Morris County Library New Non-Fiction
Newsletter # 403- 9/24/2021
Here is a selection of new non-fiction that we have added to our collection. If any of these titles sparks your interest, just click on the title to be taken to our online catalog for more information. Happy reading!
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2021
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Publisher, Date: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2021]
Description: 212 pages ; 22 cm
Summary: "Author and blogger shares the story of her battle with mental health, inviting you to cultivate beauty even in dark seasons and empowering you to live as an agent of God's hope and goodness amidst suffering"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Publisher, Date: Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
Description: xx, 204 pages ; 23 cm
Summary: "Shows the many ways today's right-wing evangelical Christianity is the antithesis of the message of Jesus, and how their dangerous and false of the Christian faith is destroying both the faith and American society"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
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Edition: First printing.
Publisher, Date: Montpelier, VT : Rootstock Publishing, an imprint of Multicultural Media, Inc., 2021.
Description: 191 pages ; 23 cm
Summary: A personal memoir and a wake-up call for society to recognize and reject the erosion of critical thinking, An Everyday Cult is an essential read for understanding how people fall prey to mind control and cultic manipulation. Tracing the arc of eighteen years under a trusted teacher's unethical tutelage, Gerette Buglion's true-life story shows how her innocent quest for meaning is answered by a man who sees directly into her soul, awakening insight while simultaneously eroding her capacity for critical thinking. Through an increasingly murky and treacherous narrative, she lays bare the hallmarks of cultic manipulation-mind control that flies under the radar of human awareness-and implores society to wake up to its ever-present abuses of power. An Everyday Cult imparts a universal story, demonstrating how recognition of cultic membership-largely riddled with preconceived notions-may be an essential key to human evolution. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, 2021.
Description: xix, 500 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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2021
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Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher, Date: Fresno, CA : Mike Murach & Associates, Inc., [2021]
Description: xviii, 568 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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2020
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media, 2020.
Description: xiv, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary: The design patterns in this book capture best practices and solutions to recurring problems in machine learning. The authors, three Google engineers, catalog proven methods to help data scientists tackle common problems throughout the ML process. These design patterns codify the experience of hundreds of experts into straightforward, approachable advice. In this book, you will find detailed explanations of 30 patterns for data and problem representation, operationalization, repeatability, reproducibility, flexibility, explainability, and fairness. Each pattern includes a description of the problem, a variety of potential solutions, and recommendations for choosing the best technique for your situation. |
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2017
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Edition: Second edition.
Publisher, Date: Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2017]
Description: 408 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Summary: "All-season field guide for identifying common trees of eastern North America. This popular, field-tested guide for identifying trees in any season, not just when they are in full leaf, features 600 color photos and 200 line drawings showing bark, branching patterns, fruits, flowers, nuts, and overall appearance in addition to leaf color and shape. Accompanying text describes common locations and identifying characteristics. Covers every common tree in eastern North America, updated with the latest taxonomy and 130 range maps. Created for in-the-field or at-home use, this helpful guide includes an easy-to-use key to facilitate putting a name to a tree."--provided by Amazon.com. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 3)
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Publisher, Date: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
Description: xi, 276 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary: "Focusing on families and their shared traits makes bird identification easier than ever"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2019
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
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Publisher, Date: [New Haven] : Yale University Press, [2019]
Description: xiii, 434 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 21 cm |
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2020
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Publisher, Date: London : Wildfire, an imprint of Headline Publishing Group, 2020.
Description: 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Summary: From one of the world's pre-eminent marine biologists - and a scientific consultant on the BBC's Blue Planet series - comes a dazzling account of the ocean's enormous and untold impact on our lives, and an empowering vision of how we can protect it. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 3 (of 3)
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Publisher, Date: New York, N.Y. : The New Press, 2021.
Description: x, 265 pages ; 23 cm
Summary: "A year in the life of a Chicago high school that has one of the highest proportions of refugees of any school in the nation"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Publisher, Date: London : Icon Books Ltd, 2021.
