Scheibe, Amy.

Summary: "[Emmaline] Nelson and her sister Birdie grow up in the hard, cold, rural, Lutheran world of strict parents, strict milking times, and strict morals. Marriage is preordained, the groom practically predestined. Though it's 1958, southern Minnesota did not see changing roles for women on the horizon. Caught in a time bubble between a world war and the ferment of the 1960s, Emmy doesn't see that...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015

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Scheib, Walter.

Summary: A former White House Executive Chef presents more than sixty of his signature recipes, along with a look at the Clinton and Bush First Families and an account of such episodes as teaching Chelsea Clinton to cook, the chaos in the wake of 9/11, and the challenges of serving under two very different presidents.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley Pub. 2007

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Scheiner, Ethan

Summary: At the height of the Cold War, a group of small-town men led their Czechoslovakian hockey team against the powerful Soviet team. At the same time, they inspired their nation's resistance to a Soviet invasion, finding a way to fight back against the authoritarian forces seeking to crush their society. At the heart of this story is the Holík family, who loved hockey and desired freedom.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023

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Achebe, Chinua.

Summary: A volume of seventeen essays explores various aspects of the author's life, including his childhood in colonial Nigeria, encounters with the African-American diaspora, his family life, and the symbolism of Barack Obama's election.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009

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Williams, Schele

Summary: "Your story begins in Africa. Your African ancestors defied the odds and survived 400 years of slavery in America and passed down an extraordinary legacy to you. Beginning in Africa before 1619, Your Legacy presents an unprecedentedly accessible, empowering, and proud introduction to African American history for children. While your ancestors' freedom was taken from them, their spirit was not;...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021

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Codjoe, Ama

Summary: "Ama Codjoe's highly anticipated debut collection brings generous light to the inner dialogues of women as they bathe, create art, make and lose love. Each poem rises with the urgency of a fully awakened sensual life"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2022

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Simms, Ami

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mallery Press 1990

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Schreiber, Dan

Summary: The cohost of the podcast "No Such Thing as a Fish" investigates the world's most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories about time travel, aliens, ghosts, mysterious creatures, and more.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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Brown, Aly

Summary: Alvin Submersible, a deep-sea vessel that can sink miles below the surface, takes readers on a tour of the ocean floor where they will explore underwater volcanoes, discover lost hydrogen bombs, hear about storied shipwrecks and meet hundreds of new species living far beneath the waves.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023

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Aly, Götz

Summary: "Götz Aly pens a forgotten chapter in the history of empire through the chronicle a single object: a majestic fifteen-meter boat, looted from Papua New Guinea during a German colonial expedition and since displayed in Berlin museums. While arguing for the vessel's repatriation, Aly restores attention to the conquest of the Bismarck Archipelago"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2023

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Aly, Götz

Summary: "A provocative and insightful analysis that sheds new light on one of the most puzzling and historically unsettling conundrums Why the Germans? Why the Jews? Countless historians have grappled with these questions, but few have come up with answers as original and insightful as those of maverick German historian Gotz Aly. Tracing the prehistory of the Holocaust from the 1800s to the Nazis'...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt & Co 2014

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Scheim, David E.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Shapolsky Publishers 1988

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Smith, Sherri L.

Summary: "During World War II, black Americans were fighting for their country and for freedom in Europe, yet they had to endure a totally segregated military in the United States, where they weren't considered smart enough to become military pilots. After acquiring government funding for aviation training, civil rights activists were able to kickstart the first African American military flight program...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018

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Servan-Schreiber, David.

Summary: This new edition addresses current developments in cancer research and offers more tips on how people living with cancer can fight it and how healthy people can prevent it. The new edition includes: the latest research on anticancer foods, including new alternatives to sugar and cautions about some that are now on the market; new information about how vitamin D strengthens the immune system;...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010

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Walsh, Amy (Amy Simpson)

Summary: Helps you learn how to create colour-splashed quilts with a modern edge. In this title, each design includes fabric requirements and detailed cutting instructions for multiple quilt sizes, and expert hints and tips to make sure you make the best quilt possible.

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Publisher / Publication Date: C & T Pub. 2011

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Servan-Schreiber, David.

Summary: A radical synthesis of science and personal experience that advocates a sea change in the way we understand and confront cancer.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2008

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Blackstone, Amy

Summary: "From Dr. Amy Blackstone, childfree woman, co-creator of the blog "we're {not} having a baby," and nationally recognized expert on the childfree choice comes a definitive investigation into the history and current growing movement of adults choosing to forgo parenthood: what it means for our society, economy, environment, perceived gender roles, and legacies, and how understanding and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Butcher, Amy

Summary: Amy Butcher was an accomplished college professor, mentor, and writer, but in her own home, she was embarrassed and emotionally burdened by an increasingly abusive relationship. Exhausted and terrified, Amy reached out to Instagram celebrity Joy "Mothertrucker" Wiebe - the nation's only female ice road trucker. Invited by Joy to ride shotgun, Amy found her escape on a road that was treacherous,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2021

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Chan, Amy

Summary: "A self-affirming, holistic guide for everyone--single or married, divorced or dating--to transforming heartbreak into healing by the founder of the innovative and revolutionary Renew Breakup Bootcamp"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2020

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Guglielmo, Amy

Summary: "Salvador Dali struggles to follow the rules and fit in with his peers, until one day he realizes that artists can be and do anything they like. This realization gives him the freedom to truly be himself"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2021

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Kittelstrom, Amy

Summary: "Today we associate liberal thought and politics with secularism. When we argue over whether the nation's founders meant to keep religion out of politics, the godless side is said to be liberal. But the role of religion in American politics has always been far more nuanced and complex than today's debates would suggest and closer to the heart of American intellectual life than is commonly...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2015

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