Summary: With his provocative question, 'why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual?' Raphael Lemkin changed the course of history. An extraordinary testament to one man's perseverance, this examines the life and legacy of the Polish-Jewish lawyer and linguist who coined the term genocide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WATSalzberg, Sharon
Summary: Real Happiness at Work brings the profound benefits of meditation to an area where people could use it most--the workplace. And it's written by one of the world's leading meditation teachers. A follow-up to Real Happiness, the New York Times bestseller, Sharon Salzberg's Real Happiness at Work is a practical guide to improving work life through mindfulness, compassion, and ingenuity. It's about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 SALHelberg, Jacob
Summary: The author, who led Google's internal global product policy efforts to combat disinformation and foreign interference from 2016 to 2020, reveals that spoils of the ongoing cyberwar with certain countries are power over every meaningful aspect of our society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.10285 HELRodriguez, Edel
Summary: "A stunning graphic memoir of a childhood in Cuba, coming to America on the Mariel boatlift, and a defense of democracy, here and there Hailed for his iconic art on the cover of Time and on jumbotrons around the world, Edel Rodriguez is among the most prominent political artists of our age. Now for the first time, he draws his own life, revisiting his childhood in Cuba and his family's passage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RODRIGUEZ, EDEL RODEmet, Joseph
Summary: Positive psychology's primary focus is on what makes people happy. Emet believes that this field of inquiry can find its roots in the age-old wisdom of Buddhism. He shows readers how to replace negative thinking with positive thinking, in order to fulfill the duty we have to others to live a happy life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee, LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 294.3 EMEBelzer, Richard.
Summary: A year after the disappearance and commencement of the international search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, no sign of the plane has been found; no debris, no bodies, no sign of the black box. Richard Belzer, George Noory, and David Wayne want to know why. Scrutinizing the theories the media and politicians claim are most likely reasons the plane crashed, Belzer, Noory, and Wayne argue that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishling 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629 BELSalzberg, Sharon
Summary: "SHARON SALZBERG, one of the world's most renowned and beloved meditation teachers, distills the wisdom that's come from decades of helping people navigate the daily challenges of life into this true gift of a book. On every page, discover inspiration for you next step, and then the step after, no matter where your path is taking you. Here are reflections to help you shift perspective. Prompts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Psy SalzbergSalzberg, Sharon.
Summary: Renowned author and spiritual teacher Sharon Salzberg co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in 1975, a Buddhist organization and retreat center. Here, Salzberg offers nearly twenty guided mediations developed specifically for beginners and experts.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 294.3 SALEden, Donna.
Summary: An exploration of the techniques of energy medicine, detailing eight major energy systems, including the meridians, the chakras, the aura, the Celtic weave, the basic grid, the five rhythms, the triple warmer, and the strange flows; and showing how to apply the energies to conquer the illnesses and stresses that affect health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Alt EdenEden, Maxwell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.133 EDEEger, Edith Eva
Summary: Edith Eger was sixteen years old when the Nazis came to her hometown in Hungary and took her Jewish family to an internment center and then to Auschwitz. Her parents were sent to the gas chamber by Joseph Mengele soon after they arrived at the camp. Hours later Mengele demanded that Edie dance a waltz to 'The Blue Danube' and rewarded her with a loaf of bread that she shared with her fellow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EGER, EDITH EVA EGEEger, Edith Eva
Summary: The author draws on her experiences as a Holocaust survivor, as well as the lives of her patients, to offer practical, uplifting advice about how to recognize and stop destructive, self-sabotaging patterns to find freedom and greater life fulfillment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 EGECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help EgerSalzberg, Kathy.
Summary: From the Publisher: Do you love animals? Have you ever dreamed of making them your life's work? Could you see yourself as a groomer, dog walker, pet sitter, or obedience trainer? This comprehensive guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow your own home-based pet care business. You'll get practical, real-world advice on every aspect of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.0887 SALSalzberg, Sharon
Summary: A complete guide to starting and maintaining a meditation practice. Beginning with the simplest breathing and sitting techniques, and based on three key skills--concentration, mindfulness, and lovingkindness--it's a practice that can transform lives by building greater resiliency, creativity, peace, clarity, and balance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2019
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Summary: "We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis: -More than one in six American adults now take psychiatric medication. -The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease is expected to triple by 2050. -Depression is now the number one cause of disability in the world. -The COVID-19 pandemic has quadrupled reports of anxiety and depression. Although medications may ease suffering for some, in Change...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balance 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Portrait of the relationship between two eccentric recluses, Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown daughter, Little Edie. The aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis feed their cats and raccoons and talk about their past behind the walls of their East Hampton mansion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC GREEder, Mari K.
Summary: "The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line takes you inside the lives and experiences of 15 unknown women heroes from the Greatest Generation, the women who served, fought, struggled, and made things happen during WWII-in and out of uniform, for theirs is a legacy destined to embolden generations of women to come. Liane B. Russell fled Austria with nothing and later became a renowned U.S. scientist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 EDEEder, Mari K.
Summary: "From corsets to crime fighting , Mae Foley challenged the patriarchal status quo by not only juggling family life, but also by forming the first female auxiliary police force in the City That Never Sleeps. After the 19th Amendment passed in 1920, Foley galvanized 2,000 women to join her "Masher Squad" and eventually became one of the first sworn officers with the NYPD. The "Masher Squad"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 EDEMellberg, William F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plymouth Press, Ltd. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 MELSher, Eden
Summary: All her life, Eden Sher has suffered from dyscommunicatia (n. the inability to articulate a feeling through words.). Then, one day, she decided that, whenever she had an emotion for which she had no word, she would make one up. The result of this is The Emotionary, which lives at the intersection of incredibly funny and very useful. Chock full of words you always wanted/never knew you needed,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Y 302.2 SHECollinsworth, Eden
Summary: On a quest to understand morality's place in modern culture, Eden Collinsworth taps a wide variety of impressive authorities, from authors and CEOs to scientists and pop stars. Media executive and business consultant Eden Collinsworth investigates the surprisingly complex foundations of contemporary morality. From repentant murderers to corporate whistle-blowers, from the boardroom of Ashley...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 COLEden, Dorothy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan 1971
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EDEGrinshpan, Eden
Summary: Presents a collection of one hundred Middle Eastern recipes which combine traditional and healthful ingredients in innovative ways for dishes which can be eaten either at meal times or throughout the day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5956 GRISummary: At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele (The Angel of Death), forced her to dance for his amusement. This dance saved her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021