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The Metaphysical Club : a story of ideas in America
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The Metaphysical Club was an informal group that met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872, to talk about ideas. Its members included Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., future associate justice of the United States Supreme Court; William James, the father of modern American psychology; and Charles Sanders Peirce, logician, scientist, and the founder of semiotics. The Club was probably in existence for about nine months. No records were kept. The one thing we know that came out of it was an idea--an idea about ideas. Holmes, James, and Peirce all believed that ideas are not things "out there" waiting to be discovered but are tools people invent--like knives and forks and microchips--to make their way in the world. They thought that ideas are produced not by individuals, but by groups of individuals, that ideas are social, that they are entirely dependent on their human carriers and environment, and that the survival of any idea is on its adaptability. This book is written in the spirit of this idea about ideas. It is not a history of philosophy but a narrative about personalities and social history, a story about America. It begins with the Civil War and ends in 1919 with Justice Holmes's dissenting opinion in the case of U.S. v. Abrams--the basis for the constitutional law of free speech.
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Book
Call Number:
973.9 Men
The Arnold Lobel audio collection
Author(s):
Lobel, Arnold
Linn-Baker, Mark.
Description:
"Four of your favorite Arnold Lobel stories together in one audio collection!"--Container.
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Book
Call Number:
J FIC Lob
Alien nation : 36 true tales of immigration
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Originally told on-stage and adapted here for the page, these 36 fascinating, unique, and celebratory stories of migration, culture shock, family, and life come from well-known voices including Sonia Manzano, Alexander Chee, Andrae Aciman, Laura Gaomez, Aparna Nancherla as well as regular people hailing from every corner of the world. These stories are sometimes painful, often funny, beautiful, but above all honest and enlightening. The writers share moments from their lives, reminding us that immigration is not simply a word but a world, "alien" and throbbing with talent and potential. This book is a balm, a link through human stories, and a celebration of immigration at a turbulent time, reaching to the telling of real experiences and inner thoughts of immigrants and children of immigrants; those who left in search of newness, opportunity, and survival, and those who grew up in that newness with their tongues in multiple languages and feet in multiple worlds.--
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Book
Call Number:
305.9 Ali
Red Mars
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For eons, sandstorms have swept the barren, desolate landscape of the red planet. For centuries, Mars has beckoned to mankind to come and conquer its hostile climate, Now, in the year 2026, a group of one hundred colonists is about to fulfill that destiny. John Boon, Maya Toitovna, Frank Chambers, and Arkady Bogdanov lead a mission whose ultimate goal is to give Mars an Earthlike atmosphere. They will place giant satelite mirrors in Martian orbit to reflect light to the planet's surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth and melt the ice. And massive tunnels, kilometers in depth, will be drilled into the Martian mantle to create stupendous vents of hot gases. Against this backdrop of epic upheaval, rivlries, loves, and friendships will form and fall to pieces-for there are those who will fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Rob
The sisterhood of the traveling pants
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Four best girlfriends spend the biggest summer of their lives enchanted by a magical pair of pants.
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Book
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YA FIC Bra
Wilson
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Clowes (Ghost World) takes his particular brand of misanthropic misery to new levels in this book, a series of one-page gags that show the divorced and lonely main character repeatedly attempting to engage with life, and then falling back into his hell of pessimism.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Clo
Where the mountain meets the moon
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Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.
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Book
Call Number:
J FIC Lin
The Selection
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"Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in the caste-divided nation of Illéa, which formed after the war that destroyed the United States. America is chosen to compete in the Selection--a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Illéa's prince--but all she really wants is a chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her"--Provided by publisher.
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Book
Call Number:
YA FIC Cas
Prince Andrew, Epstein and the palace
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Prince Andrew's greatest fear came true when the FBI arrested his friend Jeffrey Epstein--a billionaire sex-felon with Saudi and secret-service connections--on charges of under-age sex trafficking. Weeks before the royal marriage of Kate and William a snapshot had surfaced of Andrew with his arm around the naked midriff of a seventeen-year-old, one of Epstein's victims. Then Andrew's friend Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in July 2020 on similar charges. This book tells the full story of the prince, the key players, allegations and counter-allegations in this high-stakes royal scandal of how the super-rich live untouchable lives. It also casts an uncommon private light on the secret privileges enjoyed by billionaires, global power brokers and royalty alike. How did the third man in the triangle of jet-setting friends end up as a character in the scandal?
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Book
Call Number:
941.085 Caw
Ordinary Grace [Large Print]
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Looking back at a tragic event that occurred during his thirteenth year, Frank Drum explores how a complicated web of secrets, adultery, and betrayal shattered his Methodist family and their small 1961 Minnesota community.
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Large Print
Call Number:
LP FIC Kru
The impossible will take a little while : perseverance and hope in troubled times
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What keeps us going when times get tough? How do we keep on working for a more humane world, no matter how hard it sometimes seems? In a time when our involvement has never been needed more, this anthology of political hope will help readers with the essential work of healing our communities, our nation, our planet--despite all odds.
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Book
Call Number:
303.4 Imp 2014
Ruthless vows : a novel
Author(s):
Ross, Rebecca (Rebecca J.)
