Summary: 19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. International media coverage of the Arab world and its many complex, interconnected conflicts is dominated by the work of Western correspondents, many of whom are white and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4082 OURAlsous, Zaina
Summary: This layering of bird, woman, place, technology, and ceremony, which begins this first full-length collection by Zaina Alsous, mirrors the layering of insights that marks the collection as a whole. The poems in A Theory of Birds draw on inherited memory, historical record, critical theory, alternative geographies, and sharp observation. In them, birds—particularly extinct species—become...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Arkansas Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 ALSMorhaim, Dan
Summary: "This book is a comprehensive guide to end-of-life planning and care. The authors provide a practical look at medical and legal obstacles that can complicate a person's death. The book features images, forms, cautionary tales, and a table comparing MOLSTto POLST, two kinds of advance directives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.7 MORTelgemeier, Raina.
Summary: Claudia and her sister, Janine, may as well be from two different planets. But when something terrible happens to their grandmother, the two sisters discover they''re more alike than they originally had thought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC MAR (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Ravina, Mark
Summary: "On September 24, 1877, Saigo Takamori, one of Japan's most loyal and honored samurai, died in the bloodiest conflict Japan had seen in over two hundred years - a battle led by Saigo and his band of loyal students. Now, more than 125 years after his death, Saigo still remains a legendary yet enigmatic figure in Japan. Why would Japan's greatest warrior, whose sole purpose was to serve his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SAIGO, TAKAMORI RAVStone, Raisa
Summary: Compared to erotic games in the village bath & shoplifting live turkeys in your bloomers, immigrant life is beyond boring. So Baba (Grandma) is brewing up Old Country customs in her kitchen. She'll teach you to make delicious Ukrainian dishes the traditional & The Lazy Way, sabotage frenemies with garlic, & utter chilling Slavic curses such as, "May you be kicked by a duck!" Between tales...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dear Companion Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59477 STOBerry, Daina Ramey
Summary: "A Black Women's History of the United States is a critical survey of black women's complicated legacy in America, as it takes into account their exploitation and victimization as well as their undeniable and substantial contributions to the country sinceits inception"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.48 BERChocano, Carina
Summary: "Who is "the girl"? Look to movies, TV shows, magazines, and ads and the message is both clear and not: she is a sexed-up sidekick, a princess waiting to be saved, a morally infallible angel with no opinions of her own. She's whatever the hero needs her to be in order to become himself. She's an abstraction, an ideal, a standard, a mercurial phantom. In You Play the Girl, Chocano blends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 CHOLaine, Carolee
Summary: "Food Safety Basics helps readers trace the history of food safety, explore the science behind it, and discuss controversies from an objective viewpoint. The title will engage readers on the topic and help them to weigh the pros and cons as they make their own food decisions."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.19 LAIMir, Saira
Summary: Introduces nineteen Muslim women from all around the world who have found their callings in a vast range of fields, from social justice to competitive sports to the entertainment industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MIRBarna, George.
Summary: George Barna identifies, describes, and analyzes seven major "faith tribes" (Captive Christians, Casual Christians, Jews, Mormons, Pantheists, Muslims, and Skeptics) in America--documenting who they are, what they believe, how they vote, and what they are passionate about. --from publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barna 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200.973 BARMarkova, Dawna
Summary: "We are living in a hinge time when the way that we think, interact, and innovate at work is rapidly changing. In the past, "Marketshare" companies dominated, ruled by hierarchy and top-down leadership. Today, the new market leaders are "Mindshare" companies, where influence is more important than power and success relies on collaboration and the ability to inspire. Markova and McArthur believe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 MARReina, Mary.
Summary: "Introduces young readers to ways people earn money and why earning money is important"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 331 REITelgemeier, Raina
Summary: Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon Over Mississippi, she's a terrible singer. Instead she's the set designer for the stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doesn't know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix/Scholastic 2012
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Summary: "Eat, Live, Thrive Diet shows women how they can not only lose excess body fat permanently but also improve their overall health in critical areas such as brain function, resistance to disease, slowing down external aging, and increasing energy. This highly effective eating plan is presented in a compassionate voice by two experienced health coaches who share personal experiences of battling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 DEMFuhrman, Elina
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Nut FuhrmanMaine, Sandy
Summary: With a $15 investment, Sandy Maine turned her love of soapmaking into a $1 million business. Now, in Creating an Herbal Bodycare Business, she shares her business-building methods and inspiring philosophy to help you run a profitable business doing exactly what you love. You'll learn how to create a sound business plan, analyze your market and price your products, set up a system for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 MainePatterson, Zahra
Summary: "Taking as its starting point an ultimately failed attempt to translate a Sesotho short story into English, Chronology explores the spaces language occupies in relationships, colonial history, and the postcolonial present. It is a collage of images and documents, folding on words-that-follow-no-chronology, unveiling layers of meaning of queering love, friendship, death, and power. Traveling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ugly Duckling Presse 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 PATRudolph, Shaina.
Summary: Zane rushes home to tell his mother about problems he faced during his school day, and she reminds him that while others may only see his "autism stripe," he has stripes for honesty, caring, and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press, American Psychological Association 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E RUDDhilawala, Sakina
Summary: "Armenia is a unique country that draws influences from Eastern Europe and Asia. This book provides a careful study of the country, in particular, its history, traditions, people, government, language, and geography, and seeks to educate young readers on its place in the global community." -- Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 947.56 DHIRedgrave, Naida
Summary: Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean war, and as a brilliant woman who combated the racial prejudice she experienced in her lifetime. But for a long time her story was lost. From growing up in Kingston, Jamaica as the daughter of a doctress to helping soldiers in the war, discover the details of the amazing life that Mary Seacole led in this beautifully illustrated book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People SeacoleCohen, Rhaina
Summary: "Why do we assume romantic relationships are more important than friendships? What do we lose when we expect a spouse to meet all our needs? And what can we learn about commitment, love, and family from people who put deep friendship at the center of their lives? In The Other Significant Others, NPR's Rhaina Cohen invites us into the lives of people who have defied convention by choosing a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Summary: "In this uniquely insightful book, a scientist and a writer join forces to try to get to the bottom of how a virus whose closest relations live in bats in subtropical southern China somehow managed to begin spreading among people more than 1,500 kilometres away in the city of Wuhan. They grapple with the baffling fact that the virus left none of the expected traces that such outbreaks usually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 CHASaini, Angela
Summary: "What science has gotten so shamefully wrong about women, and the fight, by both female and male scientists, to rewrite what we thought we knew For hundreds of years it was common sense: women were the inferior sex. Their bodies were weaker, their mindsfeebler, their role subservient. No less a scientist than Charles Darwin asserted that women were at a lower stage of evolution, and for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2017