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Buttigieg, Pete 1982- Encyclopedias and dictionaries History and criticism English language Etymology France Languages French language Conversations and phrases English French language Self-instruction French language Study and teaching English speakers Lake Oswego (Or.) Biography Juvenile literature United States Wiener, Alter 1926-2018Swope, Sam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372.623 SWOCollins, Lauren
Summary: "When journalist Lauren Collins moved to Geneva, Switzerland, she decided to learn French in order to be closer to her French husband and his family. Her hilarious and idiosyncratic memoir about the things we do for love is an exploration across cultures and history into how we learn languages, and what they say about who we are"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LARGE PRINT 448.009 COLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 COLLINS, LAUREN COLCollins, Lauren
Summary: "A language barrier is no match for love. Lauren Collins discovered this firsthand when, in her early thirties, she moved to London and fell for a Frenchman named Olivier--a surprising turn of events for someone who didn't have a passport until she was incollege. But what does it mean to love someone in a second language? Collins wonders, as her relationship with Olivier continues to grow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Foreign CollinsPauls, Cole
Summary: "Cole Pauls returns with Kwändǖr, a short story collection of Southern Tutchone and Yukon tales. Gathering Pauls's comics from magazines, comic festivals and zine making workshops, these comics are Pauls's most personal work yet. You'll learn stories about the author's family, racism and identity, Yukon history, winter activities, Southern Tutchone language lessons and cultural practices. Have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conundrum Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 PAUHa, Robin
Summary: "A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PARKS, ROSA KOHMoore, Leonard N.
Summary: "How do we talk about Black history and racism in the United States on college campuses? In a series of essays, Professor Leonard Moore outlines how he has taught courses on African American history at colleges with a largely white student body. As an African American professor, he has had to find ways to teach to a diverse classroom, but one that is often dominated by white students with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Texas Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 MOOSeidule, Ty
Summary: "In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy-and explores why some of this country's oldest wounds have never healed. Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhood to his service in the U.S. Army, every part of his life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 SEISarnowski, Claire
Summary: "The true story of a young girl and a Holocaust survivor whose friendship led to a significant change in their community and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SARDougherty, Michael Brendan
Summary: "National Review senior writer Michael Brendan Dougherty delivers a mediation on belonging, fatherhood, and nationalism, through a series of letters to his estranged Irish father. The child of an Irish man and an Irish-American woman who split up soon after he was born, Michael Brendan Dougherty grew up with an acute sense of absence. He loved his mother but longed for his father, who only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio DoughertyGollob, Herman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 GOLLoh-Hagan, Virginia
Summary: "Following the alphabet, poetry and expository text explain and showcase the cultural traditions and contributions of Asian Americans throughout U.S. history. Topics include traditions in food, family, and social celebrations, as well as key moments in history and milestone achievements"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2022
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE LOHShorris, Earl
Summary: Documents the author's observations of circumstances reflected in a maximum-security prison and subsequent launch of a humanities college course for dropouts, immigrants and former inmates who eventually became high-achieving contributors to society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.3071 SHOFleischmann, Arthur.
Summary: The father of a child who was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two describes the intensive therapies that were pursued before Carly had a breakthrough at the age of ten, when she began using her computer to communicate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.92 FLEKing, Charles
Summary: "At the end of the 19th century, everyone knew that people were defined by their race and sex and were fated by birth and biology to be more or less intelligent, able, nurturing, or warlike. But one rogue researcher looked at the data and decided everyone was wrong. Franz Boas was the very image of a mad scientist: a wild-haired immigrant with a thick German accent. By the 1920s he was also the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 KINBuck, Leslie
Summary: This absorbing debut memoir recounts an American gardener's apprenticeship with the most prestigious gardening firm in Kyoto. --Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BUCK, LESLIE BUCWinchester, Simon.
Summary: Looks at the making of the Oxford English dictionary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423 WINHerbert, Janis
Summary: An account of the Lewis and Clark expedition sent by President Jefferson to explore the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Includes related activities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: U.S. health care has changed dramatically during the past century. A new breed of physicians use new machines, vaccines, and ideas in ways that have touched the lives of virtually everyone. How and why did these changes occur?
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.774 MEDFields-Black, Edda L.
Summary: "In the spring and summer of 1863, as the outcome of the Civil War, and with it the fate of the nation, hung in the balance, Union forces struggled to capture the offensive. One promising place was along the coastal waters of South Carolina. A year and a half earlier, the Union Navy had taken the port cities of Port Royal and Beaufort, where the Union then made plans to attack the expansive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 FIEOgilvie, Sarah
Summary: For the first time ever, this thrilling literary detective story, doubling as a celebration of words, language, people and one of mankind's greatest achievements, unravels the mystery of the contributors from around the world who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read, write and speak.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423.0922 OGLKreamer, Anne
Summary: A provocative evaluation of modern issues related to aging describes the author's decision to stop fighting the aging process and discusses interviews and experiments she conducted to address key questions about midlife sexuality and age discrimination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self care KreamerButtigieg, Pete
Summary: Once described by the Washington Post as "the most interesting mayor you've never heard of," Pete Buttigieg, the thirty-six-year-old Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has improbably emerged as one of the nation's most visionary politicians. First elected in 2011, Buttigieg left a successful business career to move back to his hometown, previously tagged by Newsweek as a "dying city,"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2019