Hauri, Peter.
Summary: Suggests safe, natural ways to overcome insomnia without drugs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8498 HAUHamill, Pete
Summary: On temporary leave from his service in Korea for the holiday season, young sailor Pete is devastated by his girlfriend's unfaithfulness and evaluates his relationship with his distant father, a gruff Irish factory worker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2004
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1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: FIC HAMFaulkner, Harris
Summary: Growing up in a military family, journalist and news anchor Harris Faulkner experienced firsthand how success in life is rooted in the knowledge, integrity, and duty that came from her military surroundings. She shares the formative lessons in leadership and work ethic she learned from a lifetime spent absorbing the military mindset, and offers recommendations for how all families can benefit...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FAUHarris, Sam
Summary: A guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology considers how to learn from the examples of religious sages and saints from a secular and philosophical perspective without formally committing to religion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204 HARHarari, Yuval N.
Summary: "How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari's [book] is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.82 HARApter, T. E.
Summary: A psychologist describes the five different types of difficult mothers, including angry, controlling, narcissistic, envious and emotionally neglectful and explains how adults can still suffer from these negative relationships and how they can overcome the challenges of their complex feelings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.924 APTBrown, Carrie
Summary: "This Christmas, consider everyday objects from a new point of view, embrace a fresh color palette, or give your children's handmade ornaments or special family heirlooms a new life. The inspiration is endless here, with one-of-a-kind trees that celebrate food, nature, fashion, folk art, typography, color, and art history. Each spectacular design is easily replicated, with step-by-step...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5941 BROEdleson, Harriet
Summary: "Using checklists, questions, and practical tips, Edleson walks readers through 12 steps to planning and preparing for retirement that work with any budget and focus on the resources at hand. Not every retiree will have an enormous nest egg, but every retiree would like to be comfortable, secure, and happy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 EDLMorris, Heather
Summary: "In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again. Sister Nesta James, a Welsh Australian nurse, has enlisted to tend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORPeters, Stephanie True, 1965
Summary: Describes the 1918 influenza pandemic, from how World War I soldiers spread the disease to recent scientific efforts to understand the virus that took between twenty and forty million lives worldwide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benchmark Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.518 PETBenoit, Peter
Contents: Introduction : the birthplace of western civilization -- Born from myth into life everlasting -- How history and social forces shaped Roman institutions -- The shape of destiny -- A world bound by traditional values -- When in Rome, do as the Romans do -- Monuments and memory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937 BENBenoit, Peter
Contents: Europe at war -- The allies plan an impossible invasion -- The big picture -- Men + machines = victory -- D-Day -- The drive to victory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BENBenoit, Peter
Summary: Recounts the events of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it caused in New Orleans, discusses the global efforts to help the victims, and describes the rebuilding efforts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.3 BENBenoit, Peter
Summary: Examines the history of nuclear fission and its role in weaponry and as an energy source.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355.0217 BENCozzens, Peter
Summary: "The Creek War was one of the most tragic episodes in American history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on what is now U.S. soil. What began as a vicious internal conflict among the Creek Indians metastasized like a cancer. The ensuing Creek War of 1813-1814 shattered Native American control of the Deep South and led to the infamous Trail of Tears, in which the government...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.5 HARLourie, Peter.
Summary: Documents the annual efforts of a pair of biologists from the U.S. Geological Survey team to locate and tranquilize polar bears in the Alaskan wilderness to collect important information about species conservation and global warming.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.786 LOUHarris, Kamala D.
Summary: Harris communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values while offering a master class in problem solving, in crisis management, and leadership in challenging times. In examining the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, she shows how our shared efforts will continue to sustain us and this great...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARBenoit, Peter
Contents: War in the heavens -- Land attack! -- War at sea -- Destruction!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BENMenzel, Peter
Summary: "A photographic collection exploring what the world eats featuring portraits of twenty-five families from twenty-one countries surrounded by a week's worth of food"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tricycle Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.3 DALWohlleben, Peter
Summary: Are trees social beings? In this international bestseller, forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone 2016
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Summary: Discusses the details of the California Gold Rush, from the miner's daily lives to the methods they used to pan for gold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.404 BENAttia, Peter
Summary: "Wouldn't you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health. For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony 2023
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Summary: Describes the rocky and often deadly beginnings of the English colony of Jamestown in the early 1600s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.502 BENBenoit, Peter
Summary: Describes how nuclear power developed, how it works, and the serious health and environmental problems that ensue when the process malfunctions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012