Early, Steve
Summary: The People vs. Big Oil--how a working-class company town harnessed the power of local politics to reclaim their community Home to one of the largest oil refineries in the state, Richmond, California, was once a typical company town, dominated by Chevron. This largely nonwhite, working-class city of one hundred thousand suffered from poverty, pollution, and poorly funded public services. It had...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979 EARYolen, Jane
Summary: A family of dedicated birders presents an illustrated tribute to birds featuring a combination of scientific facts, folklore, poems, and songs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: In 1942, children's librarian Clara Breed discovers that her young Japanese-American patrons are being relocated and gives them stamped and addressed postcards so they can write to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 GRAPitman, Gayle E
Summary: "This book is about the Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous, often violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBTQ+) community in reaction to a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The Riots are attributed as the spark that ignited the LGBTQ+ Movement. The author...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Y 306.76 PITPitman, Gayle E.
Summary: A child celebrates her Maddy, who is neither mommy nor daddy but a little bit of both, like so many things in nature. Includes note to parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. F. Blair 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.164 LEEMiller, Donald E. (Donald Earl)
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.62 MILSayre, April Pulley
Summary: "How can a leaf become a fish? Two children find out as they observe life in and around a stream"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.6 SAYWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEIYolen, Jane
Summary: Features 18 Jewish folktales with related kid-friendly recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crocodile Books, an imprint of Interlink Pub. Group, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Food YolenYolen, Jane
Summary: Readers will be delighted by the malodorous melodies of poems calling out the different pungent attributes of a full cast of foul-smelling creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.47 YOLYolen, Jane.
Summary: A young girl relates the facts that are known about the unexplained disappearance of the crew on the ship Mary Celeste in 1872, and challenges the reader to solve the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Fiction YolenRice, Earle.
Summary: Presents a history of the tense, often combative, relations between Soviet Russia and the United States from the end of World War II to the fall of communism in 1989.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 327.73047 RICRice, Earle.
Summary: Discusses the events leading to the trial of Nazi war criminals after World War II and analyzes both the Allied prosecution and the German defense.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 341.69 RICERice, Earle.
Summary: Discusses the people and events involved in Japan's decision to attack on Pearl Harbor, which forced the United States to enter World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 940.54 RICSchoen, Douglas E.
Summary: AMERICA: UNITE OR DIE is a real-time analysis of why American Democracy is crumbling and why both sides – Republicans and Democrats – are responsible for its collapse. This is the first objective, non-partisan analysis of what has happened, and most importantly, explains what we can do to avoid impending doom for our system, and most of all, our nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Arts 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 SCHEarls, Felton
Summary: "Young people have the potential to educate and inspire their communities, if only adults will listen to them. Felton Earls and Mary Carlson have spent decades listening to children and encouraging them to use their voices for social change"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.083 EARRice, Earle.
Summary: Presents an overview of the Yangtze River, describing its history, the different regions of China that it crosses, and its current economic importance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Lane Publishers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 951 RICKazdin, Alan E.
Summary: Outlines accessible strategies for handling everyday child rearing challenges, outlining comprehensive approaches to such topics as fussiness, video game overindulgence, and respecting others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 KAZTeege, Jennifer
Summary: "The memoir of a German-Nigerian woman who learns that her grandfather was the brutal Nazi commandant depicted [by Ralph Fiennes] in Schindler's List, Amon Goeth"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TEEGE, JENNIFER TEEHudson, Wade
Summary: "In a poetic narrative of the origins of Black America, acclaimed Black author and publisher Wade Hudson teaches us about the little-known men and women who had a profound effect on the history of the nation. Black America was built by brave pioneers--men and women taken from Africa, who suffered and struggled to build a country, a culture, and institutions. Emphasizing that freedom didn't ring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.0496 HUDEarley, Jay
Summary: Presents a self-therapy approach for uncovering the psychological roots of self-sabotaging thoughts and behavior and restoring a sense of worth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2013
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Summary: "The first authorized biography of a great American novelist"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LONDON, JACK LABRice, Earle.
Contents: American soldiers -- Army origins and nation building -- Civil War and expansion -- Two World Wars -- Cold War conflicts -- Securing the homeland and fighting terrorism abroad -- Band of brothers-and sisters -- Today's Army -- Many ways of soldiering -- Army vision -- Timeline -- Chapter notes -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Internet addresses -- Index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2006