Description: xxi, 281 pages : maps ; 22 cm |
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2003
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Local Availability: 3 (of 3)
Copies in all libraries: 10 (of 10) |
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Publisher, Date: Berkeley, Calif. : Nolo, 2003-
Description: volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 4 (of 4)
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Publisher, Date: Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Incorporated, [2021]
Description: ix, 246 pages ; 24 cm
Summary: "From cybersecurity expert and former CIA hacker Eric Cole, Cyber Crisis explains why cybersecurity should be the top concern for all professionals and offers actionable advice that anyone can implement on regular basis for increased safety and protection"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 5 (of 6)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2021]
Description: xix, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary: "From Erica Dhawan, co-author of Get Big Things Done, the definitive guide to communicating and connecting wherever you are. Email replies that show up a week later. Video chats full of "oops sorry no you go" and "can you hear me?!" Ambiguous text-messages. Weird punctuation you can't make heads or tails of. Is it any wonder communication takes us so much time and effort to figure out? How did we lose our innate capacity to understand each other? Humans rely on body language to connect and build trust, but with most of our communication happening from behind a screen, traditional body language signals are no longer visible -- or are they? In Digital Body Language, Erica Dhawan, a go-to thought leader on collaboration and a passionate communication junkie, combines cutting edge research with engaging storytelling to decode the new signals and cues that have replaced traditional body language across genders, generations, and culture. In real life, we lean in, uncross our arms, smile, nod and make eye contact to show we listen and care. Online, reading carefully is the new listening. Writing clearly is the new empathy. And a phone or video call is worth a thousand emails. Digital Body Language will turn your daily misunderstandings into a set of collectively understood laws that foster connection, no matter the distance. Dhawan investigates a wide array of exchanges-from large conferences and video meetings to daily emails, texts, IMs, and conference calls-and offers insights and solutions to build trust and clarity to anyone in our ever changing world"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
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Edition: New edition.
Publisher, Date: Wollombi, NSW : Exisle Publishing, 2021.
Description: 309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary: These days, more and more people are looking to stay in the workforce longer and are seeking satisfying, fulfilling jobs. How to Get a Good Job After 50 is a step-by-step guide to finding and winning the sort of job older employees want to have! In clear, practical chapters, job search expert Rupert French shows you how to adopt a pro-active, 'self-employed' approach that builds self-esteem and promotes a time-efficient, self-managed job search program. |
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Local Availability: 2 (of 3)
Copies in all libraries: 69 (of 81) |
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Publisher, Date: Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, 1971-
Description: volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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2021
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 2 (of 4)
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Edition: First Edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Description: 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary: "A revolutionary guide for improving your workplace experience, with hilariously relatable anecdotes and tips for professional growth, from popular podcast host and veteran human resources specialist Laurie Ruettimann"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2020
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 23 (of 26)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2020]
Description: xvi, 444 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary: "An accessible, compelling introduction to today's major policy issues from columnist, best-selling author, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. There is no better guide than Paul Krugman to basic economics, the ideas that animate much of our public policy. Likewise, there is no better foe of zombie economics, the misunderstandings that just won't die. This delightful new book finds Krugman at his best, turning readers into intelligent consumers of the daily news with quick, vivid sketches of the key concepts behind taxes, health care, international trade, and more. Arguing with Zombies will put Krugman at the front of the debate in the 2020 election year. Building on and expanding his New York Times columns and other writings, it contains short, accessible chapters on topics including the fight for national health care in the United States, the housing bubble and financial meltdown of 2007- 2008, the European Union and Brexit, the attack on Social Security, and the fraudulent argument- the ultimate zombie- that tax cuts for the rich will benefit all"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 8 (of 8)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Description: 318 pages ; 25 cm
Summary: "A work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the rise of Juul, the most prominent e-cigarette company, and the birth of a new addiction"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 12 (of 13)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.
