Laws, Bill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trafalgar Square 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 712.6 LAWLaws, Bill.
Summary: "Filled with unusual and unexpected stories and facts, this illustrated survey of the most important historical and contemporary railway lines around the world will captivate a wide audience, from the curious browser to researching students. The book organizes the railroads chronologically, considering each according to its greatest impact on social, commercial, political, engineering, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 LAWSalach, Paulina
Summary: "Whether you want to stroll the atmospheric streets of Old San Juan, lounge on the island's beautiful beaches, or escape to Vieques or Culebra, the local Fodor's travel experts in Puerto Rico are here to help! Fodor's Puerto Rico guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.295 PUEBrownworth, Lars.
Summary: Historian Brownworth presents an absorbing look at the forgotten Byzantine Empire, its surprising role in shaping Western civilization, and the lessons it holds for modern societies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.502 BROOrtiz, Lars
Summary: "Immigration and the history of America are inextricably linked. Author Lars Ortiz explores the history of immigration in the United States from before the country was born to government policies such as the Chinese Exclusion Act to the building of a wall along the US-Mexico border. He also examines the the backlash against immigration that so many immigrants have faced, and the optimism that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 304.8 ORTSalamon, Gayle
Summary: "The Life and Death of Latisha King examines a single incident, the shooting of 15-year-old Latisha King by 14-year-old Brandon McInerney in their junior high school classroom in Oxnard, California in 2008. The press coverage of the shooting, as well as the criminal trial that followed, referred to Latisha, assigned male at birth, as Larry. Unpacking the consequences of representing the victim...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 SALAnderson, Lars
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Lars Anderson comes a revealing portrait of the first family of American sports. What the Kennedys are to politics, the Mannings are to football. Two generations have produced three NFL superstars: Archie Manning, the Ole Miss hero-turned-New Orleans Saint; his son Peyton, widely considered one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game; and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ANDGorman, Jacqueline Laks
Summary: "Explains what fossil fuels are, how they are extracted and used, and the problems they cause. It also discusses the steps people can take to limit the negative effects of fossil fuels and to move toward renewable forms of energy"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2008
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Summary: Simple text and photographs depict the activities of a firefighter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.378 GORSalaman, Maureen Kennedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Statford Pub. 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 Salaman 1996Salaman, R. A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allen & Unwin 1975
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 684.082 SALZijl, Annejet van der
Summary: When they fell in love in 1928, Rika and Waldemar could not have been more different. She was a thirty-seven-year-old Dutch-born mother, estranged from her husband. He was her immigrant boarder, not yet twenty, and a wealthy Surinamese descendant of slaves. The child they have together, brown skinned and blue eyed, brings the couple great joy yet raises some eyebrows. Until the Nazi occupation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AmazonCrossing 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B ZIJL ZIJLaws, John Muir.
Summary: In straightforward text complemented by step-by-step illustrations, dozens of exercises lead the hand and mind through creating accurate reproductions of plants and animals as well as landscapes, skies, and more. Laws provides clear, practical advice for every step of the process for artists at every level, from the basics of choosing supplies to advanced techniques.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 HASJans, Nick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.784 JANHass, Robert
Summary: "Robert Hass--former poet laureate, winner of the National Book Award, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize--illuminates the formal impulses that underlie great poetry in this accessible volume of essays drawn from a series of lectures he delivered at the renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2017
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Summary: "The unlikely true story of a six-year friendship between a wild, oddly gentle black wolf and the people and dogs of Juneau, Alaska"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636 JANBlas, Terry
Summary: ""Viva La Huelga! Viva La Causa!" Discover the true story behind Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike, as he and the National Farm Workers Association set out on an incredible three-hundred-mile protest march in support of farmworkers' rights."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHALachs, Mark.
Summary: A manual for boomers and their parents to take control of their health in a broken health-care system. Too often our culture defines the aging process negatively instead of embracing it as a natural part of life. Nowhere is this problem more pronounced than in our health-care system, where "ageist" medicine often serves to worsen our medical issues instead of helping us figure out how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 LACLamm, Brad.
Summary: A powerful, ground-breaking book that shows you, in concrete steps, how to stop a loved one from engaging in self destructive behavior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.85 LAMHaws, Duncan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Books 1985
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 387.209 HAWKars, Marjoleine
Summary: "The story of a massive eighteenth-century slave rebellion in the Dutch colony of Berbice (now Guyana) which had been all but forgotten. Historian Marjoleine Kars recovers a riveting tale from the archives, including rare first-person accounts from African-born slaves"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 KARLahr, John
Summary: This astute, deeply researched biography sheds light on Tennessee Williams's warring family, his guilt, his creative triumphs and failures, his sexuality and numerous affairs, his misreported death, even the shenanigans surrounding his estate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE LAHSalamon, Margaret Klein
Summary: "Facing the Climate Emergency addresses the fears of everyone who is alarmed about the climate crisis and yet feels powerless to stop it. Drawing on psychology, it shows readers how to use their feelings of fear, grief, and powerlessness to transform themselves into climate warriors and motivate collective change."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2020