Summary: Amy Gorman and Frances Kandl journey throught the San Francisco bay Area searching for female role models--very old women, still active artists, living with zest. While Amy chronicles their oral histories, Frances is inspired to compose songs. Honors the gift of age, and illustrates that growing old can be a time of creative expression and satisfaction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: GoldenBearCasting 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STISummary: Nanny enrolls Eloise in the prestigious Hawthorne Academy, but she soon finds out it isn't exactly what she was expecting. There are mean girls on the playground, very strict teachers, and so many rules. Eloise decides it is time to make school fun again, she's teaching her new friends to stand up to bullies, helping her teacher understand there are a lot of different ways to learn and having...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Starz Home Entertainment 2007
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Summary: "An illustrated wine guide covering everything from food pairings and the art of wine tasting, to serving temperature, to wine regions and winemaking-and more"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2020
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Summary: A notable PBS and Public Radio International host recounts the story of his friendship with Maya Angelou, who took on the role of teacher and maternal figure to him after their initial meeting in 1986, when he was a recent college graduate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SMIFernstrom, Madelyn H.
Summary: "Fernstrom provides an easy to use guide for anyone taking a medication--short term or long term--and foods to avoid that can interfere with the action of the medication. Small diet changes with big health payoffs! An added bonus in each chapter is a "Dietary Supplements Alert" box, providing the most up to date information on interactions with vitamins, minerals and other dietary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615 FERContents: 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: "NBC Today show nutrition and diet guru Madelyn Fernstrom and award-winning neuroscientist and pharmacologist John Fernstrom -partnering with AARP- present the ultimate guide to food and medicine interaction. Millions of Americans take prescription drugs to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, or other conditions. But beware: The foods you eat and the medications you take could...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615 FERDavids, Kenneth
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3373 DAVSmiley, Tavis
Summary: "A powerful chronicle of the sixteen weeks leading up to King of Pop Michael Jackson's death. Michael Jackson's final months were like the rest of his short and legendary life: filled with deep lows and soaring highs, a constant hunt for privacy, and the pressure and fame that made him socially fragile and almost--ultimately--unable to live,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, MICHAEL SMISmiley, Tavis
Summary: Presents an analysis of the recent increase of poverty in the United States, even among the middle class, describing twelve steps that can be undertaken to give the poor more equitable access to housing, education, and health care.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SmileyBooks 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.22 SMIDavids, Sharice
Summary: Rich, vivid illustrations by Ojibwe Woodland artist Pawis-Steckley are delivered in a graphic style that honors Indigenous people. The bold artwork adds impact to the compelling text. (Kirkus starred review) The prose is reminiscent of an inspirational speech ("Everyone's path looks different"), with a message of service that includes fun biographical facts, such as her love of Bruce Lee....
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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Summary: This inspiring picture book autobiography tells the remarkable story of Sharice Davids, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress and the first LGBTQ congressperson to represent Kansas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DAVFaris, David.
Summary: This book is intended to provide summary information about the legitimate descent from an Angevin (i.e., Plantagenet) King of England of about one hundred individuals who emigrated from England and Wales to the North American colonies by the end of the seventeenth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. 1996
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.342 FarisDais, Dawn.
Contents: The preparation -- The decision -- The reason -- The accessories -- The training -- The limit -- The moment -- The lifestyle -- The pain -- The fundraising -- The payoff -- The mentality -- The marathon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.42 DAITanis, David
Summary: A masterwork of recipes, technique, approach, and philosophy, David Tanis Market Cooking is inspiring and essential. This is how to become a more intuitive cook. This is how to be more discerning at the market and in the kitchen. This is how to make one perfectly delicious dish after another, guided by the core beliefs that have shaped David Tanis's incomparable career: Food doesn't have to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Company, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 TANTanis, David.
Contents: Bread Makes the Meal : A Loaf's Longevity -- My Kind of Snack : Nibbles for Any Time of the Day -- A Dab of This and That : Superior Homemade Condiments -- Eating with a Spoon : Pleasure in a Bowl -- Vegetables to Savor : Steaming, Braising, and Wilting -- Strike While the Iron Is Hot : Scorched, Seared, and Griddled -- A Little Something Sweet : Pleasure in Small Bites -- A Few Remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.82 TANDais, Dawn
Summary: "Dawn Dais knows all about life's rollercoasters. In fact, she's made a career of writing books about them. Whether she was going from couch potato to marathoner, navigating pregnancy, or tackling parenting, her books have become go to guides for honest, been there done that wisdom delivered with wicked humor. But what do you do when life blindsides you with a challenge that is decidedly less...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go 2023
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Summary: "The cofounder of the holistic lifestyle website DailyOM presents a gentle and accessible step-by-step guide to moving from excessive reliance on medications to fundamentally healing yourself through four pillars of natural wellness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 616.85 TAYSummary: Tells the sweeping and dramatic story of religious life in America, examining more than 500 years of American religious history, from the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the 2008 presidential election. Examine this history as it has played out in public life, exploring the complex interaction between religion and democracy in the United States; the origins of the American concept of religious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GODRich, Kaelyn
Summary: Provides an in-depth guide to social activism, including tips on picking a cause, planning a protest, and promoting awareness on social media.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 320 RICHarley, Avis.
Summary: Short poems about undersea life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsong 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.6 HARDalin, David G.
Summary: In 1921, the beneficiary of an appointment the British would live to regret, Haj Amin al-Husseini became the mufti of Jerusalem, the most eminent and influential Islamic leader in the Middle East. For years, al-Husseini fomented violence in the region against the Jews he loathed and wished to destroy. Forced out in 1937, he eventually found his way to the country whose legions he desperately...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 DALSummary: Don't know who Tom Shadyac is? As a writer and a director, Shadyac first unleashed Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor remake on the world, and then a string of film fiascoes, but that's all behind him now. A bike accident left him with a host of debilitating maladies and brought him to the verge of suicide, so he took stock of his life and set out on a quest to answer some of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shady Acres, Inc. 2011