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Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"We hear plenty about the widening income gap between the rich and the poor in America and about the expanding distance separating the haves and the have-nots. But when detailing the many things that the poor have not, we often overlook the most critical--their health. The poor die sooner. Blacks die sooner. And poor urban blacks die sooner than almost all other Americans. In nearly four decades as a doctor at hospitals serving some of the poorest...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The world of wine prides itself on its aura of respectability, but it has always had a murky side. Packed with engaging vignettes, Vintage Crime brings to life famous enthusiasts and crafty con artists from ancient Rome to modern-day California. It also introduces us to lesser-known industry figures: the scrupulous merchants, honest growers, and cutting-edge scientists who have led the fight against fraudsters. Author Rebecca Gibb holds the rare,...
842287) The Last Dragon in Moominvalley
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub Co Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels was named Purdue University's 12th president, he became one of a small handful of nationally renowned figures to lead an institution of higher education. In an era when university presidents had largely abandoned the role of public intellectual, Daniels immediately captured broad attention for his willingness to take a thoughtful stand on America's most pressing challenges...in academia and far beyond. Boiler...
842289) The cholo tree
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Description
Recovering from a shooting and stereotyped as a Chicano gangbanger, fourteen-year-old Victor Reyes loves reading books, has a genius girlfriend and an art teacher who mentors and encourages him to apply to art schools, but Victor cannot seem to overcome society's expectations for him.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"'I do love nothing in the world so well as you.' Little Poet William Shakespeare: I Love You pairs loving lines from The Bard's famous plays and sonnets with engaging illustrations by Carme Lemniscates, letting parents, grandparents, and other readers tell toddlers how loved they are in Shakespeare's own words.
842291) What's in a kiss?
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This is not how Liv wanted to see Jake Glasswell for the first time in ten years. Once her high school rival and the prom date who humiliated her, now a successful TV personality, he's more attractive than he has any right to be. And he's her Lyft passenger. Since the prom night kiss that never was, Liv's life has not gone to plan. She deferred Julliard to be with her mom during a crisis, and now swears she's happy as a recently furloughed drama...
842292) The uncommon cold
Author
Series
Alien adventures of Finn Caspian volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
"Finn's best robot bud, Foggy, comes down with a weird virus while exploring a planet full of dancing robots. But he won't let Finn help him. Foggy only wants to dance the Hokey Pokey with his new robot friends! Now Finn and Explorers Troop 301 have to find a cure before the robots attack. But can Finn also fix his friendship with Foggy? Or will his robot BFF stay on the two-stepping planet forever?"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Stuck with nothing but a seedy gumshoe job, a tattered string of failed romances, and his demons, Dwight's thinking of all the ways he's screwed up. And what he'd give for one clear chance to wipe the slate clean, to dig his way out of the numb grey hell that is his life. He'd give anything to cut loose, to just feel the fire, one more time. But he can't let himself lose control again, can't ever let the monster out . . . And then Ava calls.
842294) Mech Cadets: Command and Control
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Gender is now a global conversation, and one that is constantly evolving. More people than ever before are openly living their lives as transgender men or women, and many transgender people are coming out as neither men nor women, instead living outsidethe binary. Gender is changing, and this change is gaining momentum. From the differences among gender identity, gender expression, and sex, to the use of gender-neutral pronouns like singular they/them...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A recent estimate suggest that employees collectively endure a staggering 55 million meetings a day in the United States. This tremendous time investment yields only modest returns. No organization made up of human being is immune from the all-too-common gripes about meetings: that they fail to engage, inadvertently encourage participants to tune out, and blatantly disregard participants' time. Most companies and leaders view poor meetings as an...
Author
Publisher
William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A practical theology of dementia -- Redescribing dementia : starting from the right place -- Fragmentation of persons and the creation of "typical" people -- Moving beyond the standard paradigm : from defectology to relationships -- Problem with personhood : why it might not be such a good idea for people to be persons -- Relational personhood and the vanishing self : is there a person in person-centered care? -- Personhood and humanness : importance...
Publisher
Mometrix Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Presents a study guide with tips, techniques, test-taking advice, and exercises designed to help improve scores on the TABE examination.
Top 20 test taking tips -- Mathematics section. Algebra ; Geometry ; Probability and statistics -- Reading section. Reading comprehension ; Critical thinking skills ; Organizing and understanding graphic information ; Testing tips ; Final warnings -- English section. Commas ; Hyphens ; Semicolons ; Sentence correction...
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