Parkinson, Claire L.
Summary: Decisively cutting through the hyperbole on both sides of the debate, the author, a distinguished NASA climatologist brings much needed balance and perspective to the highly contentious issue of climate change. Offering a knowledgeable overview of global conditions past and present, she lays out a compelling argument that our understandings and models are inadequate for confident predictions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.6 PARDatnow, Claire L.
Summary: Traces the life and work of the man whose study of galaxies led to a new understanding of the universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow 1997
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Summary: Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline first revealed fast fashion's hidden toll on the environment, garment workers, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. The Conscious Closet shows exactly what we can do about it. Whether your goal is to build an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.3 CLICline, Elizabeth L.
Summary: Evaluates the costs of low-priced clothing while tracing the author's own transformation to a conscientious shopper, a journey during which she visited a garment factory, learned to resole shoes, and shopped for local, sustainable clothing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 CLINClark, Heather L.
Summary: "An engrossing new biography of Sylvia Plath focuses on her remarkable literary and intellectual growth and achievement, restoring the vivid creative woman behind the longtime Plath myths perpetuated by a pathology-based approach to her life and art. With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials, Heather Clark here brings to life the brilliant daughter of Wellesley, MA who had poetic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio PlathClark, Rhonda L.
Summary: "Here is everything you need to promote your library as a center for genealogical study by leveraging your collection to help patrons conduct research on ancestors, document family stories, and archive family heirlooms. Discusses the reference environment and offers tips for strategic planning for local studies. Includes hints of how to assess, organize, discard, or donate family heirlooms....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1 ClarkWynne, Clive D. L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.513 WYNClark, Marsha L.
Summary: "Embracing Your Power is a leadership book targeted to professionally minded women across all sectors. Women in for-profit, non-profit, education, healthcare, the military, religion, government--and homemakers--will benefit from Clark's unique advice. Because many of her valuable tools and resources are gender-neutral, male readers will also learn how to better work with and for women."--Dust...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenleaf Book Group Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 CLAParkinson, Roger.
Summary: Brief text and numerous illustrations trace the causes, events, and aftermath of the Revolutionary War with emphasis on the way in which the bickering colonies put aside their differences to unite against the British.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.31 PARWynne, Clive D. L
Summary: A pioneering canine behaviorist draws on cutting-edge research to show that a single, simple trait--the capacity to love--is what makes dogs such perfect companions for humans, and to explain how people can better reciprocate their affection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 WYNSummary: "The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Inaccurate interpretations and outright misrepresentations of the past-cultivated within and promoted by the conservative movement and right-wing media over the last several decades-hold sway among large numbers of Americans, damaging our public discourse. In Myth America, historians Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer have assembled an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MYTSummary: Offers science fiction and fantasy stories from American authors, including Kelly Link, Karen Russell, and Rich Larson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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Summary: The New Wild West is the definitive account of what's happening on the ground and what really happens to a community when the energy industry is allowed to set up in a town with little regulation or oversight - and at what cost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 BRIDancey, Christine P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TFM 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.342 DANSummary: Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: Ethel L. Payne always had an ear for stories. Seeking truth, justice, and equality, Ethel followed stories from her school newspaper in Chicago to Japan during World War II. It even led her to the White House briefing room, where she broke barriers as one of the first black journalists. Ethel wasn't afraid to ask the tough questions of presidents, elected officials, or any one else in charge,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 229.8 PAGParkinson, R. B.
Summary: Documents the history of homosexuality and its representation in art, using objects from the British Museum's collection that date from 9000 BC to the present to illustrate how same-sex love has always been a part of human history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2013
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Summary: This title introduces readers to Suni Lee, providing exciting details about her life and her thrilling success at the Tokyo Olympics. It features informative fast facts, a timeline, and a glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coward-McCann 1966
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Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Camp 14 returns with the untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history, shedding new light on the U.S. role in the Korean War, and its legacy In 1946, master sergeant Donald Nichols was stationed on the sleepy island of Guam when he caught the eye of recruiters from the Army's Counter Intelligence Corps. After just three...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1966
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KEYCleare, Anita
Summary: "The Working Parent's Guide to Positive Parenting shows you how to be a great parent by parenting smarter not harder and by understanding what children really need from us. Offering strategies for focusing on what really matters, connecting with our kids,and meeting everyone's needs, Anita Cleare guides working parents to building a happier family"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 CLEClague, Mark
Summary: "The fascinating story of America's national anthem and an examination of its powerful meaning today. Most Americans learn the tale in elementary school: During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the daylong bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry by British navy ships; seeing the Stars and Stripes still flying proudly at first light, he was inspired to pen his famous lyric. What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2022