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What the eyes don't see : a story of crisis, resistance, and hope in an American city / by Hanna-Attisha, Mona,author.(CARDINAL)355020;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-352) and index.How I got my name -- What the eyes don't see -- The barbecue -- The valedictorian -- Haji -- Red flags -- First encounter -- Miasma -- No response -- Sit down -- Jenny + the data -- Public health enemy #1 -- What field are you on? -- The man in the panda tie -- Environmental injustice -- Poisoned by policy -- Shortwave radio crackling -- Meeting the Mayor -- Aeb -- The press conference -- Splice and dice -- Numbers war -- Demonstration of proof -- All the things we found out later -- Fire ant -- Truth and reconciliation -- Prescription for hope -- Haji and the birds.The dramatic story of the signature environmental disaster of our time and an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood up to power. Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan--in the name of austerity--shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Soon after, citizens began complaining about the water that flowed from their taps--but officials rebuffed them, insisting that the water was fine. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician at the city's public hospital, took state officials at their word and encouraged the parents and children in her care to continue drinking the water--after all, it was American tap water, blessed with the state's seal of approval. But a conversation at a cookout with an old friend, leaked documents from a rogue environmental inspector, and the activism of a concerned mother raised red flags about lead--a neurotoxin whose irreversible effects fall most heavily on children. Even as circumstantial evidence mounted and protests grew, Dr. Mona knew that the only thing that could stop the lead poisoning was undeniable proof--and that to get it, she'd have to enter the fight of her life. "What the Eyes Don't See" is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona--accompanied by an idiosyncratic team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders--proved that Flint's kids were exposed to lead and then fought her own government and a brutal backlash to expose that truth to the world. Paced like a scientific thriller, this book shows how misguided austerity policies, the withdrawal of democratic government, and callous bureaucratic indifference placed an entire city at risk. And at the center of the story is Dr. Mona herself--an immigrant, doctor, scientist, and mother whose family's activist roots inspired her pursuit of justice. "What the Eyes Don't See" is a riveting, beautifully rendered account of a shameful disaster that became a tale of hope, the story of a city on the ropes that came together to fight for justice, self-determination, and the right to build a better world for their--and all of our--children.

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Hanna-Attisha, Mona.; Lead poisoning; Drinking water; Water quality management; Physicians; Whistle blowing;

Available copies: 21 / Total copies: 24

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Touch a butterfly : wildlife gardening with kids / by Sayre, April Pulley.(CARDINAL)208821;

The comfy spot -- Opening your ears -- Gardening in the rain -- Layer cake of life -- Oh, the itchies! Bathing, sunning, and anting -- The great escape -- Pile it on! Simple shelters -- What's on the menu? -- Water detectives -- Wooing with water -- Consider the wind -- Winter nest hunt -- Snowy day survey -- Setting the stage for wildlife -- Planning your garden -- Going to the maps -- Sounds and space -- Sensing the soil -- The lessons of compost -- Preparing the ground -- Transplanting time -- Native plants -- Cacti for wildlife -- Planting the great ones -- Giving trees space to grow -- Celebrating snags -- Water gardening -- Mowing for wildlife -- When a fence is more than a fence -- Keeping the neighbors happy -- Butterfly seekers -- Finding the best spot for your butterfly garden -- Plants for a butterfly garden -- The caterpillar crawl -- Dragonfly encounters -- Creating dragonfly habitats -- Bees and other awe-inspiring insects -- Toadally cool -- Bats are beautiful -- Berry eaters -- Sharing berries with the birds -- Welcome, seed eaters -- Symphony of seeds -- Insect eaters -- Hello, hummingbirds! -- A building materials buffet for the birds -- Cavity nesters -- A place for people: being part of your wildlife garden -- Secrets to wildlife watching -- Wildlife blinds -- Hands and feet awareness -- What about mosquitoes? -- Reaching out to the community -- Getting your wildlife garden certified.Includes bibliographical references and index.Explains how to plant and maintain a wildlife garden that will provide a natural habitat for a variety of small creatures, while enriching children's relationship with nature.

