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Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
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vii, 280 pages ; 22 cm
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The ways in which people of all ages use and obtain that information has changed drastically in recent years: e-book readership has increased, Wikipedia has largely supplanted encyclopedias and reference books, and many people now consume news and media through their smartphones, tablets, and laptops. With digital culture ascendant, it seems counterintuitive to argue that libraries, of all things, are more important than ever. But that is exactly...
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Mrs. Skorupski Story volume 4
Publisher
Upstart Books
Pub. Date
2013.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Hunter and Carmen disagree whether George Washington really had wooden teeth, and Mrs. Skorupski encourages them to research the story on the internet and use her "Website Evaluation Gizmo" to evaluate websites and come up with the correct answer.
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"Information Hunters examines the unprecedented American effort to acquire foreign publications and information in World War II Europe. An unlikely band of librarians, scholars, soldiers, and spies went to Europe to collect books and documents to aid the Allies' cause. They travelled to neutral cities to find enemy publications for intelligence analysis and followed advancing armies to capture records in a massive program of confiscation. After the...
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"Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first 'immortal' human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro...
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Facts on File
Pub. Date
c2010
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lv, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Includes over eight hundred entries describing all aspects of sleep and sleep disorders, as well as essays on the history of sleep and sleep research, plus a list of sleep research laboratories and sources of further information.
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Genealogical Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
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xxi, 873 p. : ill., maps, geneal. tables, forms ; 23 cm.
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"Herber's book is billed as 'the complete guide to British genealogy and family history,' and that is exactly what it is. Thoughtfully designed, this orderly, comprehensive, and elegant work guides the researcher (beginner or advanced) through the entire process of tracing British heritage, from obtaining information from living relatives to drawing family trees and starting research in the birth, marriage, death, or census records. Later chapters...
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Facts On File
Pub. Date
c2010
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xvi, 302 p. ; 25 cm.
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Presents the most up-to-date information on the physical, emotional, and intellectual conditions that affect an Alzheimer's sufferer. It also examines the current research on prevention, causes, and treatments, as well as the social issues surrounding the disease. Appendixes include major resources, organizations, helpful books and publications, an extensive bibliography, and a glossary.
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August in Taylorsford, Virginia finds library director Amy Webber and her new husband, dancer Richard Muir, settling into married life--and a new project. Richard and his dance partner, Karla, are choreographing a suite based on folk music and folk tales, while Amy scours the library's resources to supply background information on the dance's source material. But the mellifluous music comes to a jarring halt when an unknown woman's body turns up in...
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Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 22 cm.
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When Sugarcreek decides to put together a display of local lore and Levi Miller and his mother, Naomi, agree to help with the research, Cheryl Cooper is happy to head up the project, But she is shocked when a search at the library turns up incriminating information concerning her dearly departed Uncle Ralph. Her questions about the untimely death of a member of the community make many townsfolk uncomfortable and at least one person angry enough to...
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Flight Paths is the never-before-told story of how a group of migration-obsessed scientists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries engaged nearly every branch of science to understand bird migration--from where and when they take off to their flightpaths and behaviors, their destinations and the challenges they encounter getting there.
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
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Rex Forehand, PhD, and Nicholas Long, PhD, have helped thousands of parents achieve discipline using positive reinforcement, without yelling or harming the child's self-esteem. Their clinically proven, five-week program gives you the tools you need to successfully manage your child's behavior, giving specific factors that cause or contribute to disruptive behavior, ways to develop a more positive atmosphere in your family and home, and strategies...
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It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children--four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness--sneak out to hear their fortunes. Their prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas...
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Rosie novels (Graeme Simsion) volume 1
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Don Tillman, a professor of genetics, sets up a project designed to find him the perfect wife, starting with a questionnaire that has to be adjusted a little as he goes along. Then he meets Rosie, who is everything he's not looking for in a wife, but she ends up his friend as he helps her try and find her biological father.
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The original harp music by Georgia Kelly was composed specifically for this program and is played by the composer. Harp music has been associated with healing since pre-biblical times. The music enhances the process of relaxation and establishes a flowing rhythmicity that entrains the listener's attention and carries it through the various stages of the program. The notes of the harp have the quality of coming out of silence and disappearing back...
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"From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening expose that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these,...
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Basic Books, of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2020.
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xxviii, 319 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm
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Discusses the history of alphabetization and describes how the concept of alphabetical order was shaped by early adopters, including Samuel Pepys and George Washington.
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"What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should...
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Addiction is epidemic and catastrophic. With more than one in every five people over the age of fourteen addicted, drug abuse has been called the most formidable health problem worldwide. If we are not victims ourselves, we all know someone struggling with the merciless compulsion to alter their experience by changing how their brain functions. Drawing on years of research--as well as personal experience as a recovered addict--researcher and professor...
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Learn the myths and legends behind this beloved goddess plus practices and suggestions for making Hekate part of your spiritual path.
Courtney Weber (author of Brigid and The Morrigan) offers an informed, accessible journey through the lore and history of Hekate, the ancient goddess of crossroads, ghosts, and witchcraft, and reflects on Hekate's relevance today. Tools and techniques for incorporating this goddess into your personal journey round...
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