Ratushinskaya, Irina
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northwestern University Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.7 RATSummary: One of the country's preminent and prolific serious writers, Joyce Carol Oates is the author of more than 100 novels, including Them, We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde. In this candid and revealing documentary, she provides insight into her life, creative process, and the events that have shaped her writings, including the 1967 Detroit Riot, the Chappaquiddick incident, and the tragic life of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JOYHarrold, Robert.
Summary: Complemented by 80 illustrations, this book describes folk costumes of the world mainly used for dancing either by individuals or by the various national companies and groups.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cassell 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391 HARKueppers, Harald.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 535.6 KUESting
Summary: Having been a songwriter most of my life, condensing my ideas and emotions into short rhming couplets and setting them to music, I had never really considered writing a book. But upon arriving at the reflective age of fifty, I found myself drawn, for the first time, to write long passages that were as stimulating and intriguing to me as any songwrting I had ever done. And so Broken Music began...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: THIS IS SPINAL TAP-O 0000
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Summary: "Our world culture is founded on the belief that consciousness is derived from matter, giving rise to the materialistic assumption that informs almost every aspect of our lives as is the root cause of the suffering within individuals, the conflicts between communities and nations, and the degradation of our environment. The Nature of Consciousness exposes the fallacy of this belief and suggests...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sahaja Publications 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128.2 SPICarola.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN CarolSiegel, Siena Cherson
Summary: "Siena Cherson Siegel dreamed of being a ballerina. Her love of movement and dedication to the craft earned her a spot at the School of American Ballet.. Siena has worked hard her whole life to be a professional ballet dancer, then makes the difficult decision to quit dancing and tries to figure out what comes next. But what do you do when you have spent your entire life working toward a goal,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 SIEGrace, Sina
Summary: As teenager Clark Kent and his friends grieve the death of a classmate, Smallville's latest threat pushes Clark to grapple with life's biggest questions in order to become the hero his town needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC SUPHerold, Benjamin
Summary: "Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates to an affluent suburban enclave, but can't escape the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1994
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Summary: "A revelatory history of the transformational decade after World War II when Germany raised itself out of the ashes of defeat, turned away from fascism, and reckoned with the corruption of its soul, and the horrors of the Holocaust"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.087 JAHHEROLD, J. CHRISTOPHER
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1948
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.4 HERMoghul, Haroon
Summary: "With autobiography, theology, and a little comedy, Two Billion Caliphs describes what Islam is, where it comes from, and what it could be"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.092 MOGHarford, Tim
Contents: Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- Who pays for your coffee? -- What supermarkets don't want you to know -- Perfect markets and the "world of truth" -- Crosstown traffic -- The inside story -- Rotten investments and rotten eggs -- The men who knew the value of nothing -- Why poor countries are poor -- Beer, fries, and globalization -- How China grew rich -- Notes -- Index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 HARHerold, David M.
Contents: The realities of change -- Reframing the change dilemma -- What is changing, and where? -- Leading others through change -- Leaders don't all lead from the same place -- People's motivation to change -- People's capacity for change -- Change does not occur in a vacuum -- Putting the pieces together -- Smart change leaders, they get it!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stanford Business Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 HERMichels, Caroll.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 MichelsDorison, Guillaume.
Summary: "When the Little Prince arrives on planet Voltaine, the nights are as bright as day, with rings of streetlamps flooding the city. These are supposed to protect the inhabitants from the Globes, strange creatures that only come out at after dark and, it's said, can to turn people to stone. But is the real problem the streetlamp seller? He's playing up the fear of the people but to what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2013
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Summary: Playing pro soccer is a lifetime in the making for many players. Some leave high school to play in pro development leagues. Others start playing seriously even younger! As one of the most popular youth sports in the United States, soccer and its career possibilities interest many readers. Full-color photographs of real soccer pros enhance this introduction to the worldwide phenomenon of pro...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.334 PINSpinney, Caroll.
Summary: The puppeteer who brings Sesame Street's Big Bird to life shares words of wisdom from his feathered alter ego--as well as from his counterpart, Oscar the Grouch--explaining how these lessons have transformed his own life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard 2003
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Summary: A detailed portrait of Founding Father, Dr. Joseph Warren, examines his work as an architect of the colonial rebellion, before his hero's death at Bunker Hill obscured his essential role in America's independence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WARREN, JOSEPH DIPHerald, Jacqueline.
Summary: Surveys the fads, fashions, trends, and cultural and intellectual preoccupations of the comfortable, high-living 1920s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391 HERHarford, Tim
Summary: "Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That's a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldn't be suspicious of statistics-we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often "the only way of grasping much of what is going on around...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021