Subjects: Gardening to attract wildlife.; Wildlife attracting.; Garden animals.;

Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 16

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The things our fathers saw, War in the air, from the Great Depression to combat, book one : the untold stories of the World War II generation from hometown, USA / by Rozell, Matthew A.,1961-author.(CARDINAL)622783;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-316) and index.Hometown, USA. Twilight ; The ripples -- Air power -- Hard times -- 'Ye shall hear of wars'. A Sunday afternoon -- The tail gunner. 'Take care of yourself' -- The flight engineer. 'There are no heroes' ; 'something always goes wrong' ; Flak ; 'The guy who will kill my son' ; 'I don't brood about it' -- The ball turret gunner. The funny things ; 'Malfunction' ; The crew ; Westover Field -- The navigator. 'Your first mission' ; Flak ; 'The nine old men' ; Meeting the enemy -- The pilot. 'I'm not going back' ; 'You did the right thing' ; 'People were shooting at me' ; The final mission ; Prisoner ; Death march ; 'He saluted me back' ; Coming home ; The last close call -- The extra gunner. 'Dropped into an insane asylum' ; Aborted missions ; An old friend ; Guard duty ; Sergeant Grayboy -- The radar man. 'The black cloud arrived' ; 'As long as I fly' ; 'Who's our navigator?' ; 'The last I would see of my mother' ; Radar man ; The buzz bombs ; Dresden ; 'I cried like a baby' ; Berlin ; 'Thanks, Van' ; The Russian lines ; 'Crazy Amerikanski' ; 'We're going to crash!' ; 'We were all killed' ; Coming home ; 'They're all gone' -- The bombardier. 'Controlled fear' ; 'Maximum effort' ; 'Like ants scurrying back and forth' ; 'Missing in action' -- Resurrection.At the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small upstate New York community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Seventy years later, a history teacher tracks down the veterans with a connection to "Hometown, USA" who fought the war in the air over Europe, men who were tempered in the tough times of the Great Depression and forged in battle. He rescues and resurrects firsthand accounts of combat and brotherhood.

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; World War, 1939-1945; Bombing, Aerial; Military history, Modern;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2

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The newcomer's guide to North Carolina : everything you need to know to be a Tar Heel / by Lee, Bill.(CARDINAL)202152;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Guidebooks.;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7

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The monks and me : how 40 days at Thich Nhat Hanh's French monastery guided me home / by Paterson, Mary,1963-(CARDINAL)400255;

MARCIVE 10/2/12Includes bibliographical references (page 234).

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Paterson, Mary, 1963-; Village des pruniers (Buddhist community); Spiritual biography;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The book of what if...? : questions and activities for curious minds / by Murrie, Matthew,author.(CARDINAL)555422; McHugh, Andrew R.,author.(CARDINAL)622284;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-220)."From the creators of the What If...? Conference comes a quirky book that encourages kids to explore and engage with the world around them by asking more than eighty wild, absurd, and thought provoking questions. What if a book didn't just tell you how tothink or what to know, but rather encouraged you to think for yourself? What if there was a book that focused on asking questions instead of just answering them. The Book of What If...? does just that! What if you lived on a floating city? What if politicians were kids? What if broccoli tasted like chocolate? What if you could explore outer space? By asking these fun, open-ended questions, this book fosters greater critical thinking skills and gives kids a space to interact by breaking out a notebook todraw or write out their personal reactions, or engage in entertaining exercises with family and friends. Plus, sidebars deepen the investigation with peer-to-peer insights, historical and current profiles, real-life examples, and more, making for unlimited learning opportunities! Divided into sections--history, people, stuff, and nature--along with four introductory text to open up a dialogue about why it's important to be inquisitive and to always ask questions, The Book of What If...? is sure to be a hit with kids, teachers, and parents alike. So ask a question and let the answers lead you on an exciting journey filled with endless opportunities to learn!"--Ages 8-12.Grades 4 to 6.910L

Subjects: Children's questions and answers.; Curiosities and wonders; Thought and thinking;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4

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El hombre que movía las nubes : memorias / by Rojas Contreras, Ingrid,author.(CARDINAL)355775; Guhl, Mercedes,translator.(CARDINAL)431837;

