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Decoration and ornament Fat Fat Health aspects France History Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815 Fiction Holistic medicine Large type books Medicine Philosophy Women United States History 20th century World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female World War, 1939-1945 Women United StatesWelland, Michael
Summary: From individual grains to desert dunes, from the bottom of the sea to the landscapes of Mars, and from billions of years in the past to the future, this is the extraordinary story of one of nature's humblest, most powerful, and most ubiquitous materials.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 553.622 WELFara, Patricia.
Summary: In this book the author rewrites science's past to provide new ways of understanding and questioning our modern technological society. Aiming not just to provide information but to make people think, it explores how science has become so powerful by describing the financial interests and imperial ambitions behind its success. Sweeping through the centuries from ancient Babylon right up to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 509 FARGrescoe, Taras.
Summary: "Taras Grescoe rides the rails all over the world and makes an elegant and impassioned case for the imminent end of car culture and the coming transportation revolution"I am proud to call myself a straphanger," writes Taras Grescoe. The perception of public transportation in America is often unflattering--a squalid last resort for those with one too many drunk-driving charges, too poor to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 388.4 GRELeigh, Tera
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.7 LeighTada, Kimie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 729.0952 TADGrescoe, Taras
Summary: "Acclaimed author Taras Grescoe introduces readers to the surprising and forgotten flavors whose revival is captivating food-lovers around the world: ancient sourdough bread last baked by Egyptian pharaohs; raw-milk farmhouse cheese from critically endangered British dairy cattle; ham from Spanish pata negra pigs that have been foraging on acorns on a secluded island since before the United...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 LEIGalland, Leo.
Summary: Dr. Galland explains how to work closely with your doctor through patient-centered diagnosis to identify the mediators, triggers, and antecedents of your illness. A mediator is anything that produces your symptoms, causes damage to your body, or changes your behavior. As Dr. Galland reveals, mediators need not be merely biochemical (e.g., stress hormones) - how we think and feel can mediate our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 GALBerland, Mike
Summary: Straightforward and simple doctor-apporved apporach to eating and exercise that throws out decades of bad science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Arts 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 BERGulland, Sandra.
Summary: Continues the story of Josephine's marriage to Napoleon Bonaparte, as she witnesses the political intrigues, betrayals, triumphs, and ruin of those around her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GULWeyland, Jocko.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.22 WEYMellan, Olivia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker and Co. 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8584 MellaGulland, Sandra.
Summary: Pulled by chance from her traveling actor family into service under the influential mistress of Louis XIV, Claudette uses her considerable talents to spy on personal and political rivals, only to have her loyalty questioned in the wake of a mercurial Athénaïs's fascination with dark magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GULGulland, Sandra.
Summary: Describes the rise and fall of Napoleon's great empire, his personal life, and his exile to Elba through the eyes of Josephine Bonaparte.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner Paperback Fiction 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GULNewland, Sonya
Summary: "Read about extraordinary animal migrations by land, from the millions of red crabs that migrate at the exact same time on Christmas Island to the grueling journey of the pronghorn in North America. Interesting facts and obstacles are highlighted, and a sidebar details how humans impact each migration."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.56 NEWHaelle, Tara
Summary: The Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night, and revolves around the Sun, causing changes in season and weather occurrences
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Educational Media 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 508.2 HAEKuczykowski, Tara.
Summary: The two lifestyle experts behind the websites "Deal Seeking Mom" and "Life Your Way" offer tips on saving money through proper timing, explaining the best times to get a haircut, fill the gas tank, and take a family vacation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 KUCBrach, Tara.
Summary: Combining the principles of psychotherapy with the teachings of Buddhism, this guide explains how to eliminate the personal conflicts and feelings of not being good enough that can cause such problems as addiction, overwork, and perfectionism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2003
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Summary: Our Mothers' War is a stunning and unprecedented portrait of women during World War II, a war that forever transformed the way women participate in American society. Never before has the vast range of American women's experience during this pivotal era been brought together in one book. Now, Our Mothers' War re-creates what American women from all walks of life were doing and thinking, on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 YELNewland, Sonya
Summary: Classify the features of prehistoric creatures! Take a trip back in time to meet the giant reptiles that ruled the prehistoric seas! Get a closer look at the features of different groups, from the semiaquatic nothosaurs and the streamlined ichthyosaurs of the Triassic Period, to the ferocious plesiosaurs, pliosaurs and mosasaurs of the Jurassicand Cretaceous Periods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2020
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Summary: Sarah, a California native, retreats to Rockaway Beach during the summer of 2001 with the hope of rekindling her passion for painting, and she finds inspiration in Marty, an elderly musician, who provokes unexpected feelings in her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ISORoss, Tara.
Summary: "America's unique presidential election system is often misunderstood--and perhaps especially hard to explain to children. We Elect a President: The Story of Our Electoral College will help you and your family discover more about the Electoral College and its remarkable history. Why was it created in the fiorst place? Does it still work today? Written in straightforward language and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Colonial Press, L.P. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324 ROSTara, Sylvia
Summary: Blends historical perspectives with cutting-edge research to examine body fat as a critical endocrine organ that can be better understood and managed when recognized as a necessary component of human health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Nu TaraHorn, Dara
Summary: "A startling exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living. Reflecting on subjects as far-flung as the international veneration of Anne Frank, the blockbuster travelling exhibition called "Auschwitz," the Jewish history of the Chinese city of Harbin, and the little known "righteous-gentile" Varian Fry, Dara Horn challenges us to confront the reasons why there might be so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021