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Mom’s Cancer

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Brian FiesPublication Details
BookAbrams Image2006Links
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Each year, approximately 1.5 million people in the United States and Canada are diagnosed with cancer. An honest, unflinching, and sometimes humorous look at the practical and emotional effect that serious illness can have on patients and their families, Mom?s Cancer is a story of hope?uniquely told in words and illustrations. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PN6727.F483 M66 2006 NEW BOOK(MAIN)
The Sciencebook : Everything You Need To Know About The World And How It Works

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[authors, Matthias Delbrück ... et al.]Publication Details
BookNational Geographic2008Description
A delight for the casual reader, yet so complete and wide-ranging that science buffs and students will welcome it, The Science Book encapsulates centuries of scientific thought in one richly illustrated volume. The Science Book offers both a general overview of topics for the browsing reader and more specific information for those seeking deeper insight into a particular subject. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS BROWSING (MAIN) Q162 .S416 2008 DUE 04-07-10
The Law Of Obscenity And Pornography

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revised and updated by Margaret C. JasperPublication Details
Book2nd edOceana2009Description
This second edition outlines the evolution of the relevant case law, including constitutional considerations and the various tests that the U.S. Supreme Court has devised to balance the regulation of obscenity and the First Amendment right to free expression. The author also discusses the status of the current law, including the most recent legislation affecting materials available through the Internet and various on-line services, and the government’s attempt to restrict material that is harmful to minors. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) KF9444 .J37 2009 AVAILABLE
How To Protect Elders From Harm

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by James T. O’ReillyPublication Details
BookOceana2009Description
How to Protect Elders from Harm is a useful resource for anyone interested in learning more about protecting elders from insufficient care or maltreatment. In addition, this essential resource helps readers understand the twin legal systems - regulation and litigation - that are often used to respond to elder care issues. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) KF1257 .O727 2009 AVAILABLE
Privacy And The Internet : Your Expectations And Rights Under The Law

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revised and updated by Margaret C. JasperPublication Details
Book2nd edOceana2009Description
This almanac discusses some of the most important security methods, including the effective use of passwords, utilizing virus software, installing firewalls, understanding encryption technology, and being vigilant about the type of information one shares on the Internet. In addition, this fully revised publication outlines Internet privacy policies and applicable laws placed upon various entities designed to protect private information of Internet users. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) KF1263.C65 J38 2009 AVAILABLE
Autism

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Lisa D. BenaronPublication Details
BookGreenwood Press2009Description
Celebrities and politicians express their personal opinions on the cause (or causes) of the increase in autism spectrum disorders (or ASDs), opinions often not shared by the conventional scientific community. The text starts with the recognition of autism in the forties and traces the development of ways to diagnose autism, explains why autism has been expanded to the “autistic spectrum disorders.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) RC553.A88 B457 2008 NEW BOOK(MAIN)
Straight Talk About Psychiatric Medications For Kids

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Timothy E. WilensPublication Details
Book3rd edGuilford Press2009Description
Do news stories about FDA black box warnings trump the doctor?s assurances that medications are safe and effective? The newly updated third edition details the latest advances in treating specific disorders and offers answers to parents? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) RJ504.7 .W54 2009 NEW BOOK(MAIN)
Neighbor Law : Fences, Trees, Boundaries & Noise

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by Cora Jordan & Emily DoskowPublication Details
Book6th edNolo2008Description
An easy-to-read guide on laws concerning common neighbor disputes, including noise, trees and blocked views. The popular bestseller covers: fences trees boundaries blocked views noise water issues neighborhood businesses secondhand smoke dangers to children (”attractive nuisances”) and more In plain English, Neighbor Law explains how to find applicable laws and resolve disputes without going to court. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) KF639 .J67 2008 AVAILABLE
What’s Bugging You? : A Fond Look At The Animals We Love To Hate

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Arthur V. EvansPublication Details
BookUniversity of Virginia Press2008Links
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Evans’s search for multilegged life takes him to an enchanting assortment of locations, ranging from gleaming sandy beaches preferred by a threatened tiger beetle to the shady, leaf-strewn forest floors where a centipede digs its brood chamber–to a busy country road where Evans must dodge constant foot and vehicular traffic to photograph a spider wasp as its claims its paralyzed prey. Evans also takes on many issues concerning humans’ almost always destructive interaction with insect life, such as excessive mowing and clearing of wood that robs wildlife of its food and habitat, as well as harmful bug zappers that kill everything but mosquitoes. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS BROWSING (MAIN) QL467 .E92 2008 AVAILABLE
What We Leave Behind

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Derrick Jensen and Aric McBayPublication Details
BookSeven Stories Press 1st edSeven Stories Press2009Description
He has wisdom and wit, grace and style, and is a wonderful guide to a good life beautifully lived.??Howard Zinn ?This is a fierce book?Its basic premise?that we?re in worse trouble than we understand, and that a little change around the edges won?t help?is precisely the message that needs to get out.??Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future and The End of Nature ?What We Leave Behind is the kind of direct, unflinching, personal writing that you?d expect from a memoir about a harrowing childhood, not one about the state of the planet, or what happens to waste…This is a book about choosing sides?our destructive, compartmentalized culture of the future of planet Earth.??E Magazine ?The text moves frequently from personal narrative to hard, scientific fact to disturbing news accounts about the ongoing, wanton destruction of our planet by corporate interests…What We Leave Behind is not light reading. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS BROWSING (MAIN) TD175 .J445 2009 AVAILABLE
Can’t Remember What I Forgot : The Good News From The Front Lines Of Memory Research

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Sue HalpernPublication Details
Book1st edHarmony Books2008Description
Like many of us who have had a relative or friend succumb to memory loss, who are getting older, who are hearing statistics about our own chances of falling victim to dementia, who worry that each lapse of memory portends disease, Halpern wanted to ?nd out what the experts really knew, what the bench scientists were working on, how close science is to a cure, to treatment, to accurate early diagnosis, and, of course, whether the crossword puzzles, sudokus, and ballroom dancing we?ve been told to take up can really keep us lucid or if they?re just something to do before the inevitable overtakes us. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) RC394.M46 H35 2008 AVAILABLE
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