Author: Crawford, Susan P., 1963- author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 621.3827
Format: Books
Summary: The world of 5G, the next generation of telecommunication technology, will be as different from what came before as the world after the advent of electricity. The massive amounts of data we'll be able to stream through fiber-optic connections will enable a degree of virtual presence that will radically transform health care, education, urban administration and services, agriculture, retail sales, and offices. Yet all of those transformations will pale in comparison to the innovations that we can't even imagine today. In a fascinating account combining legal expertise with compelling on-the-ground reporting, Susan Crawford reveals how the giant corporations that control cable and internet access in the United States use their tremendous lobbying power to tilt the playing field against competition, holding back the infrastructure improvements necessary for the country to move forward. And she shows how a few cities and towns are fighting monopoly power to bring the next technological revolution to their communities.
Author: Piazza, Gina M., editor.
Published: 2017 2014
Call Number: 618.92
Format: Books
Summary: Provides guidance for assisting in common medical emergencies that occur in children and babies, outlining step-by-step instructions for dealing with such situations as shock, seizures, choking, burns, heatstroke, and insect bites.
Author: LaValle, Victor D., 1972- author.
Published: 2017
Call Number: F LAVALLE
Format: Books
Summary: "The wildly imaginative story of one man's thrilling odyssey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after having seemingly committed an unforgivable act of violence, from the award-winning author of The devil in silver and Big machine"-- "Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood. An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Disconnected and uninterested in their new baby boy, Emma at first seems to be exhibiting all the signs of post-partum depression, but it quickly becomes clear that her troubles go far beyond that. Before Apollo can do anything to help, Emma commits a horrific act--beyond any parent's comprehension--and vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Thus begins Apollo's odyssey through a world he only thought he understood to find a wife and child who are nothing like he'd imagined. His quest begins when he meets a mysterious stranger who claims to have information about Emma's whereabouts. Apollo then begins a journey that takes him to a forgotten island in the East River of New York City, a graveyard full of secrets, a forest in Queens where immigrant legends still live, and finally back to a place he thought he had lost forever. This dizzying tale is ultimately a story about family and the unfathomable secrets of the people we love"--
Author: Harris, Michelle, 1963- editor.
Published: 2017
Call Number: 378.12
Format: Books
Summary: This book focuses on the boundaries which faculty of color encounter in everyday experiences on campus and presents a more complete picture of life in the academy--one that documents how faculty of color are tested, but also how they can not only overcome, but thrive in their respective educational institutions.
Author: Pinckney, Darryl, 1953- author.
Published: 2017 1992
Call Number: F PINCKNEY
Format: Books
Summary: High Cotton is an account of the dreams and inner turmoils of a new generation of the black upper middle class, capturing a part of American society that has mostly been ignored in literature. The novel's protagonist journeys from his childhood home in the Midwest to college, a stint in New York publishing, and Europe, yet the issue of his "blackness" remains at the heart of his being.
Author: Little, Zoie V., author.
Published: 2016
Call Number: B LITTLE
Format: Books
Summary: "Black, White, or Other is about Zoie V Little's first-hand experience growing up with what it feels like to not fit in and be put down because the color of her skin. She knows how to overcome and rise above the negative opinions of those who are less accepting of her ethnicity. Zoie had to work through the emotional setback of being adopted and knowing her other siblings were not. Black, White, or Other was written to be read by those that have gone through or going through the same situation that she had and to touch and inspire lives. The world is a melting pot with many different races, and it's OK to be different. It took Zoie many years to understand and be at peace with who she is when she looks in the mirror. God, family, and friends are her support group in helping her stay focused on the big picture and that picture is she was made just the way God wanted her and she is beautiful in His eyes. Even as an adult in today's world, she still runs into people that do not accept her skin color. When this occurs, she smiles, says a small prayer for them, and always focuses on who she is today and where she is going tomorrow"--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Jiles, Paulette, 1943- author.
