Summary: Simone Bitton, a Jewish woman born in Morocco who identifies with both Arab and Jewish cultures, examines the personal, cultural, and monetary costs of the Israeli West Bank Barrier, a wall being built to separate Israelis and Palestinians.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Life Size Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WALArrian.
Summary: During twelve years of continuous campaigns, Alexander conquered an empire that stretched from the shores of the Adriatic to the edge of modern India. Arrian's history of those conquests is the most reliable and detailed account to emerge from the ancient world. --from publisher description
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938.07 ARRMagris, Claudio.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.6 MAGSaunt, Claudio
Summary: Details the other revolutions during 1776, including the reaction of the native residents of San Francisco in the wake of the first European settlement there and the devastation of the Aleutian Islands by the Russians' hunt for sea otters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.313 SAUPescio, Claudio.
Summary: Examines the life and art of Rembrandt against the historical, political, and religious background of the period.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peter Bedrick Books 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J 759.492 REMRendina, Claudio.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Locks Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282.092 RENSaunt, Claudio
Summary: "A masterful and unsettling history of the forced migration of 80,000 Native Americans across the Mississippi River in the 1830s. On May 28, 1830, Congress authorized the expulsion of indigenous peoples from the East to territories west of the MississippiRiver. Over the next decade, Native Americans saw their homelands and possessions stolen through fraud, intimidation, and murder. Thousands...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1197 SAUSummary: The extraordinary story of the iconic poet, musician and folksinger Violeta Parra, whose songs have become hymns for Chileans and Latin Americans alike. Director Andres Wood traces the intensity and explosive vitality of her life, from humble origins to international fame, her defense of indigenous cultures and devotion to her art.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VIOAbram, Carolyn.
Summary: Ready to get active on Facebook but no clue where to start? This bestselling guide gets you started! So you've finally decided to join the "social network." Maybe you've got a Facebook account, but want help navigating the site. This handy guide tells you how to get started, set up your Profile, find friends, protect your privacy, and much more.Discover how Facebook helps you make new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2012
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arrol House Publishers 1994
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.2 ARRCarter, Arlan.
Summary: The American Rowboat Motor covers the development of the outboard motor between the 1890's and the 1920's. During this relatively short time, the country saw remarkable technological advances in communications and transportation. The telephone kept us connected, the radio kept us informed, and we went from a horse drawn society to a motorized one, all in the span of thirty short years. Marine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Fall Creek Trading Co.] 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.87 CARHarrar, Sarí.
Summary: A guide to easing chronic pain reveals the sources of common conditions from tendinitis and heartburn to fibromyalgia and headaches, identifying conventional remedies for immediate relief while outlining strategies for long-term prevention.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.0472 HARJarrar, Randa
Summary: A gay, Muslim, overweight, Arab-American woman describes her road trip from California to Connecticut to reclaim her autonomy and explore everything she has survived in life, schooling a rest-stop racist and destroying Confederate flags in the desert along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JARRAR, RANDA JARArwas, Victor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.04 ARWBarra, Allen.
Summary: Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between Micky Mantle and Willie Mays, two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 BARArias, Lisa
Summary: Rhyming text teaches young readers how to convert fractions to have common denominators so that the fractions can then be added and subtracted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Educational Media 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 513.2 ARIArmas, Kat
Summary: "Combining personal storytelling with biblical reflection, a Cuban American writer tells the story of unnamed and overlooked theologians-mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters-whose survival, resistance, and persistence teach us the true power of faith and love"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 ARMFarran, Sam
Summary: This gripping and inspiring memoir of heroic strength, courage, survival and commitment to country follows a Lebanese-Muslim-American and 30-year U.S. Marine veteran as he, suffering a six-month ordeal at the hands of a brutal regime in Yemen, remained loyal to America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1984
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Summary: [In this book, the author] draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which - even at its most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 ABRArias, Lisa
Summary: Rhyming text provides an introduction to the concept of fractions, including how to add, subtract, and compare them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Educational Media 2015
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Summary: "How did we all keep in touch before Facebook? If you want to use Facebook for all it's worth, this guide is for you. Here's where former Facebook employees help you set up the perfect profile to find friends and connect with people around the globe. You'll also discover how to set up groups to share interest, schedule events, share photos, promote causes -- and do it all safely. Look inside to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 006.754 CROAbram, Norm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690.837 ABRBlack, Claudia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 2003