovers alike, this is an essential guide to 52 great reads, and the cinema classics they inspired"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 LOPNegreiros, Juliana
Summary: "Two psychologists help teens improve their awareness about how uncertainty can trigger feelings of anxiety, fear, worry, and self-doubt, and provide 10 skill-based tips from CBT and ACT to encourage teens to take smart risks, stop avoiding, and be more flexible as they develop a tolerance of uncertainty and learn to take valued actions toward creating positive change in their lives and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 155.5 NEGMullan, John
Summary: "In thirteen entertaining and wonderfully insightful essays, John Mullan explores the literary machinations of Dickens's eccentric genius, from his delight in clichaes to his rendering of smells and his outrageous use of coincidences. A treat for all lovers of Dickens, this essential companion puts his audacity, originality, and brilliance on full display"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.8 MULSlattery, Julianna
Summary: Sexual abuse, sex addiction, gender confusion, brokenness, and shame plague today's world, and people are seeking clarity and hope. By contesting long-held cultural paradigms, this book equips you to see how sexuality is rooted in the broader context of God's heart and His work for us on earth. It provides a framework from which to understand the big picture of sexual challenges and wholeness,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 233 SLASaunders, Julien
Summary: "You no longer have to be a cog in the machine that leaves you under-appreciated and underpaid. Cashing Out shows you how to open the door to a new kind of prosperity-one that puts you and your community first"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 SAUMulgan, Geoff
Summary: A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This "bigger mind"--human and machine capabilities working together--has the potential to solve the great challenges of our time. So why do smart technologies not automatically lead to smart results?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 006 MULAguon, Julian
Summary: "No Country for Eight-Spotted Butterflies is a collection of soulful ruminations about love, loss, struggle, resilience and power. Part memoir, part manifesto, the book is both a coming-of-age story and a call for justice-for everyone but, in particular, for indigenous peoples-his own and others"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.89 AGUBaggini, Julian.
Summary: In [this book] Julian Baggini, one of Britain's best-known philosophers, condenses complex, contemporary issues of right and wrong into 20 key questions. He examines how we can start to answer them, what they might mean to us and how they influence the way we choose to live our lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 BAGBarnes, Julian
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARBarnes, Julian
Summary: "An extraordinary collection--hawk-eyed and understanding--from the Booker Prize-winning, best-selling author of The Sense of an Ending and Levels of Life. As Julian Barnes explains: "Flaubert believed that...great paintings required no words of explanation. Braque thought the ideal state would be reached when we said nothing at all in front of a painting....But it is a rare picture that stuns,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knope 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 709.03 BARBond, Julian
Summary: "Compiled from his original lecture notes, Julian Bond's Time to Teach brings his invaluable teachings to a new generation of readers and provides a necessary toolkit for today's activists in the era of Black Lives Matter"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.0975 BONCribb, Julian
Summary: "Every person on our home planet is affected by a worldwide deluge of man-made chemicals and pollutants - most of which have never been tested for safety. Our chemical emissions are six times larger than our total greenhouse gas emissions. They are in ourfood, our water, the air we breathe, our homes and workplaces, the things we use each day. This universal poisoning affects our minds, our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.736 CRIRubinstein, Julian
Summary: "A history of the Denver neighborhood known as the Holly and the controversial anti-gang activist Terrance Roberts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.106 RUBRubinstein, Julian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 RubSprung, Julian
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ricordea Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 579.8 SPRBulion, Leslie
Summary: "Nineteen poems in a variety of verse forms with accompanying science notes introduce readers to a wide variety of unusual birds."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598 BULKilian, Crawford
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Publisher / Publication Date: Self-Counsel Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 KILKulfan, Ted
Summary: An unflinching look at the greatest--and the worst--players, coaches, and moments in Detroit Red Wings history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 2009
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Summary: "...Galápagos tells the complex story of a young volcanic ecosystem influenced by seasonal ocean currents, where food energy moves through integrated land and sea communities, each in its own season of growth and renewal. Millions of years ago, undersea volcanos in the eastern Pacific Ocean erupted, spewing up lava, rocks, and ash that eventually formed a cluster of islands: the archipelago...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2023
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Summary: Offers a handbook for parents concerned with the development of moral and ethical values in boys from birth to the age of eighteen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 1999
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Summary: Describes how family relationships, mentors, role models, and support from schools and the community are necessary to raise boys successfully.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 1997