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Our day to end poverty 24 ways you can make a difference / by Daley-Harris, Shannon

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction: opening our eyes to how we can end poverty in our day -- Break the fast -- Educate every child -- Make work pay -- Care for our children -- Give all children healthy futures -- Help produce a better harvest -- Consume with conscience -- Give from the heart: more thoughts on giving -- End hunger and malnutrition -- Extend the reach of technology -- Expand access to microcredit -- Encourage social entrepreneurship -- Ensure health care for all -- Provide housing -- Call for debt relief -- Serve with satisfaction: more thoughts on volunteering -- Extend hospitality and create community -- Spread literacy -- Improve transportation options -- Travel with a purpose -- Save the lives of mothers and newborns -- Improve access to clean water -- Increase international development aid -- Speak up for justice: more thoughts on advocacy -- Conclusion: dream of a bright tomorrow -- How to use this book with others -- Guide for schools -- Guide for the workplace -- Guide for places of worship -- Index -- About the book team.…”
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Step into our lives at the funeral home by Michaelson, Jo, 1926-

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Receiving the day Christian practices for opening the gift of time / by Bass, Dorothy C.

Table of Contents: “…Experiencing the fullness of time -- This is the day that God has made -- Receiving this day -- The Sabbath opens creation for its true future -- Keeping this Sabbath -- The circling year draws us into the story of God -- Living in the story, this year -- Learning to count our days.…”
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Human transit how clearer thinking about public transit can enrich our communities and our lives / by Walker, Jarrett, 1962-

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Cooler smarter practical steps for low-carbon living : expert advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists /

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A foreign kingdom : Mormons and polygamy in American political culture, 1852-1890 / by Talbot, Christine

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The Universe, Life and Everything : Dialogues on our Changing Understanding of Reality / by Durston, Sarah, Baggerman, Ton

Table of Contents: “…Why do we need to expand our understanding of reality? -- Consciousness -- Modern-day physics: where "in with the new' does not mean "out with the old' -- We are part of life on our planet -- 3. …”
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Where am I wearing? a global tour to the countries, factories, and people that make our clothes / by Timmerman, Kelsey, 1979-

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Jacob unexpected patriarch / by Zakovitch, Yair

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Key command Ulysses S. Grant's district of Cairo / by Kionka, T. K., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Company town -- South Illinois -- Ready for the scratch -- This awful sickly place -- Lively times in Cairo -- Mischief -- Comfort for our boys -- Night and day and Sunday : the Navy -- A brave set of men -- Nothing of importance -- The Cairo ring -- Necessary goods -- Gone up the river -- Burden of war -- Illumination.…”
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The Apostles' Creed the Apostles' Creed and its early Christian context / by Ashwin-Siejkowski, Piotr, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…I believe in God -- The Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth -- And in Jesus Christ, his Only Son our Lord -- Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary -- Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried -- He descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead -- He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty -- From thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead -- I believe in the Holy Spirit -- The holy catholic church (the communion of saints) -- The forgiveness of sins -- The resurrection of the flesh -- And eternal life; amen.…”
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Be good, sweet maid the trials of Dorothy Joudrie / by Andrews, Audrey, 1935-

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Final acts death, dying, and the choices we make /

Table of Contents: “…Notes on my dying / Ruthann Robson -- Live longer or live better? / June Bingham -- "Life which is ours to know just once" / Nancy Barnes -- Caregiving Beulah: a relentless challenge / Susan Perlstein -- E-mails to family and friends: Claude and maxilla-declining gently / Sara M. …”
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Outside the wire American soldiers' voices from Afghanistan /

