Álvarez, Noé
Summary: "Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who "slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives." A university scholarship offered escape, but as a first-generation Latino college-goer, Álvarez struggled to fit in. At nineteen, he learned about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B ALVAREZ ALVOlivarez, José
Summary: "A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love-self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural-is birthed, shaped, and complicated by the invisible forces of gender, capitalism, religion, migration, and so on. Written in English and combined with a Spanish translation by poet David Ruano, Promises of Gold explores many forms of love and how "a promise made isn't always a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 OLIFarthing, Pen.
Summary: Describes how the author's witness to the brutality of Afghanistan's dog-fighting activities prompted his intervention and led to his relationship with a freed canine, recounting how he helped create a makeshift pound for rescued and stray dogs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.08 FARLevine, Karen
Summary: A biography of a Czech girl who died in the Holocaust, told in alternating chapters with an account of how the curator of a Japanese Holocaust center learned about her life after Hana's suitcase was sent to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5318 LEVJackson, Lisa
Summary: The menacing woods of Grizzly Falls, Montana, are not for the faint of heart. But for some, they're the perfect setting for partying and pranks. They don't know there's a rapt audience amid the tangled trees, a killer with a different kind of game in mind, for whom the woods are dark and deep--and perfectly deadly...Some places earn their bad reputation through tall tales or chance. Grizzly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Jackson 2017Anders, Elouise
Summary: "For anyone looking to drink less, to leave alcohol permanently on the shelf, or to wake up a little less hung over on Sunday, shake and stir up your next party with Nixology. Full of classics like the Martini, Negroni, and Cosmo, Nixology is full of recipes that are full of flavor instead alcohol. Whip up single cocktails, batches to share, or low-ABV drinks for a tiny buzz. Whether it's a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smith Street Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.874 ANDAlvarez, Julia.
Summary: The popular author talks about three of her most personal relationships--with her parents, with her husband, and with a young Haitian boy known as Piti.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALVAREZ, JULIA ALVJackson, Lisa
Summary: Detective Regan Pescoli's sister is murdered, bringing her grief, guilt, and care of her teenage niece, Ivy. Though Pescoli is on maternity leave, she's drawn into the investigation headed by her partner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2019
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Summary: The crime scene is as puzzling as it is brutal. Doctor Paul Latham and his wife, Brindel, are found dead in separate beds in their beautiful San Francisco home, each the victim of a gunshot wound to the head. There are no signs of forced entry, and despite the emptied safe it's clear this murder isn't random. For Detective Regan Pescoli, news of her sister's death brings grief mixed with guilt....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corporation 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M JACBrown, Jordan
Summary: An introduction to the science that powers favorite amusement park rides reveals why a roller coaster does not need an engine and how bumper cars can move without gasoline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BROGloaming.
Contents: The booley house -- Cucanandy -- The sailor's bonnet -- The pilgrim's song -- The rolling wave -- Fáinleog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Real World Records 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK GLOOrange, Tommy
Summary: Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion Prison Castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity. Oakland, 2018. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield is barely holding her family together after the shooting that nearly took the life of her nephew Orvil. Now adrift, Opal searches for a way to heal her wounded family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD FIC ORAIftin, Abdi Nor
Summary: Adapted from the adult memoir, an intimate portrait of modern immigration describes how the author's family was forced by war to leave their home in Somalia before he received an opportunity to win the annual U.S. visa lottery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 IFTThomas, M. J.
Summary: "Peter, Mary, and their faithful dog Hank travel back to the time of Noah. With only seven days to solve the riddle of the scroll and escape the impending flood, Peter, Mary, and Hank must race to help Noah and his family finish the ark"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids/ideals 2017
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Summary: Mrs. Noah nurses injured birds and brings them on board the ark when the heavy rains come, saving a special mission for the doves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kar-Ben Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOLTriplett, Dawn.
Summary: "Brave boys were they! contains the biographies of over four hundred Civil War veterans who lived in Kalkaska County, Michigan. More than two hundred veterans are interred in Kalkaska County cemeteries, some in unmarked graves that are only now being marked with military headstones. The book chronicles the events and activities of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corp that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dawn Triplett 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7474 TRI1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 977.465 TRI
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 973.7479 TRIBenson, Kerry
Summary: "Developed by two registered dietitians, the non-alcoholic drink recipes in Mocktail Party feature nutritious, all-natural ingredients with minimal sugar that you can easily find at any grocery store. The book also features information about the benefits of an alcohol-free lifestyle, tips for sustainable mixology, and advice for ordering mocktails at a restaurant or bar. If you're tired of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Star Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.875 BENJeffries, Roderic
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1992
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JEFWalsh, Robb
Summary: Compiles chili recipes and recipes that incorporate chili, including such offerings as lobster chili, green chile chicken, Branson chili cheese fries, and pork and whiskey chili.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8 WALLeonard, Mike
Summary: An account of the author's trip across America from Phoenix to Chicago with his eccentric elderly parents in an RV describes how they revisited significant places, people, and events in their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 917.304 LEOBrimner, Larry Dane
Summary: The author recounts the real-life events leading up to and surrounding the 1931 Superior Court of California school desegregation case of Roberto Alvarez v. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District, Lemon Grove, California.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALVJackson, Lisa.
Summary: When detective Regan Pescoli drives to Sheriff Dan Grayson's house to present her resignation, she's not expecting to find him shot and bleeding out on the frozen ground. With Grayson barely clinging to life and the entire police department in shock, Pescoli feels compelled to stay on the force until the case is solved. She and detective Selena Alvarez work to whittle down the list of suspects,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY JACJeffries, Roderic
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JEFJackson, Lisa.
Summary: Some places earn their bad reputation through tall tales or chance. Grizzly Falls is different. Here, killers aren't just the stuff of legends and campfire lore. Someone is in the nighttime shadows, watching the local teens play around in the moonlit woods. Waiting for the right moment, the right victim. Waiting to take away a life. Detective Regan Pescoli is counting the days until her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2016