Hayward, Nancy C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Traverse Area Data Center 1976
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Call number: R NEL 307 1978 Hayward
Cobham, Alex
Summary: "What we count matters, and in a world where policies and decisions are underpinned by numbers, statistics and data, if you're not counted, you don't count. In this book, Alex Cobham argues that systematic gaps in economic and demographic data not only lead us to understate a wide range of damaging inequalities, but also to actively exacerbate them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Polity 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305 COBSummary: "The Statistical Absract of the United States has provided a statistical portrait of the social, poliitical, demographic, and economic conditions of America since 1878"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2018
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Summary: The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the best-known statistical reference in the country. As a comprehensive collection of statistics of the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 317.3 PROChinni, Dante.
Summary: In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, the media have often reduced America to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification, journalist Dante Chinni teamed up with political geographer James Gimpel to launch the Patchwork Nation project, using on-the-ground reporting and statistical analysis to get past generalizations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.0973 CHIAdams, Charles C. (Charles Christopher)
Contents: Pt. I. Ecological papers. 1. Isle Royale as a biotic environment, by C.C. Adams. 2. The ecological relations of the invertebrate fauna of Isle Royale, Michigan, by H.A. Gleason. 3. The ecological distribution of the birds of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, by Otto McCreary. 4. The fall migration of birds at Washington Harbor, Isle Royale, Lake Superior, by M.M. Peet. 5. The ecological succession of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford co., state printers 1909
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 574.50977 ADALinklater, Andro.
Summary: Linklater's fascinating, provocative and eye-opening story of why America has ended up with its unique system of weights and measures, is explained in this volume that also shows how it has shaped the culture and country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 LINMartin, Elizabeth Anne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.43 MarHarford, Tim
Summary: "Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That's a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldn't be suspicious of statistics-we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often "the only way of grasping much of what is going on around...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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Summary: "Detroit: A Biography takes a long, unflinching look at the evolution of one of America's great cities, and one of the nation's greatest urban failures. It tells how the city grew to become the heart of American industry and how its utter collapse--from 1.8 million residents in 1950 to 714,000 only six decades later--resulted from a confluence of public policies, private industry decisions, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2011
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI South MartelleSawchik, Travis.
Summary: "Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle was old school and stubborn. But after twenty straight losing seasons and his job on the line, he was ready to try anything. So when he met with GM Neal Huntington in October 2012, they decided to discard everything they knew about the game and instead take on drastic "big data" strategies. Going well beyond the number-crunching of Moneyball, which used...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 SAWWoodford, Arthur M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1994
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 526.9097 WOOHirsch, Rebecca E.
Summary: "In the face of rapidly declining bird populations, read about the vast impacts birds have on ecosystems, food systems, and our mental health and what we can do to protect them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 639.9 HIROehrli, Jo Angela
Summary: Explains how the collection and use of data plays an important role in projects of all kinds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 519.5 OEHSmith, David J. (David Julian)
Summary: Comparing the world population to a village of 100 persons, the author reveals such facts as the languages of the village, how much each earns, if the person is literate, has a television and has enough to eat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 304.6 SMIBricker, Darrell Jay
Summary: Explores the pros and cons of a declining global population, including worker shortages, lower risk of famine, and greater affluence and autonomy for women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.6 BRIKippley, Sheila.
Summary: In the ecology of natural mothering, mother and baby help each other. Mothers who adopt this natural pattern of breastfeeding enjoy 14 to 15 months of having no periods, on the average, and have a special relationship with their babies. Counter to the culture, mothers take their babies almost everywhere. The author deals with this sympathetically, and thus many moms have said that this book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lulu 2008
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Summary: "Over millions of years, organisms in Antarctica--one of the most extreme environments on Earth--have evolved in amazing ways that enable them to thrive on the ice, in the ice, and under the ice. How is climate change affecting the creatures that live in this frozen world? Even in the intensely cold, windy, and dry environment of Antarctica, a wide variety of wildlife--from the massive swarms...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "A humorous and engaging nonfiction book about bugs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 639.97 MALKent, Timothy J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Fox Enterprises 2003
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.401 KEN1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977.401 KEN
Koonin, Steven E.
Summary: The author points out that core questions about the way the climate is responding to our influence and what the impacts will be remain largely unanswered. He provides insights and perspective free from political agendas, dispels popular myths, and unveils little-known truths. He points out that the models we use to predict the future aren't able to accurately describe the climate of the past,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 363.738 KOOSands, Philippe
Summary: "An account of the making of modern international law and one woman's fight for justice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023