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Summary: "A renowned biochemist's illuminating inquiry into the Krebs cycle and the origins of life. What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end? For decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us alive. Our inheritance also includes our living metabolic network, a flame passed from generation to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 572 LANBrownell, Kathryn Cramer
Summary: "As television began to overtake the political landscape in the 1960s, network broadcast companies, bolstered by powerful lobbying interests, dominated screens across the nation. Yet over the next three decades, the expansion of a different technology, cable, changed all of this. 24/7 Politics tells the story of how the cable industry worked with political leaders to create an entirely new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.2345 BROGlaser, Rebecca Stromstad.
Summary: "Simple text and photographs present an introduction to the border collie breed, its growth from puppy to adult, and pet care information"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J636.7 GLADiSiena, Laura Lyn
Summary: Rock out with this book of fun facts about xylophones, cymbals, concerts, and more!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC DISStille, Darlene R.
Summary: "An introduction to observatories in space with information about their history and use. Includes diagrams, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2017
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Summary: From inspiring profiles of key Maker musicians, to learning the components of different musical instruments, readers will discover how music works in harmony with the Maker movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 784.1 SJOCatsos, Patsy
Summary: Originally self-published as IBS--Free at Last! and now expanded with 50 recipes, this is the bible of the low-FODMAP lifestyle. FODMAP is an acronym for a group of difficult-to-digest carbohydrates found in wheat, milk, beans, and soy, as well as some fruits, veggies, nuts, and sweeteners ("fermentable oligo-, di-, mono-saccharides and polyols"), and this book walks you through eliminating all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 616.34 CATBreyer, Stephen G.
Summary: "In this original, far-reaching and timely book, Justice Stephen Breyer examines the work of SCOTUS in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of public and private activity--from the conduct of national security policy to the conduct of international trade--obliges the Court to consider and understand circumstances beyond America's borders. At a time when ordinary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 341.0973 BRERolfs, Joan.
Summary: Well known collectors Joan and Robin Rolfs have created this wonderful new collector's guide to the fascinating world of talking dolls and children's toys. The full spectrum of the hobby is included in this elegant book. From the first talking dolls by Edison and others to the modern talking dolls of today, this books illustrates and describes hundreds of collectable talking dolls and toys in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745 ROLCollier, Gaydell M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: High Plains Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.795 COLBoström, Mattias
Summary: "Everyone knows Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created a unique literary character who has remained popular for over a century and is appreciated more than ever today. But what made this fictional character, dreamed up by a small-town English doctor in the 1880s, into such a lasting success, despite the author's own attempt to escape his invention? In From Holmes to Sherlock, Swedish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mysterious Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828 BOSChin, Jason
Summary: "A book exploring the world of the very small, delving deep into the microscopic spaces just beneath our skin"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.6 CHICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.6 OHILevy, Debbie
Summary: "The Earth is facing a climate crisis that it can't fight on its own. Luckily, the Earth has another important power: the power of people! And people have the power to change, protect, innovate, and invent. Thanks to the power of nature and the ingenuity of people, change is in the air!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577 LEVAronson, Marc.
Summary: "The amazing story of the Chilean miners and their incredible rescue!"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.11 ARONathan, Amy.
Summary: Offers advice on the challenges involved in learning to play a musical instrument, including tips from teenage musicians and professional musicians about practicing, performing, and buying equipment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 784.143 NATCollet, Anne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.5 COLHalpern, Paul
Summary: "In the past decade, Paul Halpern has brought readers three stunning histories of science -- Einstein's Dice and Schroedinger's Cats, The Quantum Labyrinth, and Synchronicity -- that reveal the twisted, bizarre, and illuminating stories of physics' greatest thinkers and ideas. In Flashes of Creation, Halpern turns to what might be the biggest story of them all: the discovery of the origins of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520.92 HALCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520.92 HALSilverman, Sharon Hernes
Summary: Cowls are a perennially popular wearable accessory and great cowl designs can be crocheted by even a relative newbie. This new book by crochet design expert Sharon Hernes Silverman includes simple graphic designs, some in striking black and white, as well as more complex color patterns to present a variety of looks and styles. Includes instructions and patterns for crocheting 15 strikingly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books, an imprint of Globe Pequot, Trade Division of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.434 SILChatwin, Bruce
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.28 CHAAbrams, Jeanne E.
Summary: How the three inaugural First Ladies defined the role for future generations, and carved a space for women in AmericaAmerica's first First Ladies--Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Dolley Madison--had the challenging task of playing a pivotal role in defining the nature of the American presidency to a fledgling nation and to the world. In First Ladies of the Republic, Jeanne Abrams breaks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 ARBDeYoung, Karen
Summary: A biography of the soldier-statesman follow's Colin Powell's life from his Jamaican roots and youth in the Bronx, through his decorated career in the Army and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to his role as Secretary of State and departure from the post.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POWELL, COLIN POWBowers, Q. David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vestal Press 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792 BOWBarone, Rebecca (Rebecca E.)
Summary: "In 1910, Captain Robert Scott prepared his crew for a trip that no one had ever completed: a journey to the South Pole. He vowed to get there any way he could, even if it meant looking death in the eye. Then, not long before he set out, the telegram arrived: "Proceeding to Antarctic - Roald Amundsen." What was to be an expedition had become a race. One hundred and eight years later, Captain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.89 BARScarlata, Kate
Summary: "IBS affects 45 million Americans; it's also a tricky disease--hard to diagnose, miserable to live with. With the advent of the low FODMAP diet, nutrition is one of the primary treatments--but most folks don't know how to connect the dots between our brain and our gut health. Enter world renowned digestive health specialist and registered dietitian Kate Scarlata, and prominent GI psychologist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024