Summary: "Thrilling short stories featuring fan favorite characters from the beloved High Republic series each written by a New York Times bestselling author. The High Republic authors share unmissable short stories that bridge Phases, resolve mysteries, and offer tantalizing hints of what is to come. Rejoin the adventures of the Jedi and Padawans, Pathfinders and Path members, heroes and villains...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Lucasfilm Press, an imprint of Buena Vista Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TALSilva, Daniel
Summary: Recalled to service in Israel after terrorists steal secrets about his past, art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon finds himself stalking an elusive master terrorist in a deadly cat-and-mouse game.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SILShehadeh, Raja
Summary: "A moving account of one man's border crossings-both literal and figurative-by the award-winning author of Palestinian Walks, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Six Day War In what has become a classic of Middle Eastern literature, Raja Shehadeh, in Palestinian Walks, wrote of his treks through the hills surrounding Ramallah over a period of three decades under Israel's occupation. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Kent, Lindsay.
Summary: "Join heroic Han Solo as he makes great friends--and some powerful enemies!"--p. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE KENSummary: "Along with the ordinary soldiers, civilians, and kibbutzniks who contributed to the independence movement, notable dignitaries share their most personal anecdotes about this remarkable moment in history," the establishment of the Jewish state.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 956.94 LEVSummary: "As the epic second season begins the fight to save humanity rages on even as civil war looms within the fleet between the followers of President Roslin and Commander Adama."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATHarman, Alice
Summary: The accepted definition of animal cruelty may differ between cultures and even between individual people. Some people may not mind eating meat, no matter where it came from, but think keeping animals in zoos in cruel. Others may abstain from eating meat or using animal products altogether. In addition, many animal-focused businesses make people a lot of money. How should young people decide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 179 HARPatrikarakos, David
Summary: "War in 140 Characters examines the role of social media and other forms of 'new media' in changing the face of modern warfare. War is, more than ever, a clash of narratives--with each state/party fighting to control the spread of information and project their narrative to the outside world. Social media has shattered traditional hierarchies between the state and its citizens, enabling the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 PATDershowitz, Alan M.
Summary: One of America's leading attorneys offers an impassioned defense of the state of Israel, arguing that, although the country is not perfect, it remains the only outpost of democracy in the Middle East, answering critics who accuse Israel of being an imperialist power and documenting the facts about the nature of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 DERDanon, Danny.
Summary: Outlines a plan for Israel's future, arguing against any acquiescence to U.S. foreign policy and discussing such topics as the "two state/one state" stalemate, nationalism, and the potential for severing the bond between Israel and the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.053 DANSummary: Bill Nye illustrates how various types of transportation utilize friction, from traction in trains and the "roll" of ball bearings in skateboards and automobiles, to the lack of friction in a hovercraft.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILDerovan, David Jay.
Summary: "This book explores the cultures across Israel. Learn about the people, lifestyles, food, politics, music, dance, religion, language, arts, architecture, education, sports and so on, and how they affect the culture of the Israel"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place Cult DerovanTolan, Sandy
Summary: "In 1967, Bashir Khairi, a twenty-five-year-old Palestinian, journeyed to Israel with the goal of seeing the beloved stone house with the lemon tree behind it that he and his family had fled nineteen years earlier. To his surprise, when he found the househe was greeted by Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, a nineteen-year-old Israeli college student, whose family left fled Europe for Israel following the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 TOLSummary: This is a dual narrative of Israeli and Palestinian history, where readers can track each against the other, noting both where they differ as well as where they correspond. This format reveals surprising juxtapositions and allows readers to consider and process the very different viewpoints and logic of each side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.9405 SIDShavit, Ari
Summary: "Drawing on historical documents, interviews, and private diaries and letters, as well as his own family's story, My Promised Land is a riveting narrative that is larger than the sum of its parts: both personal and profound historical dimensions. As Ar Shavit examines the complexities and contradictions of the Israeli condition, he asks difficult but important questions: why did Israel come to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.05 SHASummary: Simone Bitton, a Jewish woman born in Morocco who identifies with both Arab and Jewish cultures, examines the personal, cultural, and monetary costs of the Israeli West Bank Barrier, a wall being built to separate Israelis and Palestinians.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Life Size Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WALSherman-Friedman, Tohar
Summary: "A coming-of-age graphic memoir set in the West Bank, depicting the reality of growing up in a region split by religious tensions-and sometimes violent conflict. From political protests to personal struggles with school, body image, and relationships with family and friends, Tohar Sherman-Friedman's life is an inspiring story of conflicting convictions, rebellion, and personal growth. Tohar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Mundi, an imprint of The Pennsylvania State University Press 2024
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Summary: Finn has to find a home for an adorable, yet mischievous creature before Captain Phasma kicks them both into space, and K-2SO has to begrudingly skip an attack to babysit three Wookie children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STAWilliams, Emma.
Summary: In August, 2000, Emma Williams arrived with her three small children in Jerusalem to join her husband and to work as a doctor. A month later, the Palestinian intifada erupted. For the next three years, she was to witness an astonishing series of events in which hundreds of thousands of lives, including her own, were turned upside down. Williams lived on the very border of East and West...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Branch Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIAMS, EMMA WILDerfner, Larry
Summary: No Country for Jewish Liberals is Larry Derfner’s personal and political story of life in contemporary Israel, describing how an American Jewish emigrant and his adopted country grew apart. Taking readers from his boyhood in Los Angeles as the son of Holocaust escapees, through his coming of age amidst the upheavals of 1960s America, to his move to Israel and controversial career in journalism,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Just World Books, an imprint of Just World Publishing, LLC 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 DERTolan, Sandy.
Summary: Describes how a simple act of faith and the relationship between two families--one Israeli, one Palestinian--represents a personal microcosm of decades of Israeli-Palestinian history and symbolizes the hope for peace in the Middle East.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 956.94 TOLHill, Marc Lamont
Summary: "In this major work of daring criticism and analysis, scholar and political commentator Marc Lamont Hill and Israel-Palestine expert Mitchell Plitnick spotlight how one-sided pro-Israel policies reflect the truth-bending grip of authoritarianism on both Israel and the United States. Except for Palestine argues that progressives and liberals who oppose regressive policies on immigration, racial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Sokatch, Daniel
Summary: "From the expert who understands both sides of one of the world's most complex, controversial conflicts, a modern-day Guide for the Perplexed -- a primer on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian issue." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2021