Taylor, Barbara
Summary: In the late 1970s, Barbara Taylor, then an acclaimed young historian, began to suffer from severe anxiety. In the years that followed, Taylor’s world contracted around her illness. Eventually, her struggles were severe enough to lead to her admission to what had once been England’s largest psychiatric institution, the infamous Friern Mental Hospital in North London. The Last Asylum is Taylor’s...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 TAYTaylor, Barbara,
Summary: Depicts different habitats and the animals that live there, including the Rocky Mountains, Amazon, European woodlands, and Himalayas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.9 TAYTaylor, Barbara
Summary: Welcome to the Dinosaur Awards. Fifty fabulous dinosaurs are practicing their acceptance speeches. They're in the running for prizes that celebrate their most award-worth qualities and skills (some will surprise you). Who will win the fuzzy and furious award? Who will win the terrifying toes award? And who will take home the loudest trumpeter award? Who will be crowned the Lizard King? Readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 TAYTaylor, Barbara
Summary: Information about different kinds of structures built by humans and ideas about what it is like to be involved in a construction project form the foundation for a variety of craft projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. 2002
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 745.5 TAYTaylor, Barbara
Summary: Information about various topics related to the science of light and color forms the foundation for a variety of craft projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. 2002
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Summary: "The Magnificent Book of Extinct Animals explores some of the most captivating creatures to have once shared our planet. From the giant moa and the dodo to the black rhino and the Pinta Island tortoise, the animals in The Magnificent Book of Extinct Animals book have all disappeared due to the actions of humankind. The animals' stories demonstrate the fragility of life on Earth, and inspire...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen Children's Books, an imprint of Weldon Owen International 2021
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Summary: Examines the variety of life found in ponds, including the common newt, stickleback, and great diving beetle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.929 TAYTaylor, Barbara.
Summary: Provides a unique view of our planet's polar wildernesses. Covers the northern and southern lights, the crushing power of ice, why Amundsen beat Scott to the South Pole, how penguins keep warm, and what reindeer eat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2000
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Summary: A variety of animal homes, including those of ants, termites, birds and small mammals, are depicted in this book. Beautiful pictures are embellished with interesting and accurate information about each featured animal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.56 TAYTaylor, Barbara
Summary: "Discover the frozen beauty of the Polar regions and the remarkable flora and fauna that survive in these hostile conditions"--from cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 550 TAYTaylor, Barbara
Summary: In this book, there are 21 cross sections of some of the most amazing birds, bugs, and beasts in the animal kingdom. Take a look at what goes on in the bodies of your favorite creatures, and discover the answers to fascinating questions like: How big is a blue whale's heart? Why does a cow have four stomachs? What is a camel's hump made of?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Publishing Group 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Oversized, Call number: J 571.1 TAYTaylor, Barbara
Summary: Introduces incredible reptiles, including lizards, snakes, and turtles, describing their unique physical characteristics, life cycles, and survival mechanisms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Offers advice for finding spirituality in times of darkness, questioning the traditional association of darkness with evil and danger, and suggesting that being in the dark may lead to greater spiritual growth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 TAYTaylor, Barbara Brown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 283.092 TAYTaylor, Barbara Brown.
Contents: Practice of waking up to God -- Vision -- The practice of paying attention -- Reverence -- The practice of wearing skin -- Incarnation -- The practice of walking on the earth -- Groundedness -- The practice of getting lost -- Wilderness -- The practice of encountering others -- Community -- The practice of living with purpose -- Vocation -- The practice of saying no -- Sabbath -- The practice...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2008
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Summary: In early 20th century Pennsylvania, a few months after her sister's mysterious death, eight-year-old Violet befriends a motherless schoolmate, Stanley, who works as a breaker boy in the mines. Meanwhile, Violet's father and mother find other ways cope with their grief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAYTaylor, Barbara Brown
Summary: Describes the author's experiences teaching the world's religions to undergraduates in rural Georgia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.2 TAYSummary: The story of Emma Harte, a bright and ambitious servant girl who overcomes her impoverished Yorkshire beginnings in her quest to become an international retailing magnate and one of the richest women in the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2001
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WOMGreenaway, Theresa
Summary: Introduces the animals and plants that live in the ocean and at the seashore.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.4 GREZommer, Yuval
Summary: An animal fact book includes trivia on creatures from around the world, detailing their behaviors, physical characteristics, and life cycles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590 ZOMPhillips, Adam.
Summary: In this book, psychoanalsyt Adam Phillips and historian Barbara Taylor examine the pleasures and perils of kindness. Modern people have been taught to perceive ourselves as fundamentally antagonistic to one another, our motives self-seeking. Drawing on intellectual history, literature, psychoanalysis, and contemporary social theory, this book explains how and why we have chosen loneliness over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177.7 PHIBradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: A young woman reinvents herself, becomes the muse for French fashion designer Jean-Louis Tremont, and reaches celebrity status; but a malevolent figure from her past reemerges and reminds her of the terrifying encounter that she survived in the English countryside.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRABradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: "As the Inghams and the Swanns journey from a family weekend in the summer of 1926 through to the devastation of the Wall Street crash of 1929, the Cavendon women band together and bring their family into a new decade and a new way of life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015