Rinehart, Lorissa
Summary: "From the beginning of World War II through the early days of Vietnam, groundbreaking female photojournalist and war correspondent Dickey Chapelle chased dangerous assignments her male colleagues wouldn't touch, pioneering a radical style of reporting that focused on the humanity of the oppressed. She documented conditions across Eastern Europe in the wake of the second world war. She marched...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAPELLE, DICKEY RINPhelps, Carissa.
Summary: In this book is a story of triumph and a fierce determination to give back. The author was a runner. By twelve, she had run away from home, dropped out of school, and fled blindly into the arms of a brutal pimp, who made her walk the hard streets of central California. But even when she escaped him, she could not outrun the crushing inner pain of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. With little to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PHELPS, CARISSA PHETheule, Larissa
Summary: "From a lowly mixture of stone, sand, water, and cement have sprung sidewalks, streets, and skyscrapers, . . . lighthouses and . . . palaces, long bridges and massive dams. In ancient building practices, in modern engineering, and in the architecture of the future, humble concrete plays a mighty role in the creation of the human-made world. With facts and . . . running narrative in the form of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J620.1 THEZimberoff, Larissa
Summary: "Ultra-processed and secretly produced foods are cheered by consumers and investors because they are plant-based--often vegan--and help address societal issues. An investigative reporter pokes holes in the mania behind today's changing food landscape and clearly shows the trade-offs of replacing real food with technology-driven approximations."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 ZIMMacFarquhar, Larissa
Summary: "What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment and tells their deeply intimate stories; their stubborn integrity and their compromises; their bravery and their recklessness; their joys and defeats and wrenching dilemmas. A couple adopts two children in distress. But then they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 MACEpel, Elissa
Summary: "From world-renowned psychologist and New York Times-bestselling author Dr. Elissa Epel, a book that offers a simple yet powerful plan to turn your stress into your strength in just seven days Our lives have become increasingly stressful. From the moment our eyes open in the morning to when they drift closed at night, we are flooded with constant stress triggers: to-do lists, deadlines, thorny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2022
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Summary: "Seriously. another book that tells you how to live a good life? Don't we have enough of those? You'd think so. Yet, more people than ever are walking through life disconnected, disengaged, dissatisfied, mired in regret, declining health, and a near maniacal state of gut-wrenching autopilot busyness. Whatever is out there isn't getting through. We don't know who to trust. We don't know what's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 FIECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help FieldsThompson, Elissa
Summary: "Looking for a job can be overwhelming for anyone, especially a teen in search of that first paying gig. In this easy-to-follow guide, readers will learn all the steps to finding, applying, and interviewing for a job. Step-by-step instructions will explain how to build a résuemé, how to write a compelling cover letter, and how to pen business correspondence. Accessible advice will help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 651.14 Thompson 2020Thompson, Elissa
Summary: Who do you know? Who can you help? Networking is not an awkward, adults-only task. It's a way to connect with those around you, and help others as you work toward lifelong career goals. In this insightful and accessible guide, readers will learn the ins and outs of networking, including how to make conversation, how to set up a professional online profile, and how to use who you know to grow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 650.1 ThompsonThompson-Spires, Nafissa
Summary: "Calling to mind the best works of Paul Beatty and Junot Diaz, this collection of moving, timely, and darkly funny stories examines the concept of black identity in this so-called post-racial era. A stunning new talent in literary fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires grapples with black identity and the contemporary middle class in these compelling, boundary-pushing vignettes. Each captivating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 37 INK, Atria 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOVéliz, Carissa
Summary: The moment you check your phone in the morning you are giving away data. Before you've even switched off your alarm, a whole host of organizations have been alerted to when you woke up, where you slept, and with whom. As you check the weather, scroll through your 'suggested friends' on Facebook, you continually compromise your privacy. Without your permission, or even your awareness, tech...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005.8 VELStein, Elissa.
Summary: In this hip, funny, and irreverent book, menstruation is explored historically and socially. This full-color book not only offers a trove of fascinating information, but presents a pictorial history of this complex, secret, and uniquely female process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.6 STEFields, Denise
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Publisher / Publication Date: Windsor Peak Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 FIEFields, Rick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala Publications 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 FIEEldredge, Niles.
Contents: The duality of life -- Obsessed with genes -- Chickens and eggs : the two sides of life -- The natural economy -- The consequences of baby making -- Economics + babies + time = evolution -- Clones, colonies, and social life -- Human singularities -- Naught so queere as folke : the strange biology of modern humans -- The human triangle -- Sex decoupled -- Up close and personal : sex, power,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.3 ELDShields, Aomawa
Summary: "A stunning and inspiring memoir charting a life as an astronomer, classically-trained actor, mother, and Black woman in STEM, searching for life in the universe while building a meaningful life here on Earth. As a child, Aomawa Shields was always bumping into things, her neck craned up at the sky, dreaming of becoming an astronaut. One year into an astrophysics PhD program, she was plagued by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHIELDS, AOMAWA SHIField, Ron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 355.14 FIEFields, Micah
Summary: "Developed as the commercial hub of the Texas cotton and sugarcane industries, Houston was designed for profit, not stability. Its first residents razed swamplands into submission to construct a maze of highways and suburbs, giving the city a sprawling, centerless energy where feral cats, alligators, and poisonous snakes flourished in the bayous as storms and floods rattled coastal Texas. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.4 FIENies, Judith
Summary: Describes the darker side of the history of Las Vegas and Black Mesa, Arizona, including the relocation of fifteen thousand Navajo to mine coal for cheap electricity for the Vegas Strip and the precipitous drop in the water level of Lake Mead. An epic struggle over land, water, and power is erupting in the American West and the halls of Washington, DC. It began when a 4,000-square-mile area of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.3135 NIEKing, Marissa
Summary: "Yale professor Marissa King shows how anyone can build more meaningful and productive relationships based on insights from neuroscience, psychology, and network analytics. Conventional wisdom says it's the size of your network that matters, but social science research has proven otherwise. King explains that the quality and structure of our relationships has the greatest impact on our personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302 KINMoss, Marissa
Summary: "As a female Jewish physicist in Berlin during the early 20th century, Lise Meitner had to fight for an education, a job, and equal treatment in her field, like having her name listed on her own research papers. Meitner made groundbreaking strides in the study of radiation, but when Hitler came to power in Germany, she suddenly had to face not only sexism, but also life-threatening...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MEIKirkman, Marissa
Summary: "Describes the life and time of Pocahontas and the First Colonies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 975.501 KIRThompson, Elissa
Summary: Let's talk! Being a great communicator can help teens succeed in all parts of life, especially at work. Through this straightforward guide, readers will learn the ins and outs of communicating effectively in any workplace setting. This accessible content covers the importance of being informed, the best ways to state a point or concern, and practical strategies to respond in a useful manner....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2020