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Publisher / Publication Date: Standard Pub. 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: 567.9 HEAWoerden, Henk van
Summary: Publisher description: If ever one individual could be said to have embodied the tragedy of apartheid, Dimitri Tsafas would be that man. At a time when color was all, Tsafas, bastard son of a Greek father and an African mother, was untouchable -- too black for the whites and too white for the blacks. Stateless, homeless, and loveless, on September 6, 1966, he entered South Africa's Parliament...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 839.31 WOEPistorius, Martin
Summary: "With unflinching candor, Martin describes the chilling details of life as a secretly lucid vegetable--from the perversion of some who believed him to be brain dead, to the grace of those who sought recognition in his eyes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 PISTORIUS, MARTIN PISHunk, Emma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.7 HunkHenn, Sophy
Summary: Step into the book to see how you measure up against some of the world's most incredible, ginormous, deadly dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J OVS 567.9 Henn 2019Shenk, David
Summary: DNA does not make us who we are. Journalist David Shenk debunks the long-standing notion of genetic "giftedness," and presents new scientific research showing how greatness is in the reach of every individual. Integrating cutting-edge research from a wide swath of disciplines, Shenk maintains the problem isn't our inadequate genetic assets, but our inability, so far, to tap into what we already...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 SHEPistorius, Martin.
Summary: January 1988. Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live. Martin was moved to care...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PISTORIUS, MARTIN PISDenk, Jeremy
Summary: "In this searching and funny memoir, based off his popular New Yorker article, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. Life is difficult enough as a precocious, temperamental, and insufferable six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey.But then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico, far from classical music's nerve centers, and he has to please a new taskmaster while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DENK, JEREMY DENHenn, Sophy
Summary: Just like us, animals are friends in all kinds of ways, from hermit crabs who go on adventures with sea anemones to zebras and ostriches who help support each other. Dip in and discover all kinds of animal friends--each one is special in its own unique way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.8 HENWenk, Elizabeth
Summary: "The John Muir Trail contains the information you need for hiking or backpacking the route. The comprehensive guide describes the entire passage, with detailed directions as well as UTM coordinates for important junctions, lateral trails, campsites, food-storage boxes, and other points of interest. The book divides the trail into 13 sections, and each section includes an elevation profile and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wilderness Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.944 JOHN MUIR TRAIL WENUygur, Cenk K. (Cenk Kadir)
Summary: "A manifesto that outlines the progressive vision, recent history and worldview-by the founder of The Young Turks and co-founder of Justice Democrats. The media can't stop talking about the gridlock in Washington, as if a handful of stubborn Republicans are the only thing standing between us and a fully-functional democracy. The reality is that our government was taken over by big business and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 UYGShenk, David
Summary: Skeleton Key puts the reader on the Merry Pranksters' bus behind the real Cowboy Neal, uncovers the origins of Cherry Garcia, follows the dancing bear on its trip from psychedelic artifact to trademarked icon, and unlocks the Dead's own tape vault.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 SHEHenn, Sophy
Summary: Step into the book and see how you measure up against some of the world's most amazing animals. High-five a polar bear to discover who has the biggest paw and peer through the die-cut to find out how you'd look with a giant squid eye. This interactive non-fiction adventure features lifesize illustrations of some of the smallest and largest animals in the world and invites children to compare...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Shed 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A film following the life, career, and decline of legendary bass guitarist Jaco Pastorius, featuring interviews with friends, family, and other artists. Bonus materials include outtakes and stories from Joni Mitchell, Flea, Carlos Santana, Mike Stern, and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Slang East/West 2015
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC JACShenk, Joshua Wolf.
Summary: "Recently writers like Malcolm Gladwell, Steven Johnson, and Clay Shirky have sought to explain creativity as the work of lucky, hardworking people or the result of certain qualities of a particular environment or group of people. Joshua Wolf Shenk shows how such notions, as appealing as they are, miss the essence of creativity, which is generated by people working in pairs. From John Lennon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 SHEHeck, Jean Palmer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Higashi Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 HECSormaz, Heidi Wenk
Summary: Introduces the ancient tradition of yoga and how it has evolved to become the North American phenomenon that it is. The first half of the course provides a brief history of what we know as yoga in the West and the science behind how mondern yoga can create a healthy body and mind. The second half of the course is primarily experiential, introducing popular modern styles of yoga.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Shenk, Joshua Wolf.
Summary: Drawing on seven years of his own research and the work of other esteemed Lincoln scholars, Shenk reveals how the sixteenth president harnessed his depression to fuel his astonishing success. Lincoln found the solace and tactics he needed to deal with the nation's worst crisis in the coping strategies he had developed over a lifetime of persevering through depressive episodes and personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM SheGubser, Steven Scott
Summary: Black holes, predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity more than a century ago, have long intrigued scientists and the public with their bizarre and fantastical properties. Although Einstein understood that black holes were mathematical solutions to his equations, he never accepted their physical reality--a viewpoint many shared. This all changed in the 1960s and 1970s, when a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523 GUBFalcke, Heino
Summary: "A fascinating and thought-provoking investigation into the nature of black holes-a blend of the spiritual, the philosophical, and the scientific-from the premier German astrophysicist who made history in 2019, capturing the first one on film"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.8 FALFenn, Lisa
Summary: "An Emmy-winning ESPN producer describes how she developed a surprising, profound and lasting bond with two disabled African-American, inner-city high school wrestlers after filming a segment about them for television,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 FENHebb, Michael
Summary: "Of the many critical conversations we will all have throughout our lifetime, few are as important as the ones discussing death--and not just the practical considerations, such as DNRs and wills, but what we fear, what we hope, and how we want to be remembered. Yet few of these conversations are actually happening. Inspired by his experience with his own father and countless stories from others...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.09 HEBMichelli, Dena.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.7 MICErdrich, Heid E. (Heid Ellen)
Summary: "Poet, artist, filmmaker, and curator Heid E. Erdrich explores the indigenous experience in multifaceted ways-personal, familial, biological, cultural. These poems, written from the perspective of an Ojibwe woman, reveal what sustained harassment does to people, especially to women, children, and Native and Indigenous people, how it can lead to the oppression of others and even ourselves, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2020