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Conduct of life Conduct of life Juvenile literature Jewish-Arab relations Mother and child Mothers and daughters Picture books for children Resilience (Personality trait) Juvenile literature Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Foreign relations United States United States Foreign relations Saudi ArabiaWald, Ellen R.
Summary: "A groundbreaking history that reveals the motivations and machinations behind Aramco and the rise of Saudi Arabia"--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 WALBin Laden, Najwa.
Summary: Mother and son give us an extraordinary view of the private life of a man both loved feared by his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.104 BIN LADEN FAMILY BINMohammed, Rahaf
Summary: In January 2019, then 18-year-old Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed escaped from her family while holidaying in Kuwait. She was fleeing systematic abuse of her human rights as a woman growing up in Saudi Arabia and, specifically, her family's threats to kill her because she desired the freedoms Western women take for granted. She boarded a plane bound for Bangkok, en route to Australia where she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOHAMMAD, RAHAF MOHSummary: An in-depth look at Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's life, work, and murder amidst the complexity of U.S.-Saudi Arabia relations. Exclusive interviews explore Khashoggi's con nections with Saudi rulers, Middle Eastern jihadists, and fellow global journalists, as well as his enduring global legacy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KINBaer, Robert.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 327.538 BAERLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASBaer, Robert.
Summary: Examines the love-hate relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, describing how the royal family's support of a radical religious group helps keep them in power while fostering hatred of the West throughout Saudi society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.538 BAEHubbard, Ben (Journalist)
Summary: "MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia's sprawling royal family to overhaul the economy and society of the richest country in the Middle East--and gather as much power as possible into his own hands. Since his father, King Salman, ascended to the throne in 2015, Mohammed bin Salman has leveraged his influence to restructure the kingdom's economy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books, an imprint of Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 953.8 HUBHouse, Karen Elliott.
Summary: A journalist draws on three decades of firsthand experience to profile contemporary Saudi Arabia, offering insight into its leaders, citizens, cultural complexities, and international prospects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 953.8 HOUGolkar, Golriz
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about Saudi Arabia. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 953.8 GOLUnger, Craig.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.7305 UNGBird, Kai.
Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winner Kai Bird's vivid memoir of an American childhood spent in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Jerusalem and Saudia Arabia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 BIRD, KAI BIRUnger, Craig.
Summary: Author Craig Unger discusses the weave of influence, investment, and policy between the House of Saud and the House of Bush.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 327.7305 UNGBergen, Peter L.
Summary: Based on exhaustive research and unprecedented access to White House officials, CIA analysts, Pakistani intelligence, and the military, this is the definitive account of ten years in pursuit of bin Laden and of the twilight of Al-Qaeda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.325 BEROrr, Tamra
Summary: Saudi Arabian Heritage in the Celebrating Diversity in My Classroom series explores the geography, languages, religions, food, and culture of Saudi Arabia in a fun age-appropriate way. Students with Saudi Arabian heritage are a significant and important part of the fabric of America and this book helps foster empathy in all students and a multi-cultural community in the classroom. Glossary,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around OrrShakespeare, William
Summary: Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline, is persecuted by her wicked stepmother, the Queen, and by Cloten, the Queen's doltish son. Disguised as a boy, she sets out to find her husband, the banished Posthumus.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Arkangel Productions 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHAAlsadir, Nuar
Summary: Taking laughter's revelatory capacity as a starting point, and rooted in Nuar Alsadir's experience as a poet and psychoanalyst, Animal Joy is an ode to spontaneity and feeling alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Potomac 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.1046 SCHLoewinsohn, Briana
Summary: "Ephemera is a poetic and dreamlike take on a graphic memoir set in a garden, a forest, and a greenhouse. The story drifts among a grown woman, her early memories as a child, and the gossamer existence of her mother. A lyrical entry in the field of graphic medicine, Ephemera is a story about a daughter trying to relate to a parent who struggles with mental illness. Gorgeously illustrated in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOEWINSOHN, BRIA LOEHulls, Tessa
Summary: "Tessa Hulls delves into her own family history and the intergenerational trauma caused by mental illness and political strife"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 HULLS, TESSA HULRojas Contreras, Ingrid
Summary: "For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in the Colombia of the 1980's and 1990's in a house where "what did you dream?" was asked in place of "how are you?" her world was laced with prophecy and violence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick, and move...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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Summary: "After watching an ice-skating movie, young Zahra sets her mind to learn how to ice skate even though her family and friends doubt her abilities. After all, she's too old to learn, the rink is too cold, and figure skaters don't look like her... not yet at least! Illustrated with Sara Alfageeh's energetic lines and colors that pop right off the page, we follow Zahra's story as she glides across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LARThrall, Nathan
Summary: "Five-year-old Milad Salama is excited for the school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem. On the way, his bus collides with a semitrailer in a horrific accident. His father, Abed, gets word of the crash and rushes to the site. The scene is chaos-the children have been taken to different hospitals in Jerusalem and the West Bank; some are missing, others cannot be identified. Abed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2023