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The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels2019
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The Fire Next Time1992
Summary: At once a powerful evocation of his childhood in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, The Fire Next Time, which galvanized the nation in the early days of the... more »BOOK
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World wild vet : encounters in the animal kingdom2020
Summary: Star of Animal Planet's Evan Goes Wild and People magazine's "Pet Vet," Dr. Evan Antin takes readers beyond his viral Instagram posts right into the wild world with him. This book is an up close and... more »- place hold (0)
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A life in secrets : Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII2006
Summary: As the head of the French Section of the British Special Operations Executive, Vera Atkins recruited, trained, and mentored special operatives whose job was to organize and arm the resistance in... more »- place hold (0)
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Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir2020
Summary: "A chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoir of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and the moving, intimate story of a poet coming into her own in the wake of a tragedy"--BOOK
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Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement (Reissue)2015
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The Mediterranean DASH diet cookbook : lower your blood pressure and improve your health2019
Summary: The DASH and Mediterranean diets are two of the most consistently recommended diets when it comes to healthy eating, so why not combine them into something even better? By unifying the benefits of... more »- place hold (2)
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Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir2020
Summary: "In this memoir, celebrated author, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit relates how she found her voice as a writer and as a feminist during the 1980s in San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender... more »BOOK
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Greenlights2020
Summary: "I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five." McConaughey sat down with those... more »- place hold (7)
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Give your child the world : raising globally minded kids one book at a time2016
Summary: Features inspiring stories, practical suggestions, and carefully curated reading lists of children|s literature for each area of the globe. Reading lists are organized by region, country, and age... more »- place hold (0)
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How to raise kids you want to keep : the proven discipline program your kids will love (and that really works!)2007
Summary: A daily challenge for today's parents is incorporating positive discipline techniques and practices that put an end to temper tantrums, defiance and meltdowns. Dr. Jerry Day helps parents develop... more »- place hold (0)
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The defined dish : healthy and wholesome weeknight recipes2019
Summary: Gluten-free, dairy-free, and grain-free recipes that sound and look way too delicious to be healthy from The Defined Dish blog, fully endorsed by Whole30.- place hold (0)
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Chicken soup for the soul : listen to your dreams : 101 tales of inner guidance, divine intervention and miraculous insight2020
Summary: Learn how to use your dreams, premonitions, and intuition for personal transformation. You're too busy during the day to pay attention to that quiet voice inside you that knows you so well. But at... more »- place hold (0)
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Everything beautiful in its time : seasons of love and loss2020
Summary: To the world, George and Barbara Bush were America's president and first lady. To Hager, they were her beloved Gampy and Ganny, who taught her about respect, humility, kindness, and living a life of... more »- place hold (4)
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Healing the shame that binds you2005
Summary: |I used to drink,| writes John Bradshaw, |to solve the problems caused by drinking. The more I drank to relieve my shame-based loneliness and hurt, the more I felt ashamed.| Shame is the motivator... more »- place hold (0)
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Welcome to the United States of Anxiety : observations from a reforming neurotic2020
Summary: Every day, Americans are bombarded with terrifying news about crime, the environment, politics, and the health consequences of the foods we've been enjoying for years. We're judged by social media... more »- place hold (0)
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I marched with Patton : a firsthand account of World War II alongside one of the U.S. Army's greatest generals2020
Summary: In December 1944, Frank Sisson deployed to Europe as part of General George S. Patton's famed Third Army. Over the next six months, as the war in Europe raged, Sisson would participate in many of... more »- place hold (0)
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If then : how the Simulmatics Corporation invented the future2020
Summary: The Simulmatics Corporation, founded in 1959, mined data, targeted voters, accelerated news, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge -- decades before Facebook, Google,... more »- place hold (0)
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Your longevity blueprint : building a healthier body through functional medicine2017
Summary: Your body is your home, build it with functional medicine. How well are you aging? Were you told your labs are normal but you don't feel normal? Has conventional medicine been nothing but a Band-Aid?... more »- place hold (1)
