Summary: An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Menemsha Films 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WOMNeshama, Rivvy
Summary: "Examines the life of enslaved African-American Nat Turner and the events leading up to the slave rebellion he led in 1831."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TURTec, Nechama.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5315 TECBirnbaum, Nechama
Summary: Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what it would look like under a white veil with the man of her dreams by her side. However, her life takes a harrowing turn in 1944 when she is forced out of her home and sent to the most gruesome of places: Auschwitz. Upon arrival, Rosie's head is shaved and along with the loss of her beautiful hair,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amsterdam Publishers 2021
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Summary: Nechama Tec, herself a Holocaust survivor, offers a riveting history of a European Jewish group in western Belorussia, led by Tuvia Bielski, that would number more than 1,200 by 1944 and become the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews in World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.83 TECHama
Contents: Terroir -- Houmeissa -- Dounia -- Bororo -- Wassa -- Takamba -- Touareg -- Baoura -- Takamba (remix) -- Yeta yeta.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN HAMDoumbia, Nahawa
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DOUSchama, Simon.
Summary: In this magnificently illustrated cultural history--the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews--Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World in 1492 to the modern day.It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Contents: Kourouni -- Tou dibile -- Tjefouroule -- Djankonia -- Nianimanjougou -- Sokono woulouni.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DOUNehanda, Walela
Summary: "When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors who don't use their correct pronouns, and hordes of "well-meaning" but patronizing people offering unsolicited advice as they navigate rocky personal relationships and share their story online. But this experience also deepens their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 NEHNerada, Anthony
Summary: "Stonebridge High’s resident bad boy, Wesley “Big Mac” Mackenzie, is failing senior year—thanks to his unchecked anger, rowdy friends, and a tendency to ditch his homework for skateboarding and a secret photography obsession. So when his mom drags him to a production of The Nutcracker, Wes isn’t interested at all . . . until he sees Tristan Monroe. Mr. Nutcracker himself. Wes knows he shouldn’t...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Teen 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NERSchama, Simon.
Contents: Forces of nature: the road to revolution? -- Forces of nature: the road home -- The queen and the hive -- Wives, daughters, widows -- The empire of good intentions: investments -- The empire of good intentions: the dividend -- The last of Bladesover? -- Endurance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.21 SCHSchama, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 SCHSchama, Simon
Summary: A companion to the PBS and BBC series "The Story of the Jews" traces the Jewish experience from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World in 1492.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.049 SCHSchama, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Talk Miramax Books/Hyperion 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.21 SCHSchama, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304 SCHShane, Neala
Summary: "What's in a name? Thoreau thought 'all the poetry in the world.' How does a parent live up to that? Here, parents find more than lists: each entry illuminates a name's distinctive spiritual, historical, and cultural background--its poetry. Names, the initial way we meet someone, from the traditional or religious to the 'made up' and even controversial, are fully explained. Each entry includes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929 SHAShefi, Naama
Summary: "From Rosh Hashanah and Passover to Hanukkah and weekly shabbat dinners, this joyous celebration of all the Jewish holidays offers a treasury of 130 recipes gathered from 30 influential chefs and food professionals around the globe, whose shared stories illuminate the diversity of the Jewish diaspora and its cuisine. As contributor Mitchell Davis puts it, the meal is the holiday. Whether it's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "A vibrant cultural history investigating the tangled and complex history of pandemics and vaccines, by bestselling author and historian Simon Schama"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.409 SCHSchama, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.21 SCHNeame, Alan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1968
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 231 NEABloom, Naama
Summary: Information and anecdotes about puberty for girls from the founder of the popular website HelloFlo.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.6 BLOBarr, Nevada
Summary: Taking a temporary post as ranger in Dry Tortugas National Park to escape dealing with a marriage proposal, Anna Pigeon investigates a mysterious boating accident that leads her to uncover sinister local crimes from the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2003