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- Peterson field guide to birds of eastern and central North America / by Peterson, Roger Tory,1908-1996.; DiGiorgio, Michael.; Peterson, Roger Tory,1908-1996.Field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America.;
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- Subjects: Birds; Birds; Birds;
- © 2010., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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- Jungle of stone : the true story of two men, their extraordinary journey, and the discovery of the lost civilization of the Maya / by Carlsen, William,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Catherwood, Frederick.; Stephens, John L., 1805-1852.; Archaeological expeditions; Archaeological expeditions; Explorers; Explorers; Mayas;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- D is for drum : a Native American alphabet / by Shoulders, Michael.; Shoulders, Debbie.; Toddy, Irving.;
An A-Z introduction to the customs and cultures of the first people inhabiting the Americas.LSC- Subjects: Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Alphabet books.;
- © c2006., Sleeping Bear Press,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America / by Macy, Beth,author.;
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- Subjects: Medication abuse; Opioid abuse; Oxycodone abuse; Oxycodone.;
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- Ancient Celts : archeology unlocks the secrets of America's past / by Green, Jen.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 60), Internet addresses and index.An examination of the archaeological techniques and findings that have provided a window into what life was like for the Celts, including social customs, religious practices and more.LSC- Subjects: Celtic antiquities; Celts; Civilization, Celtic; Excavations (Archaeology);
- © c2008., National Geographic,
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- We are water protectors / by Lindstrom, Carole,1964-; Goade, Michaela.;
LSC- Subjects: Water conservation; Water; Ojibwa Indians; Indians of North America; Indigenous peoples; Ojibwe;
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- Prairie animals : explore the fascinating worlds of-- by Winner, Cherie.Bison.; Lynch, Wayne.Hawks.; Lorbiecki, Marybeth.Prairie dogs.; Vogel, Julia.Wild horses.;
Includes Internet addresses (p. 187) and indexes.Bison / by Cherie Winner ; illustrations by John F. McGee -- Hawks / by Wayne Lynch ; illustrations by Fred Smith -- Prairie dogs / by Marybeth Lorbiecki ; illustrations by Wayne Ford -- Wild horses / by Julia Vogel ; illustrations by Mike Rowe.Explores what bison, hawks, prairie dogs, and wild horses are like and how they live in the wild.- Subjects: Prairie animals; Bison; Hawks; Prairie dogs; Wild horses;
- © c2004., NorthWord Press,
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- Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century / by Bruder, Jessica,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves "workampers." Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy - one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive.- Subjects: Older people; Casual labor;
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- The republic of imagination : America in three books / by Nafisi, Azar.;
Part I. Huck -- Part II. Babbitt -- Part III. Carson -- Epilogue."A passionate hymn to the power of fiction to change people's lives, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran. Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics to her eager students in Iran. In this exhilarating followup, Nafisi has written the book her fans have been waiting for: an impassioned, beguiling, and utterly original tribute to the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. What Reading Lolita in Tehran was for Iran, The Republic of Imagination is for America. Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her in Seattle, where a skeptical reader told her that Americans don't care about books the way they did back in Iran, she energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite American novels-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Babbitt, and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, among others-she invites us to join her as citizens of her 'Republic of Imagination, ' a country where the villains are conformity and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream"--rd- Subjects: Nafisi, Azar.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.; Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.; McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967.; English teachers; Iranian American women; American fiction; Books and reading; National characteristics in literature.;
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- Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America / by Oluo, Ijeoma,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-306) and index."In her new book, rather than tear down the statues of certain white men, Ijeoma Oluo casts her eye on the long view of a nation that, as a whole, has built a dominant identity for white men. Her book challenges what we value most in America, during a tumultuous time of upheaval as we painfully strive toward a more perfect union. With her signature sharp wit, Oluo exposes how white male identity not only blatantly marks our divided culture today, from presidential politics to popular culture, but it is insidiously embedded even in the history of apparent progress, from women entering the workforce, to rising access to higher education, to the work of white civil rights advocates and male feminists. Oluo relates the glorification of White male aggression behind Western Expansion, the disdain of women workers strengthening the Great Depression, the fear of racial integration driving the Great Migration, and more examples of how White male America was forged and reinforced-at a devastating cost. Far from arguing that all white men are mediocre, Oluo instead challenges a national narrative that for generations has defined success exclusively around white men. Status for white men is granted only in relation to others, and is separated from actual achievement. This is not a benign mediocrity; it is brutal for everyone who is erased. Deeply researched, passionate, and revelatory, Oluo's Mediocre argues that if we wish to move beyond the rancorous politics where only white men are created equal, if we wish to write better stories for the next generation of Americans, we first need upend everything we thought we knew about our founding stories"--- Subjects: Male domination (Social structure); Men, White;
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