Westing, Jemma
Summary: Provides step-by-step instructions for creating objects out of such cardboard materials as boxes and tubes, including a zebra mask, a theater, a penguin family, and a pirate ship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.54 WESCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 745.54 WESCopies Available at Interlochen
2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Crafts WestingCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J745.54Fastman, Raisa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NewSage Press 1987
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.24 FASCamisa, Kathryn
Summary: "Readers will learn all about the life and habits of weird, but cute barn owls"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.9 CAMStone, Raisa
Summary: Compared to erotic games in the village bath & shoplifting live turkeys in your bloomers, immigrant life is beyond boring. So Baba (Grandma) is brewing up Old Country customs in her kitchen. She'll teach you to make delicious Ukrainian dishes the traditional & The Lazy Way, sabotage frenemies with garlic, & utter chilling Slavic curses such as, "May you be kicked by a duck!" Between tales...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dear Companion Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59477 STOKesling, Ben
Summary: "In Bravo Company, journalist and combat veteran Ben Kesling tells the story of the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of the men of one unit, part of a combat-hardened parachute infantry regiment in the 82nd Airborne Division. A decade ago, the soldiers of Bravo Company deployed to Afghanistan for a tour in Kandahar's notorious Arghandab Valley. By the time they made it home, three soldiers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.104 KESBrown, Jeremy
Summary: "A deluxe oversized hardback book packed with photos, telling the story of the WWE Championship from Buddy Rogers in 1963 to current champ Bobby Lashley! Buddy Rogers, Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Rick Flair, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, The Rock, Triple H, John Cena, Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre, and Bobby Lashley are just a few of the 50-plus Superstars who've body slammed their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hero Collector Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 796.812 BROCasas, Penelope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.82 CASFalk, Daina
Summary: Offers game-day recipes from a nationally recognized sports expert and fan, including such options as Cajun shrimp skewers, empanadas, buffalo chicken salad, and Italian hero sandwich, along with signature recipes from professional athletes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxmoor House 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 FALPhelps, Carissa.
Summary: In this book is a story of triumph and a fierce determination to give back. The author was a runner. By twelve, she had run away from home, dropped out of school, and fled blindly into the arms of a brutal pimp, who made her walk the hard streets of central California. But even when she escaped him, she could not outrun the crushing inner pain of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. With little to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PHELPS, CARISSA PHEWahab, Saima.
Summary: Relates the author's decision, years after her father was taken away by the KGB, to relocate to her uncle's home in America, where she pursued an education and worked as an interpreter before becoming a cultural adviser for the U.S. Army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WAHAB, SAIMA WAHDingwall, Laima
Summary: A colorful and informative book about the habits, habitat, characteristics, and diet of porcupines and grizzley bears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1997
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 591Hoque, Faisal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 HOQLodi, Hafsa
Summary: "This book speaks to the various personalities and companies who have helped shape the modest fashion industry into such a significant retail sector, while also exploring the controversies that lie at the heart of the movement, such as one pressing question: even if it covers the skin but is flamboyant, modeled with the purpose of attracting attention, and publicly promoted on social media, can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neem Tree Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.92 LODNaish, Darren
Summary: Dinosaurs: The Ultimate Guide to How They Lived taps into our enduring interest in dinosaurs, shedding new light on different dinosaur groups. Leading paleontology experts Darren Naish and Paul Barrett trace the evolution, anatomy, biology, ecology, behavior, and lifestyle of a variety of dinosaurs. They also remind us that dinosaurs are far from extinct: they present evidence supporting the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 567.9 NAIChocano, Carina
Summary: "Who is "the girl"? Look to movies, TV shows, magazines, and ads and the message is both clear and not: she is a sexed-up sidekick, a princess waiting to be saved, a morally infallible angel with no opinions of her own. She's whatever the hero needs her to be in order to become himself. She's an abstraction, an ideal, a standard, a mercurial phantom. In You Play the Girl, Chocano blends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 CHOMir, Saira
Summary: Introduces nineteen Muslim women from all around the world who have found their callings in a vast range of fields, from social justice to competitive sports to the entertainment industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MIRWatsa, Mahinder
Summary: Does size matter? Is masturbation harmful? What is the G-spot? Do men have a G-spot? Should you feel anxious and guilty about 'bad' thoughts? 'Relax! It's perfectly normal, ' says Dr Mahinder Watsa, India's foremost sexologist. In this book he addresses and explains all the issues and concerns that you might have about sex and sexuality. From understanding your body to teenage troubles, from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649 WATWhite, Arisa
Summary: Presents the life of a California ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MASCapra, Fritjof.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.01 CAPChiba, Michiko.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha International 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.73 JAPCrist, David.
Summary: Reveals the covert operations that have brought the United States and Iran to the brink of open war, including Iran's proposal for peace after 9/11, which was rejected by President Bush, and Iran's secret army in post-U.S. invasion Iraq.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 CRIFrank, Thaisa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.042 FRAKalman, Maira.
Summary: Filled with original art and photographs by the author who is also an illustrator and designer, each chapter represents a month of Kalman's yearlong travel across the U.S. and her reflections on democracy. She starts with a celebration of Barack Obama's Presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., continues with the month of February and Abraham Lincoln, and explores democracy and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 KALNaish, Darren
Summary: "Dive into prehistoric waters and discover extraordinary sea creatures who reigned supreme in the ocean for 150 million years"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2023