De Villiers, Marq.
Summary: In the parched and seemingly lifeless heart of the Sahara desert, earthworms find enough moisture to survive. Four major mountain ranges interrupt the flow of dunes and gravel plains and at certain times waterfalls cascade from their peaks. Even the sand amazes: Massive dunes can appear almost overnight, and be gone just as quickly. We think we know the Sahara, the largest and most austere...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.66 DEVollers, Maryanne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 VOLDe Villiers, Marq.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 DEVDe Villiers, Marq.
Summary: Although sometimes destructive, wind is one of the elements that make life possible. Wind warms the higher latitudes and moderates the equatorial regions, and carries evaporated moisture from the oceans to the land. Even hurricanes are an essential part of the planet's self-regulatory system. This book is the story of humankind's long struggle to understand wind and weather, from the wind gods...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.51 VILElsner, Jaś.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 ElsnerJal, Emmanuel.
Summary: In the mid-1980s, Emmanuel Jal was a seven-year-old Sudanese boy, living in a small village. But as Sudan's civil war moved closer, his family moved again and again, seeking peace. Then, one terrible day, Jal was separated from his mother, and later learned she had been killed; his father Simon rose to become a powerful commander in the Christian Sudanese Liberation Army, fighting for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 962.404 JAL, EMMANUEL JALRamesh, Jaya
Summary: What if parenting were an act of social justice? In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various interlocking systems of oppression including settler colonialism, White supremacy, ableism, and capitalism. These intersections engender isolation and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parenting Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 649.7 RAMReese, Jacy
Summary: "Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma and Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals brought widespread attention to the disturbing realities of factory farming. The End of Animal Farming pushes this conversation forward by outlining a strategic roadmap to a humane, ethical, and efficient food system in which slaughterhouses are obsolete--where the tastes of even the most die-hard meat eater are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179 REEJemc, Jac
Summary: History knows them as King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Empress Elizabeth of Austria, icons of the late nineteenth century who died young and left behind magnificent portraits and palaces. But to each other they were Ludwig and Sisi, cousins who shared a passion for beauty and a stubborn refusal to submit to the roles imposed upon them. Ludwig, simultaneously spoiled and punished for his softness...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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Summary: Do you ever feel flawed, anxious, or afraid--like something might be wrong, but you're not sure what? The truth is, we all feel that way sometimes (or even most of the time!). We're trapped by a limited sense of self, held back by our own anxieties, fears, and compulsions. Mindfulness can offer intermittent relief from these contrived narratives, showing us how to be present, open, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Non-Duality Press, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Longmans 1967
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Summary: 'Keeper' is a very humane and honest exploration of living with Alzheimer's, giving an illuminating account of the disease itself. Gillies tells about the time she and her family spent living with someone with dementia, in a big Victorian house in the far, far north of Scotland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 GILHay, Carol
Summary: "An audacious and accessible guide to feminist philosophy-its origins, its key ideas, and its newest directions. Think Like a Feminist is an irreverent yet rigorous primer that unpacks two hundred years of feminist ideas. Professor Carol Hay takes the long view on our current moment, framing it within the philosophical thinking that underlies the organization and activism that has transformed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 HAYBay, Mia
Summary: "What was it like to travel while Black under Jim Crow? Mia Bay brings this dramatic history to life. With gripping stories and a close eye on the rail, bus, and airline operators who implemented segregation, she shows why access to unrestricted mobilityhas been central to the Black freedom struggle since Reconstruction and remains so today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 BAYWillers, W. B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Wisconsin Press 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597.55 WILHosler, Jay (Jay S.)
Summary: Nyuki is a brand-new honey bee, and she has a lot of questions. Follow her on a lifelong journey as she annoys her sisters, avoids predators, and learns to trust her inner voice as she masters the way of the hive.--Adapted from jacket. Includes a section at the end of the book called "Odds & Ends" with facts and information about bees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC HOSAtkinson, Jay
Summary: Early on March 15, 1697, a band of Abenaki warriors in service to the French raided the English frontier village of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Striking swiftly, the Abenaki killed twenty-seven men, women, and children, and took thirteen captives, including thirty-nine-year-old Hannah Duston and her week-old daughter, Martha. A short distance from the village, one of the warriors murdered the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: LP, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 ATKHeale, Jay.
Summary: Describes the history, geography, wildlife, government, and culture of Poland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 943.8 HEAJohnson, Jay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 1983
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.22 JOHKirk, Jay.
Summary: An account of the life of the famed explorer and taxidermist assesses his influence on American views about natural-world conservation, covering his dangerous pursuits of wildlife for his dioramas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2001
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Summary: Real information and advice you can USE in plain-spoken English. This book is not a glorified advertisement like you may have received in the mail or have seen on TV. In fact, it is written to distinguish differences, and point out what those advertisements don't fully explain. Medicare is frequently misunderstood for many reasons: confusing dates, perplexing rules, excessive advertisements....
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreateSpace] 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 368.426 OHCost, Jay
Summary: "How do you solve a problem like James Madison? The fourth president is one of the most confounding figures in early American history -- his political trajectory seems almost intentionally inconsistent. He was both for and against a strong federal government. He wrote about the dangers of political parties in the Federalist papers and then helped to found the Republican party just a few years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Lyons Press 2006