Description: x, 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary: "A firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward--written by one of the Civil Rights Movement's pioneers. At 18, Charles Person was the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, key figures in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement who left Washington, D.C. by bus in 1961, headed for New Orleans. This purposeful mix of black and white, male and female activists--including future Congressman John Lewis, Congress of Racial Equality Director James Farmer, Reverend Benjamin Elton Cox, journalist and pacifist James Peck, and CORE field secretary Genevieve Hughes--set out to discover whether America would abide by a Supreme Court decision that ruled segregation unconstitutional in bus depots, waiting areas, restaurants, and restrooms nationwide. The Freedom Riders found their answer. No. Southern states would continue to disregard federal law and use violence to enforce racial segregation. One bus was burned to a shell; the second, which Charles rode, was set upon by a mob thatbeat the Riders nearly to death. Buses Are a Comin' provides a front-row view of the struggle to belong in America, as Charles leads his colleagues off the bus, into the station, into the mob, and into history to help defeat segregation's violent grip onAfrican American lives. It is also a challenge from a teenager of a previous era to the young people of today: become agents of transformation. Stand firm. Create a more just and moral country where students have a voice, youth can make a difference, andeveryone belongs"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 2 (of 2)
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Publisher, Date: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Description: xi, 347 pages ; 25 cm
Summary: "In 2016, a businessman so discredited that he could no longer get a casino license or borrow money from an American bank was elected President of the United States of America. How did this happen? It is easy to mock and ridicule Donald Trump as if he is the problem. In fact, he is a symptom of a much larger issue that has been bedeviling the GOP for nearly two decades: an intraparty crackup of massive proportions. By "crackup," I mean a breakdown of the fragile alliances between coalitions within a party that prevents its leaders from developing goals they can deliver on when they control the White House and majorities in the House and Senate. This introductory chapter explains why party crackups are inevitable in a federal system with national money and local primaries. But this is the first time -- for either party - that no group within the party could create a synthesis of old orthodoxies and new realities that altered the party's direction enough to build a new consensus"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
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Publisher, Date: [S.l.] : Ecco, an imprint of HaperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
Description: ix, 388 pages ; 20 cm |
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2020
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 4 (of 4)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : Rodale, [2020]
Description: 287 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary: "The hosts of the popular podcast and E! show LadyGang offer a relatable, empowering, and hilarious take on being unapologetically yourself (even if that's not always your best self) in a manifesto that redefines womanhood for the twenty-first century lady"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 5 (of 6)
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Publisher, Date: New York : PublicAffairs, 2021.
Description: xiii, 365 pages ; 25 cm
Summary: "In March of 2017, a team of FBI agents arrested Juan Granda, Samer Barrage, and Renato Rodriguez, or as they called themselves, "the three amigos." The trio--first identified publicly by the authors of this book-- had built a $3.6 billion dollar business in metals trading, mostly illegal Peruvian gold. Their arrests and subsequent prosecution laid bare more than a corrupt finance firm, though. Instead, Dirty Gold lifts the veil on an illegal international business that is five times as lucrative as trafficking cocaine, and arguably more dangerous. As the award-winning team of Miami Herald reporters show, illegal gold mines have become a haven for Latin American drug money. The gold is then sold to metals traders, and ultimately to Americans who want it in their jewelry, smartphones, and investment portfolios. By following the trail of these three traders, Dirty Gold leads us into a criminal underworld that has never before been in full view"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
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Edition: One World trade paperback edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : One World, 2021.
