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American literature Great Lakes Region (North America) COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / Mediterranean Cooking, Mediterranean Diet Mediterranean Region Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 Mediterranean Region Mediterranean Region Description and travel Pirates Quick and easy cooking United StatesHuler, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 883.01 HULAbulafia, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.098 ABUDaiches, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paddington Press : distributed by Grosset & Dunlap 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.9941 DAISummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56 MEDKilmeade, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 KILCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.4 KILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US KilmeadePerrottet, Tony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.0982 PERHaig, Catherine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747 HAIKilmeade, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.47 KILO'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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 OSHMilne, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: White Owl 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Porch, Douglas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.542 PORFormat: text
Publisher / Publication Date: H. Hamilton 1993
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Place a hold to request this item.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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.57 OTTMinaki, 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!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.591822 MINKilmeade, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.4 KILSummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Great Courses 2012
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930 OTHCall 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938.07 WATKaplan, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 KAPMendelsohn, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MENSummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Publications International, Ltd. 2019
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Contents: Letter to my readers -- Impossible buildings -- Crazy facts -- False doctrines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.942 DANSears, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zinc Ink 2014