Challenger, Melanie
Summary: "A wide-ranging take on why humans have a troubled relationship with being an animal, and why we need a better one Human are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive, and baffling animals on the planet. But we are also an animal that does not think it is an animal. How well do we really know ourselves? How to Be Animal tells a remarkable story of what it means to be human and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.9 CHAMebane, Jeanie
Summary: Freshwater marshes are found throughout the United States and in many countries around the world. And in every marsh, there is an opportunity to view dozens of species of animal life. Written in a rhyming cumulative style like The House that Jack Built, At the Marsh in the Meadow portrays the wetlands food chain, showing how all forms of life, from the mud at the bottom of the marsh to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2016
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Summary: For Ash Woods, practicing alchemy is a crime. Only an elite few are legally permitted to study the science of magic, so when Ash is rejected by the Lancaster Mage’s College, he takes a job as the school’s groundskeeper instead, forced to learn alchemy in secret. When he’s discovered by the condescending and brilliant apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash is sure he's about to be arrested, but instead...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen, Tor Publishing Group 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CALEdwards, Melodie
Summary: "This modern reimagining of Persuasion is full of witty banter, romantic angst, and compelling characters as it captures the heart of the classic Jane Austen novel. When Anne Elliott broke up with Ben Wentworth it seemed like the right thing to do, but now eight years later, she's not so sure. In her tourist destination hometown, Anne is comfortable and confident in the life she's built for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Romance 2024
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Summary: Presents over two dozen outdoor science activities demonstrating such scientific properties as soil erosion, the water cycle, air pressure, and astronomy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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Summary: Covering everything from general dietary requirements to pasture management and food solutions for common health problems, this feeding handbook is your complete guide to equine nutrition and one of the most important investments you will ever make to your horse's health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.08 WORCrowder, Melanie
Summary: "From Antarctica's biting katabatic gusts to Hawai'i's sweet-smelling moani, discover fourteen winds of the world through poetry, scientific facts, and transporting illustrations."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551 CROFalick, Melanie
Summary: By profiling 30 creatives, the author explores how making by hand is the key to discovering one's passion--whether that means spinning natural fibers, carving a wooden bowl, or creating elaborate papercuts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 920 FALGillman, Melanie
Summary: "Explore the story of Amelia Earhart as she embarks on her second and final journey around the globe. A story of determination, heart, and courage, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves into the daring grit of the aviation pioneer--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that fly off the page"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC GILRawn, Melanie.
Summary: Bestselling author Melanie Rawn's triumphant return to high fantasy. The only survivor of royal treachery that eliminates his entire family, Azzad al-Ma'aliq flees to the desert and dedicates himself to vengeance. With the help of the Shagara, a nomadic tribe of powerful magicians, he begins to take his revenge-but at a terrible cost to himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2011
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Challoner, Jack
Summary: Presents over two dozen simple science activities using food, common household items, water, and the outdoors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2024
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Summary: In the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America's most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. For much of her life, Anne Morrow, the shy daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, has stood in the shadows of those around her, including her millionaire father and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2013
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Benjamin, Melanie
Summary: The morning of January 12, 1888, was unusually mild, following a long cold spell, warm enough for the homesteaders of the Dakota territory to venture out again, and for their children to return to school without their heavy coats. At the hour when most prairie schools were letting out for the day, a terrifying, fast-moving blizzard struck without warning. Schoolteachers as young as sixteen were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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Summary: In medieval Hagenheim, Germany, Aladdin, a poor orphan from the Holy Land, tries to rescue and win the heart of Kirstyn, the Duke of Hagenheim's daughter, his friend since childhood who is now pursued by greedy men seeking her father's fortune.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION DICDickerson, Melanie
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Melanie Dickerson comes a fresh reimagining of the classic Mulan tale. Mulan isn't afraid to pretend to be a son and assume her father's soldier duties in war. But what happens when the handsome son of a duke discovers her secret? Mulan is trying to resign herself to marrying the village butcher for the good of her family, but her adventurous spirit just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION DICTem, Melanie.
Summary: Leila Blackwell is losing her sight. Nevertheless, she stubbornly tries to maintain a "normal" lifestyle, often forsaking the companionship of her lover Cathy to act independently. When Leila is kidnapped and confined in a basement, slowly and steadily losing her sight as she is forced to engage in a batlle of wills with a man who beleives he is acting to save her soul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossroad Press 2011
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Testa, Melanie.
Summary: Discover tips and ideas for transforming those blank pages in your art journal into something new and exciting. You'll be making deeply personal and wonderfully textured and layered art in no time!
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 2012
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Summary: In the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America's most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. For much of her life, Anne Morrow, the shy daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, has stood in the shadows of those around her, including her millionaire father and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2013
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Dickerson, Melanie.
Summary: In order to escape her stepmother, Sophie journeys with Gabe, a young man who claims she is betrothed to his older brother, but they begin to develop feelings for each other, in this tale loosely based on "Snow White."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2012
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Summary: When Daniel Knight was thirteen, he and ten-year-old Brigitte Berthold escaped the Gestapo agents who arrested both their parents. They survived a harrowing journey from Germany to England, only to be separated upon their arrival. For more than seventy years he has vowed to find Brigitte. Now a wealthy old man, his final hope in finding Brigitte rests with Quenby Vaughn, an American journalist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION DOBGideon, Melanie.
Summary: For fans of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary and Allison Pearson's I Don't Know How She Does It comes an irresistible novel of a woman losing herself . . . and finding herself again . . . in the middle of her life. Maybe it was those extra five pounds I'd gained. Maybe it was because I was about to turn the same age my mother was when I lost her. Maybe it was because after almost...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2012
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Tem, Melanie.
Summary: Her brother Ethan is dead. then why does he visit and why does he leave the doors open for Lucy and her sisters — doors that whisper of the place that claimed Ethan's body and mind? "Don't be afraid, Lucy." The world of sleepy houses and glimmering summer lawns is losing its hold on Lucy Brill. Her parents don't have the answers - they don't even have the questions. ethan has changed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossroad Press 2010
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Millar, Golden Melanie
Summary: This friendly, positive picture book helps children understand their feelings better, giving them coping strategies for communicating and managing emotions more effectively. Using an inviting counting format, 1-2-3 My Feelings and Me invites children and adults to count to ten as they share and explore feelings together. “We feel our feelings in two important ways, in our bodies and in our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Publishing Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MILSummary: Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015