Richter, Sandra L.
Summary: "Sandra L. Richter cares about the Bible and the environment. Using her expertise in ancient Israelite society as well as in biblical theology, she walks readers through biblical passages, showing how significant environmental theology is in the Bible's witness and sharing case studies connecting modern day examples and Scripture. She then calls Christians to apply that message to today's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Academic 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.8 RICHolcomb, Justin S.
Summary: God Made Every Part of You! It's easy to convey the message to children that their bodies or particular parts of their bodies are shameful. This misconception fuels confusion, embarrassment, and secrecy, and often prevents children from recognizing or reporting sexual abuse. God Made All of Me is a simply-told, beautifully-illustrated story to help families talk about these sensitive issues...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Growth Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 248.8 HolSummary: "The human body is amazing! There are so many things to learn about it: How strong is hair? Does step length correlate with height? What does handedness mean? In this title presented by Scientific American, young scientists test these questions, among many others. Each experiment begins with an introduction to the scientific concept that will be tested. Then, materials, set up, and execution...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scientific American Educational Publishing, an imprint of Rosen Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.0078 HUMSummary: Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds, worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. Seed: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94 percent of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SEESummary: Former Vice President Al Gore presents evidence that the negative effects of global warming have increased since the release of the film "An inconvenient truth" a decade earlier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INCCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE INCGulley, Philip.
Summary: While many denominations claim to be growing, the largest group in American religious life is the disillusioned--people who have been involved in the church yet see few similarities between the church's life and the person of Jesus. In the midst of elaborate programming, professional worship teams, and political crusades, they ask, "Is this really what Jesus called us to do?" While the church...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.1 GULLake, Osprey Orielle
Summary: "A dominant, human-centered worldview has brought us to the brink of social, ecological, and climate collapse. Braiding poetic storytelling, deep cultural and climate justice analyses, and knowledge of Earth-centered cultures, The Story is in Our Bones opens a portal to restoration and justice beyond the end of a world."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2024
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Summary: "When you walk in the woods, do you use all five senses to explore your surroundings? For most of us, the answer is no--but when we do engage all our senses, a walk in the woods can go from pleasant to immersive and restorative. Forest Walking teaches you how to get the most out of your next adventure by becoming a forest detective, decoding nature's signs and awakening to the ancient past and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 582.16 WOHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Nat WhollebenCaduto, Michael J.
Summary: The focus in this book is on the special relationship between native peoples and wildlife.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fulcrum Pub. 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 CADFeiler, 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 Non-fiction, Call number: 221 FEICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 222 FEIKelly, Suzanne
Summary: "We once disposed of our dead in earth-friendly ways--no chemicals, biodegradable containers, dust to dust. But over the last 150 years death care has become a toxic, polluting, and alienating industry in the United States. Today, people are slowly waking up to the possibility of more sustainable and less disaffecting death care, reclaiming old practices in new ways, in a new age. Greening...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393 KELBrittany Ann
Summary: Where is God leading you next? In a conversation or your next decision? Don’t simply guess and hope you’re right. Let Follow God’s Will teach you how to confidently hear God’s voice, understand His Word, and determine His will for yourself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Esther Press 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 241 BRIEhrman, Bart D.
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 EHRMartin, Charles
Summary: "Writing as our guide, Martin uses a storyteller's imagination to illuminate key moments from the Scriptures, primarily from the life and ministry of Jesus. In addition, Martin shares key moments from his own life journey as a disciple--and bondservant--of Christ and a mentor to others. The result is a striking exploration of truth that helps us not just think differently, but live differently....
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 230 MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Rel MartinHill, Tessa
Summary: "This book follows nine different places in the ocean, from close and accessible to remote and forbidding: tidepools, coral reefs, shellfish farms, kelp forests, a fishing area in the North Atlantic, remote islands of the Pacific, the North Pacific Garbage Patch, the deep sea, and finally the Arctic and Antarctic poles. In each place, the authors delve into the science of how we understand the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2024
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Summary: Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, and joyful homemakers--pervades North American Christianity. From choices about careers to roles in local churches to relationship dynamics, this belief shapes the everyday lives of evangelical women. Yet biblical womanhood isn't biblical, says Baylor University historian Beth Allison Barr. It arose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2021
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Summary: "Being Human is history made flesh. It will change the way you see the world. We are a wonder of evolution. Powerful yet dextrous, instinctive yet thoughtful, we are expert communicators and innovators. Our exceptional abilities have created the civilisation we know today. But we're also deeply flawed. Our bodies break, choke and fail, whether we're kings or peasants. Diseases thwart our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Bodley Head 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 DARHamer, Marc
Summary: "From the beloved author of How to Catch a Mole and Seed to Dust comes a highly original memoir of childhood, old age, and the restorative power of the garden. In this restorative little book, best enjoyed in a single sitting under a tree, an adventurous young boy who traveled the world in his mind meets the old man he becomes, and together they build a new garden from a neglected plot behind...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2023
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Summary: "Our God introduces children to the some of the many ways the Lord is described in the Bible-as our rock, the bread of life, the bright morning star, and more, as they also learn basic shapes in this creative and colorful book"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BRDParker, Victoria.
Summary: The Discovering the Bible series provides an informative and accessible means of finding out why the Bible remains so important. Each story is accompanied by an information panel, illustrations and maps of where these events took place. This title continues the story of the time Jesus spent in Galilee. It mixes Jesus' biographical details from the Bible, such as the story of Lazarus, Jesus and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lorenz 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 225 PARSummary: An illustrated notebook of definitions, diagrams, key concepts, and mnemonic devices geared to help middle school students learn science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: 500 GEI1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 500 GEI
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 500 GEIMilton, 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 MILParker, Steve
Summary: Explores the diverse systems of the human body and their functions, the major organs, and how the different parts of the body work together. Reveal the inner workings of the human body with this illustrated atlas. An exciting visual guide that maps the entire human body-- inside and out. Find out what happens to food after you swallow it, how each beat of your heart pumps blood around your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020