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Adulthood Attention-deficit disorder in adults Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Environmental aspects Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Psychological aspects Canada Cohen, Leonard 1934-2016 Diseases Social aspects Health Social aspects Social medicineDembicki, Geoff.
Summary: A declaration of independence, and a call for systemic change, from the generation that will be most impacted by climate change. The millennial generation could be the first to experience the doomsday impacts of climate change-- and the last generation able to do something about them. Dembicki provides a wake-up call for the biggest challenge of our era, told through the stories of people...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7 DEMMast, Dolorita.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Helicon 1965
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RICHARD, GABRIEL MASFriedman, Matti
Summary: "Describes the author's harrowing experiences manning a remote Israeli outpost with a regiment of other young soldiers, during a small, unnamed war in the late 1990s that foreshadowed other unwinnable conflicts in the Middle East,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRIEDMAN, MATTI FRIMatz, Jeffrey.
Summary: The bucolic New England town—a suburb of Manhattan—became the site of fervent experimentation by some of the leading lights of the movement in the United States, the architects known as the Harvard Five, whose modern aesthetic could be traced to the Bauhaus school of design. There they promoted their core principles: simplicity, openness, and sensitivity to site and nature, and built glass,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Monacelli Press 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720 MATFriedman, Matti
Summary: The little-known story of Leonard Cohen’s concert tour to the front lines of the Yom Kippur War, including never-before-seen selections from an unfinished manuscript by Cohen and rare photographs. In October 1973, the poet and singer Leonard Cohen—thirty-nine years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end—traveled from his home on the Greek island of Hydra to the chaos and bloodshed of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COHEN, LEONARD FRIHart, Matt
Summary: "Game of Shadows meets Shoe Dog in this explosive behind-the-scenes look that reveals for the first time the unsettling details of Nike's secret running program-the Nike Oregon Project. In May 2017, journalist Matt Hart received a USB drive containing a single file-a 4.7-megabyte PDF named "Tic Toc, Tic Toc. . . ." He quickly realized he was in possession of a stolen report prepared a year...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7 HARDenning, Patt
Summary: "Just say no" just doesn't work for everyone. If you've tried to quit and failed, simply want to cut down, or wish to work toward sobriety gradually, join the many thousands of readers who have turned to this empathic, science-based resource--now thoroughly revised. A powerful alternative to abstinence-only treatments, harm reduction helps you set and meet your own goals for gaining control...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Guilford Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 DENMaté, Gabor
Summary: "In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2022
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Summary: " ... This insightful book explores the scientific and psychological causes of addiction, as well as the impact on the addicts treated at the Downtown Eastside Vancouver clinic where Mate is a physician. He widens the lens to address the larger societal problem--speaking also to the risks of more "high-status" addictions, such as wealth, power, and sex. He boldly challenges the War on Drugs,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbis Books 2003
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Summary: "From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD) as genetically based--and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition." -- Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind MateMaté, Gabor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind MatteMyhrman, Matts A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Out on a Bale 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690.8 MYHDemick, Barbara.
Summary: Follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years, a chaotic period that saw the rise to power of Kim Jong Il and the devastation of a famine that killed one-fifth of the population, illustrating what it means to live under the most repressive totalitarian regime today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: InterVarsity Press 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 1994
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cranbrook Institute of Science 1948
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Summary: "Wildfires are getting more destructive than ever before. Flames in forests are scorching about twice as many trees as they did two decades ago, and nearly 100,000 homes, barns, and other structures have been incinerated. "Fire seasons" are now fire years. Tens of millions of people live in areas vulnerable to fire, and more keep moving in. Driven in part by climate change, the areas burned and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2023
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Summary: Renowned author Kati Marton tells how her journalist parents survived the Nazis in Budapest and were imprisoned by the Soviets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARTON, KATI MARMarton, Kati.
Summary: "This astonishing real-life spy thriller, filled with danger, misplaced loyalties, betrayal, treachery, and pure evil, with a plot twist worthy of John le Carre, is relevant today as a tale of fanaticism and the lengths it takes us to. True Believer reveals the life of Noel Field, an American who betrayed his country and crushed his family. Field, once a well-meaning and privileged American,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FIELD, NOEL HAVILAND MARMoore, Matt (Matt R.)
Summary: "An all-around grilling cookbook showcasing different methods and diverse cuisines, as well as stories and recipes from America's all-star grillers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.61 GANGott, Richard
Summary: This new look at the history of Cuba illuminates the islands entire revolutionary past as well as the most recent decades of the Castro regimeEvents in Fidel Castros island nation often command international attention and just as often inspire controversy. Impassioned debate over situations as diverse as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Elian Gonzales affair is characteristic not only of modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books/Collins 2007