Powell, Patricia Hruby
Summary: "A picture book about the life of civil rights activist Ella Baker"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAKBoswell, Patricia A.
Summary: "When it comes to caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, the right caregiving can make all the difference. Here, Patricia Boswell shares structured routines, life hacks, and best practices that are evidence-based and focused on maintaining the highest possible quality of life for the entire family. As a nurse and dementia expert, Boswell knows that the best caregivers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2022
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Summary: "Twelve biographies of Indigenous women who, as modern-day warriors, have infused their communities with strength and leadership. The women overcame unimaginable hardships--racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty--only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 7th Generation Native Voices 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 CUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 973 CUTLudwig, Trudy.
Summary: Brian has always felt invisible at school, but when a new student, Justin, arrives, everything changes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUDSowell, Thomas
Summary: Describes how the granting of subprime mortgages and the packaging of these loans into investment vehicles sold around the world played a significant role in the current worldwide financial crisis, and analyzes new policies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.72 SOWSowell, Thomas
Summary: Exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues, in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the reader. These include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians. One of the book's themes is that fallacies are not simply crazy ideas but in fact have a certain plausibility that gives them their staying power--and makes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 SOWSowell, Thomas
Summary: The painful and baffling mystery as to why some obviously bright children do not begin talking until long after the "normal" time is explored in this book through personal experiences and the findings of scientific research. The author's own experiences as the father of such a child led to the formation of a group of more than fifty sets of parents of similar children. The anguish and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BasicBooks 1997
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Summary: We are lucky. For most of us, famine, plague, economic depression, and other life-threatening catastrophes are the stuff of history books. We’re living in an era with the highest-ever rates of longevity, education, and wealth. Cars drive us home as our phones entertain us before we arrive to food delivered to the front door. We have it all! But there’s just one side effect. We no longer have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 PASSowell, Thomas
Summary: Sowell explains the principles of economics in plain jargon for the general public, answering questions like: Why are homeless people sleeping on the sidewalks of New York in the winter, when abandoned apartment buildings have four times as many dwelling units as there are homeless people in the city? Why did Russians have to import food to feed people in Moscow, when Russia itself had vast...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group 2015
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Contents: Politics versus economics -- Free and unfree labor -- The economics of medical care -- The economics of housing -- Risky business -- The economics of discrimination -- The economic development of nations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 SOWSowell, Thomas
Summary: "Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are victims of genetics. Others believe that those who are less fortunate are victims of the more fortunate. Discrimination and Disparities gathers a wide array of empirical evidence to challenge the idea...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019
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Summary: This book challenges many assumptions about blacks, Jews, Germans, slavery, and education. Plainly written and backed with documented facts, it takes on not only the trendy intellectuals of our times but also such historic interpreters of American life as Alexis de Tocqueville and Frederick Law Olmsted. In a series of long essays, Sowell presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 SOWSowell, Thomas
Summary: "The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who use the same words do not always present the same meanings. Clarifying those meanings is the first step toward finding out what we agree on and disagree on. From there, it is largely a question of what the facts are. Social Justice Fallacies reveals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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Summary: When Jack Edney is assaulted and hospitalized in Priouxville on the banks of Ghost Bayou near Bayou Teche in Louisiana, Tony Boudreaux forgoes his long anticipated vacation to aid his best friend. The assailants were searching for hidden diamonds, but the jewels turn out to be the least of his worries when Tony stumbles onto three murders the locals attributed to the mythical loup garou, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONFewell, Roy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shields Publications 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.75 FEWSorell, Gina
Summary: "My father proposed to my mother at gunpoint when she was nineteen, and knowing that she was already pregnant with a dead man’s child, she accepted." Thus begins this riveting story of a woman's quest to understand her recently deceased mother, a glamorous, cruel narcissist who left her only child, Elsie, an inheritance of debts and mysteries. While coping with threats that she suspects are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prospect Park Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SORJowell, Barbara Tom.
Summary: This valuable resource provides tools and step-by-step strategies for every stage of the recovery from divorce or death. Includes tips on staying on top of your finances, buying or selling a home or car, starting or joining a support group, dealing with lawyers, doctors, and other professionals, drawing on your life experiences to fins a job or rejuvenate a career, and socializing and dating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 JOWLowell, Robert
Summary: "A new, expanded edition of Lowell's prose, with annotations"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOWELL, ROBERT LOWHowell, Izzi
Summary: Take a look at how a robotic arm is designed, how engineers are devising examples that can be controlled by the human brain just like a real arm, and how the science of electronics allows the robot to interpret electrical signals and move in response. Find out about sensors, code and programming, explore fascinating robots from drones and space rovers to medical robots, and meet some of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.8 HOWPowell, Jane
Contents: What is a bungalow? -- Room to move -- Short story -- Ceiling groovy -- Wall mart -- Opening lines -- Entry level -- Hearth of the matter -- Support group.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.373 POWPowell, Jane
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith Publisher 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.52 POWPowell, Marie
Summary: "The Arctic and Subarctic region stretches across Alaska and northern Canada. Traditional Stories of the Arctic and Subarctic Nations features stories from several of the region's Native Nations, including the Inuit, Iñupiat, and Woodland Cree. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Native PowellSorell, Traci
Summary: "The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pi Press 2005