Summary: In the second part of this documentary, Secretary of State Colin Powell’s peace-making is derailed by his colleagues - and by Palestinian President Yasser Arafat himself.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Arafat, Zaina
Summary: "A novel of self-discovery following a Palestinian-American girl as she navigates queerness, love addiction and a series of tumultuous relationships' The Millions, One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year. Told in vignettes that flash between the US and the Middle East, Zaina Arafat's powerful debut novel traces her protagonist's progress from blushing teen to creative and confused...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dialogue Books 2020
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC ARASummary: Explores the nature of Islam and unfolds many of its inner-dimensions. It dispels many myths and discusses contributions to science and math.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 LEGLundestad, Geir
Summary: The World's Most Prestigious Prize: The Inside Story of the Nobel Peace Prize is a fascinating, insider account of the Nobel peace prize. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Norwegian Nobel Institute's vast archive, it offers a gripping account of the founding of the prize, as well as its highs and lows, triumphs and disasters, over the last one-hundred-and-twenty years. But more than that,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.4 LUNLe Carre, John
Summary: "From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, John Le Carre has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his highly anticipated memoir, Le Carre is as funny as he is incisive, reading into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LE CARRE, JOHN LECCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LE CARRE LECGolden, Christopher
Summary: "Fans of Dan Simmons' THE TERROR will love ARARAT, the thrilling tale of an adventure that goes awry. When a newly engaged couple climbs Mount Ararat in Turkey, an avalanche forces them to seek shelter inside a massive cave uncovered by the snow fall. Thecave is actually an ancient, buried ship that many quickly come to believe is really Noah's Ark. But when a team of scholars, archaeologists,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOLSummary: Each year millions of travelers flock to Mecca, undertaking the Haj, or pilgrimage, required of all devout Muslims. Few people outside of Islam, however, have seen this ancient and sacred city. This program offers an unprecedented look at the birthplace of Mohammed and the rituals that bring together the followers of the world's fastest-growing religion. Photographer Reza Deghati, himself a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Called “remarkably balanced” by Jewish Week, this program examines the controversial military and political career of Ariel Sharon. Supporters and critics comment on the events that made Sharon a polarizing figure even in his own country: the Qibya Massacre, the bulldozing of refugees’ homes, the planting of Israeli settlements in densely populated Palestinian areas, the unpopular 1982 Lebanon...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Golden, Christopher
Summary: "Fans of Dan Simmons' THE TERROR will love ARARAT, the thrilling tale of an adventure that goes awry. When a newly engaged couple climbs Mount Ararat in Turkey, an avalanche forces them to seek shelter inside a massive cave uncovered by the snow fall. The cave is actually an ancient, buried ship that many quickly come to believe is really Noah's Ark. But when a team of scholars, archaeologists,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GOLSummary: The third and final part of this documentary follows as President George W. Bush finally agrees to take the lead with a road map to peace.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Every year, millions of Muslims journey to Mecca to take part in the Hajj, the fifth pillar of faith-a sacred duty that transcends race, nationality, and even time. This program captures the day-by-day events of one such pilgrimage, including the ritual of tawaf, the performance of wuquf on Mt. Rahmah, the overnight stay at Muzdalifah, the symbolic stoning of the Devil in the valley of Mina,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Produced with unprecedented access to Hamas and its operations, this program takes viewers inside Gaza's Islamic fundamentalist government in the months following its civil war against Fatah. The film observes Hamas leaders as they struggle to shape policy and follows a former militant who now heads up an Executive Force police unit-carrying out orders he doesn't agree with. Archival footage...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Colvin, Marie.
Summary: "Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the uprising in Syria. Winner of the Orwell Special Prize 'On the Front Line' is a collection of her finest work... On the Front Line includes Colvin's various interviews with Yasser Arafat and Colonel Gadaffi; reports from East Timor in 1999 where she shamed the UN into protecting its refugees;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 904.7 COLPease, Allan.
Summary: A guide to human body language explains how to decipher nonverbal communication, how to read other people's thoughts and emotions through their gestures, and how to insure that one's own gestures are sending the right message.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.6 PEADershowitz, Alan M.
Summary: One of America's leading attorneys offers an impassioned defense of the state of Israel, arguing that, although the country is not perfect, it remains the only outpost of democracy in the Middle East, answering critics who accuse Israel of being an imperialist power and documenting the facts about the nature of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 DERRosenberg, Joel C.
Summary: In 1956, it was announced that another Dead Sea Scroll had been found, unlike any before it, describing unimaginable treasures buried in the hills east of Jerusalem, and under the Holy City itself. Some scholars came to believe the Copper Scroll could be history's greatest treasure map, one that could lead to the discovery of the Second Temple treasures and the building of the Third Jewish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSLaHaye, Tim F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAHBregman, Ahron
Summary: In a move that would forever alter the map of the Middle East, Israel captured the West Bank, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula in 1967's brief but pivotal Six Day War. Cursed Victory is the first complete history of the war's troubled aftermath--a military occupation of the Palestinian territories that is now well into its fifth decade. Drawing on unprecedented access to high-level...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2015