Vérant, Samantha
Summary: "A disgraced chef rediscovers her passion for food and her roots in this stunning novel rich in culture and full of delectable recipes. French-born American chef Sophie Valroux had one dream: to be part of the 1% of female chefs running a Michelin-starred restaurant. From spending summers with her grandmother, who taught her the power of cooking and food, to attending the Culinary Institute of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VERSamana
Contents: Melancholy heat -- Live for the road -- The spirit moving -- The beach -- Patience -- All one breath -- Passing me by -- Leaving -- Begin again
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK SAMScott, Grant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.09 SCOSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump in the dark take on huge implications; they leave your pulse racing and the line between the real and the strange blurring."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHVirant, Paul
Summary: Presents a collection of canning techniques, preserving recipes, and seasonal menus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.42 VIRSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: El campo ha cambiado frente a nuestros ojos sin que nadie se diera cuenta. Y quizá no se trata solo de sequías y herbicidas, quizá se trate del hilo vital y filoso que nos ata a nuestros hijos, y del veneno que echamos sobre ellos. Nada es un cliché cuando finalmente sucede. "Distancia de rescate" sigue esta vertiginosa fatalidad haciéndose siempre las mismas preguntas: ¿hay acaso algún...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literatura Random House 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 FIC SCHSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "The seven houses in these seven stories are empty. Some are devoid of love or life or furniture, of people or the truth or of memories. But in Samanta Schweblin's tense, visionary tales, something always creeps back in: a ghost, a fight, trespassers, a list of things to do before you die, a child's first encounter with a dark choice or the fallibility of parents. This was the collection that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SCHSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She's not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family. Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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Summary: "A visionary novel about the collision of technology and play, horror and humanity, from a master of the spine-tingling tale. They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Senegal, town squares of Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv,bedrooms in Ohio. They're following you. They're everywhere now. They're us. In Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel, Little Eyes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHLang, Acantha
Contents: Sugar woman -- Come back home -- Beautiful dreams -- Eventually -- He said/She said -- Interlude: A word from my momma -- Lois Lang -- River keep runnin' -- It's gonna be alright -- Carry the weight -- Whatever happened to our love? -- Keep on -- Ride this train (extended version).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES LANGorant, Jim.
Summary: This is an inspiring story of survival and our powerful bond with man's best friend in the aftermath of the nation's most notorious case of animal cruelty. Animal lovers and sports fans were shocked when the story broke about NFL player Michael Vick's brutal dogfighting operation. But what became of the dozens of dogs who survived? As acclaimed writer Jim Gorant discovered, their story is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2010
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Samaha, Albert
Summary: "A journalist's powerful and incisive account of the forces steering the fate of his sprawling Filipinx-American family reframes how we comprehend the immigrant experience. Nearing the age at which his mother had migrated to the U.S., part of the wave ofnon-Europeans who arrived after immigration quotas were relaxed in 1965, Albert Samaha began to question the ironclad belief in a better future...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SAMDurant, Will
Contents: 1. Our oriental heritage; being a history of civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the death of Alexander, and in India, China and Japan from the beginning of our own day; with an introduction on the nature and foundations of civilization.--2. The life of Greece; being a history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the death of Alexander, to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1935
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 901.9 DURGorant, Jim.
Summary: Today, Wallace is a champion; but in the summer of 2005, he was living in a shelter, a refugee from a suspicious pit bull-breeding operation. Then Andrew "Roo" Yori entered the picture. A scientist and shelter volunteer, Roo could immediately see that Wallace was something special. When Roo learned that Wallace was about to be put down, he and his wife franticly fought to keep Wallace alive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.755 GOROkrant, Robyn.
Summary: What happens when a thirty-five-year-old average American woman spends one year following every piece of Oprah Winfrey's advice on how to "live your best life"? Robyn Okrant devoted 2008 to adhering to all of Oprah's suggestions and guidance delivered via her television show, her Web site, and her magazine. This is a month-by-month account of that year. Some of the challenges included...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 OKRGorant, Jim.
Summary: This book tells the story of survival and our powerful bond with man's best friend, in the aftermath of the nation's most notorious case of animal cruelty. Animal lovers and sports fans were shocked when the story broke about NFL player Michael Vick's brutal dog fighting operation. But what became of the dozens of dogs who survived? As the author discovered, their story is the truly newsworthy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.08 GORLorant, Stefan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bonanza Books 1975
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 921 LINLad, Vasant
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Alt LadAbeel, Samantha
Summary: Dyscalculia is a math-related learning disability with which the author was diagnosed at age thirteen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2003
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 616.8588 ABEAbeel, Samantha
Summary: A collection of art and poetry written by a young girl; essays by her teacher and parent map the journey of her struggle with a learning disability.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hidden Bay Pub. 1993
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 811.54 ABEBell, Samantha
Contents: Science is fun! -- Obedient eggs -- Ice fishing -- A sticky situation -- Eggstremely strong -- Waterproof handkerchief -- Wandering water.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "Walk in the footsteps of founders on this adventure through history. This title introduces readers to the ancient Indigenous homes of Mesa Verde and the forts, battlefields, and halls that shaped our nation today. Part of our 21st Century Skills Library, this series introduces concepts of natural sciences and social studies centered around a sense of adventure."
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Places BellBell, Samantha
Summary: "Grab your flashlight for this trip into the darkness below. Readers will explore the deep caverns and caves that continue to fascinate visitors and reveal the wonders of life on Earth from eons ago. Part of our 21st Century Skills Library, this series introduces concepts of natural sciences and social studies centered around a sense of adventure."
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place BellBerger, Samantha
Summary: Grandmothers go by many different names, but they are all glamorous and special in their own way, so they are all Glam-mas--especially to the children that they love, and who love them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019