Description: xxviii, 287 pages ; 22 cm
Summary: "When Freddie Gray was arrested for possessing an 'illegal knife' in April 2015, he was, by eyewitness accounts that video evidence later confirmed, treated 'roughly' as police loaded him into a vehicle. By the end of his trip in the police van, Gray was in a coma he would never recover from. In the wake of a long history of police abuse in Baltimore, this killing felt like a final straw--it led to a week of protests and then five days described alternately as a riot or an uprising that set the entire city on edge, and caught the nation's attention. Wes Moore is one of Baltimore's most famous sons--a Rhodes Scholar, bestselling author, decorated combat veteran, White House fellow, and current President of the Robin Hood Foundation. While attending Gray's funeral, he saw every strata of the city come together: grieving mothers; members of the city's wealthy elite; activists; and the long-suffering citizens of Baltimore--all looking to comfort each other, but also looking for answers. Knowing that when they left the church, these factions would spread out to their own corners, but that the answers they were all looking for could only be found in the city as a whole, Moore--along with Pulitzer-winning coauthor Erica Green--tells the story of the Baltimore uprising. Through both his own observations, and through the eyes of other Baltimoreans: Partee, a conflicted black captain of the Baltimore Police Department; Jenny, a young white public defender who's drawn into the violent center of the uprising herself; Tawanda, a young black woman who'd spent a lonely year protesting the killing of her own brother by police; and John DeAngelo, scion of the city's most powerful family and owner of the Baltimore Orioles, who has to make choices of conscience he'd never before confronted. Each shifting point of view contributes to an engrossing, cacophonous account of one of the most consequential moments in our recent history--but also an essential cri de coeur about the deeper causes of the violence and the small seeds of hope planted in its aftermath"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 2)
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Publisher, Date: New York : Rizzoli, 2021.
Description: 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Summary: "Corey Damen Jenkins's bold interiors have won a devoted following. In his first book, he presents his take on classic interiors that have been beautifully reimagined for today's taste, sharing the building blocks of this fun, vibrant traditional look"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2020
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, [2020]
Description: 240 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Summary: Magic doesn't necessarily follow a formula, but perhaps it does have a framework. Marie Flanigan's interiors are timeless and soulful -- immediately recognizable, yet also reflective of her clients' individual stories. Dive deeper into the nine elements that define her work, including archi­tecture, illumination, composition, and surprise. Peek behind the curtain as Marie reveals her creative process and the essential elements for curating her signature blend of approachable elegance. Uniting poetry with purpose, this book uncovers the true beauty of home. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 2 (of 2)
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Publisher, Date: [Place of publication not identified] : Apollo Publishers, [2021]
Description: xv, 272 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits ; 27 cm
Summary: "The story of the exploration and birth of America is told afresh through the unique prism of hand-colored maps and engravings of the period. Before photography and television, it was printed and hand-colored maps that brought home the thrill of undiscovered lands and the possibilities of exploration, while guiding armies on all sides through the Indian Wars and the clashes of the American Revolution. Only by looking through the prism of these maps, can we truly understand how and why America developed the way it did. Mapping America illuminates with scene-setting text and more than 150 color images--from the exotic and fanciful maps of Renaissance explorers to the magnificent maps of the Golden Age and the thrilling battle-maps and charts of the American Revolutionary War, in addition to paintings from the masters of eighteenth century art, scores of photographs, and detailed diagrams. In total, this informative and lushly illustrated volume developed by rare maps collector Neal Asbury, host of "Neal Asbury's Made in America," and National Geographic historian Jean-Pierre Isbouts offers a new and immersive look at the ambition, the struggle, and the glory that attended and defined the exploration and making of America."--Jacket flap. |
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2020
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 1) |
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Publisher, Date: Guilford, Connecticut : FalconGuides, 2020-
Description: 1 volume : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm
Summary: "With hundreds of miles of beautiful beaches and barrier islands, the coastline of North and South Carolina is one of the most treasured shorelines in the country. Written by veteran guidebook author Johnny Molloy, Coastal Trails of the Carolinas will offer everything hikers need to explore this treasured shoreline"-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Falcon guide. |
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2010
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Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 1) |
