Englander, Nathan
Summary: "The Pulitzer finalist delivers his best work yet--a brilliant, streamlined comic novel, reminiscent of early Philip Roth and of his own most masterful stories, about a son's failure to say Kaddish for his father"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ENGJenoff, Pam
Summary: 1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Krakow Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous sewers beneath the city. One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers. Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC JENSummary: Click, clack, moo: A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. The Pigs' wedding: all the pigs must get cleaned up for the big wedding. Hendrika, a Dutch cow, wants to visit the city. Charlie...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CLIHoena, B. A.
Summary: In this humorous (and gross) retelling of the Greek myth, Theseus and his hero friends visit the island of Crete and the amusement park known as the Labyrinth, where they encounter a nasty bully called the Minotaur who challenges Theseus to a race through the Maze-o-muck.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED HOEStephens, Mitchell
Summary: Looks at the role of atheism in the history and cultural development of the West, examining the accomplishments of often courageous atheists that have promoted science, expanded human liberties, and otherwise advanced culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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Summary: A modern twist on the Theseus and Minotaur myth, told in verse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ELLQuin, Eilish
Summary: "Discover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek antiquity, in this propulsive and evocative debut in the tradition of Circe, Elektra, and Stone Blind. Among the women of Greek mythology, the witch Medea may be the most despised. Known for the brutal act of killing her own children to exact vengeance on her deceitful husband, the Argonauts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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 BILSalazar, Alicia
Summary: Camila and her Papa enter a televised baking competition, but trying to do everything herself results in a mess so Papa helps to bake strawberry-iced cake pops that could make them sta
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SALAustin, Emily R.
Summary: "Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she's there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AUSCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AUSLu, Marie
Summary: "Talin is a Striker, a member of an elite fighting force that stands as the last defense for the only free nation in the world: Mara. A refugee, Talin knows firsthand the horrors of the Federation, a world-dominating war machine responsible for destroying nation after nation with its terrifying army of mutant beasts known only as Ghosts. But when a mysterious prisoner is brought from the front...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puck 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH LUGray, John
Summary: For a generation now, public debate has been corroded by a narrow derision of religion in the name of an often very vaguely understood 'science'. John Gray's stimulating and extremely enjoyable new book describes the rich, complex world of the atheist tradition, a tradition which he sees as in many ways as rich as that of religion itself, as well as being deeply intertwined with what is so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 211 GRAMontague, Liz
Summary: Rose, Amethyst, and Lavender, fifth-year students at the Brooklyn School of Magic, need to pass the Equinox Test in order to move up to Middle Magic--but they soon face self-doubts, a cheating scandal, and trouble brewing in the magical community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MONCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MONContents: Now more important than ever : voices of reason / Russell -- Blackford and Udo Schüklenk -- Unbelievable! / Russell Blackford -- My "bye bull" story / Margaret Downey -- How benevolent is God? : an argument from suffering to atheism / Nicholas Everitt -- A deal-breaker / Ophelia Benson -- Why am I a nonbeliever? : I wonder... / J.L. Schellenberg -- Wicked or dead : reflections on the moral...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley-Blackwell 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 211.8 FIFSummary: Harry the dirty dog: Harry runs away before bath time. When he returns home covered in mud, his family doesn't recognize him. Officer Buckle and Gloria: When Officer Buckle tries to share his safety tips, nobody listens - until he's partnered with a police dog named Gloria. Angus and the ducks: A curious Scotch terrier decides to investigate the strange noise coming from the other side of the hed
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV HARHuff, Peter A.
Summary: This guide provides an overview essay and approximately 50 alphabetically arranged reference entries that explores the background and significance of atheism and agnosticism in modern society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 211 HUFPeyo
Summary: "Tired of being three-apples tall, Poet Smurf gets inspired to write the next Smurfs adventure where the Smurfs are the larger-than-life heroes who interact with a race of miniature people, the Pilus. But does size really matter?"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 PEYNossett, Lauren
Summary: "Lauren Nossett's artfully written debut, The Resemblance is an exhilarating, atmospheric campus thriller reminiscent of The Secret History and The Likeness. Never betray the brotherhood. On a chilly November morning at the University of Georgia, a fraternity brother steps off a busy crosswalk and is struck dead by an oncoming car. More than a dozen witnesses all agree on two things: the driver...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC NOSViva, Frank
Summary: During the course of a day spent with Grampa, Owen learns silly dances to fight the urge to pee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 VIVCorby, Gary.
Summary: "Nicolaos, Classical Athens's favorite sleuth, and his partner in investigation, the clever ex-priestess Diotima, have taken time out of their assignments to come home to get married. But if Nico was hoping they'd be able to get hitched without a hitch, he was overly optimistic. When they arrive in Athens, there's a problem waiting for them. The Sanctuary of Artemis is the ancient world's most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COREdwards, Roberta
Summary: "Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served as a temple for a couple hundred years. It then became a church, then a mosque, and by the end of the 1600s served as a storehouse for munitions. When an enemy army fired hundreds of cannon balls at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHEBly, Noah.
Summary: In 1962, escaped fifty-four-year-old mental patient Julianna Dapper is joined by a shy African-American teenage boy and a young outlaw hitchhiker on her journey back to her childhood home in Missouri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books, Kensington Publishing Corp 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Bly 2014Nossett, Lauren
Summary: "On a spring afternoon in Athens, Georgia, Ethan Haddock is discovered in his apartment, dead, apparently by his own hand. His fatality immediately garners media attention: not because his death reflects the troubling increase of depression and mental health issues among college students, but because the media has caught the whiff of a scandal. His professor, Dr. Verena Sobek, has been taken in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023