Ahmedi, Farah.
Summary: Ahmedi was born just as the war between the mujahideen and the Soviets reaches its peak in Afghanistan. The sounds of gunfire and fighter planes were as normal to her as the sounds of traffic or children playing are to a schoolgirl in America. When she stepped on a land mine on her way to school, she began to learn--slowly--that ordinary people, often strangers, have immense power to save lives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AHMEDI, FARAH AHMGuttfreund, Amir
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Publisher / Publication Date: Toby Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUTHusain, Amir
Summary: Explores universal questions about humanity's capacity for living and thriving in the coming age of sentient machines and AI, examining debates from opposing perspectives while discussing emerging intellectual diversity and its potential role in enabling a positive life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303 HUSTsarfati, Amir
Summary: "The Mossad has uncovered Iran's plans to smuggle untraceable weapons of mass destruction into Israel. The clock is ticking, and agents Nir Tavor and Nicole le Roux can't act quickly enough. Nir and Nicole find themselves caught in a whirlwind plot of assassinations, espionage, and undercover recon, fighting against the clock to stop this threat against the Middle East. As they draw closer to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction TsarfatiEih, Damin.
Contents: Tourniquet (2:17) -- Sing a different song (4:17) -- Take off your eyes (5:40) -- Soft margins (4:45) -- Thundermice (3:52) -- Monday morning prayer (0:38) -- Gone (4:40) -- Marching together (3:36) -- Kathryn at night (3:39) -- Party hats & olive spats (3:24) -- Return naked (1:57)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nero's Neptune 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK EIHImamović, Damir
Contents: O, bosanske gore snježne(4:30 min) -- Poljem se vija Hajdar delija(3:38 min) -- Kafu mi draga ispeci(4:51 min) -- Sunce tone(3:52 min) -- Kad bi ovo bio kraj(4:13 min) -- U Stambolu na Bosforu(3:57 min) -- Adio kerida(4:00 min) -- Salko se vija(3:21 min) -- Puhni tihi vjetre(2:53 min) -- Gdje si dragi(3:30 min) -- Čovjeku moje zemlje(4:08 min)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wrasse Records 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN IMASummary: If we knew how much longer we had to live, what would we choose to do with the time we have left? Set in a British hospital, it follows poised and put-together Hollywood star Julia Roth, who seems to be in the sunset of her career, as she begins her journey with a critical medical issue. Preferring to be incognito, Julia is instead thrust into a room with three remarkable women who, with humor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie MyHamm, Mia
Summary: Olympic and World Cup soccer champion Mia Hamm discusses her life, tracing her path to success on the field, and offers advice and tips to other girls who would like to follow in her footsteps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.334 HAMHamm, Mia.
Summary: Shows that being a team player is more important than winning or losing a game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Pubilshers 2004
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: P-J Basket HAMAczel, Amir D.
Summary: The story of Fermat's last theorem, that the square of a whole number can be broken down into two other squares of whole numbers but the same cannot be done with cubes or higher powers. After three hundred years, a proof for the theorem was developed by Princeton-based mathematician Andrew Wiles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Four Walls Eight Windows 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 512.74 ACZAmis, Kingsley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AMIChaudhuri, Amit
Summary: Three novels by an Indian writer, featuring Indians at home and abroad. In the title novel, the protagonist is a rebellious young man who has joined the communist party, in Afternoon Raag he is an Indian student in Oxford, and in A Strange and Sublime Address he is a small boy visiting family in Calcutta.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHAAmin, Jahirul
Summary: "Anatomy for Artists presents an extensive visual reference guide to the human form for artists of all abilities and mediums. Over 240 specially commissioned photographs capture every detail, from muscle definition and bony landmarks to a valuable catalogue of postures and poses. Every photograph is overlaid with musculature, planar, and contour diagrams... Detailed diagrams reveal the inner...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 3DTotal Publishing 2020
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 743.4 AMIChaudhuri, Amit
Summary: A young Indian university student and his bachelor uncle spend the day wandering through London, as they cope with their own alienation, loneliness, and the difficulties of daily life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHAAczel, Amir D
Summary: Analyzing the theories and findings of such titans as Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin, a renowned science writer and mathematician demonstrates in multiple ways that science has not, as yet, provided any definitive proof refuting the existence of God.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 215 ACZAczel, Amir D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Four Walls Eight Windows 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 ACZSummary: It is a poignant and funny romantic comedy about love, marriage, and faith in life's infinite possibilities. Michal, blindsided by her fiance's decision to call off their wedding with only a month's notice, is unwilling to return to single life. Michal decides to put her trust in fate and continue with her wedding plans, believing Mr. Right will appear by her chosen date. As the day of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: "A work of nonfiction by philosopher Amia Srinivasan that upends the way we discuss-or avoid discussing-the problems and politics of sex"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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Summary: A fascinating account that takes us from ancient China to renaissance Italy to everywhere today, by the bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem. Annotation. Bestselling science writer Amir Aczel uncovers the fascinating story of the invention of the compass and its impact on the world. Amir D. Aczel, the distinguished science writer, turns detective as he uncovers the fascinating story of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HARCO 0000
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Summary: "The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. Finding Zero is an adventure filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the original...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510.1 ACZAlexander, Amir R.
Summary: In this strikingly original book that takes readers from Paris to St. Petersburg, Norway to Transylvania, Alexander introduces those national heroes and outcasts, innocents, swindlers, and martyrs who were also the uncommonly gifted creators of modern mathematics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510.9 ALEAmis, Kingsley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AMIAmis, Martin.
Summary: An investigation into the suicide of Jennifer Rockwell, a woman with everything going for her--health, looks, man--plus a job as an astrophysicist. Question is, can a person shoot herself in the head three times? As she investigates the victim's background, policewoman Mike Hoolihan thinks she can. By the author of The Information.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 1997