Mullan, 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 MULSelby, John Millin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941 SELSelby, John Millin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1970
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Summary: Presents the life and accomplishments of the famed chemist, from her education at the Sorbonne in Paris to her work in radioactivity and her scientific accolades.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 CURShaw, John (John Allen)
Summary: Near the end of the Great Depression and the beginning of World War II, a homeless Dust Bowl refugee named Woody Guthrie originally drafted "This Land Is Your Land" as an anthem that encompassed the tough realities of those dark times--and as a rebuttal to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America." But the song that Guthrie despised had its own complexities. Irving Berlin had risen from homelessness...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 SHAFuller, John G. (John Grant)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reader's Digest Press ; distributed by Crowell 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.483 FULMiller, Tim (Timothy Jon)
Summary: American Home Cooking provides an answer to the question of why, in the face of all the modern technology we have for saving time, Americans still spend time in their kitchens cooking. Americans eat four to five meals per week in a restaurant and buy millions of dollars' worth of convenience foods. Cooking, especially from scratch, is clearly on its way out. However, if this is true, why do we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641 MILCohen, Allen C.
Summary: CD-ROM contains: assignments to reinforce content from each chapter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fairchild Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 COHMiller, John Chester
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and company 1943
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.31 MILPaulos, John Allen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 PAUPaulos, John Allen.
Summary: John Allen Paulos cleverly scrutinizes the mathematical structures of jokes, puns, paradoxes, spoonerisms, riddles, and other forms of humor, drawing examples from such sources as Rabelais, Shakespeare, James Beattie, Rene Thom, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Koestler, W.C. Fields, and Woody Allen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.7 PAUPaulos, John Allen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 519.5 PAUMulley, Clare
Summary: "Despite Hitler's dictates on women's place being in the home, two fiercely defiant female pilots were awarded the Iron Cross during the Second World War. Other than this unique distinction and a passion for flying that bordered on addiction, these women could not have been less alike. One was Aryan Nazi poster-girl Hanna Reitsch, an unsurpassed pilot, who is now best-known for being the last...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MULMohn, Reinhard
Summary: A legendary entrepreneur and father of the global media giant Bertelsmann offers penetrating insights into his motives, beliefs, and hopes as one of the world's foremost businesspeople.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174 MOHMullin, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: University College Dublin Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.5081 MULBohn, Yvonne.
Summary: Three obstetrician/gyncecologists who are also mothers themselves offer a comprehensive guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and dealing with newborns, including complications, high-risk pregnancies, and other situations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 BOHHohn, Donovan.
Summary: When the author heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would inerview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too far, and they carry you away. His accidental odyssey pulls him into the secretive world of shipping conglomerates, the daring work of Arctic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: C & T Pub. 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 WOLCerny, Johni.
Contents: v. 1. Baden, Bavaria, Wuerttemberg -- v. 2. Saxon States, Silesia, Schleswig-Holstein, Westphalia ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1900
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.343 GUIEklöf, Johan
Summary: "In the tradition of Why We Sleep and The Sixth Extinction, an urgent and insightful look at the hidden impact of light pollution, and a passionate appeal to cherish natural darkness for the sake of the environment, our own wellbeing, and all life on earth. How much light is too much light? Satellite pictures show our planet as a brightly glowing orb, and in our era of constant illumination,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7 EKLCullen, Kevin
Summary: This unforgettable narrative follows the astonishing career and epic manhunt for Whitey Bulger -- a gangster whose life was more sensational than fiction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 BULMurphy, Cullen.
Summary: The rise and fall of ancient Rome has been on American minds from the beginning of our Republic. Depending on who's doing the talking, the history of Rome serves either as a triumphal call to action, or a dire warning of imminent collapse. Esteemed editor and author Murphy ventures past the pundits' rhetoric to draw nuanced lessons about how we might avoid Rome's demise. Working on a canvas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007