Description:
Two weeks have passed since Iris Winnow returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, and the city of Oath continues to dwell in a state of disbelief and ignorance. When Iris and Attie are given another chance to report on Dacre’s movements, they both take the opportunity and head westward once more despite the danger, knowing it’s only a matter of time before the conflict reaches a city that’s unprepared and fracturing beneath the chancellor’s reign. Since waking below in Dacre’s realm, Roman cannot remember his past. But given the reassurance that his memories will return in time, Roman begins to write articles for Dacre, uncertain of his place in the greater scheme of the war. When a strange letter arrives by wardrobe door, Roman is first suspicious, then intrigued. As he strikes up a correspondence with his mysterious pen pal, Roman will soon have to make a decision: to stand with Dacre or betray the god who healed him. And as the days grow darker, inevitably drawing Roman and Iris closer together, the two of them will risk their very hearts and futures to change the tides of the war.
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Book
Call Number:
YA FIC Ros
Three to get deadly Janet Evanovich.
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The brassy babe in the powder blue Buick is back, and she's having a bad hair day. Stephanie Plum has been given the unpopular task of finding Mo Bedemier, Trenton's most beloved citizen, arrested for carrying concealed weapons, gone no-show for his court appearance. And to make matters worse, she's got Lula--former hooker turned file clerk now wannabe bounty hunter--stuck to her side, itching to lock up a crook in the trunk of her car.
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Large Print
Call Number:
LP FIC Eva
No time to spare : thinking about what matters
Author(s):
Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018
Fowler, Karen Joy,
Description:
"From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation"--
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Book
Call Number:
814.54 Le G
Legendborn
Author(s):
Tracy Deonn
Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Description:
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her previous life, family memories, or her childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at a local university seems like the perfect escape, until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.
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Audiobook
Call Number:
YA FIC Deo
Neuromancer
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Case, a nerve-damaged data thief, is recruited by a new employer for a last-chance run against a powerful artificial intelligence.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Gib
Self-portrait in a convex mirror : poems
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John Ashberry won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. Ashberry reaffirms the poetic powers that have made him such an outstanding figure in contemporary literature. This new book continues his astonishing explorations of places where no one has ever been.
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Book
Call Number:
811 Ash
The betting vow
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Leila Darling is past done with the supermodel thing, especially the mega-parties and high-profile flings that have done nothing but leave her alone and jaded. She's got the talent to be a serious actress, but the industry sees her as a high-maintenance, impulsive party girl with a reputation for leaving men in the dust--especially TV producer Carter Bain.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Jac
Between the devil and the duke
Author(s):
Bowen, Kelly (Romance fiction writer)
Description:
"He should have thrown her out. But when club owner Alexander Lavoie catches a mysterious blonde counting cards at his vingt-et-un table, he's more intrigued than angry. He has to see more of this beauty-in his club, in his office, in his bed. But first he'll have to devise a proposition she can't turn down. Gossip said he was an assassin. Common sense told her to stay away. But Angelique Archer was desperate, and Lavoie's club offered a surefire way to make quick money-until she got caught. Instead of throwing her out though, the devil offers her a deal: come work for him. Refusing him means facing starvation, but with a man so sinfully handsome and fiercely protective, keeping things professional might prove impossible" -- provided by publisher.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Bow
How to survive a garden gnome attack : defend yourself when the lawn warriors strike (and they will)
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Move over zombies and adolescent vampires.
There’s a new threat in town—and it’s only twelve inches tall. How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack is the only comprehensive survival guide that will help you prevent, prepare for, and ward off an imminent home invasion by the common garden gnome. Once thought of as harmless yard decorations, evidence is mounting that these smiling lawn statues are poised and ready to wreck havoc. The danger is real. And it’s here.
Class 1 gnome-slayer and gnome defense expert Chuck Sambuchino has developed a proven system—Assess, Protect, Defend, Apply—for safeguarding property, possessions, and loved ones. Strategies include step-by-step instructions for gnome-proofing the average dwelling, recognizing and interpreting the signs of a gathering hoard, and—in the event that a secured perimeter is breached—confronting and combating the attackers at close range.
