Moskowitz, Michael.
Summary: Dating back to the time of creation, a set of spiritual rules were communicated to humanity in a moment of Divine revelation. This communication was known as Kabbalah that was passed from generation to generation through a faithful oral tradition. Once this information was recorded it became known as the Zohar--the oldest sacred document in existence. Application of its powerful principles...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nightingale-Conant Corp. 2000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 135.47 MOSSamuel, Sigal
Summary: "The Meyer family lives in Mile End, home to a mashup of hipsters and Hasidic Jews, where down the street crazy Mr. Katz is building a tree out of plucked leaves, toilet paper rolls, and dental floss. When David, a skeptical professor of religion, is diagnosed with an unusual heart murmur, he becomes convinced that his heart is whispering divine secrets. But when David's frenzied attempts to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAMKushner, Lawrence
Summary: When an ancient text containing the answer to one of the eternal questions of the heart falls into the hands of Rabbi Kalman Stern, his life is transformed by his encounter with astronomer Isabel Benveniste, but he is unable to let true love into his life until he discovers the life-altering secret of the Zohar.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan Road Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KUSBerg, Karen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kabbalah 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.16 BERSchaya, Leo
Contents: Some universal aspects of Judaism -- The meaning of the Temple -- The mission of Elias -- The Sinaitic theophany according to the Jewish tradition -- Torah and Kabbalah -- Creation, the image of God -- The great name of God -- The worldview of the Kabbalah -- Contemplation and action in Judaism and Islam.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Natl Book Network 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.16 SCHBerg, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Kabbalah Centre 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.16 BERBesserman, Perle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.712 BESNamdar, Ruby
Summary: Andrew P. Cohen, a successful NYU professor of comparative culture, is suddenly plagued with strange and inexplicable visions of an ancient religious ritual. As his superficially perfect world begins to unravel, he is forced to question his beliefs. Interspersed throughout the novel are pages from an ancient (pseudo)Talmudic text, harking back to the golden age of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NAMShulman, Jason.
Contents: Leaving the limited -- Living between the light and dark : the holy ego -- Healing, briah, and the concept of not-making -- The healing of immanence and the nature of God -- Within death -- Prayer : the concrete path -- The words of God -- It starts with a disappointment-- and it ends in light -- About A Society of Souls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inner Traditions 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.712 SHUFrankel, Estelle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.7 FRAJensen, Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JENPascal, Janet B.
Summary: "Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHE BASKETCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Places WhatAngus, Charlie
Summary: "The world is desperate for cobalt. It fuels the digital economy and powers everything from cell phones to clean energy. But this 'demon metal,' this 'blood mineral,' has a horrific present and troubled history. Then there is the town in northern Canada, also called Cobalt. It created a model of resource extraction a hundred years ago -- theft of Indigenous lands, rape of the earth,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Anansi 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.2 ANGBenoit, Peter
Summary: This book will tell you why people wanted the Panama Canal to be built and what difficulties were faced in the construction of the canal.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.875 BENCahalan, Susannah.
Summary: One day in 2009, twenty-four-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a "flight risk," and her medical records, chronicling a monthlong hospital stay of which she had no memory at all, showed hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. Only weeks earlier, Susannah had been on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.832 CAHShankar, Ravi
Contents: Padhasapa (Susumu Miyashita, koto) (8:40) -- Kaharwa (Alla Rakha) (4:59) -- Improvisation on the theme of "Rokudan" (Shankar, sitar, tanpura; Alla Rakha; Susumu Miyashita, koto; Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi) (10:46) -- Nama Shivaya (Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi; Alla Rakha) (7:59) -- Tribute to Nippon (Shankar, sitar, tanpura; Alla Rakha) (13:20) -- Homage to Baba Allauddin : Raga Hemant (Shankar,...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL INDIAN/INDONESIAN SHACorey, Shana.
Summary: This Step 4 Biography Reader shares the inspiring story of Malala Yousafzai, the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Even as a young girl in Pakistan, Malala spoke up about the importance of girls' education, via speeches and a blog. Since the Taliban regime was intent on denying girls an education and silencing anyone who disagreed with their laws, this was very dangerous. Malala was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR RED CORNúñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar
Summary: "This edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca'a Relacion offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Panfilo de Narvaez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970 NUNSummary: Explore the mind boggling construction of the Panama Canal through historic film footage, rare archival photographs, and insightful narration from David McCullough.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Eductional Foundation 2004
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MANHenríquez, Cristina
Summary: "A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and glory for themselves"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 0000
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC HENLaPlante, Walter
Summary: During the early 1800s, it was difficult and expensive to transport goods from the East Coast to the Great Lakes region. The Erie Canal connected these two areas, causing a population boom in western New York and encouraging settlement around the Great Lakes. Readers learn the history of this important canal through the main content and fun fact boxes, and also discover the many ways travelers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974 LAPHarris, Kamala
Summary: "Senator Kamala Harris's picture book memoir in which she tells her life story and shows how everyone can be a superhero"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HARDollarhide, William
Summary: "The Great Roads of 1840. Motivated by the need for clear, readable maps, this new American Migration Routes: Part II features descriptions of the same travel routes as Henry S. Tanner's 1840 American Traveller; but adds all new maps for each of the forty-five travel hub cities from the 1840 guidebook. Modern Highway Maps. The trace of an 1840 travel route is emphasized on a current road map....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Family Roots Publishing Company 2022
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: 304.873 DOLBrownell, Kathryn Cramer
Summary: "As television began to overtake the political landscape in the 1960s, network broadcast companies, bolstered by powerful lobbying interests, dominated screens across the nation. Yet over the next three decades, the expansion of a different technology, cable, changed all of this. 24/7 Politics tells the story of how the cable industry worked with political leaders to create an entirely new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2023