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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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FARRAN, SAM FARHarris, Sam
Summary: In this short book, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz invite you to join an urgently needed conversation: Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem drawn to extremism? What do words like Islamism, jihadism, and fundamentalism mean in today's world? Remarkable for the breadth and depth of its analysis, this dialogue between a famous atheist and a former...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 HARHarris, Sam
Summary: A guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology considers how to learn from the examples of religious sages and saints from a secular and philosophical perspective without formally committing to religion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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Summary: The author argues that free will is an illusion, but that this does not undermine morality or lessen the importance of social and political freedom, but it should change the way people think about important questions in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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Summary: "A dozen of the best conversations from the podcast Making Sense, on topics that range from the nature of consciousness and free will, to politics and extremism, to acting ethically"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 HARHarris, Sam
Summary: Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith--that a moral system cannot be based on science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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Summary: The 10th anniversary edition of Reclaiming Our Democracy once again brings to the fore a unique vision to meet this crisis: ordinary people taking extraordinary action, becoming citizen leaders in order to create a democracy "as if people mattered." The story is told through the inspiring action of RESULTS, an international grassroots citizens' lobby committed to healing the break between...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Camino Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.4 DALHarris, Adam
Summary: Presents a definitive chronicle of the pervasiveness of racial inequality in American higher education, weaving through the legal, social, and political obstacles erected to block equitable education in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379.2 HARMorris, Adam
Summary: Mania surrounding messianic prophets has defined the national consciousness since the American Revolution. From Civil War veteran and virulent anticapitalist Cyrus Teed, to the dapper and overlooked civil rights pioneer Father Divine, to the megalomaniacal Jim Jones, these figures have routinely been dismissed as dangerous and hysterical outliers. After years of studying these emblematic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 206 MORLam, Kam Chuen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Journey Editions 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 LAMLam, Kam Chuen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3372 LAMDaynes, Katie
Summary: "Enter Christine Pym's adorable bug world and discover the importance of taking turns, being fair and sharing our planet with all living things. There's plenty to talk about and be inspired by"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Celebrate singing and songwriting with Beyoncé and Blue Ivy. Save frontline soldiers with Marie Curie and Irene Joliot-Curie. And swim across the English Channel with Leena and Bhakti Sharma. 'Rebel Girls Powerful Pairs' showcases many of the wonderful ways mothers and daughters work together to make the world a better, healthier, and more vibrant place"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rebel Girls, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REBFarris, Grace
Summary: "Beginning with one-day-old mom, who may feel like she is learning a new language, 'Mom Milestones' is a love letter to the myriad ways moms grow and adapt to motherhood."--Page 2 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing Co., Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 FARSummary: Seamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this immersive account by Stuart Cooper of one twenty-year-old's journey from basic training to the front lines of D-day brings to life all the terrors and isolation of war with jolting authenticity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The river Nile gave birth to one of history's great civilizations. Through the centuries, the ancient Egyptians created and constructed the most glorius monuments the world has ever seen"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EGYFarris, Jerri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Pub. International 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FARFarris, Jerri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Pub. International 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 FARFarris, Jerri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Pub. International 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633 CompleteFarris, Jerri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Publishing International 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 FARHitchens, Christopher
Summary: "At the dawn of the new atheist movement, the thinkers who became known as "the four horsemen," the heralds of religion's unravelling--Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett--sat down over cocktails for a filmed discussion. The video of the enthralling, path breaking evening that followed was released on YouTube and soon went viral. This is intellectual inquiry at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 211 HITFaris, Stephan.
Summary: While reporting from Darfur, journalist Faris discovered that climate change was at the root of that conflict, and began to wonder what current and impending--and largely unanticipated--crises such changes have in store for the world. Here, he provides some answers. Global warming will spur the spread of many diseases. The warming world will shift huge populations and potentially redraw...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.25 FARBarris, Chuck.
Summary: The creator of The Gong Show, The Dating Game, and other television game shows describes his career and shares a tongue-in-cheek glimpse of his personal life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2002