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Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
815 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time℗ʼ by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. Over the course of fifteen books and millions of words, the world that Jordan created grew in depth and complexity. However, only a fraction of what Jordan imagined ended up on the page, the rest going into his personal files. Now The Wheel of Time Companion sheds light on some...
Author
Language
English
Description
Bookstore shelves are lined with tomes dedicated to the finest things that life has to offer. This is all well and good, but the real entertainment is to be found not in the cream of the crop, but at the bottom of the barrel. The World's Worst is a celebration/indictment of nearly 50 infamous and little-known exemplars of the awful. In thoroughly researched, scathingly funny essays, author Mark Frauenfelder avoids the obvious and digs deep to tell...
3) U.S. civil rights trail: a traveler's guide to the people, places, and events that made the movement
Author
Publisher
Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 522 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm + 1 foldout map
Language
English
Description
The U.S. Civil Rights Trail offers a vivid glimpse into the story of Black America's fight for freedom and equality. From eye-opening landmarks to celebrations of triumph over adversity, experience a tangible piece of history with Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail. Includes flexible itineraries, historic civil rights sites, the culture of the movement, expert insight, travel tools, and detailed coverage of Charleston, Atlanta, Selma to Montgomery, Birmingham,...
Author
Publisher
Plume Book
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A hilarious and affecting essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from celebrated stand-up comedian and WNYC podcaster Phoebe Robinson.
Being a Black woman in American means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities. Robinson uses her trademark wit to explore examine our cultural climate and skewer our biases with humor and heart.
"Being a black woman in America means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities every...
Author
Publisher
Nolo
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
11th edition.
Physical Desc
576 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Many disputes are too big for small claims court but too small to justify a lawyer's fee. If you are willing to learn the courtroom ropes, you can successfully handle your own case from start to finish. Bergman and Berman break the pretrial and trail process down into easy-to-understand steps. This edition has been updated to include remote court appearances.--Adapted from back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Current Revised Edition.
Physical Desc
571 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The most helpful, complete, and yearly up-to-date name book, and our list of names from around the world keeps growing! Here you'll find more than 100,000 names--complete with origins, meanings, variations, and famous namesakes. You'll find names from major linguistic and ethnic groups of origin, including English (19,000 names), Latin (11,000 names), Greek (11,000 names), American (11,000 names), Hebrew (9,000 names), Hispanic (9,000 names), French...
9) I see a sign
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes a variety of signs telling you where to shop, eat, and find people, places, and things.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces young readers to the five major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Combines a search-and-find aspect with information about the histories, places of worship, festivals and celebrations, gods, and religious leaders of each major religion. Each religion is introduced in a double-page spread that explores associated people, places, rituals and objects.
"Who believes what: The big book of world religions introduces...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
421 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Roger Federer has often made it look astonishingly easy through the decades, but his path from temperamental, bleach-blond teenager with dubious style sense to one of the greatest, most self-possessed and elegant of competitors has been a long-running act of will, not destiny. He not only had a great gift-- he had grit. Clarey, with access to the man himself, his support team, and the most prominent figures in the game-- included his rivals-- focuses...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Fifth edition.
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 36 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kids are naturally curious. They want to know all about everything around them, near and far. And the completely updated Beginner's World Atlas is the perfect tool to introduce them to the people, places, and animals of the world. We have combined our world-famous mapmaking skills and color photography with input from specialists in geography education to create an atlas designed for kids ages 7 to 10."--
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Revised and updated edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 758 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The authorized, updated, and comprehensive catalogue of characters, themes, phrasing, and imagery found in Kurt Vonnegut's beloved work. Vonnegut's five decades of writing yielded many worlds-worth of people, places, and things. This book is an invaluable tool for looking up the marvelous facts that exist only in the pages his work. The Encyclopedia identifies every major or minor Vonnegut character, as well as recurring images and significant themes...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Join our narrator and her dog on their daily walk as they greet the people in their neighborhood--from the mail carrier and bus driver to the sanitation workers and grocery clerks and more. Whether listening, asking, helping, or just saying hello and thank you, it is our patience and kindness that make a neighborhood feel like home. This story gently reminds us to slow down and be grateful for all the people, places, and things around us. Includes...
Author
Language
English
Description
When Truman asked Stalin in 1945 whether Hitler was dead, Stalin replied bluntly, "No." As late as 1952, Eisenhower declared: "We have been unable to unearth one bit of tangible evidence of Hitler's death." What really happened? Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams have compiled extensive evidence--some recently declassified--that Hitler actually fled Berlin and took refuge in a remote Nazi enclave in Argentina. The recent discovery that the famous...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Fourth edition.
Physical Desc
1 atlas (63 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 35 cm
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about the people, places, animals, and environments of our world in the fourth edition of this engaging atlas. It's got a fresh, kid-friendly design; fun, lively photos; and all the latest, greatest geographic and political information that make this such a valuable resource. It's the perfect reference for kids to learn about lands close to home or oceans away--ideal for classroom use, homework help, and armchair exploration."--Provided...
Author
Language
English
Description
A fast, gritty, durable player who could read a basketball floor as well as anyone who ever played the game, John Stockton left the NBA after nineteen seasons with the Utah Jazz, holding a massive assist record, including the career mark (15,806). He also twice led the league in steals with a career total of 3,265, retiring as the NBA's all-time leader. During Stockton's career, the Jazz never missed the playoffs. Coach Frank Layden said, "Nobody...
20) Vietnam War
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Relaunch edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the Asian war that killed over 58,000 Americans, discussing the causes and effects, leaders, major battles, guerrilla warfare, aerial bombing, weaponry, peace negotiations, and lessons learned.
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