Search:

Results 91 to 100 of 261 | « previous |

Inflamed : deep medicine and the anatomy of injustice / by Marya, Rupa,1975-author.; Patel, Raj,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Our bodies, societies, and planet are inflamed. Boldly original, Inflamed takes us on a medical tour through the human body--our digestive, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, immune, and nervous systems. Unlike a traditional anatomy book, this groundbreaking work illuminates the hidden relationships between our biological systems and the profound injustices of our political and economic systems. Inflammation is connected to the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the diversity of the microbes living inside us, which regulate everything from our brain's development to our immune system's functioning. It's connected to the number of traumatic events we experienced as children and to the traumas endured by our ancestors. It's connected not only to access to health care but to the very models of health that physicians practice"--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Discrimination in medical care.; Equality.; Health services accessibility.; Social medicine.; Social justice.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Homes around the world / by Moore, Max.; Troup, Roxanne.;
Travel the world to discover all sorts of homes. Make reading your superpower with DK's beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about how and why people build houses in different places - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to help children progress. Homes Around the World is a beautifully designed reader all about how the local climate, materials and culture in different parts of the world change how people live.The engaging text has been carefully leveled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about a seashell house, some movable houses, and homes made of ice, rock and even turf.
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Dwellings; Dwellings;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

Caring for your school-age child : ages 5 to 12 / by Flais, Shelly Vaziri,editor.;
"By the preeminent pediatric organization, a fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling children's parenting primer, reflecting the most up-to-date information and statistics about topics ranging from physical development and changing nutritional needs to stress, school issues, screen time, and sibling rivalry. During the years from five to twelve, today's children must master the skills and habits that determine their future health and well-being -- from good sleep hygiene to healthy screen usage to nutritious food choices -- and parents have a crucial role to play. The organization that represents the nation's finest pediatricians, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), is the standard-setter for best practices in pediatric medicine. This revised edition of one of their flagship titles presents a new wealth of information for parents who want to help their children thrive during these exciting and challenging years. Caring for your school-age child is an essential childcare resource for all parents who want to provide the very best care for their children -- and the one guide pediatricians routinely recommend and parents can safely trust"--
Subjects: Child care.; Child rearing.; School children.; Child development.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

City spies / by Ponti, James.;
Sara Martinez is facing years in the juvenile detention system for hacking into the foster care computer system to prove that her foster parents are crooks. But then she gets a second chance when a mysterious man offers her a chance to join a group of MI6 affiliated spies.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Spy stories.; Adventure fiction.; Foster children; Hackers; Conduct of life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Daughters of the occupation : a novel / by Sanders, Shelly,1964-author.;
"Based on a true story, this is a powerful novel about a Jewish family who were victims of Nazi genocide in Latvia, one of the Baltic states. It is based on the little known, horrific Rumbula Massacre when 30,000 Jews were slaughtered in two days in 1941. In 1941, Miriam, the matriarch of the family, is the sole survivor of this horrendous massacre. She has had to make a 'Sophie's Choice' - and abandon her children to the care of a Gentile friend who hides them. She and her parents are rounded up and made to live in the Jewish Ghetto in Riga, the capital of Latvia. Miriam, along with thousands of other Jews, is forced marched to the execution pits. Incredibly, she manages to escape the carnage when night falls. Through a series of dramatic events, she finds sanctuary in the countryside - and manages to hide for three years to survive the war. Consumed by guilt, she is reunited finally with her daughter - but has lost her son. Thirty-five years later, living in Chicago with her family, Miriam's grand-daughter Sarah tries desperately to ferret out Miriam's family secret to find out what happened. Miriam does not want to revisit the past. But Sarah persists and eventually finds out enough to impel her to travel to Riga, then under Soviet control and at the height of the Cold War, to try to find her uncle, Miriam's lost son. But her search for the truth may threaten her freedom, when she comes face to face with the KGB. Told in alternating chapters between 1941 and 1976, this gripping novel delves into the trauma that survivors of genocide face down through the generations"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Jewish families; Rumbula Massacre, Rumbula, Latvia, 1941; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Warlight / by Ondaatje, Michael,1943-author.;
"From the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of The English Patient: a mesmerizing new novel that tells a dramatic story set in the decade after World War II through the lives of a small group of unexpected characters and two teenagers whose lives are indelibly shaped by their unwitting involvement. In a narrative as beguiling and mysterious as memory itself--shadowed and luminous at once--we read the story of fourteen-year-old Nathaniel, and his older sister, Rachel. In 1945, just after World War II, they stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving them in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, and they grow both more convinced and less concerned as they come to know his eccentric crew of friends: men and women joined by a shared history of unspecified service during the war, all of whom seem, in some way, determined now to protect, and educate (in rather unusual ways) Rachel and Nathaniel. But are they really what and who they claim to be? And what does it mean when the siblings' mother returns after months of silence without their father, explaining nothing, excusing nothing? A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all that he didn't know and understand in that time, and it is this journey--through facts, recollection, and imagination--that he narrates in this masterwork from one of the great writers of our time."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Brothers and sisters; Abandoned children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Big trip. [videorecording] / by Borisevitch, Roman,film producer.; McCartney, Jesse,1987-voice actor.; Rovensky, Vasily,film producer,screenwriter,film director.; Shore, Pauly,1968-voice actor.; Grindstone Entertainment Group,presenter.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.),publisher.;
Jesse Mccartney, Pauly Shore.Two friends, bear Patrick and rabbit Oscar, accidentally get to take care of a grizly bear cub. Together they go on an adventure in order to deliver the baby bear to it's meant to be mama and papa.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Animals; Bears; Friendship; Hares;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

