Fleming, Melissa (Melissa R.)
Summary: Adrift in a frigid sea, no land in sight-just debris from the ship's wreckage and floating corpses all around-nineteen-year-old Doaa Al Zamel floats with a small inflatable water ring around her waist and clutches two children, barely toddlers, to her body. The children had been thrust into Doaa's arms by their drowning relatives, all refugees who boarded a dangerously overcrowded ship bound...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ZAMEL, DOAA AL FLESmith, Malissa
Contents: She-devils and Amazonian tigresses : women enter the boxing ring -- Victorian ladies boxing -- Boxing, women, and the mores of change -- Encountering the modern : Flappers, Mae West, and the war years -- Boxing in the Age of the "Mighty Atom" -- Burning bras, taking on the "sheriff," and winning the right to fight -- A ring of their own -- These ladies love the ring -- Christy Martin and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.4 SMIPotter, Elisha R. (Elisha Reynolds)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1968
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3745 PotteMeyer, Marissa
Summary: A collection of Lunar chronicles stories explore how Cinder arrived in New Beijing, how Wolf became a brooding soldier, and when Princess Winter and Jacin realized their destinies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MEYAlink, Merissa
Summary: "From the immensely popular blogger behind Little House Living comes a motivational homemaking book, inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, featuring creative, fun ways to live your life simply and frugally,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 ALILaveaux, Mélissa
Contents: Scissors -- My boat -- Chère trahison -- Ulysses -- Interlude Haïti -- Koudlo -- Dodo titit -- Needle in the hay -- Interlude voyeur -- Games of unrest -- Akeelah's heel -- I want to be evil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: No Format! 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LAVEpel, Elissa
Summary: "From world-renowned psychologist and New York Times-bestselling author Dr. Elissa Epel, a book that offers a simple yet powerful plan to turn your stress into your strength in just seven days Our lives have become increasingly stressful. From the moment our eyes open in the morning to when they drift closed at night, we are flooded with constant stress triggers: to-do lists, deadlines, thorny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2022
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Summary: "Did an adult just give you this book? Did you roll your eyes or laugh a little? Either reaction would be normal because this book is going to give you a lot of information that may seem awkward. It can also be a little funny, but it's really important. It's about puberty--that time when your body starts changing to look more grown up. Sometimes it may seem as if you are the only one dealing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Academy of Pediatrics 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.2 HOLHolmes, Melisa.
Summary: Straight talk for teens about friendships, parents, sex and values.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613 HOLArce, Julissa
Summary: "Nationally bestselling author Julissa Arce interweaves her own story with cultural commentary in a powerful polemic against the myth that assimilation leads to happiness and belonging for immigrants in America. Instead, she calls for a celebration of ouruniqueness, our origins, our heritage, and the beauty of the differences that make us Americans. "You sound like a white girl." These were the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 ARCSummary: As the alien Xenovirus reaches Britain, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, now gifted with extraordinary longevity, joins with Alan Turing to set up a special organization, the Order of the Silver Helix, to outmaneuver the terrifying mutations of the virus in Britain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KNAArce, Julissa
Summary: "For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true cost of the American dream? Julissa Arce shares her story in a riveting memoir. When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARCE, JULISSA ARCArce, Julissa
Summary: "Julissa Arce explores her days in Mexico separated from her parents and her daily fears while growing up undocumented in Texas"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.4 ARCNields, Nerissa
Contents: The day I let glory steer -- Glow in the dark plastic angel -- This is the work that we do -- When I let you into my closet -- Haven't I been good -- Clairman town -- Paris -- Sara, with your ring -- When I'm here -- If I wanted to -- Kiss me on the moon -- This town is wrong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zoë Records 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY NIEMoss, Marissa R.
Summary: "Her Country is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss's story of how in the past two decades, country's women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey Musgraves, Mickey Guyton, Maren Morris, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.642 MOSStein, Elissa.
Summary: In this hip, funny, and irreverent book, menstruation is explored historically and socially. This full-color book not only offers a trove of fascinating information, but presents a pictorial history of this complex, secret, and uniquely female process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.6 STESussman, Elissa
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Hayley Saffitz, a confident, ambitious, aspiring animation director, participates in her idol's summer program but must risk her blossoming relationship with his son if she is to prove she is as talented as the boys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SUSSussman, Elissa.
Summary: "A restless young journalist with big dreams interviews a Hollywood heartthrob--and, ten years later, it's clear that their time together meant more than meets the eye in this sexy, engrossing debut novel. Then. Twentysomething writer Chani Horowitz is stuck. While her former MFA classmates are nabbing book deals, she's in the trenches writing puff pieces. Then she's hired to write a profile of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell 2022
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Summary: A book needed now more than ever. The world is soaked in grief right now, as we are quickly approaching a million deaths from COVID-19. Grief is common to the point of moving beyond an occasional weight—it feels now like a perpetual state of being. This book helps teach self-care and self-worth; it shows when and how to ask for love and attention in your communities and how to provide it for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mandala 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 GERJames, Eliosa.
Summary: Married by proxy as a child, Lady Isidore has remained true to her vows, but when Simeon Jermyn, Duke of Cosway, returns to London demanding an annulment, she sets out to do anything to capture his heart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAMPembleton, Seliesa.
Summary: Describes the characteristics, habits, and life cycle of the nine-banded armadillo, called "turtle rabbit" by the Aztecs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dillon Press, c1992. 1992
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.3 PEMAltman, Elissa
Summary: "The author of the popular Poor Man's Feast blog chronicles her lifelong relationship with all things culinary and the transformation she experiences -- from culinary trend-aholic to a champion of simplicity -- when she finally finds love. Short chapters sprinkled with recipes show that living and eating well are much simpler than we might think"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 ALTMAN, ELISSA ALTThompson, Elissa
Summary: "Looking for a job can be overwhelming for anyone, especially a teen in search of that first paying gig. In this easy-to-follow guide, readers will learn all the steps to finding, applying, and interviewing for a job. Step-by-step instructions will explain how to build a résuemé, how to write a compelling cover letter, and how to pen business correspondence. Accessible advice will help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 650.14 THOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 651.14 Thompson 2020Thompson, Elissa
Summary: Who do you know? Who can you help? Networking is not an awkward, adults-only task. It's a way to connect with those around you, and help others as you work toward lifelong career goals. In this insightful and accessible guide, readers will learn the ins and outs of networking, including how to make conversation, how to set up a professional online profile, and how to use who you know to grow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2020