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bibliography Biographies. biography Biography. History. Juvenile works. Poetry. poetry. Poésie. Short stories.Barson, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 BARBaron, Cynthia.
Summary: Provides a step-by-step guide on how to create a digital portfolio, explaining how to convert a traditional print format into a digital format of CDs, DVDs, and Web sites.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Riders 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 006.6 BARBaron, David
Summary: In vibrant historical detail, American Eclipse animates the fierce jockeying that came to dominate late nineteenth-century American astronomy, revealing the challenges faced by three of the most determined eclipse chasers who participated in this adventure. James Craig Watson, in his day a renowned asteroid hunter; Vassar astronomer Maria Mitchell, who fought to demonstrate that science and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523 BARBaron, Martin
Summary: "A monumental work of nonfiction that gives a first-row seat to the epic power struggle between politics, money, media, and tech -- for fans of Maggie Haberman's Confidence Man and Jane Mayer's Dark Money. Marty Baron took charge of The Washington Post newsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe. Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive news: Jeff...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4 BARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B BARON BARBaron, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.7524 BARBaron-Reid, Colette.
Summary: A life coach and intuitive counselor presents a weight loss program for sensitive people, demonstrating how to manage empathy overload and deal with challenging situations that trigger disordered eating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 BARMorton, Carson.
Summary: "The charming Eduardo de Valfierno makes a very respectable living in Argentina fleecing the nouveau rich--they pay him to steal valuable pieces of art, and Valfierno sells them flawless forgeries instead. But when Eduardo meets the beautiful Mrs. Hart on his latest con, he takes a risk that forces him back to the city he loved and left behind--Paris. There he assembles his team of con artists...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORJanson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar)
Summary: A history of Western art features definitions of terms, sections on the history of music and theater, and a chapter on postmodernism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709 JANBaron-Cohen, Simon
Summary: "In The Pattern Seekers, Simon Baron-Cohen reveals the surprising answer to two apparently distinct questions: Why are humans so inventive? And why does autism exist? The first question hangs over almost every human endeavor: Business people want to knowhow to innovate. Cognitive psychologists want to understand the nature of creativity. Evolutionary scientists and comparative psychologists...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 BARTurner, Jessica Baron.
Summary: What makes a child fall in love with learning to play music? How does talent develop? When is the right time to start lessons? Which instrument is the best fit? Why is practice so challenging and what can parents do to keep kids musically motivated? Where can a parent learn about music programs, camps, books, recordings, and other important resources? This groundbreaking book answers these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hal Leonard 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372.87 TURBaron, Dennis E
Summary: "The story of how we got from he and she to zie and hir and singular they. Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns are suddenly sparking debate, prompting new policies in schools, workplaces, even prisons, about what pronouns to use. Colleges ask students to declare their pronouns; corporate conferences print nametags with space for people to add their pronouns; email...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rhodes & Easton 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 FOLFolsom, Burton W.
Summary: A revisionist perspective on FDR's presidency and the New Deal argues that such government programs as social security, minimum wage, and farm subsidies didn't work in the 1930s and do not work now, in a critical report that traces many modern problems to the FDR administration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 FOLDawson, Keila V.
Summary: "A nonfiction picture book about The Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans during segregation, and the man who wrote it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Beaming Books] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.896 DAWGadon, Elinor W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1989
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Contents: Autism : an evolving concept / Ilona Roth -- Diagnostic criteria and assessment / Greg Pasco and Ilona Roth -- Psychological characteristics / Ilona Roth -- Psychological explanations / Ilona Roth -- Biological explanations / Rosa Hoekstra and Terry Whatson -- Perspectives on intervention / Greg Pasco and Ilona Roth -- Education / Chris Barson -- Family perspectives / Chris Barson --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85882 ROTJameson, W. C.
Summary: This "is a biography of the life--and disappearance--of Amelia Earhart, the pioneering aviator who was the first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic in 1928. But did Amelia's plane really crash and sink in 1937, or was her fate entirely different"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taylor Trade Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EARHART, AMELIA JAMLarson, John W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District 1981
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: MI 627.0977 LARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MIO 627.0977 LARLarson, Kirsten W.
Summary: "This photo-illustrated book describes the life of a US Secret Service agents, including their work catching counterfeiters and protecting the president of the United States. Describes training required to be an agent and what a day in the life is like in the field"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 363.28 LAWLarson, Kirsten W.
Summary: "Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing up patents at the U.S. Patent Office, Lilian built the inventions in her mind, including many designs for flying machines....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TODSummary: For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a school field trip to the lake (making for some cringeworthy moments of humor). And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan, meaning that she won't be able to fast after all. Whether it spurs silence or celebration, whether the subjects are well prepared or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC CALShelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Summary: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has endured in the popular imagination for two hundred years. Begun as a ghost story by an intellectually and socially precocious eighteen-year-old author during a cold and rainy summer on the shores of Lake Geneva, the dramatic tale of Victor Frankenstein and his stitched-together creature can been read as the ultimate parable of scientific hubris. Victor, "the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHEWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ebury P. in association with George Rainbird 1967