Biale, David
Summary: This is the first comprehensive history of the pietistic movement that shaped modern Judaism. The book's unique blend of intellectual, religious, and social history offers perspectives on the movement's leaders as well as its followers, and demonstrates that, far from being a throwback to the Middle Ages, Hasidism is a product of modernity that forged its identity as a radical alternative to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296 BIADavis, Burke.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rinehart 1959
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.738 DAVDavis, Burke.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 DAVHari, Daoud.
Summary: This is a harrowing memoir of how one person has made a difference: Daoud Hari helped inform the world about the genocide in Darfur. Hari, a Zaghawa tribesman, grew up in a village in the Darfur region of Sudan. In 2003, traditional life was shattered when government-backed militias attacked Darfur's villages with helicopters and on horseback, raping and murdering citizens and burning villages....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 962.404 HARByrne, David
Summary: Since the early 1980s, renowned musician and visual artist David Byrne has been riding a bike as his principal means of transportation in New York City. Two decades ago, he discovered folding bikes and started taking them with him when traveling around the world. This book chronicles Byrne's observations and insights--what he is seeing, whom he is meeting, what he is thinking about--as he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.6 BYRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.64 BYRBird, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder & Stoughton Educational 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795.415 BIRBlake, William
Summary: This single volume contains all of Blake's illuminated books, reproduced from the best available originals. It is published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Tate Gallery in the autumn of 2000.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson in association with the William Blake Trust 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.7 BLASummary: The film features David Byrne, and blends riveting onstage performances with intimate details of the creative collaborations that make the music and performance happen. Includes behind-the-scenes auditions, rehearsals, and interviews. Tracks: Once in a Lifetime; Life is Long; I Zimbra; Road to Nowhere; One Fine Day; The Great Curve; My Big Nurse; Burning Down the House; Houses in Motion; Air;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eagle Vision 2010
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC DAVSummary: In the month of Kislev: A rich, arrogant merchant takes the family of a poor peddler to court and learns a lesson about the meaning of Hanukkah. The night before Christmas: The story of Santa's visit on a snowy Christmas Eve. Seven candles for Kwanzaa: For each new day of Kwanzaa, a new candle is lit and children and adults share their thoughts, songs, stories from the past and dreams about the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WINFrayn, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.914 FRASummary: In 1957, Rogosin travelled to South Africa and created a powerfully, moving drama exposing the harsh reality of life under the system apartheid. Filmed secretly under the noses of the feared South African police, Rogosin, his crew, and cast risked arrest and deportation. Miriam Makeba was banned from her country after travelling to Venice for the movie's premiere. The scenes shot in the vibrant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA COMHume, David
Contents: Book 1. Of the understanding.--Book 2. Of the passions.--Book 3. Of morals.--Abstract of the treatise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Merchant Press 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 192 HUMSummary: How does your brain create your reality? Are you in control, or is your brain controlling you? Discover the surprising answers based on the latest research in this journey into the human brain with neuroscientist Heather Berlin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV YOUSummary: Text and computer-generated illustrations present information about all the major types of dinosaurs as well as ancient fish, other prehistoric reptiles in the air or water, and early mammals. Includes fact-file sidebars and information about the latest fossil finds and breakthrough theories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 HILSierakowiak, Dawid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 SIEOvid
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Publisher / Publication Date: Indiana University Press 1957
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 873.01 OVIBierce, Ambrose
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Georgia Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423 BIEBreathed, Berke.
Summary: "A Bloom County book."Selections from the author's comic strip, Bloom County.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1986
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BRESummary: Don't know who Tom Shadyac is? As a writer and a director, Shadyac first unleashed Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor remake on the world, and then a string of film fiascoes, but that's all behind him now. A bike accident left him with a host of debilitating maladies and brought him to the verge of suicide, so he took stock of his life and set out on a quest to answer some of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shady Acres, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc ISummary: The Whiskers, a remarkable family of meerkats living on the edge of Africa's Kalahari Desert, face a new set of challenges, including: rivalries, moving and an ever growing family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Communications, Inc. 2003