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Cadotte family Christian women Religious life Eating disorders Patients Religious life Eating disorders Religious aspects Christianity Identity (Psychology) Religious aspects Christianity Motherhood Religious aspects Christianity Parenting Religious aspects Christianity Religion Sikhism Women in the BibleWilson, Rainn
Summary: "The trauma that our world experienced in recent years-as result of both the pandemic and societal tensions that threaten to overwhelm us-has been unprecedented and is not going away anytime soon. It is clear that existing political and economic systems are not enough to bring the change that the world needs. In this book, Rainn Wilson explores the possibility and hope for a spiritual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group 2023
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Summary: "As a boy growing up in South Texas, Simran Jeet Singh and his brothers confronted racism daily. Instead of giving in to negativity, he delved into the Sikh teachings he grew up with and embraced the lessons to seek the good in every person and situation and to find positive ways to direct his energy. Part memoir, part spiritual journey, The Light We Give offers an approach to a happier, more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.6 SINCurtice, Kaitlin B.
Summary: "Native is about identity, soul-searching, and the never-ending journey of finding ourselves and finding God. As both a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin Curtice offers a unique perspective on these topics. In this book, she shows how reconnecting with her Potawatomi identity both informs and challenges her faith. Curtice draws on her personal journey, poetry, imagery,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2020
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Summary: "Caleb Carr has had special relationships with cats since he was a young boy in a turbulent household, famously peopled by the founding members of the Beat Generation, where his steadiest companions were the adopted cats that lived with him both in the city and the country. As an adult, he has had many close feline companions, with relationships that have outlasted most of his human ones. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.2 IRVAdler, Laure.
Summary: A selection of sixty powerfully seductive women, from Biblical times to the present day, featuring mythical and real heroines. The most memorable stories throughout history feature a powerful, seductive woman who has an irresistible hold over the man in her life. The alluring Cleopatra, like Helen of Troy, inspired lovers to the battlefield in a brave display of loyalty. Eve and Pandora...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704 ADLGifford, Kathie Lee
Summary: "Kathie Lee Gifford has for decades had deep conversations about her faith with anyone who is interested in talking about it. What she discovered early on is most people want to talk about Jesus: atheists, agnostics, Scientologists, broken-hearted Catholics, confused Baptists, Pentecostals, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Hindus alike. While some do not share her belief that Jesus is the Messiah, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Rel GiffordEvans, Siân
Summary: "In an engaging and anecdotal social history, Maiden Voyages explores how women's lives were transformed by the Golden Age of ocean liner travel between Europe and North America. During the early twentieth century, transatlantic travel was the province ofthe great ocean liners. It was an extraordinary undertaking made by many women, whose lives were transformed by their journeys between the Old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.2 EVACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.2 EVAPatel, Eboo
Summary: The author, a young American Muslim of Indian background, juxtaposes his college years as an angry young radical with a description of how he came to see the possibilities of religious pluralism and founded the Interfaith Youth Core.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.6 PATBrennen, Carlene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pineapple Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST BREYoung, Rosamond McPherson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beeler Large Print 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 YOUNG, ROSAMOND YOUJacobs, Alan
Summary: Traces the life of the twentieth-century Christian literary master, drawing on themes from the Narnia series to offer insight into Lewis's experiences, from his work as a medieval scholar to his role as a beloved children's book author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 LEWIS, C. S. JACKamenetz, Rodger
Contents: Sparks -- Flames -- Roadblocks -- Heights -- Blessings -- Contact -- The angel of Tibet and the angel of the Jews -- Always remind -- Debating monks and angels -- Shabbat Shalom and Tashe Delek -- Jewish Buddhists, Buddhist Jews -- JUBUs in America -- Tibetan intellectuals, Tibetan orphans -- An interview with the oracle -- Secret doors -- Tantra and Kabbalah -- Survival strategies -- One last...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.3 KAMTebow, Tim
Summary: Presents information about the author's strong faith, how it allowed him to experience the ups and downs without letting them define him, and advises reader on how they can achieve this type of resilience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 248 TEBWarren, W. Lee
Summary: Dr. W. Lee Warren, a practicing brain surgeon, assumed he knew most outcomes for people with glioblastoma, head injuries, and other health-care problems. Yet even as he tried to give patients hope, his own heart would sink as he realized, I've seen the end of you. But it became far more personal when the acclaimed doctor experienced an unimaginable family tragedy. That's when he reached the end...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WARREN, W. LEE WARUlrich, Laurel Thatcher
Summary: "A stunning and sure-to-be controversial book that pieces together, through more than two dozen nineteenth-century diaries, letters, albums, minute-books, and quilts left by first-generation Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, the never-before-told story of the earliest days of the women of Mormon "plural marriage," whose right to vote in the state of Utah was given to them by a Mormon-dominated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.309 ULRCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 289.309 ULRGardner, Mark L.
Summary: Draws on primary sources to recreate Sheriff Pat Garrett's manhunt for Billy the Kid, the Wild West's most notorious outlaw, and offers a dual biography of the two legendary larger-than-life figures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.1552 GARBolen, Jean Shinoda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 150.1954 BOLWolpe, David J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.3118 WOLKopitzke, Becky.
Summary: "This book isn't about raising kids. It's about raising moms. In a Pinterest-perfect culture, moms today sense an accelerated level of pressure to measure up. We assume other women are passing the test while we fail. So we either weigh ourselves down with guilt, or we become resigned--desensitized, even--to this so-called failure. God wants to free us from either extreme. Becky Kopitzke's The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shiloh Run Press, an imprint of Barbour Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8431 KOPDunham, David R.
Summary: "In this unique book, David and Krista Dunham share their journey through her eating disorder"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Growth Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 DUNJames, Carolyn Custis
Summary: "An inspirational guide for today's Christian women focuses on biblical female role models such as Eve, Mary, Sarah, and Naomi, revealing new insights on ancient stories to deliver a powerful message of encouragement for those struggling to find their place in life."--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.9 JAMSilbernagel, Robert
Summary: "The Cadotte family became involved in the fur trade during the French colonial period, and members of the family played key roles after the British takeover of the region and then during the American period. They worked with the North West Company, the American Fur Company, and other firms; they served in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and in numerous conflicts involving Native...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US SilbernagelNorris, Kathleen
Summary: Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2008