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African American children Education History Civil rights movements United States Civil rights United States Convergence (Economics) Popular works Segregation in education United States Technological innovations Economic aspects Popular works Technological innovations Forecasting Technological innovations Forecasting Popular works Technology Social aspects Technology Social aspects Popular worksLoewer, H. Peter.
Summary: Examines the many different microscopic organisms that exist in pond water and describes how they function and their role in nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Reader 1996
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Summary: Children's Literature charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop's fables to Mother Goose, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Peter Pan, from Where the Wild Things Are to Harry Potter. Seth Lerer here explores the iconic books, ancient and contemporary alike, that have forged a lifelong love of literature in young readers during their formative years. Along the way,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.89282 LERLefer, David.
Summary: Provides an insightful and gripping account of the birth of modern American conservatism and its impact on the earliest days of our nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.52 LEFLeser, David
Summary: In Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing, author David Leser presents an essential and incisive investigation, unearthing the roots of misogyny, its inextricable links to the patriarchy, and how history brought us to the #MeToo movement and the wave of incandescent female rage that is sweeping the world. his book calls on men (yes, all men) to be accountable for their contribution to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.3 LESLever, Évelyne.
Summary: A biography of the French queen explores the intrigue surrounding her life from her birth, through her unhappy marriage, her lavish life at Versailles, to the events leading up to her death by beheading during the French Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARIE ANTONINETTE LEVLanchner, Carolyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Museum of Modern Art 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.4 LANKater, Michael H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 KATKater, Michael H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.086 KATMaguire, Peter (Peter H.)
Summary: "Peter Maguire and Mike Ritter are the first historians to document this underground industry, the only record of its existence rooted in the fading memories of its elusive participants. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with smugglers and law enforcement agents, the authors recount the buy, delivery, voyage home, and product offload. They capture the eccentric personalities of the men and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.45 MAGEvans, Harold.
Summary: An illustrated history of American innovators--some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating--by the author of the bestselling The American Century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 609 EVAEimer, David
Summary: Lonely Planet's Thailand is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Cook authentic dishes in Chiang Mai; rock-climb Railay's limestone karsts (or watch from the sugar-white beaches); or stay in tree-top bungalows in Kanchanaburi; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Thailand and begin your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL THAILANDNetter, Frank H. (Frank Henry)
Summary: The world's most beloved anatomy atlas! Dr. Netter's phenomenal, classic artwork demystifies this often intimidating subject, providing a coherent, lasting visual vocabulary for understanding anatomy and how it applies to medicine. --Book Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saunders/Elsevier 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 611.0022 NETReid, Peter H.
Summary: "On March 28, 1966, Peace Corps personnel in Tanzania received word that volunteer Peppy Kinsey had fallen to her death while rock climbing during a picnic. Local authorities arrested Kinsey's husband, Bill, and charged him with murder as witnesses came forward claiming to have seen the pair engaged in a struggle. The incident had the potential to be disastrous for both the Peace Corps and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kentucky 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.678 REISpectre, Peter H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sheridan House 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.82 SPEBlum, Peter H.
Summary: "Brewed in Detroit describes the history of the brewing industry in the Detroit metropolitan area (including Ann Arbor, Mt. Clemens, Pontiac, Windsor, Wyandotte, and Ypsilanti) from its beginning in the 1830s to the present revival by microbrewers and brewpubs." "A historian and trained veteran of the brewing industry, Peter H. Blum divides Detroit brewing history into seven distinct phases:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.25 BlumConners, Peter H.
Summary: Draws on interviews with some of the most recognizable names in the jam band scene to trace the genre's origins and evolution, offering insight into key musical influences, songwriting styles, and tour experiences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 CONIrons, Peter H.
Summary: "White Men's Law recounts and explores the legal and extra-legal means by which systemic white racism has kept Black Americans "in their place" from slavery to police and vigilante killings of Black men and women, from 1619 to the present. The book arguesthat African Americans have always been held back by systemic racism in all major institutions-especially the legal and educational...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7308 IROEichstaedt, Peter H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lawrence Hill Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967.61 EICBrown, Peter H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.33 BRODiamandis, Peter H.
Summary: The authors document how four forces--exponential technologies, the DIY innovator, the Technophilanthropist, and the Rising Billion--are conspiring to solve our biggest problems. "Abundance" establishes hard targets for change and lays out a strategic roadmap for governments, industry and entrepreneurs, giving us plenty of reason for optimism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 303.48 DIAGleick, Peter H.
Summary: "In The Three Ages of Water, expert on water resources and climate change Peter Gleick guides us through the long, fraught history of our most valuable resource. Spread over a ten-thousand-year human history, it begins with the fundamental evolutionary role water had in shaping early civilizations and empires, crests to the scientific and social revolutions that created modern society, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 GLEGreen, Peter H. R.
Summary: A must-read for anyone with gluten intolerance, food sensitivities, a "nervous" stomach, or chronic fatigue. End your medical odyssey, get the right diagnosis, and learn how to live a gluten-free life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.399 GRESalus, Peter H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005.446 LINUX SALDiamandis, Peter H.
Summary: A blueprint for how our world will change in response to the next ten years of rapid technological disruption. The authors investigate how exponentially accelerating technologies will impact our daily lives and society as a whole. They probe the science of technological convergence and how it will reinvent every part of our lives, including transportation, retail, advertising, education,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020