Table of Contents: “…Spring / SPC Chantal Ogaldez -- Deployment / SFC Billy Wallace -- Karbala, Iraq / SFC Billy Wallace -- How every soldier leaves / SGT Catherine Lorfils -- They were just kids / PFC Anonymous Female -- Meltdown / SGT Jarrell Robinson -- Sat phone black op / SGT Sean Moore -- Hell of a long day / SPC Karl Mulling -- Protection / Marie Mulling -- Our lives today / Marie Mulling -- Coincidence / PV2 Anonymous Female -- B-hut blues / SFC Michael Bramlett -- Bombed / SrA Michal Sakautzki -- The hardest good-bye / SGT Latayna Orama -- Routine mission / SGT Kevin Zimmerman -- A woman, a boxer / PVT Veneta White -- Little girl, run . . . it's not safe here / SGT Jose Githens -- Death through a 9x scope / SGT Anonymous Male -- My great sadness / SGT Christopher Williams -- West ash street / SGT Michael Diggs -- Busted / SGT Jessie Evans -- Disappointment / SGT Jessie Evans -- More day / SGT Jessie Evans -- I would rather die in Afghanistan / SGT Elether Fareaux -- A moment of silence / PVT Emily Anderson -- Words unspoken / SPC J. …”
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Victory in defeat the Wake Island defenders in captivity, 1941-1945 / by Urwin, Gregory J. W., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…"Issue in doubt" : the siege of Wake Island -- "The emperor has ... presented you with your lives" : the shock of capture -- "Very odd people indeed" : the first twenty-four hours in captivity -- "The Japanese continue to treat us with respect" : a deceptively gentle transition to POW life -- "A real hell ship" : from Wake Island to Yokohama on the Nitta Maru -- "Never had I felt so desolate or so weary" : from murder at sea to despair on land -- "The most painful days we spent in prison camp" : hitting bottom at Woosung -- "The Japanese Army ... will improve your conditions" : turning the corner at Woosung -- "Without Red Cross help ... we would never have pulled through" : the impact of outside aid -- "I thought they handled themselves reasonably well" : Japanese-POW relations at Woosung -- "You God damn Americans don't understand anything" : strains, outrages, and departures -- "This camp is the best one that the Japs have" : a new commandant and a new camp -- A hellacious damn deal till we finished" : pushed to the edge on Mount Fuji -- "Optimism ... is running high" : hope revives at Kiangwan -- "The pleasure of raising our flag over the enemy's homeland" : to Japan and liberation -- "98 US PW, 5-10-43" : the Wake Island diaspora, 1942-1945 -- "We had a bond there that's still going" : why so many came home.…”
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Last to leave the field the life and letters of First Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry / by Hayward, Ambrose Henry, 1840-1864

Table of Contents: “…"Independence still lives" : from North Bridgewater to Philadelphia, May 21, 1840-July 28, 1861 -- "We are not without our sport" : guarding the Potomac, July 28, 1861-February 24, 1862 -- "We all supposed the time for chewing cartridges had come" : the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, February 24-September 1, 1862 -- "Baltimore is a slumbering volcano" : Melville Hayward in Baltimore, May 25-September 5, 1862 -- "I have seen death in every shape" : the Maryland Campaign, September 1-December 29, 1862 -- "These are America's dark days" : winter quarters : December 29, 1862-April 27, 1863 -- "Last to leave the field" : the Chancellorsville Campaign, April 27-May 23, 1863 -- "I have done my duty in the last great contest" : the Pennsylvania Campaign, May 23-September 24, 1863 -- "If a battle, let it begin with the riseing of the sun" : the Chattanooga Campaign, September 24, 1863-January 10, 1864 -- "The white starr shines in Philadelphia" : veteran furlough, January 10-May 3, 1864 -- "Carrieing the war into Africa" : the Atlanta Campaign, May 3-June 19, 1864 -- Epilogue : "at his country's call".…”
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Reinventing discovery the new era of networked science / by Nielsen, Michael A., 1974-

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Beyond Hashtags : Racial Politics and Black Digital Networks / by Florini, Sarah

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Voices in the Band : A Doctor, Her Patients, and How the Outlook on AIDS Care Changed from Doomed to Hopeful / by Ball, Susan C., 1957-

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Why Icebergs Float : Exploring Science in Everyday Life / by Morris, Andrew

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