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Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the award-winning author of Amina's Voice and Amina's Song comes a tenderhearted middle grade novel about a young Pakistani American artist determined to manage her anxiety and forge her own creative path.
Deena's never given a name to the familiar knot in her stomach that appears when her parents argue about money, when it's time to go to school, or when she struggles to find the right words. She manages to make...
Deena's never given a name to the familiar knot in her stomach that appears when her parents argue about money, when it's time to go to school, or when she struggles to find the right words. She manages to make...
6) The Siege of Vicksburg: climax of the campaign to open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863
Author
Series
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xxvii, 724 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The capture of Vicksburg by the US Army was one of the most important military events of the American Civil War because it opened the Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy in two. The siege operations in and of themselves have a lot to offer to our understanding of the campaign and the war: the extent of the operations, the complexity of the strategy and tactics, the grueling nature of the day-by-day participation, and the effect on all involved....
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"I’ll be dropping a few names,” Ed Zwick confesses in the introduction to his book. “Over the years I have worked with self-proclaimed masters-of-the-universe, unheralded geniuses, hacks, sociopaths, savants, and saints.” Written mostly with love, sometimes with rue, this memoir is also a meditation on working, sprinkled throughout with tips for anyone who has ever imagined writing, directing, or producing for the screen.
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Learn the core concepts and techniques that you need to use Adobe Illustrator effectively.
Illustrator can be used to accomplish many different design tasks. For this reason, Illustrator Essential Training teaches core concepts and techniques that can be applied to any workflow for print, the web, or assets that will find their way into other applications. In this course, Adobe Creative Suite Master Tony Harmer explains the elements that make up...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to create a sense of belonging for yourself, and how you can be a catalyst for helping others belong.
A feeling of belonging-of being seen, valued, and heard-seems, by definition, largely dependent on other people. In this course, Sanyin Siang shows you how you can create a feeling of belonging for yourself. Sanyin explains how belonging begins with you-reflecting on yourself, discovering your key values, and identifying your distinctive...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Gather insights and practical strategies for crafting a compelling, standout, professional-looking resume.
Are you tired of submitting resumes that never seem to get noticed? In this episode of the podcast Get Hired, Ana Lokotkova, a seasoned resume writer and career advisor, sits down to share insights and practical strategies to help you stand out from the competition. Drawing from her many years of professional experience, Ana outlines a handful...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 223 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Learning to Love Midlife, Chip Conley offers an alternative narrative to the way we commonly think of our 40s, 50s and 60s. Drawing on the latest social science research, inspiring stories, and timeless wisdom, he reveals 12 reasons why life gets better with age"--
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Safe spaces, communion, knowing that we are loved-these are the things we long for. Brandi Sellerz-Jackson found them when she started exploring her encounters with loss and trauma as a way to confront her own grief, and she ended up creating a community for others to unleash their fears and heartaches. Now Brandi shares everything she's learned about the tools we already possess to not just survive but thrive. Drawing from her experiences as a doula...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Prepare for the seventh and eighth most common vulnerabilities on the 2021 OWASP Top 10 List: identity and authentication failures, and software and data integrity failures.
Failures related to identity, authentication, and software and data integrity loom large in web application development. You need to keep security vulnerabilities top of mind, but how do you prepare for a possible attack? In this course, instructor and application security expert...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Prepare for the ninth and tenth most common vulnerabilities on the 2021 OWASP Top 10 List: security logging and monitoring failures and server-side request forgery.
It's important to protect your organization against security vulnerabilities, but how do you prepare for a possible attack? In this course, join instructor and application security expert Caroline Wong as she gives you an overview of the ninth and tenth most common vulnerabilities listed...
16) A daring escape
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
441 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Danger Closes In, Who Will Save the Children? At the height of World War II, American Amity Mitchell is living a comfortable life abroad as a tutor in England. But that changes when an urgent telegram arrives from her brother, Andrew, summoning her to Prague. Andrew's efforts to help Jewish children escape Czechoslovakia have grown desperate as Nazi forces tighten their grip on the country. Amity knows she can't ignore God's call to join Andrew...
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 337 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
"In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries imprisoned black women faced wrenching forms of gendered racial terror and heinous structures of economic exploitation. Exposed to violence and rape, subjugated on chain gangs and as convict laborers, and forced to serve additional time as domestic workers before they were allowed their freedom, black women faced a pitiless system of violence, terror, and debasement. Drawing upon black feminist...
Author
Series
Publisher
United States Commission on Civil Rights
Pub. Date
1981.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (vii, 51 pages).
Language
English
Description
This report examines the relationship between the federal government's child care programs and policies and the federal government's goal of equal opportunity for women. Specifically, the report reviews three dimensions of federal child care activities: programs and policies whose primary purpose is to assist families with child care; the provision of child care as part of major federal employment, training, and education programs; and the considerations...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work offers a philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload. History's most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to transform modern jobs. Drawing from research on the habits and mindsets of a varied...
Series
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xi, 427 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
"This volume considers the interconnection of racial oppression in the U.S. South and West, presenting thirteen case studies that explore the ways in which people have been caged and incarcerated, and what these practices tell us about state building, coercive legal powers, and national sovereignty. As these studies depict the institutional development and state scaffolding of overlapping carceral regimes, they also consider how prisoners and immigrants...
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