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"In the early 1800s, the Mvskoke people were forcibly removed from their original lands east of the Mississippi to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. Two hundred years later, Joy Harjo returns to her family's lands and opens a dialogue with history ... Harjo finds blessings in the abundance of her homeland and confronts the site where her people, and other indigenous families, essentially disappeared. From her memory of her mother's...
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"After realizing he knew more about TVs than about the meat on his plate, award-winning TV producer and amateur chef Jared Stone purchased an entire grass-fed steer and resolved to make the best use of it that he possibly could. Year of the Cow follows the trials and tribulations of a home cook as he and his family try to form a more meaningful relationship with their food and the environment. From meeting the rancher who raised his cow to learning...
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Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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There have been countless books, articles, and televised reports in recent years about the almost mythic "white working class," a tide of commentary that has obscured the labor, and even the very existence, of entire groups of working people, including everyday Black workers. In this brilliant corrective, Black Folk, acclaimed historian Blair LM Kelley restores the Black working class to the center of the American story. Spanning two hundred years--from...
24) Stones: poems
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"A book of elegy, loss, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent. "We sleep long, / if not sound," Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, "Till the end/ we sing / into the wind." In scenes and settings that circle familyand the generations in the American South--one poem, "Kith," exploring that strange bedfellow of "kin"--the speaker and his young son wander among the stones of their ancestors. "Like heat he seeks...
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English
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"In her new book, Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Thrive delves into the sleep revolution that is happening all across the world--a revolution that can transform our lives. Sleep, she writes, is one of humanity's great unifiers, binding us to each other, to our ancestors, to our past, and to the future. Yet we find ourselves in the middle of a crisis...
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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For thousands of years, our ancestors held a close connection withthe landscapes they lived in. They imbued them with meaning: stonemonuments, sacred groves, places of pilgrimage. In our modern worldwe have to a large extent lost that enchantment and intimate knowledgeof place.James Canton takes us on a journey through England seeking to seethrough more ancient eyes, to understand what landscape meant tothose who came before us. We visit stone circles,...
28) Coco
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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A boy accidentally gets transported to the world of the dead and with the help of his deceased musician great-great-grandfather returns back to his family.
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Did you know that there are 20 species of armadillo, but only two roll into a ball for protection. Nature's Children series provides young readers with fascinating information about the planet's most incredible wildlife species. Each title offers a complete picture of the animal- from birth to adulthood- and describes its place in our world, including how humans impact it and its environment.
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Parrots, hummingbirds, eagles, and more swoop across the pages of this colorful bird book, which combines gorgeous illustrations and photos to help young enthusiasts learn all about the wonderful world of birds. From frozen icescapes to sweltering deserts, from prehistoric ancestors to amazing adaptations, they'll discover the surprising homes and habits of our feathered friends. They'll also find out about how we can help protect birds and their...
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North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"Inspiring hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses, author Martín Prechtel, trained in the Tzutujil Maya shamanic tradition, gives a series of teachings on the relationship between grief and praise in our culture--how the inability that many of us have to grieve and weep properly for the dead is deeply linked with the inability to give praise for living. In modern society, grief is something that we usually experience in private, alone,...
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Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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Español
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Lucía loves to watch the monarchs' migration from her home in Mexico with Papá. But this year, the monarchs' journey north holds extra weight; Papá is heading north, too, to look for work. He promises her that when "the weather turns cold and the monarcas return, our winged ancestors will guide me home." So while he spends the summer months harvesting produce on faraway farms, Lucía watches the skies for signs of the monarchs'--and her papá's--return.
A...
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North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"Die Wise does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working with dying people and their families, Stephen Jenkinson places death at the center of the page and asks us to behold it in all its painful beauty. Die Wise teaches the skills of dying, skills that have to be learned...
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Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Imagine cultivating enough food to slash your grocery shopping in half--all in less than an hour a day in your own backyard. Sounds impossible, right? Marjory Wildcraft says it's not: she's been homesteading for almost twenty years and founded The Grow Network to teach hundreds of thousands of others--some with very little space or time, some city dwellers with rooftop gardens--how to do the same, from gardening, to raising chickens, to composting,...
35) Piñata
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Publisher
HarperCollins Español, [2023]
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
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"Carmen Sánchez está de regreso en su país de origen, México, supervisando la renovación de una antigua catedral en un hotel boutique. Sus hijas adolescentes, Izel y Luna, están con ella durante el verano y se fueron a pasar las tardes sin supervisión en una ciudad extranjera. Los lugareños tratan a las mujeres Sánchez como forasteras, mientras que los contratistas de Carmen desafían y sabotean abiertamente su trabajo. Después de un accidente...