"For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in the Colombia of the 1980s and 1990s in a house where "what did you dream?" was asked in place of "how are you?" her world was laced with prophecy and violence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick, and move the clouds. As a young girl, Rojas Contreras eavesdropped on her mother's fortune-telling business from the stairs and waited eagerly for the moments when Mami appeared in two places at once. She was accustomed to "letting the ghosts in." So when Ingrid, now living in the U.S., suffered a head injury in her 20s that left her with amnesia-an accident eerily similar to a fall that had put her mother in a coma at the age of 8, from which she woke with not just amnesia, but the ability to see ghosts--the family assumes "the secrets" have finally been passed down to the next generation. But as Ingrid recovers her memories, they don't come with supernatural abilities. Rather, she is consumed by a powerful urge to learn even more about her heritage than she knew before the accident. Spurred by a shared dream among Mami and her sisters, wherein Nono communicates that he is unable to rest peacefully in the afterlife, Ingrid joins her mother on a journey home to Colombia to disinter her grandfather's remains. With her mother as her unpredictable, stubborn and often hilarious guide, Ingrid traces her lineage back to her indigenous and Spanish roots, uncovering the violent and rigid colonial narrative that would eventually break her family into two camps: those who believe "the secrets" are a gift, and those who are convinced they are a curse. Interweaving family stories more enchanting than any novel, resurrected Colombian history, and her own deeply personal reckonings with the bounds of reality, Rojas Contreras writes her way through the incomprehensible and into her inheritance. The result is a luminous testament to the power of storytelling as a healing art and an invitation to embrace the extraordinary"--"Para Ingrid Rojas Contreras, la magia viene de familia. Al crecer en la Colombia de los años 80 y 90 en una casa donde se preguntaba "¿qué soñaste?" en lugar de "¿cómo estás?", su mundo estaba lleno de profecías. y la violencia. Su abuelo materno, Nono, era un renombrado curandero, un curandero comunitario dotado de la habilidad de hablar con los muertos, predecir el futuro, tratar a los enfermos y mover las nubes. Cuando era niña, Rojas Contreras la escuchaba a escondidas. El negocio de adivinación de su madre desde las escaleras y esperó ansiosamente los momentos en que Mami apareció en dos lugares a la vez. , de la que se despertó no solo con amnesia, sino también con la capacidad de ver fantasmas: la familia asume que "los secretos" finalmente se han transmitido a la siguiente generación. Pero a medida que Ingrid recupera sus recuerdos, estos no vienen con habilidades sobrenaturales Más bien, ella está consumida por un poderoso impulso de aprender aún más sobre su herencia de lo que sabía antes del accidente. Impulsada por un sueño compartido entre Mami y sus hermanas, en el que Nono comunica que no puede descansar en paz en el más allá, Ingrid se une a su madre en un viaje a casa en Colombia para desenterrar los restos de su abuelo. Con su madre como su guía impredecible, obstinada y a menudo hilarante, Ingrid rastrea su linaje hasta sus raíces indígenas y españolas, descubriendo la narrativa colonial violenta y rígida que eventualmente dividiría a su familia en dos bandos: aquellos que creen que "los secretos" son un regalo, y los que están convencidos de que son una maldición. Entrelazando historias familiares más encantadoras que cualquier novela, la historia colombiana resucitada y sus propios y profundos ajustes personales con los límites de la realidad, Rojas Contreras escribe su camino a través de lo incomprensible y hacia su herencia. El resultado es un testimonio luminoso del poder de la narración como arte curativo y una invitación a abrazar lo extraordinario"--

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Autobiografías.; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid.; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid; Hispanic American authors; Autores hispanoamericanos; Madres y hijas; Abuelos (Hombres); Curanderos; Colombian Americans; Colombianos Americanos;

Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 9

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La mitad evanescente / by Bennett, Brit,author.(CARDINAL)413791; Milla Soler, Carlos,translator.(CARDINAL)531167;

"The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect?"--!cProvided by publisher.Generación tras generación, la comunidad negra del pueblo de Mallard, en Luisiana, ha intentado aclarar el tono de su piel favoreciendo los matrimonios mixtos. Las inseparables gemelas Desirée y Stella Vignes, con su color níveo, sus ojos castaños y su cabello ondulado, son un buen ejemplo de ello. Tan distintas y tan iguales, decidieron huir juntas del diminuto pueblo creyendo que también podrían escapar de su sangre. Años después y ante la mirada atónita de todos, Desireé regresa acompañada de una niña negra como el carbón. Hace tiempo que no sabe nada de Stella, después de que decidiera desaparecer y renunciar definitivamente a sus orígenes para vivir otra vida como mujer de raza blanca. Aclamada como la digna heredera de Toni Morrison y James Baldwin, Brit Bennett es una de las grandes revelaciones de la literatura afroamericana de los últimos tiempos.