The morning star / by Knausgård, Karl Ove,1968-author.; Aitken, Martin,translator.; translation of:Knausgård, Karl Ove,1968-Morgenstjernen.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."A major new work from the author of the renowned My Struggle series, MORNING STAR is an astonishing, ambitious, and rich novel about what we don't understand, and our attempts to make sense of our world nonetheless Last night a new star appeared in the sky. The Morning Star. I know what it means. It means that it has begun. One long night in August, Arne and Tove are staying with their children in their summer house in southern Norway. Their friend Egil has his own place nearby. Kathrine, a priest, is flying home from a Bible seminar, questioning her marriage. Journalist Jostein is out drinking for the night, while his wife, Turid, a nurse at a psychiatric care unit, is on a nightshift when one of her patients escapes. Above them all, a huge star suddenly appears blazing in the sky. It brings with it a mysterious sense of foreboding. Strange things start to happen as nine lives come together under the star. Hundreds of crabs amass on the road as Arne drives at night; Jostein receives a call about a death metal band found brutally murdered in a Satanic ritual; Kathrine conducts a funeral service for a man she met at the airport - but is he actually dead? The Morning Star is about life in all its mundanity and drama, the strangeness that permeates our world, and the darkness in us all. Karl Ove Knausgaard's astonishing new novel, his first after the My Struggle cycle, goes to the utmost limits of freedom and chaos, to what happens when forces beyond our comprehension are unleashed, and the realms of the living and the dead collide"--
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; College teachers; Interpersonal relations; Life change events; Stars;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. [videorecording] / by Bobiak, Cory,television director.; Bradley, Jennifer,television producer.; Hatz, Zoe,voice actor.; Read, Meghan,screenwriter.; Vissers, Aidan,voice actor.; White, Wyatt,voice actor.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; PBS for Kids,production company.;
Aidan Vissers, Zoe Hatz, Wyatt White.Follow the adventures of Xavier Riddle, his sister Yadina, and their friend Brad as they face problems and turn to the Secret Museum to help solve them! Watch as Marie Curie shows Brad that he should always follow his dreams, and as George Washington Carver teaches Xavier to take care of the earth. Charles Dickens even shows Yadina that she doesn't need new toys, her imagination is just as fun!G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Imagination in children; Friendship; History, Modern; Museums;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Busy Toddler's guide to actual parenting : from their first "no" to their first day of school (and everything in between) / by Allison, Susie(of Busy Toddler),author.;
Susie Allison gives the achievable advice she's known for around the world on her million-follower Instagram account, Busy Toddler. From daily life to "being two is fine" to tantrums and tattling and teaching the ABCs, let Susie give you the stress-free parenting advice you've been looking for. Susie shares real moments from raising her three kids as well as professional knowledge from her years as a kindergarten and first grade teacher. Her simple and doable approach to parenting is both uplifting and empowering. In addition to parenting tips, includes over 50 of Susie's famous kid activities that have helped hundreds of thousands of parents make it to nap time and beyond. This isn't about perfect parenting. This is about actual parenting.
Subjects: Child rearing.; Toddlers; Preschool children; Parent and child.; Parenting.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

Results 91 to 100 of 261 | « previous |