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Conduct of life Founding Fathers of the United States Gardening Political aspects Gardening United States History 18th century Gardens, American History 18th century Germany Great Britain National characteristics, American History Political activists United States Biography Symonds, John Addington 1840-1893Volk, Josh
Summary: Josh Volk, the proprietor of Slow Hand Farm with 20 years experience of managing small farms in the United States presents plans for 15 small farms, on 5 acres or less.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 VOLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 VOLSummary: Explore the long, fascinating life and complicated career of architect and designer Eileen Gray, whose uncompromising vision defined and defied the practice of modernism in decoration, design, and architecture. Making a reputation with her traditional lacquer work in the first decade of the twentieth century, she became a critically acclaimed and sought-after designer and decorator before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRABunting, Josiah
Summary: "A portrait of one of the greatest leaders of modern history, George Catlett Marshall, and a distillation of the essential lessons his formation offers to the leaders of today and tomorrow. George Marshall was a soldier-statesman who guided the Allies to victory during World War II and set Europe on the postwar path to recovery with the plan that bears his name, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Summary: "Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind meets Christopher McDougall's Born to Run in this immersive, investigative look at the hidden culture of cannabis use among elite athletes (as well as weekend warriors)--and the surprising emerging science behind the elusive, exhilarating "runner's high" they all seek"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.29 HESHungry Wolf, Adolf.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Book Pub. Co. 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.4 HUNSummary: It is the story of the most influential figures of the 20th century, those who caused and those who cured our most troubled times. A parallel biography of the most significant figures of the twentieth century from the last shot fired in the First World War to the victory of Mao Zedong. A story of the power to lead and mislead, to inspire and to cause mass destruction. This is a series, at its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TITBunting, Josiah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Renaissance 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 BUNBunting, Josiah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRAHochhuth, Rolf.
Summary: Full English translation of the uncut, original text. Play raises the question of how Pope Pius 12th could fail to speak out against the mass murder of six million Jews during the World War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 1964
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 832.914 HOCSoyinka, Wole.
Summary: In The Open Sore of a Continent, Soyinka, whose own Nigerian passport was confiscated by General Abacha in 1994, explores the history and future of Nigeria in a compelling jeremiad that is as intense as it is provocative, learned, and wide-ranging. He deftly explains the shifting dramatic personae of Nigerian history and politics to Westerners unfamiliar with the players and the process,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 882 SOYConder, J. (Josiah)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha International 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.92 CONWulf, Andrea
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, comes a breathtakingly illustrated and brilliantly evocative recounting of Alexander Von Humboldt's five year expedition in South America. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, but his most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WULConder, J. (Josiah)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha International 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.0952 CONSummary: A portrait of the most famous and controversial artist of the second half of the twentieth century. Explores the complete spectrum of Warhol's artistic output, from the late 1940s to his death in 1987.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ANDSummary: Working for change: Explores the birth of the social documentary in the U.S. and U.K. during the years of the Great Depression and the New Deal, featuring interviews with several of the people who helped define and shape the form.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOWulf, Andrea
Summary: A portrait of the German naturalist reveals his ongoing influence on humanity's relationship with the natural world today, discussing such topics as his views on climate change, conservation, and nature as a resource for all life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER VON WULCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B HUMBOLDT WULWulf, Andrea.
Summary: "From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers from the unique and intimate perspective of their lives as gardeners, plantsmen, and farmers. For the founding fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions, as deeply ingrained in their characters as their belief in liberty for the nation they were creating. Andrea Wulf...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WulfWulf, Andrea.
Summary: "The author of the highly acclaimed Founding Gardeners now gives us an enlightening chronicle of the first truly international scientific endeavor--the eighteenth-century quest to observe the transit of Venus and measure the solar system. On June 6, 1761, the world paused to observe a momentous occasion: the first transit of Venus between the earth and the sun in more than a century. Through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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Summary: "From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers from the unique and intimate perspective of their lives as gardeners, plantsmen, and farmers. For the founding fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions, as deeply ingrained in their characters as their belief in liberty for the nation they were creating. Andrea Wulf...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 712.0973 WULChristian, Frank
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 CHRWolf, Naomi
Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Naomi Wolf, Outrages explores the history of state-sponsored censorship and violations of personal freedoms through the inspiring, forgotten history of one writer’s refusal to stay silenced.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.009 WOLWolf, Naomi.
Summary: "When an unexpected medical crisis sends [the author] on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely flesh, but an intrinsic component of the female brain--and thus has a fundamental connection to female consciousness...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 WOLWolf, Rachel
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.426 WOLWolf, Robb
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author of The Paleo Solution...One Month to Reset Your Metabolism for Lasting Fat Loss One Week to Discover the Carbs that are Right for You. Do you struggle to lose weight and get healthy? Are you playing the blame-game and berating yourself for "cheating" on your diet? This struggle should come as no surprise, as we are genetically wired to eat more and move...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2017