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Yogis, Jaimal

Summary: "In this meditative memoir--a compelling fusion of Barbarian Days and the journals of Thomas Merton--the author of Saltwater Buddha reflects on his "failing toward enlightenment," his continued search to find meaning and a greater understanding of the Divine in the world's oceans as well as everyday life."--Amazon.com.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 YOGIS, JAIMAL YOG

Berton, Pierre

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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1978

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971.3 BER

Salinger, Pierre.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Studio 1997

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 921 KEN

Lapierre, Alexandra

Summary: New York in the 1900s. A young girl fascinated by rare books defies all odds and becomes the director of one of the country's most prestigious private libraries. It belongs to the magnate J.P. Morgan, darling of the international aristocracy and one of the city's richest men. Flamboyant, brilliant, beautiful, Belle is among New York society's most sought after intellectuals. She also hides a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LAP

Bartolo, Pietro

Summary: "Situated more than one hundred miles off Italy's southern coast, the rocky island of Lampedusa has hit world headlines in recent years as the first port of call for hundreds of thousands of African and Middle Eastern refugees fleeing civil war and terrorism and hoping to make a new life in Europe. Dr. Pietro Bartolo, who runs the lone medical clinic on the island, has been caring for many of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BARTOLO, PIETRO BAR

Gamal, Adam

Summary: "The first and only book to ever be written by a member of America's most secret military unit--an explosive and unlikely story of immigration, service, and sacrifice. Inside our military is a team of operators whose work is so secretive that the name of the unit itself is classified. Highly-trained in warfare, self-defense, infiltration, and deep surveillance, "the Unit," as the Department of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024

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Yogis, Jaimal.

Summary: The author examines his own fears while exploring "the complicated spectrum of why we feel afraid: fear of loss, fear of not being good enough, fear of being trapped in the wrong job, fear of not being able to realize our dreams, fear of pain, and ultimately, fear of our own mortality"--Dust jacket flap.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152 YOG

Sonnino, Piera

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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 SON

Yogis, Jaimal.

Summary: Fed up with his suburban life, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more than a copy of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. His journey is a coming-of-age saga that takes him from communes to monasteries, from the warm Pacific to the icy New York shore. Saltwater Buddha is a chronicle of finding meditative focus in the barrel of a wave and eternal truth in the great...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisdom Publications 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 YOGIS, JAIMAL YOG

Moullé, Jean-Pierre.

Summary: Jean-Pierre and Denise Moullé met on a street corner in Berkeley, California, in 1980; six months later they were married. French Roots is the story of their lives told through the food they cook—beginning with the dishes of old-world France, the couple’s birthplace, and focusing on the simple, pared-down preparations of French food common in the postwar period. The story then travels to the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5944 MOU

Sierra, Judy

Summary: Presents an account of the early career of Ted Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss, describing how he adhered to strict literary guidelines while writing "The Cat in the Hat."

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017

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Reed, Avery

Summary: Details the life and times of the nineteenth-century German brothers who penned many famous fairy tales.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Turtleback Books 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REE

Grimm, Gavin

Summary: When you're a kid like Gavin Grimm, you know yourself best. And Gavin knew that he was a boy -- even if others saw him as a girl. But when his school took away his right to something as simple as using the boys' restroom, Gavin knew he had a big decision to make. Because there are always more choices than the ones others give you. Gavin chose to correct others when they got his pronouns wrong....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GRI

Grimes, Martha.

Summary: The popular mystery writer and her son present a dual account of their struggles with alcoholism and sobriety, a parallel journey marked by poignant episodes of relapse, travel, and friendship.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GRI

Morgan, Piers

Summary: The host of CNN's "Piers Morgan Live" chronicles his career with CNN as impacted by such historical events as the defeat of Osama bin Laden and the tragic school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MORGAN, PIERS MOR

Di Prima, Diane.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DI PRIMA, DIANE DIP

Grimes, Nikki

Summary: In this imaginative biographical story, Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sit down over a cup of tea in 1904 to reminisce about their struggles and triumphs in the service of freedom and women's rights.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GRI

Grimes, Nikki

Summary: "The first-ever picture book biography on Senator Kamala Harris"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HAR

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HAR

Grimes, Nikki.

Summary: When David asks his mother about the man on television, she tells him the story of Barack Obama, discussing his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, his parents' divorce, and his desire to help others.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2008

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio Obama

Dudgeon, Piers.

Summary: "Maeve Binchy's novels sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, and when she died on July 30th 2012, she did so as Ireland's best-loved writer. With bestselling books such as Light a Penny Candle, Circle of Friends, Tara Road, Evening Class, and A Week in Winter, which was published four months after her death, no one else told stories like Maeve Binchy. Humane, down-to-earth, and funny, her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BINCHY, MAEVE DUD

Gaiman, Neil.

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Publisher / Publication Date: NESFA Press 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.8 GAI

Murdoch, Sierra Crane

Summary: "When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her tribal government swayed by corporate interests, and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction. Three years later, when Lissa learned that a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 MUR

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 MUR

Summary: François André Michaux (1770–1855) was a French botanist whose work on the trees of North America gave the world’s first illustrated account of American trees east of the Mississippi. From 1841 to 1849 the English botanist and one of the greatest plant explorers of North America, Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859), prepared supplementary volumes to Michaux’s landmark work, The North American Sylva....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press Publishers 2017

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 580 TRE

Gaet's

Summary: "In the middle of a depressing youth in a ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, Robert Nesta Marley sees only one way out: music. And that music will be what Jamaica made of rock and pop locally that had hardly been heard anywhere else: reggae! It is Marley who brings the unmistakable beat of reggae to the entire world. From small stages in Jamaica, his partners of the Wailers accompany him all the way...

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Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Graphic Novels 2019

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GAE

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