Weintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Summary: "This book explores the exciting culture and many festivals that are celebrated in Israel"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.2695694 FOYEhrlich, Paul R./ Tobias, Michael Charles/ Harte, John (CON)
Summary: "Hope on Earth is the thought-provoking result of a lively and wide-ranging conversation between two of the world's leading interdisciplinary environmental scientists: Paul R. Ehrlich, whose book The Population Bomb shook the world in 1968 (and continues to shake it), and Michael Charles Tobias, whose over 40 books and 150 films have been read and/or viewed throughout the world. Hope on Earth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Univ of Chicago Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577 EHRHillard, Darla.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arbor House 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.7554 HILLakshmi, Padma
Summary: The Encyclopedia of Spices and Herbs includes complete descriptions, histories, and cooking suggestions for ingredients from basic herbs to the most exotic seeds and chilies, as well as information on toasting spices, making teas, and infusing various oils and vinegars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECCO, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 LAKPegula, Chris
Summary: From Dude to Dad gives you the real-deal essentials on pregnancy, birthing, and parenthood, and how it's okay to be scared out of your mind. You'll learn what the expecting mom is going through during each trimester, how you can be the best partner and dad-to-be, and how to get in on the fun and immediately start bonding with the baby. Be prepared for the arrival that will ultimately change...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: It is a widely known but little considered fact that Albert Einstein and Kurt Godel were best friends for the last decade and a half of Einstein's life. The two walked home together from Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study every day; they shared ideas about physics, philosophy, politics, and the lost world of German science in which they had grown up. By 1949, Godel had produced a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.11 YOUPaska, Megan
Summary: The number of urban beekeepers has escalated with more than 25 percent increases year over year in the United States and the United Kingdom. From a go-to authority on beekeeping and backyard farming, The Rooftop Beekeeper is the first handbook to explore the ease and charm of keeping bees in an urban environment. This useful manual--at once a good read and a pretty object--features a relatable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 PASSauls, Scott
Summary: "A remarkable vision for how Christians can live with countercultural gentleness in a perpetually angry, attacking, outraged time"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261 SAUValla, Mike.
Summary: 43 American fly-tying masters, from Marbury to Marinaro, Gordon to GrantColor photos of the flies plus recipes for nearly 300 fliesImportant historical record includes profiles of tiers around the country including Art Flick, Ray Bergman, Lee Wulff, Don Gapen, Len Halladay, Andre Puyans, Cal Bird, Lew Oatman, Dave Whitlock, and 34 more influential tiers
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2013
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Summary: Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling up for hours on end to discover the secret of the Philosopher's Stone? Combining clear, practical advice with inspiration, wisdom, tips, and curated reading lists, How to Raise a Reader, from the authors of the original and viral New York Times Books feature, shows you how to instil the joy and time-stopping...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2019
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Capula, Massimo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597.6 CAPPahlka, Jennifer
Summary: "A bold call to reexamine how our government operates-and sometimes fails to-from President Obama's former deputy chief technology officer and the founder of Code for America. Just when we most need our government to work-to decarbonize our infrastructure and economy, to help the vulnerable through a pandemic, to defend ourselves against global threats-it is faltering. Government at all levels...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 352.7 PAHPaulk, Wm. Bruce.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Marine Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.89 PAUFox, Margalit.
Summary: An intellectual detective story follows the quest to unlock one of the great secrets of human history--the decipherment of Linear B, an unknown script from the Aegean Bronze Age.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2013
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Summary: Hermit crabs are easy to care for and make interesting and even decorative additions to your aquarium. Here is information and advice to help you take good care of them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 639.67 FOXPaglia, Camille
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.03 PAGAujla, Dev
Summary: "Based on the popular website of the same name, a guide to finding the right job while maintaining your sanity in the process In today's endlessly fluctuating job market, it's becoming more and more difficult to get hired. 50 Ways to Get a Job aims to fix that. Job search expert Dev Aujla created 50WaysToGetAJob.com as a way to offer practical, tangible steps to finding (and getting) the right...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee, An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business AujlaRasula, Jed
Summary: "On the 100th anniversary of T. S. Eliot's modernist masterpiece, a rich cultural history of The Waste Land's creation, explosive impact, and enduring influence. When T. S. Eliot published The Waste Land in 1922, it put its 34-year-old author on a path to worldwide fame and the Nobel Prize. "But," as Jed Rasula writes, "The Waste Land is not only a poem: it names an event, like a tornado or an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821 RASLalami, Laila
Summary: "The acclaimed, award-winning novelist--author of The Moor's Account and The Other Americans--now gives us a bracingly personal work of nonfiction that is concerned with the experiences of "conditional citizens." What does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2020
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Summary: "Creative children and curious adults will have fun learning the magic of sumi-e with the simple techniques illustrated in Super Simple Sumi-e. Learn how to make various sumi-e brush strokes and how to create animals, flowers, and bamboo with this friendly, easy-to-follow guide. Sumi-e means "ink picture" in Japanese. "Sumi" means ink and "e" means painting or picture. Since similar styles of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bigfoot 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 751.42 PALPavia, Audrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Howell Book House 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.9322 PAVHaney, Paula.
Summary: "A guide to making pie from the founder of Chicago's nationally celebrated Hoosier Mama Pie Company. Includes recipes, tips, pie history, and illustrations"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59772 HANSimmons, Paula.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Communications 1989