Politi, Leo.
Summary: Sad when the swallows leave for the winter, young Juan prepares to welcome them back to the old California Mission at Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day the next spring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Paul Getty Museum 2009
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Summary: With deep feeling and sharp insight, Pollitt writes about the death of her father; the sad but noble final days of a leftist study group of which she was a member; and the betrayal and heartbreak inflicted by a man who seriously deceived her. (Her infinitely patient, gentle driving instructor points out her weakness--"Observation, Katha, observation!") She also offers a candid view of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 POLPolisi, Wendy.
Summary: In a book dedicated to a superfood grain that is rising in popularity, the author provides plenty of recipes, each with photos and nutritional information.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.631 POLPollitt, Katha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 POLPollitt, Katha
Summary: Forty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, "abortion" is still a word that is said with outright hostility by many, despite the fact that one in three American women will have terminated at least one pregnancy by menopause. Even those who support a woman's right to an abortion often qualify their support by saying abortion is a "bad thing," an "agonizing decision," making the medical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304 POLPollitt, Katha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.93 POLPontti, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.93 PONPolisi, Salvatore
Summary: An insider's account of the downfall of the New York mob profiles organized crime at the height of its influence while recounting the author's participation in several lucrative heists and relating his decision to become a federal informant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 POLPrasadam, Smriti.
Summary: Introduces young readers to ten little bugs, including a ladybug, grasshopper, and butterfly. On board pages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2010
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Summary: Introduces young readers to ten best-loved animals, including a dog, penguin, panda, cow, and giraffe. On board pages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2010
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Summary: A handy guide for new BIG brothers and sisters who are welcoming a new baby into the family. Covering the first 18 months of baby's life, this book helps readers bond with the new arrival and explains some key developmental milestones to look out for. Fact-filled guide packed with fun and safe suggestions for how siblings can interact and play with baby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.232 PRAHalls, Smriti
Summary: "The perfect hug may not be far -- in fact, it might be right where you are!" -- back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD PRAGutierrez, Annette Goliti
Summary: Outdoor style often comes at a high price, but it doesn't have to. This lushly designed guide empowers you to create your own show-stopping containers made from everyday materials such as concrete, plastic, metal, terracotta, rope, driftwood, and fabric. The 23 step-by-step projects are affordable, made from accessible materials, and most importantly, gorgeous. They include new spins on old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 GUTScotti, R. A.
Summary: It was the splendor--and the scandal--of the age, the defining event of the high Renaissance. In 1506, the ferociously ambitious Renaissance Pope Julius II tore down the most sacred shrine in Europe--the millennium-old St. Peter's Basilica built by the Emperor Constantine over the apostle's grave--to build a better basilica. Construction of the new St. Peter's spanned two centuries, embroiled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 726.5094 SCOScotti, R. A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 363.3492 SCOScotti, R. A.
Summary: Part love story, part mystery, "Vanished Smile" reopens the case of the most audacious and perplexing art theft ever committed--the theft of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" from the Paris Louvre on August 21, 1911.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.5 SCOTobias, Michael & Solisti-mattelon, Kate
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 591.5 TOBBernstein, Carl
Summary: "His Holiness is at once compelling journalism, drama, history, and biography. John Paul II, elected as the first non-Italian pope in five hundred years, readily used his global pulpit to speak out on behalf of human rights and those who were ignored by other world leaders--whether politically or economically oppressed, whether in the Communist or non-Communist world. Born in a small Polish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHN PAUL II, POPE BERFinkelstein, Elizabeth
Summary: "From the founders of the addictive Instagram handle and HGTV show Cheap Old Houses comes a lookbook of beautiful, affordable homes and a resource for anyone who's ever dreamed of buying and restoring an historic house. More than once, I've lost my heart to an old house. And many times over, I've seen others do the same exact thing. I'm not surprised anymore when someone professes love for a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2023
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Summary: That They Lived: African Americans Who Changed the World features Riley's grandson, Caleb, and Lola photographed in timeless black and white, dressed as important individuals such as business owners, educators, civil rights leaders, and artists, alongside detailed biographies that begin with the figures as young children who had the same ambitions, fears, strengths, and obstacles facing them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J810 RILOrtner, Nick
Summary: Do YOU have the magic breath? Let's see... Take a deeeeeep breath in... and BLOW it out.... .and like magic, you can feel better just by breathing! Sometimes it's hard to feel happy. But with this interactive picture book, children breathe along as they learn how to make angry or sad thoughts disappear. In a world that is sometimes too busy, with too many things going on, My Magic Breath will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ORTBlackall, Sophie
Summary: In this picture book, a boy writes a letter to an imagined alien, explaining all the things he will need to know about Earth and the people who live here--and adding a postscript asking what the alien might look like.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2022
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Summary: Platypuses are some of the worlds weirdest mammals! They may look strange, but their duck bills and flat bodies help them thrive in the wetlands. These are just a few of the many adaptations explored in this leveled title for young readers. Alongside the text are bright photos and special features that highlight the animals range, physical adaptations, and diet. Readers will come away with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021