Alberti, Rafael
Summary: A bilingual anthology by a Spanish poet, illustrated with paintings that inspired it. In the poem, Botticelli, accompanied by the painting, The Birth of Venus, he writes: "Upon the sea / all is curling witchery, / twirling curl / & rippling wave, / a geometric order / carried to the border / by uncooling winds that shower bird & flower."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northwestern University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 ALBAlbers, Susan.
Summary: " In this much-anticipated follow-up to Fifty Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food, renowned nutrition expert and New York Times best-selling author of Eat Q, Susan Albers delivers fifty more highly effective ways to help you soothe yourself without eating-leading to a healthier, happier life! If you're an emotional overeater, you may turn to food to cope with stress and sadness, enhance joy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: Presents a modern translation of the Books of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament, and provides annotations and commentary for each verse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 223.077 ALTVilloldo, Alberto
Summary: "The Illumination Process guides the reader on a healing journey, forged by the timeless wisdom of indigenous cultures and the latest theories of neurobiology. Through various stages in this journey of initiation, we grow to understand the causes of our suffering and how to free ourselves from the pain and drama of our unhealed emotions. Life itself invites us to be initiated through many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House, Inc. 2017
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Summary: Albers takes aim at the fifty most common self-sabotaging thoughts and excuses that keep you from eating right and looking great. She dismantles each excuse and offers a mindfulness exercise to help reroute your thoughts so you can meet your health goals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 ALBHalber, Deborah.
Summary: In America today, upwards of forty thousand people are dead and unaccounted for. These murder, suicide, and accident victims, separated from their names, are being adopted by the bizarre online world of amateur sleuths. It's DIY CSI. The web sleuths pore over facial reconstructions (a sort of Facebook for the dead) and other online clues as they vie to solve cold cases and tally up personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 HALAlberta, Tim
Summary: For millions of conservative Christians, America is their kingdom--a land set apart, a nation uniquely blessed, a people in special covenant with God. This love of country, however, has given way to right-wing nationalist fervor, a reckless blood-and-soil idolatry that trivializes the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Alberta retraces the arc of the modern evangelical movement, placing political and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLEKolbert, Elizabeth
Summary: "In 26 connected essays, Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter Elizabeth Kolbert takes us on an illustrated journey through the landscape of climate change and the stories we tell ourselves about the future"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2024
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Summary: "Simple text and full-color photographs describe various military amphibious vehicles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.7475 ALPAlpert, Tanya.
Summary: Presents 25 simple, modern garments and accessories inspired by Japanese design, featuring innovative elements and beautiful fibers. Alpert introduces each pattern by explaining the inspiration behind it and how she incorporated it into her design. Illustrated with stunning photographs, this beautiful book also includes an appendix of essential techniques.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill 2009
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Summary: An objective, research-based examination presented from the perspective of victims, civil rights advocates, and the police. Discusses racial awareness in formative years; use of race to fight crime, drugs, and terror; police response to racial profiling accusations; special interest groups and legislative efforts to end the practice; effectiveness of data collection programs; use of race in law...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Marque Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.23 HOLHulbert, Ann
Summary: Presents an exploration of child genius through the stories of fifteen exceptionally gifted young people, from cybernetics founder Norbert Wiener and chess master Bobby Fischer to movie icon Shirley Temple and African-American musician Philippa Schuyler.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 371.9509 HULLibert, Steve
Summary: "In 1679, the French ship Le Griffon mysteriously vanished. Was it lost in a violent storm or robbed of its valuable cargo of furs and set ablaze? No one knows, but historians are quite certain the ship found its final resting place on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Now after centuries of mystery and misinformation, Steve and Kathie Libert reveal that Le Griffon likely met her final fate among...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 LIBCalvert, Patricia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 930.0491 CALManguel, Alberto.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1980
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 809 MANManguel, Alberto.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 028.9 MANVilloldo, Alberto
Summary: This fascinating book by psychologist and medical anthropologist Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., explains the practices for healing outside of ordinary time and space. It shows how to enter the timeless now to heal events that occurred in the past, and to correct the course of destiny. Dr. Villoldo discusses ways in which you can heal yourself and your loved ones by employing intention through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2017
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Summary: An introduction to the life and career of railroad engine driver Casey Jones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 385.3 ALBAngela, Alberto
Summary: "One of Italy's most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war. Our world today would not be the same without Cleopatra. While she is one of the most famous figures in history, the legendary Egyptian queen remains, in many ways, an enigma. In this mesmerizing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLEOPATRA ANGFanfani, Alberto.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.934 FANManguel, Alberto.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word ManguelHulbert, Ann.
Summary: "In this inquiry into America's preoccupation with raising children, Ann Hulbert blends biography and critical analysis to probe the personal dramas, the scientific claims, and the social visions of a succession of experts who during the twentieth century aimed to make a science of child rearing. She describes how these pediatricians and psychologists came to be popular advisers, and explores...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 HULKolbert, Elizabeth
Summary: "The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? That man should have dominion "over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ KolbertReeves, Hubert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1984