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Summary: Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother's death and their father's disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2010
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Summary: Discusses how the CEO of British Petroleum, John Browne, helmed one of the greatest corporate comebacks in history only to have it fall apart due to deadly accidents and environmental crimes, culminating in the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7382 LUSLustgarten, Abrahm
Summary: "An overview of how climate change will reshape the United States, with an emphasis on climate migration"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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Summary: "How will your life change when the supply of tantalum dries up? You may have never heard of this unusual metal, but without it smartphones would be instantly less omniscient, video game systems would falter, and laptops fail. Tantalum is not alone. Rhodium. Osmium. Niobium. Such refugees from the bottom of the periodic table are key components of many consumer products like cell phones,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 VERAbraham, Philip
Summary: Relates the courage of John F. Kennedy during World War II, especially in saving his crew when they were stranded in the South Pacific after their PT boat was rammed by a Japanese warship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5459 ABRLincoln, Abraham
Summary: "The first full-color facsimile edition of Lincoln's private notes, Abraham Lincoln's Diary is a deluxe collection of some of his most revelatory private writings. An essential archive, here presented exactly as Lincoln wrote them on scraps of paper, these "notes to self" appear alongside original, contextualizing essays by New York Times bestselling presidential biographer Ronald C. White. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.7092 WHILincoln, Abraham
Summary: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., presents the full range of Lincoln's views, gathered from his private letters, speeches, official documents, and even race jokes, arranged chronologically from the late 1830s to the 1860s. --from publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 LINMaslow, Abraham H. (Abraham Harold)
Summary: "Maslow's theories of self-actualization and the hierarchy of human needs are the cornerstone of modern humanistic psychology, and no book so well epitomizes those ideas as this classic. Its influence continues to spread, more than a quarter century after its author's death, beyond psychology and throughout the humanities, social theory, and business management theory. Its enduring popularity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Wiley & Sons 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.25 MASBranham, Leigh.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMACOM 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 BRALincoln, Abraham
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Press 1942
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.309 LINLoeb, Abraham
Summary: "In New York Times bestseller Extraterrestrial, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, presented a theory that shook the scientific community: our solar system, Loeb claimed, had been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant star. This provocative and persuasive argument opened thousands of minds to the vast possibilities of our universe and the existence of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 999 LOEPais, Abraham
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarendon Press 1986
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Summary: The President's writings trace his involvement in Illinois politics, his opposition to slavery, and his political debates with Stephen Douglas
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.5 LINLoeb, Abraham
Summary: "Harvard's top astronomer lays out his controversial theory that our solar system was recently visited by advanced alien technology from a distant star"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 LOESwitkin, Abraham.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 1981
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Summary: A popular destination for European and American tourists, Tunisia is known for its bazaar-style markets, appreciation of outdoor sports, and healing thermal spas. This book provides an overview of the long history of Tunisia, as well as a snapshot of the people and culture today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 961.1 BROAbraham, Gary.
Summary: Includes hockey rules, skills, equipment, safety, schools, rinds and organizations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.962 ABRRiesman, Abraham
Summary: "The definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee, an artist and entrepreneur who reshaped global pop culture at a steep personal cost. Stan Lee--born Stanley Martin Lieber in 1922--is one of the most beloved and influential entertainers to emerge from the twentieth century. He served as editor in chief of Marvel Comics for three decades and, in that time, launched more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEE, STAN RIERiesman, Abraham
Summary: In his four decades as the defining figure of American pro wrestling, Vince McMahon was the man behind the megastars. He was also a performer in his own show, acting as the diabolical "Mr. McMahon"-- a figure you may have more in common with the real Vince than he would care to admit. Just as important, McMahon is one of Donald Trump's closest friends; McMahon and his wife, Linda, are major...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCMAHON, VINCE RIEVerges, Marianne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5449 VERIbrahim, Azeem
Summary: An international expert traces the rise of the extreme ideology of Wahhabism, which has been the ideological bedrock of the state of Saudi Arabia since its original rise in the eighteenth century, and argues that it is this ideology that is fueling ISIS and terror cells worldwide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 IBRIbrahim, Raymond
Summary: A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam--the sword and the scimitar--have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Byzantine emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: De Capo Press, Hachette Book Group 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 IBRSpring, Janis Abrahms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.736 SPRAbraham, David S.
Summary: Our future hinges on a set of rare metals that few of us have even heard of. In this eye-opening book, a natural resource strategist reveals the critical importance of these transformative elements to our technological lifestyle and the consequences of our reliance upon them, including geopolitical instability and environmental degradation. To see our growing dependency, you need only look at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2015