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God's Monsters: Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid Creatures, and Divine Hitmen of the Bible

Esther J. Hamori - Broadleaf Books
Format: Hardcover

The Bible is teeming with monsters. Giants tromp through the land of milk and honey; Leviathan swims through the wine-dark sea. A stunning array of peculiar creatures, mind-altering spirits, and supernatural hitmen fill the biblical heavens, jarring in both their strangeness and their propensity...
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In the Name of Sharks

François Sarano - Polity
Format: Hardcover

Twenty metres below water, the oceanographer François Sarano came face to face with a five-and-a-half metre great white shark. Seduced by the gentle elegance of this majestic creature, Sarano experienced a profound sense of affinity with her as they swam side by side, shoulder to shoulder,...
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How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon

Lyn Slater - Plume
Format: Hardcover

A personal memoir in which Lyn Slater, known on Instagram as "Accidental Icon,"brings her characteristic style, optimism, forward-thinking, and rules-are-meant-to-be-broken attitude to the question of how to live boldly at any age. When Lyn Slater started her fashion blog, Accidental...
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ADHD for Smart Ass Women: How to Fall in Love with Your Neurodivergent Brain

Tracy Otsuka - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

An unprecedented guide for any woman with ADHD looking to celebrate her unique brilliance and to embark on a journey of self-discovery. ADHD is one of the most common neurological disor­ders in the United States - yet a staggering 75 percent of girls and women remain undiagnosed. Due to the gen­der...
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Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods

Sarah Lohman - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Food & Wine Best Book of 2023 * An Eater Best Food Book, Fall 2023. American food traditions are in danger of being lost. How do we save them?Apples, a common New England crop, have been called the United States' "most endangered...
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On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US (Speaker's Corner)

James LaRue - Fulcrum Publishing
Format: Paperback

In America, censorship surges in periods of demographic and political change. Its primary purpose is to silence challenges to an established elite or norm. Today, censorship is part of a larger assault on such American institutions as schools, public libraries, and universities, the better...
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Her Space, Her Time: How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe

Shohini Ghose - The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover

An exciting new title in the vein of Hidden Figures, which tells the inspiring stories of long-overlooked women physicists and astronomers who discovered the fundamental rules of the universe and reshaped the rules of society.. Women physicists and astronomers from around the world have...
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National Geographic Herbal: 100 Herbs From the World's Healing Traditions

Mimi Prunella Hernandez - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

Targeted to the millions of consumers treating common ailments with herbal remedies, this authoritative guide to 100 essential herbs is chock-full of crucial information for the health-minded consumer, wellness advocate, gardener, and naturalist.. Written by the executive director of the American...
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Serving Patrons with Disabilities: Perspectives and Insights from People with Disabilities

Kodi Laskin - ALA Editions
Format: Paperback

Ensuring accessibility is more important than ever; however, answering questions of what needs to be done and why to make a library accessible can be an uncomfortable and daunting hurdle to true inclusion. This book is a safe, nonjudgmental tool for overcoming this awkwardness, offering...
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What the Bears Know: How I Found Truth and Magic in America's Most Misunderstood Creatures―A Memoir by Animal Planet's "The Bear Whisperer"

Steve Searles - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

The incredible story of how one man went from a hired hunter to becoming one of America's top champions for this iconic animal.. In this wondrous and eye-opening exploration, Steve Searles, the renowned and respected "Bear Whisperer" of Mammoth Lakes, takes the reader on a journey...
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