Milton, John
Summary: "This Norton Critical Edition is designed to make Paradise Lost accessible for student readers, providing invaluable contextual and biographical information and the tools students need to think critically about this landmark epic. Gordon Teskey's freshly edited text of Milton's masterpiece is accompanied by a new introduction and substantial explanatory annotations. Spelling and punctuation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.4 MILFeiler, Bruce S.
Summary: The PBS host and best-selling author of Walking the Bible and Abraham presents a revelatory account of Adam and Eve's symbolism as central figures in Western imagination and their role in shaping humanity's deepest feelings about relationships, family and togetherness. --Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 222 FEIYolen, Jane
Summary: "In the Garden of Eden, God buried the vegetables and put the fruits where they could be seen. Wanting easy picking, the caretakers of the Garden listen to the snake, pick the apples, and suffer the consequences"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Stephen Greenblatt explores the enduring story of humanity's first parents. Tracking the tale into the deep past, Greenblatt uncovers the tremendous theological, artistic, and cultural investment over centuries that made these fictional figures so profoundly resonant in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim worlds and, finally, so very 'real' to millions of people even in the present.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 233 GRERay, Jane.
Summary: Retelling of the creation of man and how Adam and Eve came to leave the Garden of Eden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 222.11 RAYSummary: In "The story of Flibber-o-loo," the parable of the Good Samaritan is brought to life. Through rhyme and song, kids learn that loving your neighbor means helping those in need-- even if they don't live next door! In" Rack, Shack & Benny," Nebby K. Nezzer builds a 90-foot chocolate bunny and three guys named Rack, Shack and Benny learn just how risky it can be to stand up for your beliefs. "Josh...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Wonder 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV VEGUlanov, Ann Belford.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 221.922 ULAMcCarthy, Michael
Summary: A retelling in verse of the story of Daniel, who is unharmed while imprisoned in a den of hungry lions because of his unswerving faith in God.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 224 McCarLeonard, C. J.
Summary: The Bible story of Noah's Ark is told in a simple but exciting style in this elegant, beautifully illustrated board book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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Summary: "After four-year-old Asenath's mother is murdered by Egypt's foreign rulers, the child is raised to be a priestess by her overprotective father -- high priest of Egypt's sun god. For fifteen years, Asenath is sequestered in the upper levels of Ra's temple, convinced it is her destiny to heal the land by becoming queen to the next Egyptian pharaoh. But when Egypt's foreign king instead gives her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction AndrewsAndrews, Mesu
Summary: "Before she is Potiphar's wife, Zuleika is the daughter of a king and the wife of a prince. She rules the isle of Crete alongside her mother in the absence of their seafaring husbands. But when tragedy nearly destroys Crete, Zuleika must sacrifice her future to save the Minoan people she loves. Zuleika's father believes his robust trade with Egypt will ensure Pharaoh's obligation to marry his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction AndrewsThoms, Susan Collins.
Summary: Retells the story of how Noah and his family built an ark, saved two of every animal, and survived the flood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2012
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Summary: A Jewish mother preparing for Passover tells her young children, the story of Miriam, the Biblical woman who prophesied the birth of Moses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1998
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Part 2 examines the biblical answers to the fundamental human questions and then traces their influence on the Western mind. This second section witnesses the transformation of philosophy from a monothetic search for explanations to a spiritual quest for meaning and understanding informed by a profound fideism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREPinkney, Jerry.
Summary: Retells the biblical story of the great flood and how Noah and his family faithfully responded to God's call to save life on earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SeaStar Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PINPunter, Russell
Summary: The age-old Bible story of Noah's Ark is charmingly retold for a very young audience in this brand new board book. Follow Noah and his family as they build the ark. Then watch all the animals climb safely aboard, two by two, before the rain sets in. Forty days and nights later, everyone is safe and sound in new land.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD PUNSully, Katherine
Summary: Retells the Bible story of Daniel and his encounter with the lions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: QEB Publishing, Inc. 2015
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Summary: For over 30 years, the LEGO minifigures have make is possible for children to populate their LEGO worlds with a diverse cast of characters. Learn fascinating facts, learn how minifigures are made, and see fans' customized minifigures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2012
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Summary: "A New York Times bestselling Biblical scholar reveals why our popular understanding of the Apocalypse is all wrong-and why that matters. You'll find nearly everything the Bible has to say about the end in the Book of Revelation: a mystifying prophecy filled with bizarre symbolism, violent imagery, mangled syntax, confounding contradictions, and very firm ideas about the horrors that await us...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 236 EHRVienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Summary: Tragic events take place in the court of Herod where the beautiful, young Salome demands the head of John the Baptist after seducing Herod with the "Dance of the seven veils."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2007
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Summary: "A simple board book that introduces little ones to the concept of metaphor."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Pub. 2004