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Publisher, Date: Guilford, CT : FalconGuides
Series: Best easy day hikes series. |
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2020
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 3 (of 13)
Current Holds: 1 |
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : Random House, [2020]
Description: 246 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Summary: "Eric Ripert is the co-owner of the acclaimed restaurant Le Bernadin, and the winner of countless Michelin stars. He is well known for his exquisite, clean, seafood-centered cuisine, but now, in Vegetable Simple, he turns his singular culinary imagination to vegetables. Lately, Ripert has found himself reaching for vegetables as his main food source - and doing so, as is his habit, with great intent and care. In the 110 recipes in this book, Ripert brings out their beauty; their earthiness, their nourishing qualities, and the many ways they can be prepared. From his sweet pea soup to his watermelon pizza, from his fava bean and mint salad to his mushroom Bolognese and his roasted carrots with harissa, Eric Ripert articulates a vision for vegetables that are prepared simply, without complex steps or ingredients, allowing their essential qualities to shine and their color and flavor to remain uncompromised. A gorgeous guide to the way we eat today."-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 0 (of 5)
Current Holds: 5 |
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Publisher, Date: Boston, MA : America's Test Kitchen, [2021]
Description: xiii, 410 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary: "A Fresh Guide with 200+ Vibrant Dishes Using Greens, Vegetables, Grains, Proteins, and More"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 3)
Current Holds: 0 |
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Publisher, Date: Boston, MA : America's Test Kitchen, [2021]
Description: ix, 326 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary: This cookbook presents nutritious, high-fiber meals that promote gut health and are perfect for those trying to calm occasional gastrointestinal symptoms, those who are among the 1 in 5 Americans who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), or those simply seeking to nourish themselves with whole foods. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 6 (of 24)
Current Holds: 2 |
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : Rodale, 2021.
Description: 271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Summary: The star of "Everyday Italian" outlines a three-week wellness program designed to bolster nutrition and reduce inflammation, sharing one hundred new recipes, including more than two dozen dairy-, sugar- and gluten-free recipes, and a twenty-one-day menu plan. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 0 (of 2)
Current Holds: 0 |
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: California : Ten Speed Press, [2021]
Description: 295 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Summary: "From the most sought-after dinner reservation in Los Angeles comes the dishes and stories behind the wildly popular Bavel restaurant, with recipes celebrating the diversity and variety of Middle Eastern cuisines"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 11)
Current Holds: 2 |
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : Ballantine Books, [2021]
Description: xii, 319 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Summary: "The incredible true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion. In 1954, Annie Wilkins, a sixty-three-year-old farmer from Maine, embarked on an impossible journey. She had no relatives left, she'd lost her family farm to back taxes, and her doctor had just given her two years to live--but only if she "lived restfully." He offered her a spot in the county's charity home. Instead, she decided she wanted to see the Pacific Ocean just once before she died. She bought a cast-off brown gelding named Tarzan, donned men's dungarees, loaded up her horse, and headed out from Maine in mid-November, hoping to beat the snow. She had no map, no GPS, no phone. But she had her ex-racehorse, her faithful mutt, and her own unfailing belief that Americans would treat a stranger with kindness. Between 1954 and 1956, Annie, Tarzan, and her dog, Depeche Toi, journeyed more than 4,000 miles, through America's big cities and small towns, meeting ordinary people and celebrities--from Andrew Wyeth (who sketched Tarzan) to Art Linkletter and Groucho Marx. She received many offers--a permanent home at a riding stable in New Jersey, a job at a gas station in rural Kentucky, even a marriage proposal from a Wyoming rancher who loved animals as much as she did. As Annie trudged through blizzards, forded rivers, climbed mountains, and clung to the narrow shoulder as cars whipped by her at terrifying speeds, she captured the imagination of an apprehensive Cold War America. At a time when small towns were being bypassed by Eisenhower's brand-new interstate highway system, and the reach and impact of television was just beginning to be understood, Annie and her four-footed companions inspired an outpouring of neighborliness in a rapidly changing world"-- Provided by publisher |
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2021
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Local Availability: 0 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 1 (of 2)
Current Holds: 0 |
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Edition: First American edition.
Publisher, Date: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2021.
