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Stanford, Peter

Summary: Pilgrimage, a global ritual embraced by all faiths, is one of the most enduring traits in our human story. In this compelling history Peter Stanford reflects on the reasons people have walked along the same sacred paths across the ages. How do the experiences of the first pilgrims to Jerusalem, Mecca and Santiago de Compostela compare to the millions of people who embark upon life-changing...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 203.51 STA

Bunyan, John

Summary: In Volume 1 of John Bunyan's classic fantasy told in graphic novel form, Christian leaves the City of Destruction and begins his formidable journey to the Celestial City.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kingstone Comics 2011

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Brierley, John

Summary: Now updated to include newer maps and photos -- and lighter in weight to support carefree traveling, this comprehensive guidebook to the Camino de Santiago and its offshoots contains all the information needed by modern-day pilgrims wishing to walk the sacred Way of St. James, also known as Camino Francés.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Camino Guides 2015

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Mahoney, Rosemary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291.351 MAH

Egan, Timothy

Summary: At a time when Britain, America, and much of Europe have never been so secular--and when his mother's death and his Irish Catholic family's complicated history with the church prompted a reckoning with his own beliefs -- Timothy Egan decided to follow in the footsteps of centuries of seekers. He embarked on a thousand-mile pilgrimage through the theological cradle of Christianity, to explore...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 263 EGA

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Contents: Biographical note -- Introduction -- Translator's foreword -- The Canterbury tales -- General prologue -- The Knight's tale -- The Miller's prologue -- The Miller's tale -- The Steward's prologue [the Reeve's prologue] -- The Cook's prologue -- The Cook's tale -- Introductory words to the Man of Law's tale -- Prologue to the Man of Law's tale -- The Man of Law's tale -- Epilogue to the Man of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.1 CHA

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.1 CHA

Moore, Tim

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 263.041 MOO

Jusino, Beth

Summary: In April 2015, Beth and Eric Jusino, laden with backpacks and nerves, walked out of a cathedral in the historic village of Le Puy, France, down a cobblestone street, and turned west. Seventy-nine days, a thousand miles, two countries, two mountain ranges, and three pairs of shoes later, they reached the Atlantic Ocean. More than two million pilgrims have walked the Way of Saint James, a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Gray, Patrick

Summary: "Two best friends, 500 miles, one wheelchair, and the challenge of a lifetime. Friendship takes on new meaning in this true story of Justin and Patrick, born less than two days apart in the same hospital. Best friends their whole lives, they grew up together, went to school together, and were best man in each other's weddings. When Justin was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disease that robbed...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GRA

Summary: Two French beggars on their way to Spain's holy city of Santiago de Compostela meet stigmatic children, crucified nuns, and others on their pilgrimage.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MIL

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1994

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 821.1 CHA

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.1 CHA

Melville, Herman

Summary: "Herman Melville ranks with Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson as one of the three great American poets of the nineteenth century. Whether meditating on the bloody battlefields of the Civil War, the mysteries of faith and doubt in the Holy Land, or the strange relationship between the Maldive Shark and the pilot fish that glide before "his Gorgonian head," Melville's verse combines precise...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.3 MEL

Dean, Kimberly.

Summary: A nervous Pete the Cat acts the part of a pilgrim in his class's Thanksgiving play, The first Thanksgiving.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harperfestival 2013

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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E Pete

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC DEA

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Holiday Dean

Suggs, Christine

Summary: "In this memoir, Christine Suggs explores a trip they took to Mexico to visit family, as Christine embraces and rebels against their heritage and finds a sense of belonging"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 SUG

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 SUG

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC SUG

Summary: A Spanish DVD introducing another 180 words and phrases in different themes. The teacher interacts with real children in beautifully filmed high-definition video. Experience a wide range of emotions with Little Pim from happiness and love to sad faces, mad faces, and everything in-between.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pim Corp. 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SPANISH LIT

Hoffman, Lawrence A.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jewish Lights Publ. 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.6 HOF

Summary: From their self-imposed exile in Holland to their perilous crossing of the Atlantic, to their first year in the new world, Desperate Crossing is the definitive story of how the Pilgrims came to live and prosper in an unfamiliar land.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2007

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DES

Elys, Dori

Summary: "With vibrant illustrations and flaps die-cut to look like papel picado, the intricately designed sheets of tissue paper, this joyful board book teaches young ones how to honor loved ones around us and those who have passed on."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD ELY

Bolen, Jean Shinoda.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1994

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 150.1954 BOL

Summary: Angelina in the wings: Angelina can't believe that Henry has the part she had set her heart on and, to make matters worse, she's his understudy. Treasure tandems: Angelina and Alice, beset by detours and accidents, are desperate to beat the Pinkpaw twins in the village rac . Two mice in a boat: Angelina and Sammy disagree on the decorations for the boat-decorating contest and, as a result,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HIT Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ANG

Lassieur, Allison

Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LAS

Summary: "Filmed entirely inside the narrow confines of a cable car, high above a jungle in Nepal that transports villagers to an ancient mountaintop temple, [Manakamana] is an acute ethnographic investigation into culture, religion, technology and modernity ... For centuries, devoted pilgrims hoping to reach the fabled temple needed to undertake an arduous multi-day journey. Today, because of a new...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Guild 2014

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAN

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Whereabouts Press 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 TRA

Erickson, Lori

Summary: Near the exit examines how different cultures confront and have confronted death.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Westminster John Knox Press 2019

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 236.1 ERI

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