Boaler, Jo

Summary: "Mathematical Mindsets provides practical strategies and activities to help teachers and parents show all children, even those who are convinced that they are bad at math, that they can enjoy and succeed in math. Jo Boaler--Stanford researcher, professor of math education, and expert on math learning--has studied why students don't like math and often fail in math classes. She's followed...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer Imprints 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 510 BOA

Van Bavel, Jay J.

Summary: "A revolutionary new understanding of identity, showing how our groups have a powerful influence on our feelings, beliefs, and behavior--and how these shared identities can inspire both personal change and social movements"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown Spark 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 VAN

Baker, Amy J. L.

Summary: "Parenting Under Fire presents theoretical frameworks and specific suggestions for the parents of hurt, angry, rejecting, distant children of all ages and all stages of connection"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parent Baker

Banek, Reinhold.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 784.1923 BAN

Baker, Amy J. L.

Summary: "After a messy divorce, it's all too common for one parent to try and undermine the relationship between their children and their ex. In Co-parenting with a Toxic Ex, readers are offered a positive parenting approach to coping with a hostile ex-spouse. Inside, mothers and fathers who are dealing with a toxic ex will learn how to avoid parental alienation, as well as techniques for talking to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.89 BAK

Elias, Stephen

Summary: "If you're one of the millions of Americans in danger of losing your house, The Foreclosure Survival Guide provides the practical information you need,"--Amazon.com.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.04 ELI

Baier, Bret

Summary: January 1961: President Eisenhower has three days to secure the nation's future before his young successor, John F. Kennedy, takes power — a final mission by the legendary leader who planned D-Day and guided America through the darkening Cold War.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EISENHOWER, DWIGHT BAI

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B EISENHOWER

Michna-Bales, Jeanine

Summary: "They left in the middle of the night--often carrying little more than the knowledge to follow the North Star. An estimated one hundred thousand slaves between 1830 and the end of the Civil War in 1865 embarked on a journey of untold hardship in search offreedom, many with the aid of the Underground Railroad. Through Darkness to Light : Seeking Freedom on the Underground Railroad imagines how...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2017

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.7 MIC

Gauer, James.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Monacelli Press 2004

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 728.37 GAU

Bader, Bonnie

Summary: The Underground Railroad includes miles of real stories of passengers, conductors, and abolitionists, well-known and unknown, that made their mark on history. Throughout, American Girl character Addy Walker shares snippets of her own gripping fictional story of escaping slavery.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017

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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC BAD

Blauer, Ettagale

Summary: "The African nation of Mauritania has faced many challenges throughout its history, and the people of this nation still suffer alleged human rights abuses today. The conflicts that have shaped this place are presented to readers through insightful text, but readers are also given a glimpse into the lives of the everyday people of Mauritania. Their festivals, artistic pursuits, games, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 966.1 BLA

Baier, Bret

Summary: On May 31, 1988, Reagan addressed a packed audience at Moscow State University, with a remarkable -- yet now largely forgotten -- speech that capped his first visit to the Soviet capital. This fourth in a series of summits between Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev was a dramatic coda to their tireless efforts to reduce the nuclear threat. More than that, Reagan viewed it as...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327 BAI

Bayer, Mike

Summary: "One Decision is a shift in thinking and a powerful blueprint that will catapult you into action, helping you turn obstacles into opportunities, struggles into successes and create a new outlook to improve your outcomes while living out the days ahead"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 BAY

Baer-Brown, Leslie

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mercury House 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7 BAE

Blauer, Ettagale

Summary: "Readers trace the ups, downs, successes, and struggles of the West African nation of Mali in this detailed guide that comprehensively covers the land itself and the people who call it home. Mali's unique culture is presented to readers through informative main text that's paired with helpful sidebars, colorful maps, and even recipes that encourage young people to make some of Mali's most...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 966.23 BLA

Blauer, Ettagale

Summary: Describes the geography, wildlife, history, government, economy, religion, and culture of Portugal.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 946.9 BLA

Warrick, Joby

Summary: "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Black Flags, the harrowing story of America's mission in Syria: to find and destroy Syria's chemical weapons and defeat ISIS--only to lose control of both In August 2012, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. Concerned that Assad might resort to chemical weapons, President Obama warned that any such use would...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.9104 WAR

Woy, Joann.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.087 WOY

Bauer, Shane

Summary: "A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history. IIn 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. An award-winning investigative journalist, he used his real name; there was no meaningful background...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365 BAU
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Baier, Bret

Summary: November 1943: World War II teetered in the balance. The Nazis controlled nearly all of the European continent. Japan dominated the Pacific. Allied successes at Sicily and Guadalcanal had gained modest ground but at an extraordinary cost. On the Eastern Front, the Soviets had already lost millions of lives. That same month in Tehran, with the fate of the world in question, the 'Big Three,'...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 BAI

Baier, Bret

Summary: George Washington rescued the nation three times: first by leading the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, second by presiding over the Constitutional Convention that set the blueprint for the United States and ushering the Constitution through a fractious ratification process, and third by leading the nation as its first president. After the War of Independence, the states...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 BAI

Baier, Bret

Summary: "From Bret Baier comes a riveting reassessment of Ulysses S. Grant, arguing that the great Civil War commander's battle to save the Union continued to the very end of his presidency when a crisis threatened to fracture the still fragile nation once again"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRANT, ULYSSES S. BAI

Bruer, John T.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.413 BRU