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Summary: Spending the summer with his grandmother on South Carolina's Dewees Island, eleven-year-old Jake finds two friends who are also struggling with family issues and together they try to save a sea turtle nest from predators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MONBoone, Mary
Summary: Provides suggestions for different art projects, including making a survival bracelet, creating a garden stepping stone, and making a wind sock.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 BOOHonore, Carl.
Summary: From the publisher: "Why do grown-ups have to take over everything?" This innocent question from acclaimed journalist and international bestselling author Carl Honor'̌s son sparked a two-year investigation into how our culture of speed, efficiency, and success at all costs is damaging both parents and children. When the impulse to give children the best of everything runs rampant, parents,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 HONAnderson, Olive M. (Olive Mary)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alger County Historical Society 1989
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Summary: "In April 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set out from New York City in a little yellow car, embarking on a bumpy, muddy, unmapped journey ten thousand miles long. They took with them a teeny typewriter, a tiny sewing machine, a wee black kitten, and a message for Americans all across the country: Votes for Women! The women's suffrage movement was in full swing, and Nell and Alice would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 ROCCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J324.6 ROCDaniel, Mary-Alice
Summary: "Mary-Alice Daniel's family moved from West Africa to England when she was a very young girl, leaving behind the vivid culture of her native land in the Nigerian savanna. They arrived to a blanched, cold world of prim suburbs and unfamiliar customs. So began her family's series of travels across three continents in search of places of belonging. A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing ventures...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DANIEL, MARY-ALICE DANGrindol, Mary Alice Benedict
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Publisher / Publication Date: M.A.B. Grindol 2006
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: MI 977Cary, Mara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.41 CARLarson, Erik.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.4139 LARThomas, Bob
Summary: "Walt Disney is an American hero. From Mickey Mouse to Disneyland, he changed the face of American culture. His is a success story like no other: a man who developed animated film into an art form and made a massive contribution to the folklore of the world. After years of research, respected Hollywood biographer Bob Thomas produced a definitive biography of the man behind the legend of Disney:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Editions 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DISNEY, WALT THOLarson, Erik.
Summary: Galveston, Texas, 8 September 1900. It's another fine day in the Gulf according to Isaac Cline, chief observer of the new US Weather Bureau, but one day later, 6-10,000 people were dead, wiped out by the biggest storm the coast of America had ever witnessed. Isaac Cline was confident of his ability to predict the weather: he had new technology at his disposal, 'perfect science', and, like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 976.4139 LARSummary: "The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence. The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict. For the last six decades, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli Electa 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Featuring guest editor contributions by the author of "Less," the latest edition of the respected literary annual collects twenty top-selected short stories from the previous year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESPeyser, Marc N.
Summary: Examines the relationship between cousins Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, "revealing the contentious bond between two political trailblazers who short-circuited the rules of gender and power, each in her own way"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US PeyserNewman, Aline Alexander
Summary: A guide on how to understand a cat's body language and behavior; illustrates 55 different feline poses with detailed explanations of their meanings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.8 NEWCaucci, Al.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyon's Press 2004
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1 available in Adams Fly Collection, Call number: 799.1757 CauSummary: "In this second volume of a two-volume set gathering the best American science fiction from the tumultuous 1960s, R. A. Lafferty's quirky and utterly original Past Master, an unjustly neglected classic, imagines Sir Thomas More transported to the colony Astrobe in the year 2535, where he is made president of a future Utopia. In Picnic on Paradise, Joanna Russ presents her indelible heroine,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AMERosenstock, Barb
Summary: Presents the story of Bill Monroe, whose deep Kentucky roots helped him to create the unique American music called bluegrass.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 781.6 ROSMoores, Ted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 623.829 MOOSummary: Featuring guest editor contributions by the author of "Rodham" and "You Think It, I'll Say It," the latest edition of the respected literary annual collects twenty top-selected short stories from the previous year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESMcCarthy, Moira.
Contents: Where has my little girl gone? -- Life with mom -- Life with dad -- Communicating with your daughter -- Discipline and punishments -- Your daughter's self-image and self-esteem -- Developing emotional maturity -- Miss independent -- Your daughter's value system -- School and social issues -- Let's talk about sex (and dating) -- Risky business -- Twenty-first century issues and technology --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.133 MCCMueller, Mary
Summary: Parents often are challenged to find ways to help their children be successful in their learning endeavors. They want to be involved in their children's education, but are often unsure of the best ways to help their children to succeed academically. This book offers parents a resource they can use to navigate their child's education, communicate with teachers, and support their children in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 372.7 MUEBuck, Marny
Summary: A collection of easy-to-sew patterns influenced by modern cuisine, such as the crispy wonton block and tempting turnovers quilt. Prepare 18 beginner-friendly quilts and pillow projects, or cook up something totally you, with an interchangeable menu of blocks, settings and sizes to help you design your own quilt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stash Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 BUCHornbacher, Marya
Summary: When Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted, she did not yet know the reason for her all-but-shattered young life. At age 24, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type 1 rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disease there is. Here, in her trademark wry, self-revealing voice, Hornbacher tells her new story. She takes us inside her own desperate attempts to control violently...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2008