Estill, Lyle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640.286 ESTLyle, Katie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6 LYLCummins, C. Lyle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carnot Press 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.43 CUMMiller, Lulu
Summary: Nineteenth-century scientist David Starr Jordan built one of the most important fish specimen collections ever seen, until the 1906 San Francisco earthquake shattered his life's work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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Summary: Dispatches from the new Britain: a slyly funny and compulsively readable portrait of a nation finally refurbished for the twenty-first century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2008
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 941.086 LyaLawrence, Blythe
Summary: "Over the years, many women have made contributions to gymnastics. Nadia Comăneci stunned the world at the 1976 Olympics and many talented athletes soon followed, including Svetlana Khorkina, Gabrielle Douglas, Simone Biles, and Sunisa Lee. Learn more about each woman's struggles and successes, and find out what makes them trailblazers"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.44 LAWLisle, John
Summary: "John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch-The Dirty Tricks Department-and its role in World War II. In the summer of 1942, Stanley Lovell, a renowned industrial chemist, received a mysterious order to report to an unfamiliar building in Washington, D.C. When he arrived, he was led to a barren room where he waited to meet the man who had summoned him. After...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 LISLisle, Laurie.
Summary: Georgia O'Keeffe's personal mystique is an intriguing and enduring as her bold, brilliant canvases. Here is the first full account of her life--from her girlhood to her seclusion in New Mexico & death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 1997
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1996
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Summary: "In this hugely charming and entertaining chronicle of everyone's favorite dish, acclaimed Italian food writer and historian Luca Cesari draws on literature, history, and many classic recipes in order to enlighten pasta lovers everywhere, both the gourmet and the gluten free. What is Italy without pasta? Come to think of it, where would the rest of us be without this staple of global cuisine?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.82209 CESTutu, Desmond.
Summary: Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu has long been admired throughout the world for the heroism and grace he exhibited while encouraging countless South Africans in their struggle for human rights. In God Has a Dream, his most soul-searching book, he shares the spiritual message that guided him through those troubled times. Drawing on personal and historical examples, Archbishop Tutu reaches out to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2004
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Summary: "Three-time Olympian Lolo Jones delivers a tough yet inspiring look into the strategies she has used to overcome immense obstacles on her way to becoming the number-one women's hurdler in the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2021
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Summary: New England Cemeteries highlights the cultural treasures to be found within this regions graveyards. There are 260 cemeteries worth visiting, and New England Cemeteries will route you to them. -from book jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: S. Greene Press 1975
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Summary: Offers information on the causes, prevention, and treatment of diabetes; outlines a series of lifestyle changes which can be done to control diabetes; and provides nutritional and dietary advice along with gluten-free recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.4622 NULBiss, Eula
Summary: Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear: fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in children's food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding the conception of immunity and its implications for the individual and the social body. As she hears more and more fears about vaccines, Biss...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2014
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Summary: "It was a wrong turn that changed everything. When Luma Mufleh--a Muslim, gay, refugee woman from hyper-conservative Jordan--stumbled upon a pick-up game of soccer in Clarkston, Georgia, something compelled her to join. The players, 11- and 12-year-olds from Liberia, Afghanistan, and Sudan, soon welcomed her as coach of their ragtag but fiercely competitive group. Drawn into their lives,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2021
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Summary: A unique overview of the fashion and dress, diet, hygiene, medicine, and other cultural aspects of the ancient Chinese. This entertaining yet informative book details practices that may seem peculiar to today's students, while respectfully contextualizing another culture and time, especially one as ancient, rich, and foundational as that of ancient China. Readers are drawn in by the sometimes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 931 CULBerwald, Juli
Summary: A former ocean biologist describes how she rediscovered her passion for marine science while investigating the enigmatic jellyfish and what the species' unique physiologies can teach about engineering and environmental stability.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 592 BERGardner, Scott Lyell
Summary: This book looks at the weird and wonderful world of parasites, the most abundant form of life on Earth. Parasites come in all forms and sizes and inhabit every free-living organism. Parasitism is now, and always has been, a way to survive under changing environmental conditions. From arctic oceans to tropical forests, Scott Gardner, Judy Diamond, and Gabor Racz investigate how parasites survive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.7 GARBerwald, Juli
Summary: "Coral reefs are a microcosm of our planet: wondrously diverse, deeply interconnected, and critically imperiled. They sustain entire ecosystems and protect vulnerable coasts. But corals across the planet are in the middle of an unprecedented die-off, beset by warming oceans, pollution, human damage, and their own devastating pandemic. Even under stress, they are out-of-this world gorgeous,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.95 BERLuce, Edward
Summary: In The Retreat of Western Liberalism, Luce makes a larger statement about the weakening of western hegemony and the crisis of liberal democracy--of which Donald Trump and his European counterparts are not the cause, but a terrifying symptom. Luce argues that we are on a menacing trajectory brought about by ignorance of what it took to build the West, arrogance towards society's economic losers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.5 LUCRyle, Robyn
Summary: A groundbreaking, creative new book that explores one of the most important, challenging, and fluid concepts in society today: Gender. Gender is at the forefront of our cultural landscape today. From pronouns to politics to pop culture, people are finally finding a new freedom in the fluidity of identity. Now more than ever, it's important to understand, embrace, and intelligently discuss the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.3 RYLRyle, Robyn
Summary: "This book looks at the intersection of sports and identities, using sports to reveal the complicated history of gender, sexuality, race, and social justice while connecting those stories to the world of today's athletes. It highlights the ways sports often contribute to inequalities, but also how they can help make the world more accepting"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 306.4 RYLGuzman, Lila
Summary: Describes the life and accomplishments of the painter who used his murals to teach about Mexico's history and heroes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow 2006