Published: 2016
Call Number: LP F JILES
Format: Large print
Summary: In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence. In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa raiders killed Johanna's parents and sister; sparing the little girl, they raised her as one of their own. Recently rescued by the U.S. army, the ten-year-old has once again been torn away from the only home she knows. Their 400-mile journey south through unsettled territory and unforgiving terrain proves difficult and at times dangerous. Johanna has forgotten the English language, tries to escape at every opportunity, throws away her shoes, and refuses to act "civilized." Yet as the miles pass, the two lonely survivors tentatively begin to trust each other, forming a bond that marks the difference between life and death in this treacherous land. Arriving in San Antonio, the reunion is neither happy nor welcome. The captain must hand Johanna over to an aunt and uncle she does not remember -- strangers who regard her as an unwanted burden. A respectable man, Captain Kidd is faced with a terrible choice: abandon the girl to her fate or become -- in the eyes of the law -- a kidnapper himself.
Author: Powell, Robert, 1948- author. Conant, Roger, 1909-2003, author. Collins, Joseph T., author. Conant, Isabelle Hunt, illustrator. Johnson, Tom R., illustrator.
Published: 2016
Call Number: 597.9
Format: Books
Summary: Descriptions and illustrations of reptiles and amphibians.
Author: Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938- author. Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948- writer of introduction.
Published: 2012 1967
Call Number: F NGUGIWAT
Format: Books
Summary: "Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, a masterly story unfolds in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested."--Publisher.
Author: Coulter, Catherine.
Published: 2012
Call Number: F COULTER
Format: Books
Summary: When a San Francisco judge is shot at the same time a once-relentless federal prosecutor turns cautious, FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich receive an ominous note from the culprit that blames them for the incident.
Author: Weyn, Suzanne, author.
Published: 2011
Call Number: Y WEYN
Format: Books
Summary: Keah Robinson, cheerleader co-captain at Southside High, and Ty Hendricks, star running back, appear to be the perfect couple, but when they have their first fight, Ty screams at Keah. Then, after losing a game, Ty goes ballistic and hits Keah repeatedly, and Ty is arrested for assault. Even after this, Keah secretly meets up with Ty. She wonders what's worse--flinching everytime her boyfriend gets angry or being alone.
Author: Gassenheimer, Linda. Levy, Sandy, ill. Visual Impact (Firm)
Published: 2010
Call Number: 641.597
Format: Books
Summary: Presents a collection of more than two hundred recipes using Caribbean seafood and seasonal ingredients found in the Florida Keys, with stories about local culinary traditions behind the dishes.
Author: Hook, Patrick.
Published: 2008
Call Number: 595.7 HOOK
Format: Books
Author: Snicket, Lemony. Helquist, Brett ill.
Published: 2005
Call Number: FIC SNI
Format: Books
Summary: The Baudelaire orphans disguise themselves as employees of the Hotel Denoument and find themselves pursued by the evil Count Olaf and others.
Author: Morgan, Edmund S. (Edmund Sears), 1916-2013
Published: 2002
Call Number: FRANKLIN
Format: Books
Author: Chbosky, Stephen.
Published: 1999
Call Number: Y CHBOSKY
Format: Books
Summary: A coming of age novel about Charlie, a freshman in high school who is a wallflower, shy and introspective, and very intelligent. He deals with the usual teen problems, but also with the suicide of his best friend.
Author: Riotte, Louise. Riotte, Louise. Secrets of companion planting.
Published: 1998
Call Number: 635
Format: Books
Author: Cooper, J. California, author.
Published: 1987
Call Number: F COOPER
Format: Books
Summary: "Stories of simple and usually poor people, stories of families and fate, of love and marriage, of death and the triumph of the human spirit."
Author: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Published: 1975 1893
Call Number: 811.3
Format: Books
Author: Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966, author.
Published: 1948
Call Number: HS F WAU
Format: Books
Summary: Following the death of a friend, the poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering the artificial Hollywood paradise of the Whispering Glades Memorial Park. Within its golden gates, death, American-style, is wrapped up and sold like a package holiday--and Dennis gets drawn into a bizarre love triangle with Aimée Thanatogenos, a naïve Californian corpse beautician, and Mr. Joyboy, a master of the embalmer's art.
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