Arce, Julissa
Summary: "Nationally bestselling author Julissa Arce interweaves her own story with cultural commentary in a powerful polemic against the myth that assimilation leads to happiness and belonging for immigrants in America. Instead, she calls for a celebration of ouruniqueness, our origins, our heritage, and the beauty of the differences that make us Americans. "You sound like a white girl." These were the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 ARCPercy, Alice
Summary: In Happy Pigs Taste Better Percy offers a comprehensive look at raising organic, pasture-fed, gourmet meat. She advises readers on pasturing and feeding hogs organically, as well as managing the breeding herd and administering effective natural healthcare. In addition, she provides an overview of marketing and distribution for those looking to turn their hog farming operation into a lucrative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.1 PERMacLeod, Sharon Paice
Summary: "Here is a comprehensive overview of Celtic mythology and religion, encompassing numerous aspects of ritual and belief. It contains new translations of poems, prayers, inscriptions and songs from the early period (Gaulish, Old Irish and Middle Welsh) as well as the folklore tradition (Modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish, Breton and Manx)"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McFarland 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.16 MACPearcey, Nancy.
Summary: Argues that the modern secularism of art has fragmented society and compromised the concepts of liberty and dignity, and makes a case for biblical Christianity as the more holistic and humane cultural alternative.
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Publisher / Publication Date: B & H Pub. Group 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 211.6 PEAPeace, David
Summary: Haunting and evocative, brutal and surreal, these twelve connected tales evoke the life of the Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), whose short story "In the Grove" served as an inspiration for Akira Kurosawa's famous film Rashōmon, and whose narrative use of multiple perspectives and different versions of a single event influenced generations of storytellers. Writing out of his own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEAPearce, Fred
Summary: In an era of climate change and widespread ecological damage, it is absolutely crucial that we find ways to help nature regenerate. Embracing the new ecology, Pearce shows us, is our best chance. To be an environmentalist in the twenty-first century means celebrating nature's wildness and capacity for change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577 PEAPearce, Fred
Summary: Throughout history, rivers have been our foremost source of fresh water for both agriculture and individual consumption, but looming water scarcity threatens to cut global food production and cause conflict and unrest. In this visionary book, Fred Pearce takes readers around the world on a tour of the world's rivers to provide our most complete portrait yet of the growing global water crisis...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 PEAPearce, Joseph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ISI Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.91 CAMAliche, Tiffany
Summary: "Introducing the powerful idea of striving for financial wholeness instead of early retirement or millionaire status, Get Good with Money guides us through the ten short-term steps that lead to long-term security. From the simple (best practices for budgeting and saving) to the more sophisticated (investing, taking charge of your credit score, and calculating your insurance needs), Tiffany...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 ALIPearse, Emma.
Summary: This is the story of a dog's journey back to her family. Sophie Tucker, a three-year-old Australian blue heeler, goes overboard into the predator infested waters of the Great Barrier Reef, and Sophie's heartbroken family has given her up for lost; little do they know that Sophie swam six miles to an isolated nature preserve called St. Bees, where she survived unassisted for five months by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 PEAPeace, Breton
Summary: Actual Malice is a true crime thriller that will take you through the back rooms of political gamesmanship, deception, and cover-up. In May of 2001, the moderate Blue Dog Democrats - of which Gary Condit was a founding member - held significant power in Congress. The sky was the limit. When Chandra Levy, an Bureau of Prisons intern, disappeared in 2001, the wheels came off Gary's ambitions....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ghost Mountain Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 PEAPearce, Fred.
Summary: Reveals the land grab taking place around the world and how corporate and governmental promises about the benefits of development are masking environmental and social destruction and the transfer of wealth out of host countries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.3 PEAPeace, Martha.
Summary: The Excellent Wife is an absolute must for women today. This book is a welcomed first because it is a Scripturally based, systematic and practical work for today's women. Within its pages is a detailed portrait of a godly wife. Not only is the standard high and holy, but Martha demonstrates that by God's grace, it is attainable. Knowing Martha and Sanford personally only enhances the reading of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Focus Pub. 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 PEAPearce, Nancy D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forrason Press 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.9768 PEAKearse, Bettye
Summary: "A descendant of a slave named Coreen, and-according to oral tradition-her owner, President James Madison, finally shares her family's story."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KEACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 KEAScearce, Phil
Summary: The true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America had its eyes on the war in Europe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Texas Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5449 SCEKohn, Alfie.
Summary: "Somehow, a set of deeply conservative assumptions about children -- what they're like and how they should be raised -- have congealed into the conventional wisdom in our society. Parents are accused of being both permissive and overprotective, unwilling to set limits and afraid to let their kids fail. Young people, meanwhile, are routinely described as entitled and narcissistic. . . among...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.7 KOHBesserman, Perle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.712 BESNewman, Aline Alexander
Summary: A guide on how to understand a cat's body language and behavior; illustrates 55 different feline poses with detailed explanations of their meanings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.8 NEWGodwin, Parke.
Summary: The story of King Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon ruler of the English and his 20-year romance with Edith, his common-law wife. On being crowned he is forced to marry another, but it is Edith who is by his side when he goes to his death, fighting the Normans at the Battle of Hastings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GODPedre, Vincent
Summary: This groundbreaking book by a top Functional Medicine specialist reveals that everything you put into your gut can either create serious digestive issues or fix them. Dr. Vincent Pedre understands gut problems firsthand. He suffered from irritable bowel syndrome for years before becoming an expert in Functional Medicine and learning how to heal his body through food. Dr. Pedre drew from his own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 PEDFlick, Pauline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: JG Press 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 745.1 FLIWhiteley, Aliya
Summary: "Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life. But despite their familiar presence, there's still much to learn about the eruption, growth, and decay of their secret, interconnected, world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 579.5 WHICopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Nat WhiteleyAlbritton, Jane (EDT)
Contents: On our way-- and back again -- Bound for the Philippines -- Puerto Rico : memories from a battered box -- Philippines : back to school -- Afghanistan : God, president Kennedy, and me -- Tonga : far away places -- Thailand : visits with the veterans -- Philippines : stop pig! drop the flip-flop! -- Samoa : return to the land of the morning calm -- Korea : a letter to Sri Padmanabham -- India :...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Travelers' Tales 2011