Kay, J. A. (John Anderson)
Summary: "In a changing world, forecasts and numbers usually represent bogus quantification. Kay and King tell us how to think smarter. Radical uncertainty changes the way we should think about decision-making. For over half a century economics has assumed that people behave rationally by optimizing among well-defined choices. Behavioral economics questioned how far people are rational, pointing to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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Summary: ""Mel Goodman has spent the last few decades telling us what's gone wrong with American intelligence and the American military. he is also telling us how to save ourselves."--Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker "Whistleblower at the CIA offers a fascinating glimpse into the secret, behind-the-scenes world of U.S. intelligence. Melvin A. Goodman's first-person account of the systematic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Publishers 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1981
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86 WAYBrugioni, Dino A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brassey's 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 770 BRUKing, Coretta Scott
Summary: This picture book adaptation of her critically acclaimed adult memoir paints a vivid portrait of the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a singular 20th-century American civil and human rights activist who fought for justice against all odds, becoming an unforgettable champion of social change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 921 KINEwing, Rex A.
Summary: Examines renewable energy options for grid-tied homeowners, including solar- and wind-generated electricity, solar water heating, passive solar, and geothermal heating / cooling. System configurations and equipment, average costs, financial incentives, and installation considerations are also covered--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PixyJack Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 697.78 EWIEwing, Rex A.
Summary: "A hands-on guide to building solar-powered log homes, complete with how-to illustrations and photos, plus profiles of log home owners from across the United States. Topics includes log home construction, solar and wind energy, home heating options, pumping water, costs to consider, and Web resources"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PixyJack Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690.837 EWIEwing, Rex A.
Summary: "Covers renewable energy options for grid-tied and off-grid homeowners, including solar energy (passive and active), wind power, microhydro energy, geothermal heat pumps, solar water heating, biomass heating, backup generators and pumping/storing water. Also examines energy conservation, system sizing/pricing, and tax incentives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 696 EWIHong, Ying
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HONG, YING HONMartin, Patricia A. Fink
Summary: Describes several species of lower primates, including the lemur, aye-aye, galago, loris, and tarsier, and their endangered status.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.8 MARJing Ying Soloists
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1981
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/ASIAN LIKSummary: A documentary that follows the efforts of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently," a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broad Green Pictures 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TCFF CITMartin, Patricia A. Fink
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, life cycles, and behavior of New World monkeys, which live in South and Central America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2000
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Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, life cycles, and behavior of several types of Old World monkeys, which live in Asia and Africa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.8 MARHong, Ying
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marion Boyars 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 895.1352 HONJong-Stout, Alisa A. de.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 745.92 JONEwing, William A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.92 EwingDeng, Ming-Dao.
Summary: For the first time in one volume—an extraordinary spiritual odyssey of the making of the Taoist master Kwan Saihung. Born into a wealthy family in a remote province of China, Kwan defies his parents' wishes and enters into the rigorous and mysterious discipline of Taoist practice. Renamed "Little Butterfly" by his Taoist masters, he survives the upheaval of the Japanese occupation, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KWAN, SAIHUNG DENCooke, Mervyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 COOCooke, Mervyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 COOEwing, Rex A.
Contents: A new philosophy of freedom -- Grid-tied or off-grid? -- Beginning considerations -- Sizing the system -- Solar photovoltaic modules -- Wind turbines -- Micro-hydro power -- Charge controllers -- Batteries -- Inverters -- Putting it all together-safely -- Heating of house and water -- Pumping water -- Final thoughts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PixyJack Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 696 EWIDunbar, Erica Armstrong
Summary: An audio original collection of primary source documents written by 19th century Black women along with author Erica Armstrong Dunbar's own context, insights, and story-telling talent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021