Summary: ... Contains fifty genealogical sketches of heads of households living in what are today Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin Counties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New England Historic Genealogical Society 2012
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.3744 WESTiede, Tom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 TIEHabiby, Emile.
Summary: Saeed is a Palestinian informant in Israel whose story is told in the form of letters to an unnamed correspondent after Saeed has escaped to outer space with the help of an extraterrestrial friend. He tries to gain favor by being the best informant, but his bad luck and dim wit guarantee his failure; his life is lived in constant fear, yet he is never without hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2002
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Summary: "Author and journalist Hilde Østby was cycling to work one day when she crashed head-first into a stone bridge. At the hospital, she was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury and prescribed rest and relaxation. But her brain was anything but restful: ideas for new writing projects popped into her head at a frenzied pace. Never before had she had so many 'aha' moments. But at the same time,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books Ltd. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.35 OSTEmbry, Paige
Summary: Our Native Bees is the result of Paige Embry's yearlong quest to learn more about the forgotten, yet fundamental, native bees of North America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.79 EMBRude, Emelyn
Summary: "Emelyn Rude details the ascendancy of chicken from its domestication nearly ten thousand years ago to its current status as our go-to meat"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 641.66 RUDThies, Jochen
Summary: What did Hitler really wanted to achieve: world domination. In the early twenties, Hitler was working on this plan and from 1933 on, was working to make it a reality. During 1940 and 1941, he believed he was close to winning the war. This book not only examines Nazi imperial architecture, armament and plans to regain colonies but also reveals what Hitler said in moments of truth. The author...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berghahn Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 THIThiel, Kristin
Summary: With the creation of the Cable News Network (CNN) in 1980, television news changed forever. Today, television news shapes viewers' opinions, politics, and journalism as a whole. Filled with attention-grabbing photographs, political cartoons, and in-depth sidebars, this book introduces readers to the story of what came before in-the-moment reporting, how the twenty-four-hour news cycle came...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.1 THIShlaes, Amity.
Summary: It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression--only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand it. These people are at the heart of this reinterpretation of one of the most crucial events of the twentieth century. Author Shlaes presents the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 SHLShlaes, Amity.
Summary: A brilliant and provocative reexamination of America's thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge, and the decade of unparalleled growth that the nation enjoyed under his leadership.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COOLIDGE, CALVIN SHAEmsley, John.
Summary: Emsley describes chemicals which affect every aspect of our daily lives, including anecdotes about their proper or improper uses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1998
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Summary: The science behind alpha-hydroxy acids, chlorine bleach, and other chemicals that people use every day is explored in a fascinating study that examines, through amusing anecdotes and odd facts, if and how they work. What is the secret of shower cleaners? How does the dangerous explosive nitroglycerin ward off heart attacks? And what medicines, usually prescribed for other purposes, are said to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 543 EMSMisheva, Emilia
Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Flying Under the Radar: Autism, Girls and Diagnosis -- 2. School and Education -- 3. Friendships and Relationships -- 4. Puberty, Menstruation and Personal Care -- 5. Mental Health -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Recommended Reading and Resources
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2024
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Summary: It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression--only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand it. These people are at the heart of this reinterpretation of one of the most crucial events of the twentieth century. Author Shlaes presents the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2008
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Summary: A heavily illustrated history of herbaria from one of the world's foremost experts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 580.74 THISmil, Vaclav
Summary: Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental crust, a rising gross domestic product, a child's growth chart, the spread of cancerous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.82 SMISmil, Vaclav
Summary: "Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2021
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Summary: "A book for young readers about how video games are created and then sold to the public"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 1999
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Summary: "An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible--a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.924 EMEEmery, B. Frank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Old Forts and Historic Memorial Association 1999
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 977.401 EMEMacken, JoAnn Early
Summary: A brief description of calves, bulls, and walking through deep snow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weekly Reader Early Learning Library 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.651 MACSmil, Vaclav
Summary: To answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws. Measuring it is challenging, especially where complex systems like economies are concerned, yet mastering it offers rich rewards: the rise of the West, for example, was a direct result of ever more accurate and standardized measurements. Using the interdisciplinary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2023