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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4083 VELVerme, Louis J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avanti Publishing 1996
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Summary: Have you always been fascinated with robots? Do you want to know how to build one yourself? Learn the basics from a real-life expert and get some hands-on experience. The world of robotics engineering is at your fingertips. -- Publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dabble Lab/Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.8 SOBLewis, J. Patrick
Summary: The powerful poems in this poignant collection weave together multiple voices to tell the story of the March on Washington, DC, in 1963. From the woman singing through a terrifying bus ride to DC, to the teenager who came partly because his father told him, "Don't you dare go to that march," to the young child riding above the crowd on her father's shoulders, each voice brings a unique...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WordSong, an imprint of Highlights 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 LEWSilverman, Robyn J. A.
Summary: "What do you do when your child comes to you with a question about anxiety, death, divorce, beauty, or race? Poised to become the quintessential conversation resource for parents, How to Talk to Kids About Anything provides powerful words, actionable steps, inspiring real-life stories, and pivotal advice to tackle these difficult conversations with kids. Dr. Robyn Silverman of the How to Talk...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023
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Summary: America is reeling; Al-Qaeda has struck and thousands are dead. The country scrambles to respond, but the Pentagon has no plan for Afghanistan--where Osama bin Laden masterminded the attack and is protected by the Taliban. Instead, the CIA steps forward to spearhead the war. Eight CIA officers are dropped into the mountains of northern Afghanistan on October 17, 2001. They are Team Alpha, an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.1047 HARLester, Toby.
Contents: Awakening -- Old World. Matthew's maps ; Scourge of God ; The description of the world ; through the Ocean Sea ; Seeing is believing -- New World. Rediscovery ; Ptolemy the Wise ; the Florentine perspective ; Terrae incognitae ; Into African climes ; The learned men ; Cape of Storms ; Colombo ; The Admiral ; Christ-bearer ; Amerigo -- The whole world. Gymnasium ; World without end ; Afterworld...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912.73 LESWarrick, Joby
Summary: "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Black Flags, the harrowing story of America's mission in Syria: to find and destroy Syria's chemical weapons and defeat ISIS--only to lose control of both In August 2012, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. Concerned that Assad might resort to chemical weapons, President Obama warned that any such use would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.9104 WARSpitzer, Toba
Summary: "Toba Spitzer's God Is Here is a thoughtful exploration of the idea of God and how we can reconsider the deity through metaphors and daily practices."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.3 SPIPearl, Tobey
Summary: "A brutal killing, an all-out manhunt, and a riveting account of the first murder trial in U.S. history--set in the 1600s in colonial New England against the backdrop of the Pequot War (between the Pequot tribe and the colonists of Massachusetts Bay), an explosive trial whose outcome changed the course of history, ended a two-year war, and brought about a peace that allowed the colonies to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 PEAHemenway, Toby
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Garden Land HemenwayLester, Toby.
Summary: Recounts the intellectual journey behind the creation of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and how the drawing represents the momentous period in Western history when the Middle Ages gave way to the Renaissance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEONARDO DA VINCI LesterMatthiesen, Toby
Summary: In 632, soon after the Prophet Muhammad died, a struggle broke out among his followers as to who would succeed him. Most Muslims argued that the leader of Islam should be elected by the community's elite and rule as Caliph. They would later become the Sunnis. Others―who would become known as the Shia―believed that Muhammad had designated his cousin and son-in-law Ali as his successor, and that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.09 MATGreen, Toby
Contents: The end of tolerance -- Spreading the fires -- Tortured justice -- Escape 88 -- The enemy within -- Terror envelops the world -- The Islamic threat -- Purity at all costs -- Every aspect of life -- The administration of fear -- The threat of knowledge -- The neurotic society -- Paranoia -- The failure of fear and the fear of failure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 272.2 GREHemenway, Toby
Contents: Introducing the ecological garden -- A gardener's ecology -- Designing the ecological garden -- Bringing the soil to life -- Catching, conserving, and using water -- Plants for many uses -- Bringing in the bees, birds, and other helpful animals -- Creating communities for the garden -- Designing garden guilds -- Growing a food forest -- Permaculture gardening in the city -- Pop goes the garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. Company 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 635 HEMWilkinson, Toby
Summary: "Marking the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's spectacular tomb, its incredible treasures are revealed as never before. In 1922, after fifteen years of searching, archaeologists finally discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. There, buried alongside the king's mummy, they found more than 5,000 unique objects, each with a story to tell about ancient life. Tutankhamun's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 932 WILEpstein, Bette Marie
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Jersey Dept. of State, Division of Archives and Records Management 1987
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 016.929 GUIPollard, Velma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canoe Press 2000
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Summary: Describes a history of the role of African American women as a significant force in the suffrage movement and their efforts to be accepted as equal partners by their fellow activists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Provoker Press 1975
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 2001
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Summary: A biography of Christopher Columbus with emphasis on how historians have worked and are still working to find out the truth about his life and discoveries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner 1991
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB COL PELVeyne, Paul
Summary: In this concise and elegiac book, Paul Veyne, one of Palymra’s most important experts, offers a beautiful and moving look at the history of this significant lost city and why it was—and still is—important. Today, we can appreciate the majesty of Palmyra only through its pictures and stories, and this book offers a beautifully illustrated memorial to the lost city while serving as a lasting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 939 VEYToy, Sidney.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1985