Gerson, Mark
Summary: "Life changing wisdom from one of Judaism's most powerful texts the Haggadah, which can be found in Jewish homes around the world, has guided Jewish families and friends through Pesach celebrations for millennia. In The Telling: How Judaism's Essential Book Reveals the Meaning of Life, author Mark Gerson shows how even the most familiar passages from the Haggadah are sitting on top of buried...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.4 GERVernon, Mary C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLargePrint 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 616.462 ATKVernon, Mary C.
Summary: Presents a comprehensive food, exercise, and nutritional supplement program designed to help people at risk for diabetes, and includes meal plans, recipes, and practical advice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.462 VERVernon, R. H. (Ronald Holden)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 552 VERBork, Robert H.
Summary: Provides an account of the inner workings of the Justice Department as it handled Watergate and the constitutional crises presented by the Nixon Administration, from the perspective of the former Soliciter General.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.924 BORK, ROBERT H BORGerson, Mary-Joan
Summary: A collection of folktales from various cultures in Mexico, all focusing on the important roles of women, such as Rosha, a young girl who rescues the sun; the goddess Tangu Yuh; Kesne, a Zapotec princess; and the Virgin Mary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398 GERPatterson, James
Summary: "John Lennon was one of the world's most influential people. Mark David Chapman was one of the most invisible. By the end of 1980, the Beatles had been broken up for a decade -- a decade John Lennon had spent in search of his true identity: singer, songwriter, activist, burn out. "It's the perfect time to be coming back," he declared. Except that Lennon was a marked man. As early as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LENNON PATDrinan, Cara H.
Summary: In The War on Kids, Cara Drinan reveals how the United States went from being a pioneer to an international pariah in its juvenile sentencing practices. Academics and journalists have long recognized the failings of juvenile justice practices in this country and have called for change. Despite the uncertain political climate, there is hope that recent Supreme Court decisions may finally make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 DRIErnst, Carl H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Institution Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597.96 ERNBonnette, Mary H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Martingale 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 BONCary, Mara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.41 CARSummary: Thirteen prominent cartoonists discuss their creative processes and the experiences and influences that led to their success in one of today's most vibrant art forms. Each interview is followed by an original graphic short on the common theme of "the city."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 COMSummary: A collection of top-selected mystery writing from the past year is culled from a variety of respected sources and offers insight into evolving genre trends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Summary: Traces the story of the legendary USS Leviathan, a German luxury liner seized by the U.S. Navy and converted into an armed troop carrier that transported thousands of American forces to Europe after the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 HERTaylor, Diane C. (Diane Carol)
Summary: Discusses what engineering is, highlighting female engineers who revolutionized the role of women in the field and providing activities, including building a suspension bridge, designing and building a kite, and investigating processed food.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 TAYDark, Kimberly
Summary: "Collection of personal essays about what it means to look a certain way. Or rather, certain ways. Navigating Kimberly Dark's experience of being fat since childhood--as well as queer, white-privileged, a gender-confirming 'girl with a pretty face,' active then disabled, and inevitably agin--each piece blends storytelling and social analysis to deftly coax readers into a deeper understanding of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AK Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARK, KIMBERLY DARWark, Chris
Summary: "Two days before Christmas and at just 26-years-old, Chris Wark found himself diagnosed with stage-3 colon cancer. Before he knew it, he was wheeled into surgery, where a golf ball-sized tumor and a third of his colon were removed. Doctors told Wark thatas soon as he recovered from surgery, he would need 9 to 12 months of chemotherapy in order to prevent a recurrence. But when the first meal he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.99 WARBieschke, Marke
Summary: "Prominently featured photos, artwork, and other visual elements will guide young adult readers through this lively, informative exploration of significant protests, sit-ins, and collective acts of resistance throughout US history."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 303.48 BIEBenjamin, Vernon
Summary: A history of the Hudson River Valley, which, because of its unique geography and proximity to Canada, was the site of many battles, chronicles its discovery all the way to its rise as a center of culture and commerce that is still evident today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974 BENGardiner, William H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mackinac State Historic Parks 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.4 GARVernon, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 VERShelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Summary: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has endured in the popular imagination for two hundred years. Begun as a ghost story by an intellectually and socially precocious eighteen-year-old author during a cold and rainy summer on the shores of Lake Geneva, the dramatic tale of Victor Frankenstein and his stitched-together creature can been read as the ultimate parable of scientific hubris. Victor, "the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2017
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Summary: The definitive account of the Klondike gold rush.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Seeds 2007