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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 283.4213 JENJerkins, Morgan
Summary: An acclaimed cultural critic presents the story of her journey to understand her northern and southern roots, the Great Migration, and the displacement of black people across America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 JERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult JerkinsMiller, Daphne
Summary: In Farmacology, Daphne Miller, M.D., ventures out of her medical office and travels to seven innovative family farms around the country on a quest to discover the hidden connections between how we care for our bodies and how we grow our food. Miller also seeks out the perspectives of noted biomedical scientists and artfully weaves in their insights and research, along with stories from her own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 MILHankins, James
Summary: "Convulsed by a civilizational crisis, the great thinkers of the Renaissance set out to reconceive the nature of society. Everywhere they saw problems. Corrupt and reckless tyrants sowing discord and ruling through fear; elites who prized wealth and status over the common good; military leaders waging endless wars. Their solution was at once simple and radical. "Men, not walls, make a city," as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 HANRoss, Catherine Sheldrick
Summary: "This book focuses on a key problem that occurs in a reference transaction at the very first step: finding out, quickly and efficiently what the user really wants to know. We offer readers a comprehensive way to tackle the problem though a multi-faceted approach that includes the following elements: explanatory text that summarizes key aspects of each topic together with relevant research on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ALA Neal-Schuman 2019
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1 available in Reference Office, Call number: R OFF 025.5 ROSRoss, Catherine Sheldrick.
Contents: The company of readers / Catherine Ross -- Becoming a reader : childhood years / Lynne (E.F.) McKechnie -- Young adults and reading / Paulette Rothbauer -- Adult readers / Catherine Ross.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Libraries Unlimited 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 028.9 ROSSmith, Hedrick.
Summary: Recounts how the American dream has been dismantled over the past forty years by legislative, electoral, and corporate decisions that have compromised the middle class and minimized individual economic and political power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 SMIElkins, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.14 ElkGeanacopoulos, Daphne Palmer
Summary: Captain Kidd was one of the most notorious pirates to ever prowl the seas. Few know that he had an accomplice who enabled his plundering and helped him outpace his enemies: his wife, Sarah Kidd. Geanacopoulos reconstructs Sarah Kidd's life: Love, treasure, motherhood and survival. Sarah not only survived her husband, but went on to live a successful and productive life as one of New York's most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KIDD, SARAH GEADu Maurier, Daphne
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUMJenkins, Sally.
Summary: Journalist/author Jenkins revives a forgotten piece of history and crafts an inspirational story about a Native American football team that is as much about football as Lance Armstrong's book was about a bike. If you guessed that Yale or Harvard ruled the college gridiron in 1911 and 1912, you'd be wrong. The most popular team belonged to an institution called the Carlisle Indian Industrial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 JENJenkins, Sally.
Summary: "From 1863 to 1965, residents of Jones County, Mississippi engaged in an insurrection against the Confederacy that would have repercussions far beyond the scope of the Civil War. Their defiance became legendary, and the line between fact and fiction faded with each passing year. Until now..."--jacket cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7472 JENJenkins, Steve
Summary: Uses infographics to explore an compare animals by their size, speed, life spans, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590 JENJenkins, Steve
Summary: "Packed with many cool facts and visuals on where certain animals live and what they eat, this book captures twenty-five humorous--and very true--explanations of why animals look the way they do in order to exist in this world."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.3 JENJenkins, Steve
Summary: "From Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins comes an in-depth look at the world's natural disasters, broken down into four distinct categories: earth, weather, life, and space. From timelines of causes and outcomes of each disaster, graphs highlighting humans' effect on the earth, and a text teeming with fresh, unexpected, and accurate information ready for readers to easily...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.34 JENJenkins, Steve
Summary: "How to Swallow a Pig is a clever and whimsical nonfiction book about animal behavior disguised as a How-to/Advice book by the bestselling team of Steve Jenkins and Robin Page."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.5 JENJenkins, Steve
Summary: Collects infographics and illustrations that visually represent interesting and easy-to-understand facts, figures, and comparisons intended to offer readers a better understanding about the solar system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.2 JENJenkins, Steve
Summary: Trickiest! introduces readers to some of the trickiest animals on the planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.4 JENJenkins, Susan
Summary: A chronological history of the American quilt from Colonial to Twentieth Century. Includes patterns and directions for 30 quilts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 JENSandburg, Carl
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Publisher / Publication Date: I.R. Dee 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.52 SANMeralli, Swann
Summary: Based on truth, lies, myths, and rumors, this is the story of the greatest gangster of all time: Al Capone. Family man, community leader, industrious smuggler, or vicious killer? You decide. Born into a poor Italian family in Brooklyn in 1899, little Alphonse didn't have a lot of options, so he'd have to get creative in order to make a name for himself. A bit of cards, some enforcing, maybe a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Panel Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAPONE, AL MERElkins, Caroline
Summary: "Sprawling across a quarter of the world's land mass and claiming nearly seven hundred million people, Britain's twentieth-century empire was the largest empire in human history. For many Britons, it epitomized their nation's cultural superiority, but what legacy did the island nation deliver to the world? Covering more than two hundred years of history, Caroline Elkins reveals an evolutionary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 ELKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 ELKElkins, Elizabeth
Summary: Overturned cars. Destroyed houses. Snapped power lines. The powerful winds of a tornado can cause a devastating amount of damage in a short time. Get an up-close look at how tornadoes form and learn about some of history’s worst twisters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2017