Platt, Sean
Summary: In 2013, Johnny B. Truant and Sean Platt published 1.5 million words and made their full-time livings as indie authors. In Write. Publish. Repeat., they tell you how exactly how they did it: how they created over 15 independent franchises across 50+ published works, how they turned their art into a logical, sustainable business, and how any independent author can do the same to build a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling & Stone 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070 PLASummary: "The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence. The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict. For the last six decades, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli Electa 2023
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Summary: Julius Achon is the director of the Achon Uganda Children's Fund, a charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life in rural Uganda. He was captured at 12 and turned into a boy soldier; then miraculously found a career as one of the world's foremost middle-distance runners. How these life jumps happened is told here.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ACHON, JULIUS BRATrent, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadman & Holman Publishers 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 TREFox, Truman B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enterprise 1963
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 977.466 Fox,Tran, G. B.
Summary: A memoir in graphic novel format about the author's experiences as the son of Vietnamese immigrants who fled to America during the fall of Saigon describes how he learned his tragic ancestral history and the impact of the Vietnam War on his family while visiting their homeland years later.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0495 TRASummary: Shows Cary Grant as a government attorney, living in a houseboat, widowed and left with three unruly kids. He hires Sophia Loren as a governess and ends up falling in love with her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family HouseboatSummary: On Easter Monday 1916, a small group of Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire. Although defeated militarily, the men and women of the Easter Rising would soon win a moral victory, with their actions leading to the creation of an independent Irish State and contributing to the eventual disintegration of the British Empire. They have inspired countless freedom struggles throughout...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.155 GRAGrant, John
Summary: Uses modern, ripped-from-the-headlines examples to clearly explain how to identify bad evidence and dismantle poor arguments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8526 WALO'Brien, Joanne
Summary: Maps the current nature, extent, and influence of each of the major religions and shows, country by country, how religions are spread through broadcasting, missionary work, schooling, and banking; how they relate to government, laws, and world hunger; and the role they play in wars. It traces the emergence of new religious movements, the survival of traditional beliefs, and the presence of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200.223 OBRSummary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUContents: Northeast by Southwest : Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ansel Adams, and New Mexico / Richard B. Woodward -- Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams : subjects of self / Barbara Buhler Lynes -- What Adams saw : Ansel Adams and modern art in America / Sandra S. Phillips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown, and Co. 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.3092 GEOWheatley, Abigail.
Summary: Introduces the study of human material remains from the past; describes the materials archaeologists examine and the techniques they use; illustrates important finds by continent; and includes a timeline and glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Pub.] 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 930.1 WHECook, J. B. (John B.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ausable River International Canoe Marathon, Inc. 2007
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 797.14 COOEvans, Keisha
Summary: "A timely new resource to help kids understand and resolve conflicts stemming from issues of consent. Consent isn't just about sex. From an early age, kids are taught to respect personal space. They learn to express themselves about how they feel. As much as they need to be taught that kissing, hugging and touching are sometimes appropriate and sometimes not, it is important that they consider...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 176 EVAMurphy, Wendy B.
Summary: "A Running Heads book"--T.p. verso.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633 MurphyRinella, Steven
Summary: When Steven Rinella hears from fans of his MeatEater show and podcast, it's often requests for more recipes. One of the most respected and beloved hunters in America, Rinella is also an accomplished wild game cook, and he offers recipes here that range from his takes on favorite staples to more surprising and exotic meals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6 RINCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6 RINHickman, Joseph
Summary: Provides an insider's account of the capture, detention, and torture of Abu Zubaydah, arguing that his case has been used as a way for American authorities to sell the ℗₃"War on Terror" to the American people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hot Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 HICSummary: Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SOUGabel, John B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.9352 GABSummary: In the period of radical change that was 1963-1983, young black artists at the beginning of their careers in the USA confronted key questions and pressures. How could they make art that would stand as innovative, original, formally and materially complex, while also making work that reflected their concerns and experience as black Americans? This significant new publication, accompanying an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tate Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 SOURizzo, Johnna.
Summary: Swim with sharks! Dive with dolphins! Stroll the beach with penguins! Young readers will joyfully immerse themselves in this awesome adventure at sea, in which stunning National Geographic photos reveal hidden worlds of action and beauty. We meet 30 favorite sea creatures and explore their watery homes: playful dolphins, mysterious sharks, graceful sea turtles, waddling penguins, and dozens of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2016