James, Thurston
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Publisher / Publication Date: Betterway Publications 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 731.75 JAMThurston, Alexander
Summary: "Drawing on sources in Arabic and Hausa, rare documents, propaganda videos, press reports, and interviews with experts in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Niger, Alexander Thurston sheds new light on Boko Haram's development. He shows that the group, far from being a simple or static terrorist organization, has evolved in its worldview and ideology in reaction to events. Chief among these has been Boko...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 THUClarke, Thurston.
Summary: After JFK's assassination, Robert Kennedy--Jack's political warrior--almost lost hope. He was haunted by his brother's murder, and by the nation's inabilities to solve its problems of race, poverty, and the war in Vietnam. Bobby sensed the country's pain, and when he announced that he was running for president, the country united behind his hopes. Over the action-packed days of his campaign,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 CLAClarke, Thurston.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 996.9 CLAChurton, Tobias
Summary: In November 1949, architect Frank Lloyd Wright announced the death of “the greatest man in the world,” yet few knew who he was talking about. Enigmatic, misunderstood, declared a charlatan, and recently dubbed “the Rasputin who inspired Mary Poppins,” Gurdjieff’s life has become a legend. But who really was George Ivanovich Gurdjieff?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inner Traditions 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GURDJIEFF, GEORGES IVANOVITCH CHUChurton, Tobias
Contents: Before the gnostics -- From the Magi to St. Paul -- The first gnostics -- Magic in the Middle Ages -- The sufis -- The troubadours -- The knights templar -- Jacob Bh̲me's Theosophick Cosmos -- Germany 1710-1800: the return of the rosy cross -- Freemasonry in France -- A new aeon: Aleister Crowley -- Light in the jar -- Gnosis and the new physics -- Gnosis today: a personal view.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inner Traditions 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299 CHUHazard, Leah
Summary: "A groundbreaking investigation of the uterus--from birth to death, in sickness and in health, throughout history and into our possible future--from a midwife and acclaimed writer Leah Hazard." -- inside front jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.6 HAZGodward, Mary
Summary: "The second-largest country in South America, Argentina has been through great changes in recent years. Its journey from dictatorship to democracy has left many scars, but these are largely eclipsed by the pride and resilience of the Argentinian people, who have developed a style, a language, and a joie de vivre that are all their own. Embracing much more than gaucho, tango, and soccer,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kuperard 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.2 ARGBogard, Paul
Summary: Describes how ever-present, modern artificial lights have changed the way humans experience darkness and bemoans the fact that the primal dark sky can no longer influence science and art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown, and Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ BogardHazard, Rowland
Summary: "Back pain afflicts more than 3 in 4 adults and costs Americans over $100 billion every year. While most people recover quickly, the disabilities suffered by people who don't generate the vast majority of the costs and heartache. Talking Back offers people disabled by chronic back pain personal strategies for recovering active lives and wellness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.5 HAZForward, Susan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1986
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Summary: In this masterful hybrid of nature writing and cultural studies, the author investigates our connection with deer, from mythology to biology, offering a unique and intimate perfective on a very human relationship while inviting us to contemplate the paradoxes of how we interact with and shape the natural world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2024
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Summary: A vivid and colorful history of the most dominant royal dynasty in English history, from Richard the Lionheart and Edward the Black Prince to Henry IV and Richard III.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941 SEWSeward, Pat
Summary: "The country of Morocco is a unique part of Africa with beautiful architecture, ancient history, and an exotic flair. This book describes Morocco's rich history, examines how the country has evolved, and explores what its people and customs are like today."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 964 SEWHurston, Zora Neale
Summary: In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LEWIS HURWilliams, Alicia
Summary: Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey. Now, her mama always told her that if she wanted something, "to jump at de sun", because even though you might not land quite that high, at least you'd get off the ground. So Zora jumped from place to place, from the porch of the general store where she listened to folktales, to Howard University, to Harlem. And everywhere she jumped,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HURSeward, Linda
Summary: "Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned expert in quilting, this all-in-one encyclopedia of quilting explains every process and answers every technical question you might have about patchwork, quilting and appliquae through more than a thousand step-by-step pictures. A peerless reference book, this new edition brings classic inspiration to a whole new generation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press 2021
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 746.46 SEWHowarth, Stephen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359 HOWHuston, Paula.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paraclete Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 234.5 HUSHayward, Gordon.
Summary: A guide to using stones in the garden, walls, walkways, and terraces features more than one hundred drawings and photographs that give instructions on how to complete a wide range of projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 717 HAYSeward, Homer
Summary: Describes various kinds of fishes which can be frightening because they have dangerous bites, spines, or venom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 597 SEWSeward, Homer
Summary: Introduces eels, their physical appearance, types, where they live, their habits, predators and prey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 597.43 SEWSeward, Homer
Summary: Introduces the octopus and squid, their habits, physical appearance, and predators and prey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 597 SEWSeward, Ingrid
Summary: The editor-in-chief of "Majesty" magazine presents a biography of the British consort to discuss his aristocratic childhood in Paris, more than seven-decade marriage to Elizabeth II, and loyal service as a statesman and philanthropist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020