Description: 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary: "How do our brains store-and then conjure up-past experiences to make us who we are? A twinge of sadness, a rush of love, a knot of loss, a whiff of regret. Memories have the power to move us, often when we least expect it, a sign of the complex neural process that continues in the background of our everyday lives. This process shapes us: filtering the world around us, informing our behavior and feeding our imagination. Psychiatrist Veronica O'Keane has spent many years observing how memory and experience are interwoven. In this rich, fascinating exploration, she asks, among other things: Why can memories feel so real? How are our sensations and perceptions connected with them? Why is place so important in memory? Are there such things as "true" and "false" memories? And, above all, what happens when the process of memory is disrupted by mental illness? O'Keane uses the broken memories of psychosis to illuminate the integrated human brain, offering a new way of thinking about our own personal experiences. Drawing on poignant accounts that include her own experiences, as well as what we can learn from insights in literature and fairytales and the latest neuroscientific research, O'Keane reframes our understanding of the extraordinary puzzle that is the human brain and how it changes during its growth from birth to adolescence and old age. By elucidating this process, she exposes the way that the formation of memory in the brain is vital to the creation of our sense of self"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2021
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Local Availability: 1 (of 1)
Copies in all libraries: 5 (of 6)
Current Holds: 0 |
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Edition: First US edition.
Publisher, Date: Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2021.
Description: 308 pages ; 23 cm
Summary: "Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernández believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family, in either the United States or Colombia, spoke of infectious diseases, and even into her thirties, she only knew that her aunt had died of a rare illness called Chagas. But as Hernández dug deeper, she discovered that Chagas--or the kissing bug disease--is more prevalent in the United States than the Zika virus. Today, more than three hundred thousand Americans have Chagas. Why do some infectious diseases make headlines and others fall by the wayside? After her aunt's death, Hernández begins searching for answers about who our nation chooses to take care of and who we ignore. Crisscrossing the country, she interviews patients, epidemiologists, and even veterinarians with the Department of Defense. She learns that outside of Latin America, the United States is the only country with the native insects--the "kissing bugs"--that carry the Chagas parasite. She spends a night in southwest Texas hunting the dreaded bug with university researchers. She also gets to know patients, like a mother whose premature baby was born infected with the parasite, his heart already damaged. And she meets one cardiologist battling the disease in Los Angeles County with local volunteers. The Kissing Bug tells the story of how poverty, racism, and public policies have conspired to keep this disease hidden--and how the disease intersects with Hernández's own identity as a niece, sister, and daughter; a queer woman; a writer and researcher; and a citizen of a country that is only beginning to address the harms caused by Chagas, and the dangers it poses. A riveting and nuanced investigation into racial politics and for-profit healthcare in the United States, The Kissing Bug reveals the intimate history of a marginalized disease and connects us to the lives at the center of it all"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Publisher, Date: New York : Dutton, [2021]
Description: 386 pages ; 24 cm
Summary: "A trailblazing conversation-starting history of women's health-from Ancient Greece to hormones and autoimmune diseases-brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative"-- Provided by publisher. |
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2020
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher, Date: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020.
Description: viii, 309 pages ; 22 cm
Summary: "A big, inside look at the shocking lack of regulation within the pet food industry, and how readers can dramatically improve the quality of their dogs' lives through diet. What's really going into commercial dog food? The answer is horrifying. Big Kibble is big business: $75 billion globally. A handful of multi-national corporations dominate the industry and together own as many as 80% of all brands. This comes as a surprise to most people, but what's even more shocking is how lax the regulations and guidelines are around these products. The guidelines-or lack thereof-for pet food allow producers to include ever-cheaper ingredients, and create ever-larger earnings. For example, "legal" ingredients in kibble include poultry feces, saw dust, expired food, and diseased meat, among other horrors. Many vets still don't know that kibble is not the best food for dogs because Big Kibble funds the nutrition research. So far, these corporations have been able to cut corners and still market and promote feed-grade food as if it were healthful and beneficial-until now. Just as you are what you eat, so is your dog. Once you stop feeding your dog the junk that's in kibble or cans, you have taken the first steps to improving your dog's health, behavior and happiness. You know the unsavory side of Big Tobacco and Big Pharma. Now get ready to learn about unsavory Big Kibble, and a brighter path forward for you and your pet"-- Provided by publisher. |
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