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Huler, Scott.

Summary: Details the author's efforts to retrace the footsteps of Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca as recorded in "The Odyssey," following the Greek hero on his journey around the Mediterranean to discover why this tale continues to resonate with Western readers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 883.01 HUL

Abulafia, David.

Summary: "Situated at the intersection of Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millenia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, clashed, influenced and absorbed one another. David Abulafia offers a fresh perspective by focusing on the sea itself: its practical importance for transport and sustenance; its dynamic role in the rise and fall of empires; and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.098 ABU

Daiches, David

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Paddington Press : distributed by Grosset & Dunlap 1979

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9941 DAI

Summary: The Mediterranean Diet for Beginners offers a complete guide to the Mediterranean lifestyle, which emphasizes healthful living through delicious, fresh foods prepared with total well-being in mind.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56 MED

Kilmeade, Brian

Summary: This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 KIL

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.4 KIL

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Kilmeade

Perrottet, Tony.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.0982 PER

Haig, Catherine.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 HAI

Kilmeade, Brian

Summary: This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.47 KIL

O'Shea, Stephen.

Summary: The shared history of Christianity and Islam began, shortly after Islam emerged in the seventh century A.D., with a question: Who would inherit the world of the Mediterranean? Sprung from the same Abrahamic source, the two faiths played out what historian O'Shea calls "sibling rivalry writ very large." Their clashes on the battlefield were balanced by long periods of coexistence and mutual...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 OSH

Milne, Sarah

Summary: "Many of the greatest names in literature have visited or made their home in the colorful and diverse metropolis of London. From Charles Dickens to George Orwell, Virginia Woolf to Bernadine Evaristo, London's writers have bought the city to life through some of the best known and loved stories and characters in fiction.This book takes you on an area-by-area journey through London to discover...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: White Owl 2021

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Porch, Douglas.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.542 POR

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: H. Hamilton 1993

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Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bigwater Pub. 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.8 GRE
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 808.8 GRE

Ottolenghi, Yotam

Summary: "Yotam Ottolenghi is beloved in the food world for his ... cookbooks, as well as his Ottolenghi delis and his fine-dining restaurant, NOPI. In [this cookbook], head chef Ramael Scully's Asian-inspired pantry meets Ottolenghi's Middle Eastern influences and brings the restaurant's favorite dishes within reach of the home cook"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.57 OTT

Minaki, Peter

Summary: Make following the Mediterranean diet even easier with The Everything One Pot Mediterranean Cookbook. Combining the diet's myriad health benefits with the ease of one pot preparation (and clean-up!), this cookbook provides 200 healthy recipes that readers will love to make time and time again-in no time!

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.591822 MIN

Kilmeade, Brian

Summary: This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.4 KIL

Summary: People who are anonymous and whose lives are usually ignored in traditional historical accounts are no less important than more prominent individuals in influencing the flow of events. These ordinary, but often heroic, people are the focus of this course. Each of the 48 lectures looks at history from a nontraditional perspective, that of the weak and marginalized-- the poor, sick, disabled, and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Great Courses 2012

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930 OTH
Call number: DVD 930 OTH

Waterfield, Robin

Summary: "Dividing the spoils" revives the memory of Alexander's Successors, whose fame has been dimmed only because they stand in his enormous shadow. In fact, Alexander left things in a mess at the time of his death, with no guaranteed succession, no administration in place suitable for such an enormous realm, and huge untamed areas both bordering and within his 'empire'. The Successors consolidated...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938.07 WAT

Kaplan, Robert D.

Summary: Describes an off-season journey along the Mediterranean that covers the area's history, literature, and heritage, describing the mythologies and succeeding medieval civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 KAP

Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam

Summary: "When eighty-one-year-old Jay Mendelsohn decides to enroll in the undergraduate seminar on the Odyssey that his son Daniel teaches at Bard College, the two find themselves on an adventure as profoundly emotional as it is intellectual. For Jay, a retired research scientist who sees the world through a mathematician's unforgiving eyes, this return to the classroom is his 'one last chance' to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017

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

Summary: Discover the pleasures of fresh flavors and tantalizing aromas from every corner of the sunny Mediterranean. This book will introduce you to simply delicious cuisine filled with fruits, vegetables, whole grains, olive oil, pasta, fish, poultry, fresh herbs and warm spices from Italy, France, Spain, Greece, North Africa and the Middle East. With easy-to-follow recipes for breakfasts, small...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Publications International, Ltd. 2019

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Däniken, Erich von

Contents: Letter to my readers -- Impossible buildings -- Crazy facts -- False doctrines.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.942 DAN

Sears, Barry

Summary: "Eat to stop weight gain and strip away unwanted fat. Reverse diabetes and protect yourself from Alzheimer's. Free yourself from inflammation, allergies, and hormonal chaos. Enjoy the most delicious, nutritious foods from the world's most beloved cuisine. Break out of the diet-and-exercise trap for good! The Mediterranean diet is the most universally accepted healthy eating regimen around. But...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Zinc Ink 2014

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.25 SEA

Summary: A collection of stories, poems, and essays about people and places of the Great Lakes Region by a variety of authors.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: 917.7 GRE

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