Summary: The female pharaoh Hatshepsut reigned for nearly twenty years during Egypt's early New Kingdom in the fifteenth century B.C. First acting as regent for her young nephew/stepson Thutmose III, she in time assumed the title of king and exercised the full powers of the throne as senior co-ruler. In accordance with Egyptian tradition, Hatshepsut was often depicted as a male king. After her death,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 1991
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Missouri Press 2001
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Summary: "More than 200 recipes--and techniques--for cooking with creativity and confidence"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2004
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Summary: Gallantry: The FDNY -- Resolve: President Bush on 9/11 -- Field note: Meeting the late Don Hewitt in Botswana -- Selflessness: Paulette Schank -- Authenticity: Bruce Springsteen -- Devotion: David Hall -- Field note: Kremlin rules -- Audacity: Ben Bernanke -- Invincibility: Nadia Murad -- Field note: No moss gathers -- Gratitude: early lessons -- Field note: Do you believe in signs? -- Duty:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2019
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Summary: Describes the social, political, environmental and moral issues of the regions' history. The author writes about how poor people in Grand Traverse County were cared for, past forays into dissension as well as patriotrism, crime and justice and humans' effect on Grand Traverse Bay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Traverse Area Historical Society 2009
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Summary: "A rural physician learns that a former doctor at his clinic committed a shocking crime, leading him to uncover an undiagnosed mental health crisis in our broken prison system--a powerful true story expanding on one of the most popular This American Lifeepisodes of all time. When family physician Dr. Benjamin Gilmer began working at the Cane Creek clinic in rural North Carolina, he was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1989
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Summary: Offers easy-to-follow advice and instructions for dieters who need to lose weight quickly without sacrificing their health, providing tips, techniques, and inspiration, and a unique, look-and-shop guide to make grocery shopping fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2013
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Summary: An exploration of the seemingly telepathic communication between two separated particles--one of the fundamental concepts of quantum physics. In 1935, Einstein showed that quantum mechanics predicted such a correlation, which he dubbed "spooky action at a distance." That same year, Erwin Schrd̲inger christened this correlation "entanglement." Yet its existence wasn't firmly established until...
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Summary: "Highly controversial but impeccably researched, The Real Messiah explodes the myth that Jesus was the long-prophesied Messiah of the Jewish nation. Indeed, it argues that Jesus never claimed that role but thought of himself as herald to the true Messiah: Marcus Julius Agrippa, the last King of the Jews and Jesus' contemporary. It was he who truly founded what became known as Christianity, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watkins Publishing 2009
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Summary: Discusses the life of Pocahontas and her role as peacemaker between the Powhatan tribes and the settlers of Jamestown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 1993
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Summary: This book looks at Japanese, and examines where it is spoken, who speaks it, what alphabet the language is written in, and other interesting facts including introductions on how to say key phrases in Japanese.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2012
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Summary: " A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media?Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care? In The Sense of Style, the bestselling linguist and cognitive...
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Summary: "What do we owe the past? How to make peace with a dark family history? Burkhard Bilger hardly knew his grandfather growing up. His parents immigrated to Oklahoma from Germany after World War II, and though his mother was an historian, she rarely talked about her father or what he did during the war. Then one day a packet of letters arrived from Germany, yellowing with age, and a secret history...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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Summary: "Eating from Our Roots is a love letter to the globe that celebrates nourishing, flavorful dishes from cultures around the world. A registered dietitian and nutritionist known for her approachable, real-food-based solutions, Maya Feller highlights the nourishing roots of foods from regions including the Caribbean, South America, Africa, the Mediterranean, Asia, and more. She shares thoughtful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale, Goop Press 2023
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Summary: "Readers will learn about the impacts of agriculture on the environment through colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics. Book also includes a glossary, index, suggested books and websites, and a bibliography"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1969
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Summary: Reveals history of concentration camps from 1890s Cuba to China and North Korea during the Cold War, discussing their use for civilian relocation and exposing their role as dehumanizing sites for political repression that have claimed millions of lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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Summary: "1991. A restless young man called Dox is back home in Texas. His friends have missed him, and his mother and sisters need him. But after four years as a Marine and another two as a CIA contractor fighting the Soviet Union alongside the Afghan mujahideen, small-town life in Abilene is a suffocating dead end. Another secret war, this one in Southeast Asia, offers a big payday and the solution to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2022
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Summary: "Readers will learn about the history, importance, and environmental impacts of industrialization through colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics. Book also includes a glossary, index, suggested books and websites, and a bibliography"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021