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"A leading plant neurobiologist presents the eight fundamental pillars on which the life of plants-and by extension humans-rests in this playful yet eye-opening guidebook. Even if they behave as though they were, humans are not the masters of the Earth, but only one of its most irksome residents. From the moment of their arrival, about 300,000 years ago-nothing when compared to the history of life on our planet-humans have succeeded in changing the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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The partners at Finley & Figg -- all two of them -- often refer to themselves as 'a boutique law firm.' Boutique, as in chic, selective, and prosperous. They are, of course, none of these things. What they are is a two-bit operation always in search of their big break, ambulance chasers who've been in the trenches much too long making way too little. Their specialties, so to speak, are quickie divorces and DUIs, with the occasional jackpot of an actual...
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Nolo
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English
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From the Publisher: The best step-by-step guide to starting a business available! Many people dream of running a business of their own-but often don't know how to start. Sound familiar? This book can help. User-friendly and loaded with tips, The Small Business Start-Up Kit shows you how to launch a business quickly, easily and with confidence. It explains in plain English how to: choose the best business structure; write an effective business plan;...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
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viii, 433 pages ; 26 cm
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English
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Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization is written to help anyone who's just getting their toes wet in the sector get up to speed on the critical information needed to protect their nonprofit's tax-exempt status — and avoid the many legal traps out there that you probably didn't know exist. Packed with checklists and step-by-step guidance, Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization demystifies intricate legal issues with plain-English...
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Nolo
Pub. Date
2021.
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274 pages ; 28 cm
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English
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"This guide for starting and running a nonprofit organization discusses developing a strategic plan and budget; recruiting and managing board members, volunteers, and staff; fundraising including traditional methods and crowdfunding; marketing strategies; building a website; using social media strategically; avoiding copyright troubles; and adopting policies that are legally sound"--
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"On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional, making same-sex unions legal throughout the United States. But the road to victory was much longer than many know. In this seminal work, Sasha Issenberg takes us back to Hawaii in the 1990s, when that state's supreme court first started grappling with the issue, and traces the fight for marriage equality from the enactment of the Defense...
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FEMA volume 186
Publisher
FEMA
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
ix, 1 v. (various pagings) : forms ; 22 cm.
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English
Description
Provides guidelines to the federally regulated lending industry for implementing the mandatory purchase provisions of the Nation Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and other key legislation that governs the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The mandatory purchase law directed the Federal agency lender regulators and Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) to develop and adopt regulations requiring lenders subject to their jurisdiction not to...
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National Fire Protection Association
Pub. Date
c2007
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58 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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English
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NFPA 780 provides for the protection of people, buildings, special occupancies, heavy duty stacks, structures containing flammable liquids and gases, and other entities against lightning damage.
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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341 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"They risk their lives every day to protect and serve our homes, families and communities. Here are their most dramatic true stories, in their own unforgettable words. These men and women are our eyes. Our ears. Our protectors. hose who wear a badge, doing their best to help people. These cops serve their communities. They serve their country. They're in the business of saving lives, even at the risk of their own. These patrol officers and K9 handlers,...
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Nolo
Pub. Date
2012
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495 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will even learn how to complete the divorce with minimal help from an attorney. With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce explains what to expect through each stage of divorce. It helps readers: understand the divorce process ; learn about different types of divorce, including...
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Ironweed Film Club
Pub. Date
2008, c2005
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1 videodisc (74 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Examines the current debate over legalizing medical marijuana in the United States and abroad by taking viewers inside the lives of individuals whose lives have been uniquely affected by terminal illness and drug use.
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Oasis Design
Pub. Date
c2006
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iv, 49 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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English
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The Builder's Greywater Guide (a supplement to Oasis's book Create an Oasis with Greywater) will help building professionals or homeowners work within or around building codes to successfully include greywater systems in new construction or remodeling, even if they have little prior greywater experience. It is also a great resource for regulators interested in improving regulatory oversight of greywater systems. Topics include: Special reasons for...
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Beginning in 1876, the Court systematically dismantled both the equal protection guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment, at least for African-Americans, and what seemed to be the guarantee of the right to vote in the Fifteenth. And so, of the more than 500,000 African-Americans who had registered to vote across the South, the vast majority former slaves, by 1906, less than ten percent remained. Many of those were terrified to go the polls, lest they...
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International Code Council
Pub. Date
c2011
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xvi, 156, xiv, 74 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
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English
Description
Mastering code compliance has never been so easy! The 2012 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE COMMENTARY will take readers on a journey through the newly updated 2012 International Plumbing Code (IPC), stopping along the way for insightful commentaries that explore both the rationale for, and the practical implications of, the code. Its strategy is simple: give readers the basic technical requirements, and then reinforce that content by discussing the regulations...
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Nolo
Pub. Date
[2022]
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500 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"This book helps baby boomers navigate the Medicare and Social Security systems and maximize their benefits, and, if they need to, to appeal denials of services and benefits. The book also explains Social Security disability, veterans disability compensation, and federal retirement benefits as well as SSI, Medicaid, and veterans pension for low-income readers."--Provided by publisher.
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"This takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation's fathers did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms--and that this intentional distortion of the record is an urgent threat to democracy. Hundreds of lives are lost to firearms every day in America. The cost is more than the numbers--it is also the fear, the anxiety, the dread of public spaces that an armed society has created under the tortured rubric...
20) Lady buds
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Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
From a Latinx LGBTQ activist to a Black Catholic school principal, six small businesswomen hit California's newly legal cannabis trade. But as aggressive regulations bogart the market, can they each keep their green American dream alight?
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