Issa, Islam
Summary: An award-winning British-Egyptian writer presents an authoritative history of the first modern city and how it has shaped our modern world, including its role as a global capital of knowledge as well as the site of plagues and violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024
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Summary: "Meet a handful of the men and women that helped shape the early life of Prophet Muhammad. In these pages, you will find his mother, Amina bint Wahb; the women that loved and protected him like their very own, Halimah Sa'diyyah and Barakah (Umm Ayman); and his beloved grandfather Abd al-Muttalib, alongside his uncle Abu Talib. This beautifully illustrated book introduces readers to Prophet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Islamic Foundation 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 297.63 ISLIslam, Tanwi Nandini
Summary: "At once memoir and reckoning, In Sensorium interlaces memories of childhood in the South, Midwest, and New York with a universe of memories and scent--a sensorium--while offering a critical, alternate history of South Asia from a Bangladeshi Muslim femme perspective. At the heart of this work is an interrogation of the ancient violence of caste, rape culture, patriarchy, war, and the inherited...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ISLIsham, Mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE ISHHaslam, Gillian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Color Library Books Ltd. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 HASGillam, Carey
Summary: "The Monsanto Papers is the inside story of Lee Johnson's landmark lawsuit against Monsanto, a David-and-Goliath showdown pitting a dying cancer victim and an eclectic team of young, ambitious lawyers against one of the world's most powerful corporate giants. For Lee, the case was a race against the clock, with doctors predicting he wouldn't survive long enough to take the witness stand. For...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7 GILMalam, John
Summary: A lighthearted look at what building a skyscraper would be like.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 690 MALThomas, Isiah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Masters Press 1989
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 THOAslan, Reza
Summary: "The #1 New York Times best-selling author of Zealot recounts the spellbinding tale of an unrecognized American martyr for democracy. As a student of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton, Howard Baskerville was aflame not only with the gospel of Jesus, but with the Wilsonian gospel that constitutional democracy is the birthright of all nations. Rather than become a small-town minister like his father in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BASKERVILLE, HOWARD ASLBolam, Emily.
Summary: An illustrated, touch-and-feel boardbook that introduces babies and toddlers to colors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams in association with the Isamu Noguchi Foundation 1994
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Summary: Examines the skills needed to become a ninja, including practicing with weapons everyday, listening and not asking questions, and keeping identity secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355 MALMalam, John
Summary: Describes what it would be like to be a ship captain captured by priates during the 1700s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MAL (BASKET)Matar, Hisham
Summary: "After finishing his powerful memoir The Return, Hisham Matar, seeking solace and pleasure, traveled to Siena, Italy. Always finding comfort and clarity in great art, Matar immersed himself in eight significant works from the Sienese School of painting, which flourished from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. Artists whom he had admired throughout his life, such as Duccio and Ambrogio...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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Summary: "In 2012, after the overthrow of Qaddafi, the acclaimed novelist Hisham Matar journeys to his native Libya after an absence of thirty years. When he was twelve, Matar and his family went into political exile. Eight years later Matar's father, a former diplomat and military man turned brave political dissident, was kidnapped from the streets of Cairo by the Libyan government and is believed to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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Summary: Explores humanity's attempts to comprehend the divine by giving it human traits and emotions, and calls for a more expansive understanding of God to develop a more universal spirituality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 211 ASLAslan, Reza.
Summary: Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered through the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 232.901 ASLAslan, Reza.
Summary: Presents the origins and history of Islam, with emphasis on its relation to other religions and the impact that terrorism is having on the current perception of Islam throughout the non-Islamic world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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Summary: In 1865, a plot was launched that promised to destroy a northern city in 1939. Alan Pinkerton, head of the secret service, established a secret society of detectives to discover the plot and foil it. Young Bruce Wayne joins their forces in early 1939, becoming Detective #27.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2011
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Summary: Join Jason as he embarks on a search for the Golden Fleece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 292.1 MALMalam, John
Summary: A light-hearted introduction to the life and training of a Roman gladiator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2000
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Summary: Children reach a deeper understanding of historical peoples by participating in the activities that shaped their lives. This hands-on series lets them discover history with projects, facts, photographs, costumes, and maps. Tested projects reinforce traditional lessons and research. A powerful, graphic style combines with informative, sensitive text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two-Can Pub. 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1988