Singer, P. W. (Peter Warren)
Summary: "Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter and Facebook to create chaos and destruction. This urgent report is required reading, from defense expert P.W. Singer and Council on Foreign Relations fellow Emerson Brooking"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult BrookingSinger, P. W. (Peter Warren)
Summary: "America is on the brink of a revolution, one both technological and political. The science fiction of AI and robotics has finally come true, but millions are angry and fearful that the future has left them behind.After narrowly stopping a bombing at Washington's Union Station, FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan receives a new assignment: to field-test an advanced police robot. As a series of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SINSinger, P. W. (Peter Warren)
Summary: A military expert reveals how science fiction is fast becoming reality on the battlefield, changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.04 SINDoherty, P. C. (Peter C.)
Summary: Argues that birds around the world detect dangers in the environment long before humans do, and claims that more attention should be paid to the scientific observation of birds and their behaviors to help identify threats to the health of the planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Pub Co 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 DOHSinger, P. W. (Peter Warren)
Summary: "Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter and Facebook to create chaos and destruction. This urgent report is required reading, from defense expert P.W. Singer and Council on Foreign Relations fellow Emerson Brooking"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 SINAtkins, P. W. (Peter William)
Summary: The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at the same time is simple, elegant, and beautiful. Where did these laws and these constants come from? And why are the laws so fruitful when written in the language of mathematics? Peter Atkins...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 ATKContents: Preface / David Haynes -- Introduction: A Festschrift for Professor Magnaghi -- Story maps / Robert Archibald -- An immense world of delight: The U.P. in prose / Ted Bays -- Witness to five centuries: The history of Ste. Anne's Parish, Mackinac Island / Steven C. Brisson -- Hungarians in Michigan's Copper Country / Bernard Cook -- "A most unpleasant circumstance" : Personality and provocation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "H. P. Lovecraft is one of America's giants of the horror genre. Now, in this second volume of annotated tales, Lovecraft scholars S. T. Joshi and Peter Cannon provide another rare opportunity to look into the mind of a genius. Their extensive notes lift the veil between real events in the writer's life - such as the death of his father - and the words that spill out onto the page in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Dell Trade Paperback 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOVBerthold-Bond, Annie.
Summary: "868 practical formulas: all-purpose household cleaners, body creams and lotions, laundry products, disinfectants, baby care, fragrances, hair care, natural facials, lawn and garden care, natural insect repellents, milk paint, plant stains, and dyes, art supplies, hobbies, and kids' projects"--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 BERFilby, P. William (Percy William)
Contents: v. 1. A-G -- v. 2. H-N -- v. 3. O-Z.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gale Research Co. 1981
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.373 FILTeter, Magda
Summary: "A panoramic cultural and legal history that traces the roots of antisemitism and racism to early Christian theology. Since the earliest days of Christianity, theologians expressed pervasive anxiety about Jews as equal members of society and, with European expansion in the early modern period, that anxiety extended to people of color. This troubling legacy still haunts us today. Christian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Pub. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5322 BERBerthon, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 BERGeter, Hafizah
Summary: "Hafizah Augustus Geter disrupts the myths of America's origins and contemporary America through her experiences as the queer Nigerian-born daughter of a Muslim Nigerian woman and a Black American man from a Southern Baptist family in Jim Crow Alabama. A unique combination of gripping memoir and Afrofuturist thought, The Black Period follows Hafizah on a journey that tells her at every turn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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Summary: Continues the story of the unusual friendship between Owen, a young orphaned hippo, and Mzee, a 130-year old Aldabra tortoise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599 HATKunhardt, Philip B.
Summary: A biography of the man who founded the famous circus, a millionaire and entertainer extraordinaire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BARNUM, P.T. KUNEisner, Peter
Summary: The true story of three intrepid people who successfully eluded the Japanese in Manila for more than two years, sabotaging enemy efforts and preparing the way for MacArthur's return. One was a debonair polo-playing expatriate businessman who was also a U.S. Navy intelligence officer. Another was a defiant enlisted American soldier. And the third was a wily American woman, an intinerant torch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 EISPetter, Jean-Jacques
Summary: This stunningly illustrated guide to the world's primates covers nearly 300 species, from the feather-light and solitary pygmy mouse lemurs of Madagascar--among the smallest primates known to exist--to the regal mountain gorillas of Africa. Organized by region and spanning every family of primates on Earth, the book features 72 splendid color plates, facing-page descriptions of key features of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.8 PETLerer, Seth
Summary: Children's Literature charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop's fables to Mother Goose, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Peter Pan, from Where the Wild Things Are to Harry Potter. Seth Lerer here explores the iconic books, ancient and contemporary alike, that have forged a lifelong love of literature in young readers during their formative years. Along the way,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.89282 LERThompson, Kester.
Summary: From Martinis and Manhattans to sparkling Bellinis and fruity, frozen daiquiris, this user-friendly collection of cocktail recipes will turn anyone into an outstanding bartender! Arranged by spirit type and filled with enticing photographs, it's the perfect introduction to the intimidating world of drink-making. Hundreds of fabulous concoctions are included, from traditional to trendy, from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imagine Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.21 THOEtler, Cyndy
Summary: The author describes her youth as a runaway at age fourteen and how she was sent to a corrupt recovery facility where she faced intimidation and unconventional treatment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 ETLGefter, Philip.
Summary: Sam Wagstaff, the legendary curator, collector, and patron of the arts, emerges as a cultural visionary in this groundbreaking biography in which Wagstaff's largely overlooked influence on the world of contemporary art and photography, and on the evolution of gay identity in the latter part of the twentieth century, is portrayed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2014
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Summary: Provides instructions for making herbal vinegar and for adding herbal flavors to bottled vinegar, and shares recipes for vinegar-flavored condiments and dishes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Communications 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.622 OSTPedder, Sophie
Summary: "He emerged from nowhere to seize the presidency, defeat populism and upend French party politics. Who is Emmanuel Macron? How far can he really change France? In Revolution Française, Sophie Pedder examines the first year in office of France's youngest and most exciting president in modern times, with unique perspective from her time as head of The Economist's Paris bureau. President Emmanuel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018