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All the King's daughters : fille du roi.
Subjects: Women immigrants; Marriage records;
© [n.d.]., [n.p.],
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Too many leprechauns : or how that pot o' gold got to the end of the rainbow / by Krensky, Stephen; Andreasen, Dan;
Finn O'Finnegan returns home after a year in Dublin and when he finds his village taken over by leprechauns, he must devise a way to get them to leave without making them angry.
Subjects: Leprechauns;
© c2007., Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
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Private India : City on Fire / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Sanghi, Ashwin,author.;
Struggling to remain sober, Santosh Wagh, the head of the India office of an elite PI agency, investigates a serial killer who is targeting women and leaving mysterious tokens at each crime scene.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Private investigators; Serial murderers;
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Across so many seas / by Behar, Ruth,1956-;
Includes bibliographical references."Spanning over five hundred years, a novel telling the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Jewish fiction.; Jewish girls; Jews; Families; Refugees;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Knowing what we know : the transmission of knowledge, from ancient wisdom to modern magic / by Winchester, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."With the advent of the internet, any topic we want to know about is instantly available with the touch of a smartphone button. With so much knowledge at our fingertips, what is there left for our brains to do? At a time when we seem to be stripping all value from the idea of knowing things--no need for math, no need for map-reading, no need for memorization--are we risking our ability to think? As we empty our minds, will we one day be incapable of thoughtfulness? Addressing these questions, Simon Winchester explores how humans have attained, stored, and disseminated knowledge. Examining such disciplines as education, journalism, encyclopedia creation, museum curation, photography, and broadcasting, he looks at a whole range of knowledge diffusion--from the cuneiform writings of Babylon to the machine-made genius of artificial intelligence, by way of Gutenberg, Google, and Wikipedia to the huge Victorian assemblage of the Mundanaeum, the collection of everything ever known, currently stored in a damp basement in northern Belgium. Studded with strange and fascinating details, Knowing What We Know is a deep dive into learning and the human mind. Throughout this fascinating tour, Winchester forces us to ponder what rational humans are becoming. What good is all this knowledge if it leads to lack of thought? What is information without wisdom? Does Rene Descartes's Cogito, ergo sum--'I think therefore I am,' the foundation for human knowledge widely accepted since the Enlightenment--still hold? And what will the world be like if no one in it is wise?"--
Subjects: Information behavior.; Knowledge, Sociology of.; Thought and thinking.; Information technology; Technology;
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Knowing what we know [text (large print)] : the transmission of knowledge, from ancient wisdom to modern magic / by Winchester, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."With the advent of the internet, any topic we want to know about is instantly available with the touch of a smartphone button. With so much knowledge at our fingertips, what is there left for our brains to do? At a time when we seem to be stripping all value from the idea of knowing things--no need for math, no need for map-reading, no need for memorization--are we risking our ability to think? As we empty our minds, will we one day be incapable of thoughtfulness? Addressing these questions, Simon Winchester explores how humans have attained, stored, and disseminated knowledge. Examining such disciplines as education, journalism, encyclopedia creation, museum curation, photography, and broadcasting, he looks at a whole range of knowledge diffusion--from the cuneiform writings of Babylon to the machine-made genius of artificial intelligence, by way of Gutenberg, Google, and Wikipedia to the huge Victorian assemblage of the Mundanaeum, the collection of everything ever known, currently stored in a damp basement in northern Belgium. Studded with strange and fascinating details, Knowing What We Know is a deep dive into learning and the human mind. Throughout this fascinating tour, Winchester forces us to ponder what rational humans are becoming. What good is all this knowledge if it leads to lack of thought? What is information without wisdom? Does Rene Descartes's Cogito, ergo sum--'I think therefore I am,' the foundation for human knowledge widely accepted since the Enlightenment--still hold? And what will the world be like if no one in it is wise?"--
Subjects: Large print books.; Information behavior.; Knowledge, Sociology of.; Thought and thinking.; Information technology; Technology;
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Egg / by Henkes, Kevin.;
Three little birds crack their way out of eggs and fly away, leaving one egg sitting all alone until the three chicks come back and discover a friendly baby alligator has finally hatched.LSC
Subjects: Eggs; Eggs; Birds; Alligators; Friendship;
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The Bathysphere book : effects of the luminous ocean depths / by Fox, Brad(Bradley),author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A gorgeous account of William Beebe's 1934 Bathysphere expedition, the first-ever deep-sea voyage to the otherworldly environment 3,024 feet below sea level"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Barton, Otis.; Beebe, William, 1877-1962.; Bathysphere Expedition (1934); Deep-sea sounding.; Explorers; Underwater exploration;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Two nights in Lisbon / by Pavone, Chris,author.;
"A dazzling literary thriller about a woman whose husband is kidnapped and held for ransom while they are visiting Portugal, leaving her no choice but to reach out to the one person she fears most"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Kidnapping; Married people; Secrecy;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Teacher of the year [videorecording] / by Key, Keegan-Michael,1971-actor.; Letscher, Matt,1970-actor.; Mabrey, Sunny,1975-actor.; Strouse, Jason,director,screenwriter.; Screen Media Films (Firm);
Matt Letscher, Keegan-Michael Key, Sunny Mabrey, Larry Joe Campbell, Jamie Kaler.Surrounded by the eccentric faculty of Truman High School, Mitch Carter wins the California Teacher of the Year award and immediately receives a tempting offer that may force him to leave his job.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; surround sound 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; High school teachers; High schools; Job offers;
For private home use only.
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