Luiselli, Valeria
Summary: "Structured around the forty questions Luiselli translates and asks undocumented Latin-American children facing deportation, Tell Me How It Ends (an expansion of her 2016 Freeman's essay of the same name) humanizes these young migrants and highlights thecontradiction of the idea of America as a fiction for immigrants with the reality of racism and fear--both here and back home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.23 LUISummary: "Featuring stories by a bestselling, cross-genre assortment of some of the most exciting writers working today, an anthology of gender-bent, queered, race-bent, and inclusive retellings from the enchanting and eternally popular world of Greek myth. Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, and the other denizens of Mount Olympus feel almost as present and larger than life today as they did when they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Summary: "Discover the vibrant culture of brujeria and embrace your own inner witch with this essential guide to spellcasting, spirit worship, tarot, crystals, and all the other elements of this increasingly popular lifestyle"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Element 2022
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Summary: Photographs and text trace the cultural and natural history of the North American bison, looking at how the U.S. government practically eliminated the buffalo in the mid-1880s in an attempt to force Native Americans onto reservations, and discussing later conservation efforts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 1996
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2 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 599.643 GEILintner, Valerio.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2004
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Summary: "In the tradition of How to Murder Your Life, a young woman's witty memoir demystifying law school and lawyers through tales of her own badness, the badness of her peers, and the badness of the law in general"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DORN, ANNA DORBurton, Valorie
Summary: Encourages readers to set new personal norms in their lives that guide them on a path to purpose, success, and fulfillment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 248.843 BURMore, Clay
Summary: "Adventurer, showman, charlatan, best-selling author: Ned Buntline was all of these things and more, including one of the most colorful characters in American history. Buntline, whose real name was Edward Zane Carroll Judson (he called himself Colonel Judson, but the rank was as fictional as the pseudonym), produced hundreds of dime novels during the second half of the 19th century and was the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MORValério, Geraldo
Summary: "This stunning exploration of butterflies from around the world is a companion to My Book of Birds. Geraldo Valério grew up in Brazil, watching white butterflies visit the vegetable patch behind his house. As he got older, he learned more about these unique and beautiful insects, which can be found on every continent except Antarctica. In this gorgeous album, Geraldo presents his favorite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadview Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335.02 MORDove, Rita.
Summary: Prologues: Bridgetower -- Prologue of the rambling sort. Prodigy: (Re)naissance -- Capriccio -- Friedrich Augustus Bridgetower discovers the purposes of fatherhood -- Lines whispered to a pillow -- Recollection, preempted -- Paris, panting -- What doesn't happen -- Windsor -- Mrs. Papendiek's diary (1) -- Marine Pavilion, Brighthelmston -- Wardrobe lesson -- Mrs. Papendiek's diary (2) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 DOVKlein, Hilary Dole
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648.7 KLEMore, Thomas
Summary: Presents the English statesman's classic denunciations of sixteenth-century tyranny and corruption and vision of an ideal society, along with historical and biographical notes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335.02 MORVidal, Gore
Summary: From the Publisher: Gore Vidal-novelist, playwright, critic, screenwriter, memoirist, indefatigable political commentator, and controversialists-is America's premier man of letters. No other living writer brings more sparkling wit, vast learning, indelible personality, and provocative mirth to the job of writing an essay. This long-needed volume comprises some twenty-four of his best-loved...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.5 VIDBodden, Valerie
Summary: "A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of chameleons, the color-changing reptiles. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why chameleons shake while they walk"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597 BODBodden, Valerie
Summary: "A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of jellyfish, the bell-shaped, oceanic invertebrates. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why jellyfish have squishy bodies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 593.5 BODBodden, Valerie
Summary: A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of peacocks, the rainforest birds whose males have showy feathers. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why peacocks are so colorful.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks 2018
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Summary: This revised edition surveys key aspects of snakes, describing the slithering reptiles' appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures do not have legs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks 2020
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Summary: "A basic introduction to crickets, examining where they live, how they grow, what they eat, and the unique traits that help to define them, such as their ability to chirp or 'sing'"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Paperbacks 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.7 BODBodden, Valerie.
Summary: Provides a basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of koalas, Australia's tree-climbing marsupials.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education 2009
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Summary: "In history, myth often abides. It was long assumed that the centuries immediately prior to AD 1000 were lacking in any major cultural developments or geopolitical encounters, that the Europeans hadn't yet discovered North America, that the farthest anyone had traveled over sea was the Vikings' invasion of Britain. But how, then, to explain the presence of blonde-haired people in Mayan temple...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 HANSchaefer, Valorie Lee.
Summary: "Our best-selling body book for girls just got even better! With all-new illustrations and updated content for girls ages 8 and up, it features tips, how-tos, and facts from the experts. You'll find answers to questions about your changing body, from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bras, periods to pimples, and everything in between. Once you feel comfortable with what's happening,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012