Barrett, Marilyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1994
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Summary: "Set against a backdrop of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, the reign of Nazi Germany, and the entire course of World War II in Europe, American Shoes recounts the tumultuous childhood of a young American girl and her family trapped within a country that turned against itself, where human decency eroded and then vaporized. Forced to grow up in the midst of endemic fear stoked by a ravenous madman,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beyond Words 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: YA 940.53 TURBarretta, Gene.
Summary: Presents an introduction to the inventions of Benjamin Franklin, one of the nation's most beloved figures, credited with introducing bifocals, daylight savings time, lightning rods, and the establishment of post offices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 609.2 BARBarretta, Gene.
Summary: When clever Aunt Ant moves to the zoo, she describes the quirky animal behavior she observes by speaking in homophones, from the moose who loved mousse to the fox who blew blue bubbles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Preschool Barretta 2010Murawski, Darlyne.
Summary: Presents close-up photographs of insect faces and describes some of their unique facial features, including compound eyes and pincher jaws.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2000
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Summary: "Barret Baumgart's literary debut presents a haunting and deeply personal portrait of civilization poised at the precipice, a picture of humanity caught between its deepest past and darkest future. In the fall of 2013, during the height of California's historic drought, Baumgart toured the remote military base, NAWS China Lake, near Death Valley, California. His mother, the survivor of a recent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Of Iowa Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.6 BAUBarretta, Gene
Summary: When George Washington Carver was just a young child, he had a secret: a garden of his own. Here, he rolled dirt between his fingers to check if plants needed more rain or sun. He protected roots through harsh winters, so plants could be reborn in the spring. He trimmed flowers, spread soil, studied life cycles. And it was in this very place that George’s love of nature sprouted into something...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio CarverBarrette, Laurie
Summary: "Minimal: For Simple and Sustainable Living offers readers inspiration and tools to embrace simple living and create meaningful, lasting change in their lives. From advice on home decorating and decluttering, easy-to-follow recipes for making your own cosmetics and cleaning products, and tips for shopping sustainably, composting, and restoring old furniture, Minimal provides a host of small but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ambrosia 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 640.28 BARBarret, Christine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HP Books 1991
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Summary: An introduction to the hidden worlds of popular insects profiles their habits, habitats, and diets while providing thematic spreads that share additional historical and geographical fun facts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2013
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Summary: Provides a close-up look at some familiar species of spiders as well as more exotic ones that live in tropical rain forests or make their homes underwater.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE 595.4 MurawBarretta, Gene
Summary: Before Steven Spielberg made films, he watched them. Naturally inventive with a vivid imagination, he was known for creating stories inspired by the world around him. Films and the magic they contained became an escape from the bullying and antisemitism he received, and from tension in his parents' marriage. Baretta captures the unique ways Spielberg's memories influenced his career and helped...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2006
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Summary: In this memoir, world record-holding and controversial Big Wave surfer Garrett McNamara chronicles his emotional quest to ride the most formidable waves on earth. Garrett McNamara affectionately known as GMac set the world record for the sport, surfing a seventy-eight-foot wave in Nazare, Portugal in 2011, a record he smashed two years later at the same break. Propelled by the challenge and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dearborn Trade Pub. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.804 BARBaskett, Mickey.
Contents: Introduction -- Furniture preparation -- Supplies -- Old furniture -- New unfinished wood -- Decorating techniques -- Rooster cabinet -- Fern forest chest -- Diamonds bookcase -- Grapes & vines pie safe -- Leaves in a circle -- Orange checked chest -- Elegant console table -- Red & gold drop leaf table -- Geranium chest -- Fall leaves tray table -- Bee skep storage bench -- Rose armoire -- Baby...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.7 BaskettFaith, Karlene.
Summary: "At the age of twenty-one, Leslie Van Houten was sentenced to death, along with Charles Manson and several of his other disciples, for the infamous murder rampage spanning two nights in August 1969. Leslie, who was present at the Rosemary and Leno LaBianca murders, cheerfully accepted her sentence, wishing only that she had better served Manson in carrying out his apocalyptic vision of "Helter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northeastern University Press 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 HOSParrott, Les.
Summary: Discusses the importance of spending time together as a family, specifically dinner time, to strengthen and build relationships and restore a sense of peace in the home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2011
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Summary: "Weed the People will take readers a half-step into the future. The issues surrounding the legalization of pot vary from the trivial to the profound. There are new questions of social etiquette: Is one expected to offer a neighborly toke? If so, how? Is it cool to bring cannabis to a Super Bowl party? Yea or nay on the zoning permit for a marijuana shop two doors down from the Safeway? Plus,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time Books 2015
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Summary: "Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir. Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SATRAPI, MARJANE SATGarnett, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1982
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Summary: Traces the significance of Sunday from ancient times to present-day America, looking at the religious and secular rituals that have defined the day over the centuries, from early Christian celebrations of the liturgy, to the end of "blue laws" during the1950s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2007
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