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Book
Call Number:
817 Sam
Zoey punches the future in the dick
Author(s):
Pargin, Jason, 1975-
Wong, David,
Description:
"Nightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements. An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move. Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes. A young woman suddenly in charge of the most decadent city in the world. And her very smelly cat. Zoey Ashe is like a fish so far out of water that it has achieved orbit. She finds herself struggling to establish rule over a sprawling empire while Tabula Ra$a's rogue's gallery of larger-than-life crime bosses and corrupt plutocrats smell weakness. Tensions brew across the city. A steamer trunk-sized box arrives at Zoey's door, and she and her bodyguard Wu are shocked to find that it contains a disemboweled corpse, and even more shocked when that corpse, controlled by an unknown party, rises from the box and goes on a rampage through the house. After being subdued, it speaks in an electronic voice, accusing Zoey of being its murderer. Soon, it makes the same claim to the public at large, along with the promise of a cash reward for proof that Zoey and the Suits are behind the crime. Now Zoey is having doubts of her own: Is she 100% sure that someone on her team didn't do this? She also doesn't even have a complete list of what businesses she owns, or what exact laws her organization is still breaking. So what does she really know?" --
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Par
The war queens : extraordinary women who ruled the battlefield
Author(s):
Jordan, Jonathan W., 1967-
Jordan, Emily Anne,
Description:
"History's killer queens come in all colors, ages, and leadership styles. Elizabeth Tudor and Golda Meir played the roles of high-stakes gamblers who studied maps with an unblinking, calculating eye. Angola's Queen Njinga was willing to shed (and occasionally drink) blood to establish a stable kingdom in an Africa ravaged by the slave trade. Caterina Sforza defended her Italian holdings with cannon and scimitar, and Indira Gandhi launched a war to solve a refugee crisis. From ancient Persia to modern-day Britain, the daunting thresholds these exceptional women had to cross--and the clever, sometimes violent ways in which they smashed obstacles in their paths--are evoked in vivid detail. The narrative sidles up to these war queens in the most dire, tumultuous moments of their reigns and examines the brilliant methods and maneuvers they each used to defend themselves and their people from enemy forces." --
Format:
Book
Call Number:
920.72 Jor
Futuristic violence and fancy suits
Author(s):
Pargin, Jason, 1975-
Wong, David,
Description:
In the near future, Zoey Ashe navigates a city in which one can find elements of the fantastic, nightmarish and ridiculous on any street corner. Anyone can have the powers of a god or the fame of a pop star; human achievement soars to new heights while its depravity plunges to the blackest depths. Her only trusted advisor is a cat, but even in the future, cats cannot give advice. At least not any that you'd want to follow.
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Book
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FIC Par
The gods themselves
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In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and a parallel universe, using a process devised by the aliens. But even free energy has a price. The transference process itself will eventually lead to the destruction of Earth's Sun--and of Earth itself. Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who sense the imminent annihilation of the Sun.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Asi
Alexander Hamilton
Author(s):
Chernow, Ron
Gardner, Grover.
Description:
Format:
Audiobook
Call Number:
B Ham
Dead Until Dark
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Description:
Being telepathic, Miss Sookie has no luck dating the living. It's just too awkward for her to become intimate with a man--let alone sleep with him--when she can hear everything he's thinking about her. But then the alluring vampire Bill stops into her bar, and his mind reads silent as a tomb. Finally, the match she's longed for! There are some corrupt criminals, however, who wish to destroy Sookie's undead beau--and soon realize they picked the wrong vampire to aggravate.
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Book
Call Number:
FIC Har
Beautiful boy : a father's journey through his son's addiction
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Description:
From as early as grade school, the world seemed to be on Nic Sheff's string. Bright and athletic, he excelled in any setting and appeared destined for greatness. Yet as childhood exuberance faded into teenage angst, the precocious boy found himself going down a much different path. Seduced by the illicit world of drugs and alcohol, he quickly found himself caught in the clutches of addiction. Beautiful Boy is Nic's story, but from the perspective of his father, David.--From amazon.com.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
362.299 She
Concealed
Author(s):
Gonzalez, Christina Diaz, 1969-
Description:
"Katrina doesn't know any of the details about her past, but she does know that she and her parents are part of the Witness Protection Program. Whenever her parents say they have to move on and start over, she takes on a new identity. A new name, a new hair color, a new story. Until their location leaks and her parents disappear. Forced to embark on a dangerous rescue mission, Katrina and her new friend Parker set out to save her parents--and find out the truth about her secret past and the people that want her family dead. But every new discovery reveals that Katrina's entire life has been built around secrets covered up with lies and that her parents were actually the ones keeping the biggest secret of all"--OCLC.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
J FIC Gon
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History [Audiobook]
Author(s):
Elizabeth Kolbert
Anne Twomey
Description:
Provides an account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.
Format:
Audiobook
Call Number:
576.84 Kol
Original gangstas : the untold story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the birth of West Coast rap
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Description:
1980s Los Angeles. Amid rising gang violence, the crack epidemic, and police brutality, a group of unlikely voices cut through the chaos: N.W.A. Led by a drug dealer, a glammed-up producer, and a high school kid, N.W.A gave voice to disenfranchised African Americans across the country, and redefined pop culture across the world. Westhoff explores how this group of artists shifted the balance of hip-hop; how their shocking success lead to rivalries between members, record labels, and eventually a war between East Coast and West Coast factions. In the process, hip-hop burst into mainstream America, and became the most dominant musical movement of the last thirty years.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
781.649 Wes
In real life
Author(s):
Doctorow, Cory
Wang, Jen,
Description:
"Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. But things become a lot more complicated when Anda befriends a gold farmer--a poor Chinese kid whose avatar in the game illegally collects valuable objects and then sells them to players from developed countries with money to burn. This behavior is strictly against the rules in Coarsegold, but Anda soon comes to realize that questions of right and wrong are a lot less straightforward when a real person's real livelihood is at stake" --Cover flap.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
YA FIC Doc
