Scearce, Phil
Summary: The true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America had its eyes on the war in Europe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Texas Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5449 SCEScharre, Paul
Summary: "What happens when a Predator drone has as much autonomy as a Google car? Although it sounds like science fiction, the technology to create weapons that could hunt and destroy targets on their own already exists. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in emerging weapons technologies, draws on incisive research and firsthand experience to explore how increasingly autonomous weapons are changing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623 SCHMelville, Wilma
Summary: "The incredible memoir of how Wilma Melville turned a band of shelter dogs into one of America's foremost disaster-response assets in catastrophes from 9/11 to Katrina. Ana and Hunter were failed service dogs. Recon was left for dead on the train tracks.Cody was returned to the shelter seven times before he turned two. To most, these dogs were unadoptable. Unsalvageable. Irredeemable. To...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.7 MELChii
Summary: "A diary comic with an upbeat, adorable flair that tells the charming tale of Chii, a woman assigned male at birth. Her story starts with her childhood and follows the ups and downs of exploring her sexuality, gender, and transition-as well as falling in love with a man who's head over heels for her. Now, Chii is about to embark on a new adventure: becoming a bride!"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2018
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Summary: "The incredible memoir of how Wilma Melville turned a band of shelter dogs into one of America's foremost disaster-response assets in catastrophes from 9/11 to Katrina "--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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Summary: One of the few survivors of the Nazi death camp Treblinka during World War II, the author tells the story of how he survived by becoming one of the workers whose grim task it was to tend to the dead and went on to take part in the Treblinka workers' revolt and later testified at a war-crime tribunal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 RAJCHMAN, CHIL RAJSearcey, Dionne
Summary: "In 2015, Dionne Searcey was covering the economy for The New York Times, living in Brooklyn with her husband and three young children. Saddled with the demands of a dual-career household and motherhood in an urban setting, her life was in a rut. She decided to pursue a job as the paper's West Africa bureau chief, landing with her family in Dakar, Senegal, where she found their lives turned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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Summary: "A young writer's sincere search (with his dog) for an authentic life--buying a ruined house in Detroit for $500, fixing it up nail by nail, and, in the process, participating in the grassroots rebirth of the city itself."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PHILP, DREW PHISearch, Gay.
Contents: Walls, stairs and entrances -- Small spaces -- Windowledges -- Creative planting -- Container and plant care -- Planter's guide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.986 SEAPHISH.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PHIScarfe, Herbert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 736 SCAScarne, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Borders books 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795 SCAScarre, Christopher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937.06 SCASearch, Gay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.986 SEASearcy, David
Summary: "David Searcy's writing is enchanting and peculiar, obsessed with plumbing the mysteries and wonders of our everyday world, the beauty and cruelty of time, and nothing less than what he calls "the whole idea of meaning." With "casual virtuosity" (the NewYork Times) and an insatiable sense of awe, Searcy leads the reader across the landscapes of his extraordinary mind, moving from the slightly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: Discusses the ancient Minoan civilization of Knossos, Crete, as manifested by the excavations of that city by the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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Summary: A handbook for raising rabbits for pets, for profit, or to show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Communications, Inc. 1992
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Summary: "A LEGO construction book for adults featuring 21 different projects, including objects for the home and holiday decorations, as well as art and design ideas. Includes detailed step-by-step instructions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: No Starch Press 2016
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Summary: Describes how to create shadow puppets and make them move, and also provides four-line rhymes to go with them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.53 WEBDrohojowska-Philp, Hunter
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 O'KEEFFE, GEORGIA DROKrull, Kathleen.
Summary: This picture-book biography explains how Farnsworth held on to his dream to develop television and the scientific concepts behind it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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Summary: A television producer and writer recounts how he helped his wife restore a three-hundred-year-old Italian farmhouse and found unexpected renewal from the project, the region, and his eccentric new neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.5 DORGaimon, Phil.
Summary: "Abandoning his former life as a couch potato and gamer, Phil Gaimon begin riding a bicycle in 2004 with the goal of shedding a few pounds. By sheer accident, he discovered he was a natural, advancing so rapidly through the amateur ranks that he entered the pro peloton utterly ignorant of a century of cycling etiquette. He recounts the difficulties of making ends meet on a salary of $166 a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Velo Press 2014
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Summary: Like a secret society, poker has its own language and customs -- its own governing logic and rules of etiquette that the uninitiated may find intimidating. It's a game of skill, and playing well depends on more than just a good hand or the ability to hide emotion. The first step toward developing a style of play worthy of the greats is learning to think like a poker player. In a game where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2004