Goldbloom, Goldie
Summary: Through one woman's life at a moment of surprising change, the award-winning author Goldie Goldbloom tells a deeply affecting, morally insightful story and offers a rare look inside Brooklyn's Chasidic community. In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, just a block or two up from the East River on Division Avenue, Surie Eckstein is soon to be a great-grandmother. Her ten children range in age from thirteen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOLBerliner, Felicia
Summary: "An arranged marriage is expected for Raizl, but she's not like the other young women in her Hasidic sect in Brooklyn. Raizl has a college scholarship to study accounting, a part-time job that supports her family, and a hidden computer making it all possible. That's where she finds the porn, through the slippery slope of an innocent Google search. As Raizl dives deeper into the world of porn at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERRagen, Naomi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RAGKellerman, Faye.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time Warner AudioBooks 2002
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KelleDahl, Julia
Summary: "Just months after Rebekah Roberts was born, her mother, an Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn, abandoned her Christian boyfriend and newborn baby to return to her religion. Neither Rebekah nor her father have heard from her since. Now a recent college graduate, Rebekah has moved to New York City to follow her dream of becoming a big-city reporter. But she's also drawn to the idea of being closer to her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY DAHKellerman, Faye.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS KELFinn, A. J.
Summary: Invited by a reclusive mystery novelist to help draft his life story, a longtime correspondent and detective fiction expert finds herself in a real whodunnit when she learns the writer's first wife and son mysteriously vanished.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: Yogev Ben-Ari has been sent to St. Petersburg by the Mossad, ostensibly to network and set up business connections. His life is solitary, ordered, and lonely―until he meets Anna. Neither is quite what they seem to be, but while her identity may be mysterious, there is no doubt about the love they feel for each other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Overlook Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENGutman, Dan
Summary: "After noticing that A.J. and his friends' geography knowledge could use some work, Mr. Cooper invites to class just the person to help. Globetrotter Mrs. Barr speaks seven languages and has visited nearly two hundred countries! But why does she carry a suitcase everywhere she goes? And why does she open a window whenever she walks into a room? Perhaps Mrs. Barr has something to hide"--Provided...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GUTHeikkilä, Cecilia
Summary: Grandpa and Little Bear share a dream to visit Faraway Valley -- a special, hard-to-find place full of wild and wonderful creatures, a place where the air smells of pine needles, a place they've only seen on a postcard. The determined pair study maps, read books and practice camping to prepare for their adventure, then set sail for the long journey. But when they arrive in the north, they find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HEISummary: The world famous thief, Carmen Sandiego, plays an intricate game of cat and mouse with teen ACME detectives, Zack and Ivy. Based on the award-winning line of educational computer games, the energizing series is rich in both excitement and education as Carmen Sandiego attempts to steal the most valuable objects in the world. It's up to the detectives and the audience to figure out where in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cookie Jar 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WHEYolen, Jane
Summary: "Under Grandpa's watchful eye, the kids are thrilled to discover that the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and windswept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem. Are the children the first to fathom this huge secret, or does Grandpa have a secret of his own?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flashlight Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOLSummary: Kong, Skull Island: When a scientific expedition to an uncharted island awakens titanic forces of nature, a mission of discovery becomes an explosive war between monster and man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KONSummary: "Children will enjoy hours of fun as they search for a variety of people, animals, objects, and flags across the world. Each of the seven continents is represented by a country and shows where it is located on a globe, along with the country's flag"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidsBooks, LLC 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KID BOARD BOOKSummary: Boy superhero Whyatt and friends lead young children on adventures around the world, teaching them about geography and helping them learn to read.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SUPBeitzel, Barry J. (EDT)
Summary: Presents one hundred twenty-five original maps showing prominent locations, journeys, battles, kingdoms, and empires discussed in the Bible and includes information on topography, geology, climate, vegetation, and key physical features of the region.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 2007
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Summary: On the last day of fifth grade, super-smart eleven-year-old Ginny learns that her father, who is a military ER doctor, is being deployed to Afghanistan, devastating news because they are already moving to another post in Maryland and Ginny depends on her father to help her manage her obsessions, panic attacks and general meltdowns; one of her obsessions is geographical facts, and somehow Ginny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HICHeymann, C. David (Clemens David)
Summary: An in-depth look at the much talked-about -- but never fully revealed -- relationship between Jackie Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy that began as a result of their shared grief over the assassination of the president in 1963 and lasted until Bobby began his run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KENNEDY FAMILY HeyGeda, Fabio
Summary: An unflinching, inspirational, and incredibly moving novel based on the true story of Enaiatollah Akbari, a young boy whose agonizing struggle begins after his native Afghanistan becomes a dangerous place to live.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEDSummary: It tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who begins to photograph her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Starz Media 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRABuechner, Frederick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1987
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUEJackson, Ellen B.
Summary: During a geography lesson, a child takes an imaginary journey to each of the seven seas, including the Brown Sea which is made of chocolate, and the Pink Sea which has flamingos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JACRundell, B. N.
Summary: "When the Salish War Leader, Spotted Eagle appeared in the clearing before their cabin, life-long friends Gabe and Ezra weren't sure what to think. This man had shown himself to be their friend, and now he invited them to join him and the village on a buffalo hunt. With winter just around the corner, it seemed the likely thing to do, but had they known what the journey would bring, they might...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wolfpack Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUNThom, James Alexander.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1984