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82) Michal
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English
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The daughter of King Saul, Michal lives a life of privilege - but one that is haunted by her father's unpredictable moods and competition from her beautiful older sister. As a girl, Michal quickly falls for the handsome young harpist David. But soon after their romance begins, David must flee for his life, leaving Michal at her father's mercy in the prison that is King Saul's palace. Will Michal ever be reunited with David? Or are they doomed to be...
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Dead Sea squirrels volume 10
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
Description
Pearl has finally escaped from Ruben's clutches, but Merle was too slow. Now Ruben is trying to smuggle Merle across the Jordan River in a rowboat with no escape in sight. But sometimes help comes from the most unlikely places -- a talking blue lizard? The squirrel origami and laugh-out-loud talking-animal antics continue in this next installment of the Dead Sea Squirrels.
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"A gripping tour de force of investigative journalism that takes us deep into the investigation behind one of the most frightening and enigmatic serial killers in modern American history, and into the ranks of a singular American police force: the Anchorage PD Most of us have never heard of Israel Keyes. But he is one of the most ambitious, meticulous serial killers of modern time. The FBI considered his behavior unprecedented. Described by a prosecutor...
85) Dead man's hand
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Pike Logan thrillers volume 18
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English
Description
To finally end the war between their nations, a rogue Ukrainian band of partisans known as the Wolves teams up with members of Russia's military intelligence to assassinate Vladimir Putin. But Putin is aware of the traitors in his midst and assigns the loyal commander of the Russian national guard to root them out. It's a mission Victor Petrov is expected to undertake after he prevents Sweden from joining NATO, by assassinating a deputy minister of...
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Dead Sea squirrels volume 9
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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English
Description
Merle and Pearl are still missing! Ruben has them hidden away in Israel, so Michael, Justin, Sadie, Jane, and Mr. and Mrs. Gomez take off on a rescue mission to get them back once and for all. In the meantime, Dusty finds himself trapped in a donkey retirement community alongside a quirky alpaca named Adriana, who just happens to be an expert lock picker! Adriana's skills come in handy when she and Dusty find Merle and Pearl locked in the birdcage...
87) Squirreled away
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Dead Sea squirrels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
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110 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
Description
Ten-year-old Michael sneaks into a cave near the Dead Sea where his father has been working and finds a pair of 2,000-year-old squirrels, which he stows in his backpack and takes home to Tennessee.
88) Israel
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English
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Describes how the Judaic culture of Israel is reflected in its many festivals, including Pesach, Sukkot, and Hanukkah.
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Bartimaeus trilogy volume Prequel
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English
Description
Wise-cracking djinni Bartimaeus finds himself at the court of King Solomon with an unpleasant master, a sinister servant, and King Solomon's magic ring.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
370 pages : map ; 25 cm
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English
Description
"A New York Times journalist presents a polyphonic portrait of the Israeli people today at a critical juncture in their country's history"--
Despite Israel's determined staying power in a hostile environment, its military might, and the innovation it fosters in businesses globally, the country is more divided than ever. The old guard--socialist secular elites and idealists--are a dying breed, and the state's democratic foundations are being challenged....
92) Ushpizin
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming and light hearted look at the daily lives of ultra-Orthodox Jews learning, livinig and loving in modern-day Israel. The story of a family facing hardships who must rely on their faith for miracles to happen during the holiday season.
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Zion legacy volume 3
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
328 pages : map ; 25 cm.
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English
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English
Description
"In 1967, Bashir Khairi, a twenty-five-year-old Palestinian, journeyed to Israel with the goal of seeing the beloved stone house with the lemon tree behind it that he and his family had fled nineteen years earlier. To his surprise, when he found the house he was greeted by Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, a nineteen-year-old Israeli college student, whose family left fled Europe for Israel following the Holocaust. On the stoop of their shared home, Dalia and...
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[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Lee Israel who made her living in the '70s and '80s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack. An adaptation of the memoir, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer (and friend to cats).
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Jerusalem Road volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
370 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Yeshua of Nazareth has two sisters: Damaris, married to a wealthy merchant's son, and Pheodora, married to a simple shepherd from Bethlehem. When Pheodora's husband suffers an unexpected reversal of fortune and is thrown into debtor's prison, she returns to Nazareth, where she pins her hopes on two she-goats who should give birth to spotless white kids that would be perfect for the upcoming Yom Kippur sacrifice. In the eighteen months between the...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
A humorous, heartbreaking film that explores life among the Israeli Arab community, shot largely in homes and places in which Elia Suleiman's family once lived. Inspired by his father's diaries, letters his mother sent to family members who had fled the Israeli occupation, and the director's own recollections, the film recounts the saga of the filmmaker's family in subtly hilarious vignettes.
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Zion chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Description
Smuggled into Jerusalem after surviving a Nazi concentration camp, Rachel finds that a secret from her past makes it even more difficult to start a new life.
100) Paradise now
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
The story of what may be the last 48 hours in the lives of two Palestinian men who have been recruited as suicide bombers. When they are intercepted at the Israeli border, a young woman who discovers their plan causes them to reconsider their actions.
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