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16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963 African Americans Civil rights Alabama Birmingham History Child rearing Psychological aspects Children and sex Climatic extremes Juvenile literature Cooking, French Monet, Claude 1840-1926 Parenting Sex instruction for children Trials (Murder) Alabama BirminghamFoner, Eric
Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar, a timely history of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation's foundation and how those guarantees have been shaken over time. The Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal, but it took the Civil War and the subsequent adoption of three constitutional amendments to establish that ideal as American law. The...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 342.73 FONJones, Doug (G. Douglas)
Summary: "The story of the decades-long fight to bring justice to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, culminating in Senator Doug Jones' prosecution of the last living bombers. On September 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed. The blast killed four young girls and injured twenty-two others. The FBI suspected four particularly radical Ku Klux Klan...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 JONSummary: A documentary film about the life and times of rock singer Janis Joplin, presented via a series of letters Joplin wrote home over a span of years, read by Chan Marshall. Includes interviews with musicians P!nk, Kris Kristofferson, Melissa Etheridge, Bob Weir, Juliette Lewis, Dick Cavett, D.A. Pennebaker and the Joplin family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JANDanziger, Lucy S.
Summary: "These recipes can change your body and your health. One delicious bite at a time."-- Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.25 DANNelson, Willie
Summary: On April 29 and 30 of this year, a variety of artists spanning genres and generations came together with Willie Nelson to celebrate the legend's 90th birthday for a star-studded, once-in-a-lifetime event at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. This two CD+Blu-ray set captures the highlights of this amazing night, including 39 performances across the two CDs and the same songs captured in HD on...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAISims, Elizabeth.
Summary: As an early pioneer in the farm-to-fork movement, Chef Sonoskus has been creating delicious dishes at the Tupelo Honey Cafe in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, since it first opened in 2000. This cookbook collection of more than 125 innovative riffs on Southern favorites is illustrated with four-color photographs of the food, restaurant, locals, farmers' markets, and farms.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 SIMSenker, Cath
Summary: Explores the characteristics of land and weather in tropical climates, and how plants, animals and people have adapted to life in tropical regions, covering the effects of deforestation and other developments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Raintree, an imprint of Capstone Global Library, LLC 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.6 SENSenker, Cath.
Summary: The climate in a region affects all aspects of life. This book look at the features of desert climate zones. It explores the characteristics of the land and weather in the desert, and how plants, animals, and people have adapted to life in that climate zone. The effects of climate change and other developments in the region are also covered.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone 2017
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Summary: "I Feel Bad About My Neck meets Elizabeth Berg in celebrated YA novelist Sonya Sones's first adult novel, weaving together a seamless narrative in free verse--a funny, fierce and piercingly honest coming-of-middle-age story about falling apart and putting yourself back together"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Paperbacks 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SONJoyes, Claire.
Summary: One of the most influential painters of modern times, Claude Monet lived for half his life in the famous house at Giverny. It was after moving here in 1883 with his future second wife, Alice Hoschede, and their eight children that Monet's work finally achieved recognition. His growing success meant that he was able to indulge his passion for comfort and good living. Family meals, special...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5944 JOYSenker, Cath
Summary: "A biography about J.K. Rowling, celebrated children's book author and creator of Harry Potter"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROWSenker, Cath
Summary: "This interesting book about competitive vegetable contests teaches readers about plant parts and plant reproduction."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 575 SENCamí.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 731.463 CAMMones, Nicole
Summary: A romance in China between a white American woman and a Chinese scientist. The heroine is Alice who works in China as a translator. She joins an expedition of which he is part and together they search for the remains of the Peking Man.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MONArd, Cath
Summary: "A book that encourages children to go and play outside and discover what nature has to offer. Leave the house and roam into the nature: It is a fascinating place, waiting to be conquered by little ones with curious minds. Whether in the garden, park, or a nearby forest, a closer look at nature will draw out budding architects, their first constructions built from stones, branches, and leaves;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Gestalten 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.5 ARDSenker, Cath
Summary: Explores the characteristics of land and weather in temperate climates, and how plants, animals and people have adapted to life in temperate regions, covering the effects of climate change and other developments.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.6 SENSenker, Cath.
Summary: Explores the characteristics of land and weather in polar climates, and how plants, animals and people have adapted to life in polar regions, covering the effects of climate change and other developments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone 2017
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Summary: "There is a wilderness where waterfalls plunge down rocky cliffs, herds of bison graze on sweeping grasslands, and forests ring with the owls of wolves. A place where mud bubbles, springs steam, and water explodes from deep underground. People have been drawn to this landscape for thousands of years and now it's your turn to explore... Welcome to Yellowstone"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.752 ARDHakanson, Cath
Summary: 'Mommy, where do babies come from?' It's the question every parent dreads - and, worse still, it's just the tip of the iceberg. Just wait for 'What's a blowjob?' or 'What's an orgasm?' With kids being so curious and the world being so full of sex, ignoring your child's questions just isn't going to cut it - and if you don't tell them, they'll (mis)inform themselves elsewhere: the internet,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sex Ed Rescue 2018
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Contents: Introduction -- Betty Friedan : founder of the US women's movement -- Ella Baker : struggling for civil rights -- Barbara Castle : the most powerful woman in Britain -- Mary Quant : fighting for fashion freedom -- Women in 1970 -- Summary -- Other important figures -- Stories of women in the 1960s : timeline -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist Wom SenkerUsitalo, Kath
Summary: Touring Michigan's Upper Peninsula (U.P.) is like taking a two-week trip by station wagon. Not in terms of time---you can sample plenty if four days is all you have. It's about stepping back and appreciating a place of raw scenic beauty dotted with roadside attractions, blinker-light towns, rustic cabins and hand-painted signs advertising smoked fish and homemade jam.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Reedy Press 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 MICHIGAN UPPUsitalo, Kath
Summary: To the Anishinaabe-Ojibwa people it was a gathering place, a sacred burial ground, and the home of the Great Spirit Gitchie Manitou. Throughout the 1600s French voyageurs, explorers, missionaries, and fur traders arrived at Mackinac Island. Its strategic location in the straits between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas made it a military outpost the British and Americans found worth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reedy Press, LLC 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 MICHIGAN MACCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 917.3 USIJonnes, Jill
Summary: Presents a compelling account of the Eiffel Tower's creation and a superb portrait of Belle Epoque France. As Gustave Eiffel held court that summer atop his one-thousand-foot tower, a remarkable host of artists and personalities--Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Gauguin, Whistler, and Edison--traveled to Paris and the Exposition Universelle (1889 World's Fair) to mingle and make their mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009