Sisson, Linda
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Cairn Press 1994
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 SISNilsson, Lennart
Summary: "First published nearly 50 years ago, A Child is Born, broke - and continues to break- astonishing new ground by bringing to life the magic of conception, pregnancy, and birth. Deep inside a woman's body, a miracle occurs. An egg and a sperm meet and a new human being is created. Through the unique photographs of Lennart Nilsson, we see the fascinating process of fertilization unfold and watch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents NilssonDonald, Alison
Summary: "The inspiration behind this book...This story was inspired by Eleanor "Ellie" Foraker. Eleanor was born in Kenton, Delaware and worked at ILC Dover for 43 years. A talented seamstress and manager, Ellie was truly dedicated to the making of spacesuits. She also helped make gas masks, underground inflatable oil tanks, and landing bags for Mars missions."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick Arts Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DONOlsson, Helen
Summary: If you're like most kids who love the outdoors, you want to do more than go on a picnic or play in your neighborhood park. This book will teach you to hike like a pro and have lots of fun while doing it. You'll learn all the skills needed, everything from choosing a trail to basic first-aid. This book includes tips for spotting wildlife, creating a nature journal, deciding what clothes to wear...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walter Foster Publishing, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.51 OLSOlfson, Lewy.
Contents: Plays for acting: Rip van Winkle, by W. Irving. Jane Eyre, by C. Brontë. The importance of being earnest, by O. Wilde. The transferred ghost, by F. R. Stockton. The rivals, by R. B. Sheridan. The flying Dutchman, by H. Heine. The bishop's candlesticks, by V. Hugo (from Les miserables). Wuthering Heights, by E. Brontë.--Plays for reading: Around the world in eighty days, by J. Verne. The Count...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plays, inc. 1970
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812 OLFBridgforth, Glinda
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 BRIHarts, Minda
Summary: "A guide for girls of color looking to find their voice and claim space as they prepare for high school, college, and their careers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.235 HARAmer, Lindz
Summary: "A young informational storybook introducing the concept of pronouns and identifying one's pronouns to kids"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Bacon, Lindo
Summary: "Fat isn't the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesn't match an impossible ideal is the problem. A medical establishment that equates 'thin' with 'healthy' is the problem. The solution? Health at every size. Tune in to your body's expert guidance. Find the joy in movement. Eat what you want, when you want, choosing pleasurable foods that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 BACSummary: An unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling Little House series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LAUHarts, Minda
Summary: "In these tumultuous times, as workplaces across the nation struggle to become truly inclusive, women of color need frank talk and honest advice on how to deal with microaggressions, how to heal from racialized trauma, how to find relief from invisible workplace burdens. The stakes are high, as even Lauryn Hill had put it: "How you gonna win when you ain't right within?" In Right Within, Harts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3008 HARMaslo, Lina
Summary: When Malala Yousafzai was born, people shook their heads because girls were considered bad luck. But her father looked into her eyes and knew she could do anything. In Pakistan, people said girls should not be educated. But Malala and her father were not afraid. She secretly went to school and spoke up for education in her country. And even though an enemy tried to silence her powerful voice,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YOUSummary: 19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. International media coverage of the Arab world and its many complex, interconnected conflicts is dominated by the work of Western correspondents, many of whom are white and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4082 OURWest, Lindy
Summary: Presents a cultural critique of the backlash against the #MeToo movement and discusses how the deceptions at the heart of the white male mythos have led to today's open practices of misogyny and prejudice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.42 WESLind, Carla.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 LINAmer, Lindz
Summary: "An essential guide for parents and caregivers to raising queer-friendly children in a gender-affirming space. In the face of so many injustices across society for LGBTQ+ people, it can be easy for parents of young children to feel helpless and hopeless. While they may not be able to address every problem across the country, there's a simple place to start: right at home. Rainbow Parenting is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 AMEWest, Lindy
Summary: "This is a witch hunt. We're witches, and we're hunting you. From the moment powerful men started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations began: this is feminism gone too far, this is injustice, this is a witch hunt. In The Witches Are Coming, firebrand author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and now critically acclaimed Hulu TV series Shrill, Lindy West, turns that refrain on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.31 WESWest, Lindy.
Summary: West has rocked readers in work published everywhere from The Guardian to GQ to This American Life. She is a catalyst for a national conversation in a world where not all stories are created equal and not every body is treated with equal respect. SHRILL is comprised of a series of essays that bravely shares her life, including her transition from quiet to feminist-out-loud, coming of age in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WEST, LINDY WESOlsson, Nils William
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kungl. bibl. 1979
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.348 OlssoLinde, Nancy.
Summary: 399 Games, Puzzles & Trivia is a lively mix of challenges, riddles, and brainteasers all vetted by a neuroscientist who specializes in aging brains and designed to work the six key areas of cognitive function that are vulnerable in normal aging: long-term memory, working memory, executive functioning, attention to detail, multitasking, and processing speed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Pub. 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Landa, Robin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F&W Media, Incorporated 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Viewers will see the nail-biting behind-the-scenes story that traces the marriage equality movement's historic progress and reveals the masterminds who fought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FREOgston, Gemma
Summary: "In The Self-Care Cookbook, plant-based chef Gemma Ogston introduces us to eating as the ultimate form of self-care, whether you're a full-time vegan, flexitarian, or just looking for simple recipes developed with wellness in mind. Each recipe has been crafted to nurture your body and mind. Organized by some of the core goals of self-care routines--Restore, Rebalance, Reflect, and Renew--The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 OGSPolson, Shannon.
Summary: When Shannon Huffman Polson's parents are killed by a wild grizzly bear in Alaska's Arctic, her quest for healing is recounted with heartbreaking candor in North of Hope, as she retraces her parents' final days along an Arctic river searching for her own sense of peace and meaning in the journey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2013