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Thorndike Press large print nonfiction seriesPowell, Tia
Summary: "The cultural and medical history of dementia and Alzheimer's disease by a leading psychiatrist and bioethicist who urges us to turn our focus from cure to care. Despite being a physician and a bioethicist, Tia Powell wasn't prepared to address the challenges she faced when her grandmother, and then her mother, were diagnosed with dementia--not to mention confronting the hard truth that her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 POWPowers, Tim
Summary: A novel of time travel that combines action and adventure with the surreal and bizarre.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 1997
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Summary: As this ingenious new novella, More Walls Broken, begins, a trio of academics have just entered a deserted California cemetery late at night, bringing with them a number of arcane devices aimed at achieving an equally arcane purpose. What follows is the sort of dizzying, mind-expanding entertainment that only the always reliable, always astonishing Tim Powers could have written. These three...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Subterranean Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POWTian
Summary: "Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family's desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seizes power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war, they set about evacuating the country's major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TIAHowell, Janet
Summary: "In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers and aspiring power brokers, Virginia Senator Janet Howell and her daughter-in-law Theresa Howell spotlight the careers of fifty American women in politics -- and inspire readers to make a difference. With foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton."--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HOWSmith-Powell, Ronnette
Summary: A title that expresses the sentiments of almost anyone who has experienced the changes of covid-19. It may be difficult for adults to adjust, what about the children? Unanswered questions can lead to anxiety, fear, and anger. Journey with Corey and his family as they deal with the changes in a covid world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nettie, Nana and Friends 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMIHunt, Angela Elwell
Summary: Three trees that dream of greatness are surprised by the way their dreams come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lion Pub. 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398 HUNCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fairy HuntMowry, Tia
Summary: "The beloved actress and star of the digital original series Quick Fix shows how to embrace home cooking with easy, delicious, and healthy recipes for the entire family, saving time and energy and bringing balance to your kitchen"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.512 MOWMowry, Tia
Summary: "From the star of the Cooking Channel's Tia Mowry at Home comes a timely clean-eating cookbook that will change the way you think about what you eat and jump-start your journey to a healthier, more gorgeous you,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5635 MOWMowry, Tia.
Summary: "Oh, Baby! tells moms-to-be what pregnancy really entails, in a funny, matter-of-fact, tell-it-like-it-is voice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 MOWTorres, Tia
Summary: "From one of the most respected figures in the dog rescue community come the harrowing, funny, and inspiring stories of nine incredible dogs that shaped her life. Tia Torres, beloved underdog advocate and star of Animal Planet's hit show Pit Bulls & Parolees, chronicles her roller-coaster life in this heartwarming memoir featuring some of her best-loved dogs. With inimitable honesty and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TORRES, TIA TORSowell, 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 SOWVowell, Sarah
Summary: On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy Americans were there to welcome him. Or, rather, to welcome him back. It had been 30 years since the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette had last set foot in the United States, and he was so beloved that 80,000 people showed up to cheer for him. The entire population of New York at the time was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 VOWVowell, Sarah
Summary: A collection of essays and autobiographical stories in which the author offers her humorous take on identity, politics, religion, art, history, and other topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 081 VOWVowell, Sarah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973 VOWVowell, Sarah
Summary: From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Assassination Vacation" comes an examination of the Puritans, their covenant communities, deep-rooted idealism, political and cultural relevance, and their myriad oddities.To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but author Vowell investigates what that means--and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974 VOWVowell, Sarah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 VOWVowell, Sarah
Summary: To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but author Vowell investigates what that means--and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who were these people who are considered the philosophical, spiritual, and moral ancestors of our nation? What Vowell discovers is something far different from what their uptight shoe-buckles-and-corn reputation might...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 974.088 VOWPodell, Albert
Summary: "In 2003, Albert Podell realized that he'd been to 110 countries in the world. What if, he wondered, he could go to them all? He would set foot in not just the well-known tourist destinations in Europe or the vacation spots in Latin America, but the little-known, far-off lands that most people don't know exist. In Around the World in 50 Years, Podell recounts the misunderstandings, detours,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PODELL, ALBERT PODVowell, Sarah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.099 VOWSOWELL, THOMAS
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1989
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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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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