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Proper, Datus C.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1993

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Cahn, Jonathan

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Summary: A traveler encounters a man known only as "the teacher." They begin an odyssey through desert mountains, valleys, and plains; encounter nomads, ancient ruins, and chambers of scrolls. Over the year the traveler writes down each of the mysteries given to him by the teacher, one for each day of the year. The result is a daily devotional unlike any other, full of revelations from heaven, secrets...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: FrontLine 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAH

Lassieur, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LAS

Summary: The final section in the series, Part 7 details the skeptical and critical answers reached in the second half of the twentieth century to the questions posed in the previous fifty years. This section covers the work of late twentieth-century philosophers and theorists who focused on two critical features of modernity. One issue focused on modern political theory and practice. The other focused...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRE

Lemelman, Martin

Summary: "The thrilling true story of an ancient plant, wonderfully reborn in the modern era through the hard work of two female scientists. Thousands of years ago, in a time of rebellion, the Jewish people fought against their Roman rulers. The brutal Emperor Titus ordered the destruction of everything precious to the Jews: towns, villages, even their beloved Judean date palm trees. Centuries passed....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 634 LEM

Roser, 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"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Paraclete Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 ROS

Watts, Reggie.

Summary: Growing up as the only biracial kid in Great Falls, Montana, the comedian, musician and band leader takes us through his story, hitting upon the culture shock he experienced after moving from Europe to Montana--a place he needed to leave, but is ultimately drawn back to.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tiny Reparations Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATTS, REGGIE WAT

Prosek, James

Summary: Highlights the journey of a self-confessed fishing addict as he follows the paths of the great Izaak Walton, the original angler, fishing in Walton's favorite English fishing spots.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.1 PRO

Summary: Shows the fetal development of an elephant, a dolphin, and a dog from a common evolutionary root into dramatically diverse adult mammals.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV IN

Basto, Sandy Pinto

Summary: Culture Smart! Portugal takes you beneath the surface of this fascinating country and shows you how to blend in and make the most of your visit. In these pages, you will gain insight into Portuguese priorities and learn how to tap into a helpful and resourceful nature that is often overlooked by the casual visitor. Beneath a sometimes vociferous manner, the Portuguese are laid-back and gentle,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kuperard 2023

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Newman, Lesléa

Summary: Inside the house, a boy prepares for the Passover ritual of welcoming Elijah--meanwhile, outside the house, a kitten lingers in the cold.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2020

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: JE NEW

Thomas, M. J.

Summary: Peter, nine, Mary, ten, and their dog, Hank, journey into biblical history to the time of the battle of Jericho, where they meet Israelite spies.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids/Ideals 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC THO

Svenson, Sally E.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dog Ear Pub. 2012

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Fishman, Elly

Summary: "A year in the life of a Chicago high school that has one of the highest proportions of refugees of any school in the nation"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.86 FIS

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.86 FIS

Rosenzweig, Paul

Summary: In the centuries since the founding of the republic, there have been notable challenges to presidential authority. Among these are investigations, designed to seek out and uproot abuses of executive power. They are built on a system of institutions, laws, and policies that govern how our nation protects itself from corruption and tyranny. Even today, we see this system at work in controversies...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 353.46 INV
Call number: DVD 353.46 INV

Cooper, Brittney C.

Summary: "So what if it's true that Black women are mad as hell? They have the right to be. In the Black feminist tradition of Audre Lorde, Brittney Cooper reminds us that anger is a powerful source of energy that can give us the strength to keep on fighting. Yet too often Black women's anger has been caricatured into an ugly and destructive force that threatens the civility and social fabric of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.48 COO

Gordon, Cambria

Summary: Isabel Perez is a sixteen-year-old who dreams of writing poetry, love, and being with the young nobleman Diego Altamirano; but in Trujillo, Spain in 1481 such a love is forbidden by the boy's family because Isabel's families are conversos, new Christians,but in the privacy of their home they still practice Judaism--a secret that could destroy them all when the Inquisition reaches Trujillo and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOR

Cody, Matthew

Summary: On the mysterious Summer Isle, siblings Max and Carter discovered the magical land where the villainous Pied Piper led the children of Hamelin centuries ago. They were trapped outside of time in a never-ending clash against a vicious rat army. After a desperate battle with a cruel soul-stealing magician, Max and Carter found themselves separated: Max with their newfound allies (human and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COD

Brettschneider, Corey Lang

Summary: Constitutional law scholar and political science professor Corey Brettschneider guides us through the Constitution and explains the powers--and limits--that it places on the presidency. From the document itself and from American history's most famous court cases, we learn why certain powers were granted to the presidency, how the Bill of Rights limits those powers, and what "the people" can do...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.73 BRE

Greenblatt, Stephen

Summary: Greenblatt transports listeners to the dawn of the Renaissance and chronicles the life of an intrepid book lover who rescued the Roman philosophical text On the Nature of Things from certain oblivion.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011

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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 940.21 GRE

Thomas, M. J.

Summary: Peter, nine, Mary, ten, and their dog, Hank, journey into biblical history to Babylon, where they meet Daniel and see Michael, the archangel, protect him in the lions' den.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids 2019

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC THO

Asher, Jay

Summary: Long ago, in a small village in the middle of a deep, dark forest, there lived a lonely, deaf girl named Maggie. Shunned by her village because of her disability, her only comfort comes from her vivid imagination. Maggie has a gift for inventing stories and dreams of one day finding her fairy-tale love. When Maggie meets the mysterious Piper, it seems that all her wishes are coming true....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2017

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ASH

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ASH

Greenblatt, Stephen

Summary: A humanities professor describes the impact had by the translation of the last remaining manuscript of "On the Nature of Things" by Roman philosopher Lucretius, which fueled the Renaissance and inspired artists, great thinkers, and scientists.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2011

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.2 GRE

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.2 GRE

Summary: Directors Albert and Allen Hughes and screenwriter Tyger Williams were barely into their twenties when they sent shock waves through American cinema and hip-hop culture with this fatalistic, unflinching vision of life and death on the streets of Watts, Los Angeles, in the 1990s. There, in the shadow of the riots of 1965 and 1992, young Caine is growing up under the influence of his ruthless,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY MEN

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