Setiya, Kieran
Summary: "There is no cure for the human condition: life is hard. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophy can help. He offers us a map for navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world. In this profound and personal book, Setiya shows how the tools of philosophy can help us find our way. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction, history,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 SETSummary: Collects twelve Easter stories, that can be read in five minutes, starring beloved Disney characters, including Cinderella, Winnie the Pooh, and Bambi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE FIVXinran
Summary: An unprecedented, intimate account of the lives of modern Chinese women, told by the women themselves--true stories of the political and personal upheavals they have endured in their chaotic and repressive society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 XINSATIVA
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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Summary: An extraordinary work of oral history that illuminates the diverse ways in which the Chinese perceive and understand their own modern history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.0092 XINXinran
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.5 XINKeenan, Sheila.
Summary: The story behind each state's name and nickname is told in this informative book providing historical facts, fun trivia, and a helpful geography lesson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973 KEEShields, Kieran.
Summary: Investigating the murder of a prostitute in 1892 Portland, Maine, Deputy Marshal Archie Lean discovers that the victim was ritually executed as a witch, and enlists the help of a criminologist with whom he follows a trail to the spiritual societies of gothic New England.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHIDowns, Kieran
Summary: ""Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to archery. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 799.3 DOWScott, Kieran
Summary: "Paige Lancaster, single mom and prodigal daughter, has returned to the East Coast from her prestigious, well-paid job in LA, writing for the smartest detective series on television. Something terrible happened to her back in Hollywood. Okay, two terrible things, one featuring a misplaced tire iron -- and now she's broke and homeless and living with her widowed mother and eight year old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCOLarwood, Kieran
Summary: In a fantasy world of anthropomorphic rabbits, an unnamed bard entertains his young companion Rue with the story of Podkin, who, after finding a new Gift, is able to jump in and out of shadows and, with his siblings Paz and Pook, leads a mission to acquire the hammer of Applecross which will help them defeat the Gorm rampaging across the Five Realms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LARLarwood, Kieran
Summary: "The young rabbit Podkin One-Ear and his allies battle to save their land from the evil Gorm tribe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LARLarwood, Kieran
Summary: "In a fantasy world of anthropomorphic rabbits, Podkin and his siblings must go on the run when the villainous Gorm invade their home and enslave their clan. Facing pursuit and treachery at every turn, they must find allies and refuge if they are to survive-and fight to reclaim their world from the Gorm scourge"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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Summary: Emma Walsh has finally worked up the courage to confront her husband, James, about their deteriorating marriage. But James never shows up. In the aftermath of the fatal crash, Emma struggles to deal with her grief, complicated by the knowledge that James's legacy as an upstanding business owner and family man shines only because so many people were so willing, for so long, to keep his secrets -...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCODesai, Kiran
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DESLeonard, Kiran.
Contents: Universe out there knows no smile -- Paralysed force -- Working people -- An easel -- Legacy of neglect -- Now then -- Unreflective life -- Shuddering instance -- Exactitude & science -- Suspension
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moshi Moshi Records
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LEOSummary: "A comprehensive biography of the life of artist-poet Kahlil Gibran and his development as an artist transcending geographical boundaries of East and West--includes many rare photographs and images of his work"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GIBRAN, KHALIL G. GIBKira Kira
Contents: Call it music -- Warmer than the sun -- Blue my mind -- Laniakea -- Beautiful time -- Suikinkutsu -- Puretone -- Magic acid -- Space elevator
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arabesque
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC IRRDesai, Kiran
Summary: In a crumbling house in the remote northeastern Himalayas, an embittered, elderly judge finds his peaceful retirement turned upside down by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DESLeonard, Kiran.
Contents: Dear Lincoln -- Brunswick Street -- Port-aine -- Whiskey bath -- Sea of eyes -- Smilin' morn -- Drysdale -- Wild walks -- There's no future in US -- Oakland highball -- Bora Bora -- Battle of hoopla bay -- Geraldo's farm -- Knots -- Hoopla reprise -- A purpose
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hand of Glory
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LEOKiernan, Denise
Summary: "All across the world, among hundreds of cultures, over centuries, people have come together to give thanks. But in America, we didn't have an official Thanksgiving holiday until the 1800s. The holiday Americans know today exists because of a woman named Sarah Josepha Hale, a spirited letter-writing campaign, a sympathetic president, and a civil war."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J394.2649 KIEDesai, Kiran
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DESLeonard, Kiran
Contents: Could she still draw back? -- Living with you railments -- A particle of flesh refuses the consummation of death -- The mute wide-open eye of all things -- The cure for pneumothorax
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moshi Moshi Records
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LEOCass, Kiera
Summary: In "The Prince," Maxon reveals there was another girl in his life before America; and in "The Guard," America falls for Aspen Leger, a Six who has risen in the ranks to become a member of the royal guard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014