Kamenetz, Rodger
Contents: Sparks -- Flames -- Roadblocks -- Heights -- Blessings -- Contact -- The angel of Tibet and the angel of the Jews -- Always remind -- Debating monks and angels -- Shabbat Shalom and Tashe Delek -- Jewish Buddhists, Buddhist Jews -- JUBUs in America -- Tibetan intellectuals, Tibetan orphans -- An interview with the oracle -- Secret doors -- Tantra and Kabbalah -- Survival strategies -- One last...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.3 KAMSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Roser, Mark C.
Summary: "After the death of his son, the author kept his sanity by writing, as he wrestled with questions as profound as life itself"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paraclete Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 ROSHodge, Roger D.
Summary: "An intoxicating, singularly illuminating history of the Texas borderlands from their settlement through seven generations of Roger D. Hodge's ranching family. What brought the author's family to Texas? What is it about Texas that for centuries has exerted a powerful allure for adventurers and scoundrels, dreamers and desperate souls, outlaws and outliers? In search of answers, Hodge travels...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976 HODFain, Sammy
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1945
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2 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE VICDobbs, Alda P.
Summary: Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's dangerous journey to cross the U.S. border.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD DOBGifford, Kathie Lee
Summary: "Kathie Lee Gifford has for decades had deep conversations about her faith with anyone who is interested in talking about it. What she discovered early on is most people want to talk about Jesus: atheists, agnostics, Scientologists, broken-hearted Catholics, confused Baptists, Pentecostals, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Hindus alike. While some do not share her belief that Jesus is the Messiah, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Rel GiffordSummary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISSloan, Bill
Summary: Sloan recounts the dramatic first three months of the Korean War, when South Korea was saved from Communism's conquest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.904 SLOBurns, Cherie.
Summary: A portrait of the Standard Oil heiress and legendary American trendsetter Millicent Rogers. Nobody knew how to live the high life like Millicent Rogers. Born into luxury, she lived in a whirl of beautiful homes, European vacations, exquisite clothing and handsome men. Here, Cherie Burns chronicles Rogers's glittering life from her days as a young girl afflicted with rheumatic fever to her Taos...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.953 ROGERS, MILLICENT BURDrury, Bob.
Summary: November, 1950. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is through the Toktong Pass, which will need to be held open at all costs. The mission fell to Captain William...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 951.904 DRUCarlisle, Cliff
Contents: CD A. A wild cat woman and a tom cat man -- Memphis yodel -- Desert blues -- High steppin' mama -- Rambling yodeler -- Dear old daddy -- Seven years with the wrong woman -- Gamblin' Dan -- Handsome blues -- When the evening sun goes down -- That great judgement day -- Goodbye old pal -- I want a good woman -- My lovin' Kathleen -- You'll never miss me when I'm gone (Just because) -- Nevada...
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Publisher / Publication Date: JSP Records 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY CARHyde, Charles K.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 Dodge HydeNewman, Alfred
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Publisher / Publication Date: Leo Feist Inc. 1956
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMDobbs, Alda P.
Summary: "Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOBBascomb, Neal
Summary: "There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 796.42 BASKleinman, Paul
Summary: Presents an introduction to philosophy, covering the origins of the discipline, some of the major figures of the past, and philosophical issues which still continue to be debated in the present day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: F.H. Revell Co. 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8588 ROGCarlsen, Spike
Summary: "Carpenter Spike Carlsen, his wife, and their recently blended family of five kids set out to build a cabin on the north shore of Lake Superior. Part building guide and part memoir, Cabin Lessons tells the funny, wry, and heartwarming story of their eventful journey--from buying land on an eroding cliff to (finally) enjoying the hideaway of their dreams. Learning as they go, and learning about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 690.80 CARSummary: An avid fan of the actor, and owner of a replica of McQueen's car in the classic film Bullitt, Pastor Greg Laurie hits the road in his mint Mustang, traveling the country in search of the true, untold story of McQueen's redemption-filled final chapters, in a true faith journey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STESummary: Interviews with Wimbledon record holders of the modern era, including Boris Becker, Martina Navratilova, Martina Hingis, Pete Sampras, and Roger Federer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SRO 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WIMBishop, Jeanne.
Summary: "The story of [an] uneven journey to confronting and reconciling with [the teenager who murdered Bishop's sister and brother-in-law, taking] on the larger issues of restorative justice, life sentences, and incarceration in the criminal justice system, ... [acknowledging] the personal cost of advocating for mercy for people convicted of serious crimes"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248 BISLende, Heather
Contents: Grant us wisdom, grant us courage -- Be still my praying feet -- You do not know -- Namaste -- Take good care of the garden and the dogs -- All good gifts around us -- You are going to get well -- Good neighbors -- The comfort of eagles -- Snowshoeing with God : a playlist -- Passing the peace -- Muerte beach -- Amazing grace -- Preying together -- The music of what happens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2010