Wassef, Nadia
Summary: "The warm and winning story of starting a bookstore where there were none, Shelf Life recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASSEF, NADIA WASNadim
Summary: "Four-year-old Nadim puts his words on paper and gives us a glimpse of how he sees the world: one filled with glitter, magical boxes, and cuddles with Mom. A place where school smells like daffodils and honey (and sometimes dirty socks), where Wednesdaysare rainbow-colored, where fish in the sea make a shhhh sound, and where everyone has love, even baddies. The poems in this anthology make for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821 NADSummary: From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the forced military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013, we follow a group of Egyptian activists as they battle leaders and regimes, and risk their lives to build a new society of conscience. The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster. Through the news, we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SQUOkamoto, Nadya
Summary: "This is a book about gender equality in the United States and how to engage in activism to get there"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613 OKAHiggins, Nadia
Summary: An introduction to Siberian huskies, covering their personalities, behaviors, physical characteristics, and such defining features as their blue eyes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bullfrog Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7 HIGAli, Nadia
Summary: "Animals are busy! Sea dragon fathers care for babies. Eagle parents build giant nests. Sea lions stand guard for one another. In every animal community, animals have jobs to do, just like people! Accessible and fun K-3 level information reveals the animal world to young readers and researchers in this Pebble Explore title from the Animal Societies series"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pebble, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.5 ALIHiggins, Nadia
Summary: Retells, through song, the tale of a frog which, in return for retrieving the princess's golden ball, exacts a promise she is reluctant to fulfill. Includes glossary, guided reading activities, and sheet music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cantata Learning 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HIGHiggins, Nadia
Summary: Retells, through song, the tale of two abandoned children that come upon a gingerbread cottage inhabited by a cruel witch who wants to eat them. Includes glossary, guided reading activities, and sheet music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cantata Learning 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HIGMadia, Brianna
Summary: "In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures traveling across the deserts of the American West in an orange van named Bertha and reflects on an unconventional approach to life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The fight for the last great mountain in America's Appalachian heartland pits the mining giant that wants to explode it to extract the coal within, against the community fighting to preserve the mountain and build a wind farm on its ridges instead. Robert Kennedy Jr. joins the fight to preserve the mountain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASHussain, Nadiya
Summary: "Nadiya Hussain, winner of The Great British Baking Show, knows that what we bake depends on the day of the week and what mood we're in. In Nadiya's Everyday Baking, Nadiya shares nearly 100 simple and achievable recipes for breakfast, dinner, dessert, and everything in between. Organized by situation and occasion, Nadiya's recipes are designed to always provide for a delicious, rewarding meal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 HUSHussain, Nadiya
Summary: "The host of the beloved Netflix series Time to Eat and Nadiya Bakes and winner of The Great British Baking Show returns to her true love, baking, with more than 100 delicious, Americanized recipes for sweet treats. When Nadiya Hussain, the UK's "nationaltreasure," began cooking, she headed straight to the oven--which, in her home, wasn't used for baking, but rather for storing frying pans! One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.815 HUSHussain, Nadiya
Summary: "The Great British Baking Show winner and host of Time to Eat shares more than 100 recipes for family meals, complementing such series favorites as Instant Noodles and Peanut Butter & Jelly Traybake with time-saving and make-ahead tips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.555 HUSHiggins, Nadia
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about UFOs. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media, Inc. 2014
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Summary: "While on a family camping trip, Hala teaches her friend Henry how to write haiku, an ancient form of Japanese poetry. Includes creative writing exercises to assist the reader in writing haiku"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2011
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Summary: An imaginary journey to Jupiter provides facts about the planet's size, year, composition, atmosphere, and moons, and suggests some of the questions scientists would want to answer if it really were possible to travel there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2012
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 523.45 HIGMurad, Nadia
Summary: "A memoir of Nadia Murad's time as a captive of the Islamic State, her escape, and her human rights activism"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 MURAD, NADIA MURMurad, Nadia
Summary: "In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Owusu, Nadia
Summary: "Nadia Owusu grew up all over the world--from Rome and London to Dar-es-Salaam and Kampala. When her mother abandoned her when she was two years old, the rejection caused Nadia to be confused about her identity. Even after her father died when she was thirteen and she was raised by her stepmother, she was unable to come to terms with who she was since she still felt motherless and alone. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OWUSU, NADIA OWUHiggins, Nadia
Summary: Retells, through song, the tale of three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge. Includes glossary, guided reading activities, and sheet music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cantata Learning 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HIGHiggins, Nadia.
Summary: Tiny but capable and adventurous young Issun Boshi goes to Japan's capital city of Kyoto, where he proves himself a valuable servant to kind Lord Sanjo and his daughter, Princess Sanjo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 HIGNarain, Nadia
Summary: Wellness pioneers Nadia Narain and Katia Narain Phillips have spent decades helping others to feel their best. But it took them a bit longer to learn to care for themselves. Here they share the small, achievable steps they picked up on a lifetime’s journey towards self-care, and how you can apply them to your life, wherever you are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hutchinson 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 NARWalser, David
Summary: Gathers eight traditional stories from Poland, including "The Trumpeter of Kraków" and "The Warsaw Mermaid" that feature dragons, magic, mythical events from Polish history, and the evil witch Baba Jaga.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WALSummary: 19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. International media coverage of the Arab world and its many complex, interconnected conflicts is dominated by the work of Western correspondents, many of whom are white and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019