Filter By Subjects
Anti-racism Christian life Constitutional history United States Constitutional law United States Disabilities Religious aspects Christianity Discrimination against people with disabilities Man-woman relationships Race relations Religious aspects Christianity Racial justice Self-actualization (Psychology)Filter By Subjects
Anti-racism Christian life Constitutional history United States Constitutional law United States Disabilities Religious aspects Christianity Discrimination against people with disabilities Man-woman relationships Race relations Religious aspects Christianity Racial justice Self-actualization (Psychology)Frankiel, Tamar
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jewish Lights Publishing 1997
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.72 FRAChansky, Tamar Ellsas.
Summary: Written by an expert in the field of childhood anxiety disorders, this indispensable guide is for parents looking for safe, proven methods for reducing childhood anxiety. Dr. Chansky shows them how to teach their child to successfully deal with stress and face the challenges and uncertainties of life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 CHAAronson, Marc.
Summary: Sugar has left a bloody trail through human history. Cane--not cotton or tobacco--drove the bloody Atlantic slave trade and took the lives of countless Africans who toiled on vast sugar plantations under cruel overseers. And yet the very popularity of sugar gave abolitionists in England the one tool that could finally end the slave trade. This book traces the history of sugar from its origins...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2010
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Tatar, Maria
Summary: "World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wonder Woman. How do we explain our newfound cultural investment in empathy and social justice? For decades, Joseph Campbell had defined our cultural aspirations in The Hero with a Thousand Faces, emphasizing the value of seeking glory...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 TATTatar, Maria
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 1987
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Simonson, Itamar
Summary: Offering a new framework called the influence mix, a forward-looking marketing guide shows how to influence customers in this new age and environment through updated communication strategies, market research programs, and segmentation strategies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.8 SIMWaldron, Lamar
Summary: Draws on interviews, files, and information not previously available and builds on the work of the last Congressional committee to investigate JFKs murder, purporting that mobster Carlos Marcello had the president killed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pgw 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 WALHardwick, Lamar
Summary: "An autistic pastor and disability scholar helps the contemporary church understand the connections between ableism and racism and how to dismantle both in attitudes and practices"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Akçam, Taner
Contents: The Ottoman state and its non-Muslim populations -- The Union and progress era -- Turkish nationalism -- What led to the decision for genocide? -- The decision and its aftermath -- The question of punishing the "Turk" -- Ottoman government initiatives -- The Turkish national movement's position on the genocide -- The final phase of the trials -- Why the postwar trials failed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.62 AKCGrescoe, Taras.
Summary: "Taras Grescoe rides the rails all over the world and makes an elegant and impassioned case for the imminent end of car culture and the coming transportation revolution"I am proud to call myself a straphanger," writes Taras Grescoe. The perception of public transportation in America is often unflattering--a squalid last resort for those with one too many drunk-driving charges, too poor to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 388.4 GRENasar, Sylvia.
Summary: The true story of John Nash, the math genius who was a legend by age thirty when he slipped into madness; through the selflessness of a beautiful woman and the loyalty of the mathematics community he emerged after decades of ghostlike existence to win a Nobel Prize; now a major motion picture--Cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NASH, JOHN NASPaymar, Michael.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hunter House Publishers 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8582 PAYShockley, Talmer.
Summary: In his groundbreaking book, Talmer Shockley (himself a love-shy individual) presents a thoroughly accessible and motivating read for those suffering from love-shyness... Pay attention to his words of wisdom. They will help you find the partner that you so richly deserve". - Nick Dubin, author of Asperger's Syndrome and Bullying. For many people, romantic and sexual relationships are complex and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley 2009
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Amar, Akhil Reed
Summary: "A leading legal scholar addresses the most important constitutional controversies of the past two decades and illuminates the Constitution's spirit and ongoing relevance When the stories that lead our daily news involve momentous constitutional questions, present-minded journalists and busy citizens cannot always see the stakes clearly. In The Constitution Today, Akhil Reed Amar, America's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342 AMAAmara, Philip
Summary: "This is an illustrated children's anthology of noteworthy Asian Americans: 20 groundbreaking men and women from diverse backgrounds and vocations"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AMATisby, Jemar
Summary: "Racism and social justice are important topics kids are dealing with today. In this adaptation of How to Fight Racism for young readers ages 8-12, Dr. Jemar Tisby helps kids understand how everyday prejudice affects them and what they can do to create social change. Inside, he explains the history of racism in America and why it is so prevalent, as well as uses Christian principles to provide...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.8 TISAmar, Akhil Reed.
Summary: Explores the little-understood relationship between the written Constitution and the many external factors that shape the interpretations of this foundational document.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7302 AMAGrescoe, Taras
Summary: "Acclaimed author Taras Grescoe introduces readers to the surprising and forgotten flavors whose revival is captivating food-lovers around the world: ancient sourdough bread last baked by Egyptian pharaohs; raw-milk farmhouse cheese from critically endangered British dairy cattle; ham from Spanish pata negra pigs that have been foraging on acorns on a secluded island since before the United...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Sabar, Ariel
Summary: "In 2012, Dr. Karen King, a star professor at the Harvard Divinity School, announced a blockbuster discovery at a scholarly conference just steps from the Vatican: She had found an ancient fragment of papyrus in which Jesus calls Mary Magdalene "my wife." The discovery made front-page news around the world - if early Christians believed that Jesus was married, it would threaten not just the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 229 SABTayman, John.
Summary: Reveals the untold history of the infamous American leprosy colony on Molokai and of the extraordinary people who struggled to survive under the most horrific circumstances. Tracked by bounty hunters and torn screaming from their families, the luckless were loaded into shipboard cattle stalls and abandoned in a lawless place where brutality held sway. Many did not have leprosy, and most of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.546 TAYO'Shea, Samara
Summary: Presents a guide to overcoming rejection and thriving in the face of unrequited love, offering advice on cultivating self-worth and loving oneself without requiring the validation of others.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: February Books 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 OSHTisby, Jemar
Summary: "A handbook for fighting racism that provides readers with practical tools and suggestions, along with real-world examples of change, to enable them to become proactive initiators of racial justice"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan Reflective 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 TISAmar, Akhil Reed
Summary: "Constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar tells the story of America's constitutional conversation during its first eighty years--from the Constitution's birth in 1760 through the 1830s, when the last of America's early leaders died. Amar traces the threadsof Constitutional discourse, uniting history and law in a narrative that seeks both to reveal this history anew and to make clear who was...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021