Eid, Kassem
Summary: Kassem Eid survived arrest in al-Assad's regime, a chemical weapons attack that shocked the world, and the siege of a city where he fought with the Syrian rebel army. This is his story--a unique and powerfully moving testimony for our times, with a foreword by Janine di Giovanni. On August 21, 2013, Kassem Eid nearly died in a sarin gas attack in the town of Moadamiya. At least 1,500 people...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EID, KASSEM EIDAusten, Amy
Summary: This book takes readers on a dive to explore the amazing underwater habitats and landforms of Earths oceans. Readers will take a journey from the deepest part of the oceanthe Mariana Trenchto the Mid-Ocean Ridge. Theyll explore colorful coral reefs, and learn how they form. Photographs and diagrams help illustrate important earth science facts and concepts, and truly transport the reader to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.4 AUSRosen, Amy
Summary: "In the Jewish culture, as in many others, bubbes, saftas and nanas are the matriarchs of the kitchen and thus the rulers of the roost. They are culinary giants in quilted polyester muumuus and silk slippers who know how to make the Semitic linchpins cherished from childhood--the kugel, the gefilte fish, the matzah ball soup and the crispy-skinned roasted chicken. They all have their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Appetite by Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5676 ROSPoumpouras, Evy
Summary: "Former Secret Service agent and star of Bravo's Spy Games Evy Poumpouras shares lessons learned from protecting presidents, as well insights and skills from the oldest and most elite security force in the world to help you prepare for stressful situations, instantly read people, influence how you are perceived, and live a more fearless life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 POURosten, Leo
Summary: An updated version of the informal dictionary which offers the history and folklore behind Yiddish and Hebrew words as well as literal translations adds information on linguistic and cultural changes since Rosten's day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 422.4391 ROSRosten, Leo
Summary: More than a quarter of a century ago, Leo Rosten published the first comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish. With the recent renaissance of interest in Yiddish, and in keeping with a language that embodies the variety and vibrancy of life itself, this book brings Leo Rosten's masterful work up to date.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 422.4391 ROSRosten, Leo Calvin
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296 ROSFassett, Kaffe.
Summary: "Kaffee Fassett presents 24 quilt projects made with his solid-colored cotton fabrics and striped cotton fabrics"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 FASFassett, Kaffe.
Summary: Kaffe Fassett takes 20 of his favorite quilt blocks and recreates them in fresh new colors from Rowan fabrics. Photographed in a simple village in the heart of rural Bulgaria, the quilts present a stunning array of color contrasts, harmonies, and shapes, giving quilters the chance to see a master colorist and his team of designers at work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 FASEby, Margaret
Summary: "A literary travelogue that ventures deep into the heart of classic Southern literature. As the writer Elif Batuman did for Russian literature in The Possessed, Margaret Eby does for Southern literature in this charming book of literary exploration. From Mississippi (William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, Barry Hannah) to Alabama (Harper Lee, Truman Capote) to Georgia (Flannery...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810 EBYMassih, Edy
Summary: With personal anecdotes, stunning photos of food and lovingly preserved family pictures, the beloved chef and owner of Edy's Grocer shares 115+ recipes for traditional Lebanese fare with a modern twist-and that are dedicated to the women in his life who shaped Edy along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Hidden behind the high walls surrounding Buckingham Palace is one of London's most beautiful gardens, the venue for a busy calendar of royal events, including the much-loved tradition of The Queen's Garden Party. Award-winning photographer John Campbell has spent a year taking pictures of that garden for this richly illustrated book, revealing the changes that occur through the seasons, as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Royal Collection Trust 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.6 MASROSTEN, LEO CALVIN
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1963
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Contents: Prologue: The Battle of Maldon -- King Olaf Trygvesson --Thorgeir the Lawspeaker --- Queen Sigrid the Strong-Minded -- Svein Forkbeard versus Ethelred the Unready -- Armageddon at sea -- Al Mansour, the Avenging Moor -- Little Sancho and Sancho the Great -- Forty thousand horsemen of the Apocalpse -- Vajk the Saint -- Gerbert the Wizard --Theophano, almost purple-born -- Otto the Dreamer --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 RESKesten, Deborah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conari Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3001 KESAki, Evi
Summary: In Flavors of Africa, Evi Aki shares the traditional Nigerian dishes she grew up enjoying, as well as typical eats from all across the continent. She introduces customary recipes from each of Africa's different regions, including meals from Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, Egypt, Angola and more, all of which she collected with the help of relatives and family friends. Whether...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishng Co. 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.596 AKILippincott, Kristen
Contents: Times / by Umberto Eco -- From observation to record : astronomy in prehistory and the early civilizations / by John North -- Principles and uses of calendars / by Silke Ackermann -- Mesoamerican and Andean timekeeping and calendars / by Anthony Aveni -- Time and space in Islam / by David A. King -- Cyclical and linear concepts of time in China / by Michael Loewe -- Cycles, seasons and stages...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Merrell Holberton 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: C. Potter 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 FassettFassett, Kaffe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Pressv 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 FASNesseth, Nina
Summary: "Nightmare Fuel by Nina Nesseth is a pop-science look at fear, how and why horror films get under our skin, and why we keep coming back for more. Do you like scary movies? Have you ever wondered why? Nina Nesseth knows what scares you. She also knows why. In Nightmare Fuel, Nesseth explores the strange and often unexpected science of fear through the lenses of psychology and physiology. How do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nightfire 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 NESEly, Joe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1977
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY ELYEly, Leanne.
Summary: Dinner menus for each season, categorized shopping lists, and make-ahead tips enhance simple yet tasty recipes for vegetarian dishes, including shepherd's pie with lentils, tofu spinach lasagna, and stuffed peppers with couscous.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: food Veg ElyEly, Joe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY ELYShipley, Ely
Summary: A new cross-genre collection that engages historical and personal explorations of gender and self. Aligned with queer theories of temporality, fragments of memoir rub against the language of psychiatric and medical regimes at the site of a body that does not conform to a gender binary. Some Animal draws out dream-like and supernatural resonances between the literature of pathology and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nightboat Books 2018