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Historias misterio y detectives.; Novels.; African American women; Identity (Philosophical concept); Passing (Identity); Race relations; Sisters; Twins; Mellizas; Relaciones raciales;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6

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Mi papá es un cowboy / by Seales, Stephanie,author.(CARDINAL)894818; Esperanza, C. G.(Charles George),illustrator.(CARDINAL)402205; Chau, Lucy Cristina,translator.; Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial,publisher.(CARDINAL)613933;

"Antes del amanecer, una niña y su papá cepillan sus caballos y salen a recorrer juntos las calles de una ciudad que despierta lentamente. Mientras trotan, Papá cuenta historias de vaqueros, de amistad y orgullo. La pequeña descubre que ella también se siente fuerte y acompañada mientras monta a caballo, como los cowboys. Ella también es uno de ellos. Escrito de manera reflexiva y lírica por Stephanie Seales, este álbum ilustrado tiene las vibrantes ilustraciones de C. G. Esperanza, galardonado con los premios Coretta Scott King y Pura Belpré por sus trabajos previos.--04-08.P-03.

Subjects: Picture books.; Libros de láminas.; Spanish language materials; Fathers and daughters; Self-confidence; Horsemanship; Panamanian Americans; Communities; Joy; Confianza en sí mismo; Vaqueros; Padre e hijas;

Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 15

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Ahora que ya lo sabes : todo lo que me hubiera gustado saber antes de salir del cl©đset / by Pàmies, Oriol,1959-author.;

""Ser diferente no es malo, pero me llevó un tiempo entenderlo. Al principio me sentí solo y me asaltaron cientos de preguntas que no podía compartir con nadie. Este libro está escrito exactamente con ese propósito: despejar todas las dudas que tenía cuando aún no lo sabía. El camino no fue fácil, pero finalmente entendí que si mi historia podía ayudar a alguien más, valía la pena escribirla". A través de su experiencia y sus vivencias personales en este libro su autor toca, entre otros, temas tan importantes como la orientación, la identidad o expresión de género, los prejuicios y la homofobia, la aceptación y el proceso de salir del armario, el activismo... Su objetivo y su deseo, que te sirva para tener la información necesaria, que te ayude a tomar tus propias decisiones a su debido tiempo y te permita darte cuenta de que eres perfectx tal y como eres. Oriol Pàmies presenta el libro que le hubiera gustado leer cuando salió del armario."--Amazon.com.""Being different is not bad, but it took me a while to understand it. At first, I felt lonely and hundreds of questions came to mind, questions that I couldn't share with anyone. This book is written exactly for that purpose: to clear all the doubts I had when I didn't know it yet. The path was not easy, but I finally understood that if my story could help someone else, it was worth writing it." Through his personal experiences, the author touches in this book, among others, on such important topics as orientation, gender identity or expression, prejudice and homophobia, acceptance and the process of coming out of the closet, activism, etc. His goal and his wish is you can benefit from having the necessary information and that it will help you make your own decisions in due time and allow you to realize that you are perfect just the way you are. Oriol Pàmies presents the book that he would have liked to read when he came out of the closet."--Provided by publisher.Cuando aún no lo sabes -- ¿Se nace o se hace? -- ¿Qué soy? Huyendo de las etiquetas -- Así en la tierra como en el cielo -- Ahora que ya lo sabes -- Cómo cuidarse -- El clóset es para la ropa -- Entiendo a entender -- Homofobia -- Descubriendo el mundo queer.

Subjects: Homosexuality; Coming out (Sexual orientation); Gender identity.; Self-acceptance.; Sexual minority community.; Homosexuality.; Gender identity.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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