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Compromised : counterintelligence and the threat of Donald J. Trump2020
Summary: When he opened the FBI investigation into Russia's election interference, Peter Strzok had already spent more than two decades defending the United States against foreign threats. His career in... more »- place hold (1)
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The devil and Karl Marx : communism's long march of death, deception, and infiltration2020
Summary: Two decades after the publication of "The Black Book of Communism," nearly everyone is or at least should be, aware of the immense evil produced by that devilish ideology first hatched when Karl Marx... more »- place hold (1)
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No visible bruises : what we don't know about domestic violence can kill us2020
Summary: Author Rachel Louise Snyder gives context for what we don't know we're seeing. She frames this urgent and immersive account of the scale of domestic violence in our country around key stories that... more »- place hold (0)
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Breaking bread with the dead : a reader's guide to a more tranquil mind2020
Summary: W.H. Auden once wrote that "art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead." Professor and author Alan Jacobs shows us that engaging with the great writings of the past might help us live... more »- place hold (2)
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Melania and me : the rise and fall of my friendship with the First Lady2020
Summary: Wolkoff met Melania Knauss in 2003 and had a front row seat to the transformation of Donald Trump's then girlfriend. As their friendship deepened over lunches, black-tie parties, and giggle sessions... more »- place hold (2)
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She come by it natural : Dolly Parton and the women who lived her songs2020
Summary: Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Smarsh witnessed firsthand the vulnerabilities and strengths of women in working poverty. Meanwhile, country songs by female artists played... more »- place hold (3)
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Is This Anything?2020
Summary: Collecting material from half a century in comedy, a chronologically arranged selection of favorite bits by the iconic funnyman includes selections from his original "Catch a Rising Star" performance.BOOK
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Let Love Rule2020
Summary: "Kravitz looks back at his life with candor, self-scrutiny, and humor. 'My life is all about opposites, ' he writes. 'Black and white. Jewish and Christian. The Jackson 5 and Led Zeppelin. I accepted... more »BOOK
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The Princess Spy: The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones2021
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Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World2020
Summary: New York Times BestsellerCOVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come?BOOK
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Undaunted: My Fight Against America's Enemies, at Home and Abroad2020
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Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors2021
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The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design2020
Summary: A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcastBOOK
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Trust: America's Best Chance2020
Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In Trust, Pete Buttigieg demonstrates how trust will be essential in order to face the unique challenges of the decades ahead.BOOK
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The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing2021
Summary: By the award-winning writer of Beautiful Thing, a masterly inquest into how the mysterious deaths of two teenage girls shone a light into the darkest corners of a nation.BOOK
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Disloyal : a memoir : the true story of the former personal attorney to the president of the United States2020
Summary: Once Donald Trump's fiercest surrogate, closest confidant, and staunchest defender, Michael Cohen knows where the skeletons are buried. This is the most devastating business and political horror... more »- place hold (5)
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Evil geniuses : the unmaking of America : a recent history2020
Summary: Americans have disabled the government's ability to solve even basic problems, making us vulnerable to the most dangerous demagogue ever to pretend to the White House. Kurt Andersen shows how the... more »- place hold (0)
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Love, Zac : small-town football and the life and death of an American boy2020
Summary: The story of a young man from Indianola, Iowa who decided to take his own life rather than continue his losing battle against the traumatic brain injuries (CTE) he had sustained as a no-holds-barred... more »- place hold (2)
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Party politics2021
Summary: The establishment and evolution of political parties in the United States can be more than a little confusing to today's students. This anthology of essays offers a diverse array of perspectives that... more »- place hold (0)
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His very best : Jimmy Carter, a life2020
Summary: From one of America's most respected journalists and modern historians comes the first full-length biography of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and Nobel Prize-winning... more »- place hold (0)
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It was all a lie : how the Republican Party became Donald Trump2020
Summary: Stevens spent decades electing Republicans at every level, from presidents to senators to local officials. Here he offers a devastating portrait of a party that has lost its moral and political... more »- place hold (0)
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