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Armenian Americans Fiction Cooking, Palestinian Arab Demarkian, Gregor (Fictitious character) Fiction Homeless men Fiction Jazz vocals Large type books Palestinian Arabs Social life and customs Pennsylvania Fiction Philadelphia (Pa.) Fiction Private investigators Pennsylvania Philadelphia FictionSummary: Comprised of a miniseries featuring three 46 minute episodes, the group of filmmakers interview the global community, ranging from political figures to on-the-street citizen dialogue, in the Western, European, and indigenous Arabic communities. Examines the dominant discourse on terrorism in the United States and Europe, and offers critics an opportunity to respond. The film casts a critical...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arab Film Distribution 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ARASummary: Explores the nature of Islam and unfolds many of its inner-dimensions. It dispels many myths and discusses contributions to science and math.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 LEGSummary: After her sister dies in childbirth, a young orthodox Jewish woman's family pressures her to marry her brother-in-law rather than entering into an arranged marriage with a man closer to her age.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FILHaddad, Douglas
Summary: Are you concerned or frustrated with the choices your child makes when it comes to their peer groups, study habits, and use of social media? Do you feel your child is pushing you away and your connection is weakening? Are you unsure of the next steps you should take to help your child succeed? A whole new set of parenting concerns arise during tween and teenhood that can be overwhelming...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.125 HADBasia.
Contents: Promises (4:03) -- Run for cover (3:38) -- Time and tide (4:03) -- Freeze thaw (3:57) -- From now on (3:45) -- New day for you (4:27) -- Prime time TV (5:20) -- Astrud (4:39) -- How dare you (3:22) -- Miles away (4:10).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Epic 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BASHaddad, Michael.
Summary: Written for both new and experienced writers, this comprehensive marketing guide offers advice and tips needed by writers to succeed in the film and television industries. Focusing on the business of writing, it gives writers the unabashed truth about the film industry, and advice on how to get scripts to the gatekeepers of the studios and read by agents. Comprehensive listings of contests,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.23 HADKassam, Raheem
Contents: The unsettled debate -- What happens in Europe -- From Molenbeek, with terror -- From Sweden, with rape -- From France, with hate -- From the United Kingdom, with sharia -- From San Bernardino, with lies -- From Detroit, with the call to prayer -- From America, with radical Islam.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group 2017
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Pol KassamBrooks, Hadda.
Contents: Hadda sings. That's my desire (2:42) -- I feel so good (2:45) -- Anytime, anyplace, anywhere (3:06) -- Dream (4:06) -- You won't let me go (3:13) -- Time was when (2:47) -- You go your way and I'll go crazy (3:31) -- Sometimes I'm happy (2:53) (featuring Carla Bouzlich) -- Need a little sugar in my bowl (3:24) -- Who did you fool after all? (3:12) -- Stairway to the stars (4:24) (featuring...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Pointblank Records 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES BROHaddam, Jane
Summary: In her 91 years, Ann-Victoria Hadley has often been the most hated person in Snow Hill, Pennsylvania. But now, it $1 (Bs worse than ever. After a new school board inserted $1! @ (Bintelligent design $1 (B into the curriculum, they were sued by a coalition including Hadley, the one member of the board who wouldn $1 (Bt go along with the rest. With the trial about to start and the town...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC HadHaddam, Jane
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADYoussef, Bassem
Summary: Competing to design a new exhibit for the local museum, a sixth grade Egyptian immigrant is teased about her heritage by a newcomer, before an ancient amulet she wears imparts a hilarious and helpful secret.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholasic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC YUSYoussef, Bassem
Summary: Bassem Youssef recounts his life and offers hysterical riffs on the hypocrisy, instability, and corruption that has long animated Egyptian politics. From the attempted cover-up of the violent clashes in Tahrir Square to the government's announcement that it had created the world's first 'AIDS cure' machine, to the conviction of officials that Youssef was a CIA operative, recruited by Jon...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 YOUSSEF, BASSEM YOUHaddam, Jane
Summary: Former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian, fleeing from his own wedding preparations, is hired to review a case--one that he finds has little evidence--in what may be the most compelling case of his entire career.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M HADHaddam, Jane
Summary: "Twelve years ago, Chester Morton disappeared from his hometown in Mattuck, New York, leaving no trace and never to be heard from again. For the past twelve years, his mother has kept the search for her son alive--paying for a billboard overlooking the local community college, putting up new flyers every week, hounding every law enforcement agency she can get to listen. Her determination has...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADEl-Haddad, Laila M.
Summary: This new edition of an award-winning cookbook shares with readers the little-known but distinctive cuisine of the Gaza region of Palestine, presenting 130 recipes collected by the authors from Gaza. Cooks will find great, kitchen-tested recipes for spicy stews, piquant dips, fragrantly flavored fish dishes, and honey-drenched desserts. They will also be entranced by the hundreds of beautiful...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Just World Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5929 EL-HHaddam, Jane
Summary: In the wake of a double murder involving a woman who has gone missing amid rumors of an affair with a teenager, Gregor Demarkian's investigation targeting her jealous rich husband is thrown into chaos by the discovery of a stranger's body at the scene.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADHaddam, Jane
Summary: When a local Philadelphia radio host known for his incendiary right-wing tirades is arrested for illegal possession of prescription drugs, the incident sets into motion a series of events that leads ultimately to the death of a homeless man. In the complicated mix are the local Benedictine monastery, a Nobel Prize-winning leftist academic, and a homeless advocacy group, among others. Gregor...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M HADHaddam, Jane
Summary: When a local Philadelphia radio host known for his incendiary right-wing tirades is arrested for illegal possession of prescription drugs, the incident sets into motion a series of events that leads ultimately to the death of a homeless man. In the complicated mix are the local Benedictine monastery, a Nobel Prize-winning leftist academic, and a homeless advocacy group, among others. Gregor...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADHaddam, Jane
Summary: "In Jane Haddam's One of Our Own, Gregor Demarkian, former FBI agent and police consultant, returns for his final case-a surprising murder and an attempted murder, which threaten the safety of his Philadelphia neighborhood. A mysterious black van is spotted by several people at various times in the area around Cavanaugh Street, Philadelphia's Armenian-American enclave. Presumed by some to be...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADHaddam, Jane
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADHaddam, Jane
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADHaddam, Jane
Summary: Chapin Waring is the worst thing that ever happened to Alwych, Connecticut. She was a well turned-out debutante from one of the richest families in Alwych until thirty years ago when the young debutante was revealed to be a bank robber and a murderer. So when Chapin turns up dead, it's baffling. To learn why she died, Gregor Demarkian is brought in to finally solve the mystery.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HADHaddam, Jane
Summary: Gregor Demarkian investigates the murders of several local women, who had filed a lawsuit against the town school board for including the theory of Intelligent Design in the school curriculum, evaluating both creationists and evolutionists as possible suspects.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M HADBassey, Shirley.
Contents: With these hands -- As long as he needs me (from the Broadway production Oliver) -- You'll never know -- Climb ev'ry mountain (from the Broadway musical The sound of music) -- Reach for the stars -- I'll get by (as long as I have you) -- Tonight (from the motion picture West Side story) -- Ave Maria -- Far away -- What now my love (et maintenant) -- I (who have nothing) = Uno dei tanti) -- My...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Records 1995