Summary: "Frommer's books aren't written by committee, by A.I., or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. We use seasoned, locally-based journalists like Deborah Collcutt, Katie Featherstone, Samantha Priestley, Simon Willmore, and Donald Strachan, plus part-time residents like Jason Cochran and Stephen Brewer because they are all real experts. The...
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Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Summary: "When Jason Hanson joined the CIA in 2003, he never imagined that the same tactics he used as a CIA officer for counter intelligence, surveillance, and protecting agency personnel would prove to be essential in every day civilian life. In addition to escaping handcuffs, picking locks, and spotting when someone is telling a lie, he can improvise a self-defense weapon, pack a perfect emergency...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2015
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Summary: Reveals high-stakes techniques and survival tactics from intelligence officers who have employed the same measures in life-or-death situations throughout the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2018
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Summary: "The fastest way to indestructible relationships is to become good at working through conflict, together. Conflicts in our closest relationships are scary because so much is at stake. If the conflict doesn't go well, we could lose our marriage, our familyor our job, all connected to our security and survival. So we do just about anything not to lose those relationships, including avoid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Go Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.6 GADJohnson, Javon
Summary: "Johnson takes us on a journey and each poem serves as a guide to understanding black life in America... Ain't never not been black is a healing salve, a sonic ointment that soothes the wounds of white supremacy and daily pricks of antiblack racism, reminding us of the beautiful bounty that blackness always has been and always will be"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Button Poetry / Exploding Pinecone Press 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1969
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide 2013
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Summary: A scientist hires an assassin to travel back in time and kill Adolf Hitler before he can rise to power, but the plan backfires when Hitler survives the attack and uses the time machine to travel to the twenty-first century, leaving the hired killer stranded in time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 JASGreene, Jayson
Summary: "As the book opens: two-year-old Greta Greene is sitting with her grandmother on a park bench on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. A brick crumbles from a windowsill overhead, striking her unconscious, and she is immediately rushed to the hospital. But although it begins with this event and with the anguish Jayson and his wife, Stacy, confront in the wake of their daughter's trauma and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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Summary: "You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that we're better off without them. In Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Lanier, who participates in no social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave these dangerous online platforms"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 303.4833 LANLanier, Jaron.
Summary: Silicon Valley visionary Jaron Lanier was among the first to predict the revolutionary changes the World Wide Web would bring to commerce and culture. Now, in his first book, Lanier offers this cautionary look at the way the Web is transforming our lives, for better and for worse. The current design and function of the web have become so familiar that it is easy to forget that they grew out of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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Contents: East : Humboldt and the influence of Europe -- South : J.N. Reynolds and the "more comprehensive promise" of the Antarctic -- West : Clarence King's experience of the frontier -- North : George Wallace Melville and John Muir in extremis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason & Lipscomb 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.9 JASEason, Lynette
Summary: "In the theater of war in Iraq, trauma surgeon Heather Fontaine was used to being in control. Now back home, life spins off its axis when she becomes the target of a stalker. Can security expert Travis Walker protect her?" --‡cProvided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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Summary: "Greet a Turk and you will eat. Whether you are in the busy streets of Istanbul, in a small village in Anatolia, on the slopes above Bursa, or in a resort in the Mediterranean, the enticing aroma of grilling, baking, and spices fills the air - warm bread rings covered in sesame seeds; deep-fried mussels with a garlicky sauce; roasted chestnuts, almonds and pistachio nuts; savory pastries filled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lorenz Books 2021
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Summary: A guide to unraveling the mysteries of decimals and fractions, whether you are learning them for the first time or brushing up on your skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 513.26 CARDaston, Lorraine
Summary: "We are, all of us, everywhere, always, enmeshed in a web of rules and constraints. Rules fix the beginning and end of the working day and the school year, direct the ebb and flow of traffic on the roads, dictate who can be married to whom and how, place the fork to the right or the left of the plate, lay down the meter and rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet, and order the rites of birth and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: N. Edson] 2004
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Summary: A collection of vegan casserole recipes includes such offerings as pale ale stew, very veggie pot pie, truffled cauliflower mac, summer corn custard, and bumbleberry cobbler.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5637 HASSakurai, Gamon
Summary: "Sato's Bitten. Samuel T. Owen is in the building. The battle of Forge Safety, which began when demi-humans who aim to upend Japanese society waltzed into an ambush set by those who woulod deny them the pleasure, reaches its crescendo and conclusion." - Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Incorporated 2017
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Summary: "Introduction to different types of birds using simple text, illustrations, and photos. Features include puzzles and games, fun facts, a resource list, and an index"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018