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Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xvi, 408 pages : illustrations; 24cm
Description
Presents the author's story of turning his life sentence in prison into a journey of self-improvement, using hard work and a master plan of everything he expected to accomplish to ultimately convince a judge to reduce his sentence.
Author
Publisher
Bad Karma Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
262 pages
Description
"In the summer of 1978, twenty-one-year-old Paul Wilson jumps at the chance to join two local icons on a dream surf trip to mainland Mexico, unaware their ultimate destination lies in the heart of drug cartel country. Having no earthly idea of where he'll get the money to pay his share, and determined to prove his mettle, he does the only thing he can think of: He robs a supermarket. And, if karma didn't already have enough reason to doom the trip,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
531 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) portraits, photographs ; 24 cm.
Description
August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in the 20th century, one play for each decade. No other American playwright has completed such an ambitious oeuvre. Two of the plays became successful films, Fences, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis; and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman. Fences and The Piano Lesson won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Fences won the Tony Award for...
Author
Publisher
Missouri Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
xv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"In Malindys Freedom, Johnson and Delsoin construct a narrative that realistically re-creates Malindys worldthe individuals she encountered, the crucibles she faced, the battles she won. The authors relied principally on census records, along with other primary and secondary sources, to document their great-grandmothers experience as told to them by their grandmother. Malindys story of the "peculiar institution" of slavery is unique: it makes clear...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
268 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), charts ; 25 cm
Description
"Few biologists in the long history of that science have been as productive, as ground-breaking and as controversial as the Alabama-born Edward Osborne Wilson. At 91 years of age he may be the most eminent American scientist in any field. Fascinated from an early age by the natural world in general and ants in particular, his field work on them and on all social insects has vastly expanded our knowledge of their many species and fascinating ways of...
7) Wilson
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
818 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, and one of the most enigmatic. And now, after more than a decade of research and writing, Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg has completed Wilson--the most personal and penetrating biography ever written about the 28th President. In addition to the hundreds of thousands of documents in the Wilson Archives,...
9) Bill W
Publisher
LoneStar Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
William G. Wilson is co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a man included in TIME Magazine's "100 Persons of the 20th Century." Interviews, recreations, and rare archival material reveal how Bill Wilson, a hopeless drunk near death from his alcoholism, found a way out of his own addiction and then forged a path for countless others to follow. With Bill as its driving force, A.A. grew from a handful of men to a worldwide fellowship of over 2 million...
10) You and me
Author
Publisher
Carry On Music
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 CD : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
First he was known as Tommy, then Woodrow, and eventually, Mr. President. Born on December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia, Thomas Woodrow Wilson was a born leader. He was the president of Princeton University, served as governor of New Jersey after that, and was then elected president of the United States. But not everything was so easy for Wilson. He was ahead of his time in wanting a League of Nations after World War I to help prevent another war...
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Appears on list
Formats
Description
A celebration of August Wilson's journey from a child in Pittsburgh to one of America's greatest playwrights August Wilson (1945-2005) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who had a particular talent for capturing the authentic, everyday voice of Black Americans. As a child, he read off soup cans and cereal boxes, and when his mother brought him to the library, his whole world opened up. After facing intense prejudice at school from both...
13) Presidents
Author
Series
Description
Offers information about America's most influential political office and details on the men who have filled it.
14) California rock
Series
Publisher
Passport Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (38 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Compilation of videos of pop hits from the 1960s and 1970s featuring California performers.
15) Rogue asset
Author
Series
Presidential Agent novels volume 9
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
Secretary of State Frank Malone has been kidnapped from his Cairo hotel-his security detail wiped out. President Natalie Cohen is left with several unacceptable options. It's time to think outside the box, and that can only mean one thing: the revival of the Presidential Agent program. Cohen calls for Charley Castillo to come out of retirement to direct a new Presidential Agent, one Captain P. K. "Pick" McCoy, USMC. Charley may be too old to kick...
Series
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (197 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Switches back and forth between four separate stories from Babylonian times to the twentieth century to show humanity's inhumanity and intolerance through the ages. The Babylonian story deals with the fall of Babylon in 538 B.C. The Judean story treats the life of Christ. The French story centers on the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572. The modern story is set in an American mill town and the slum area of an American city.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 66 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
If it's all about rainbows, it must be about Rainbow Dash, and it is! She loves this time of year when Ponyville and Breezie Blossom are all about celebrating rainbows. Meanwhile, Rarity is being taught how to be a Unicorn Princess.
18) Fly girls
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran and the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) is told by some of the participants and illustrated with archival film and home movies.
19) The presidents
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
17 DVDs (ca. 38 hr., 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronciles the lives and accomplishments of presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Truman, JFK, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (132 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1789, the HMS Bounty sets sail under Captain William Bligh. Bligh is the cruelest taskmaster and his cruelties become more than first mate Christian can bear. After the Captain causes the death of the ship's doctor, the crew stage a mutiny, with Christian in charge. Bligh is set adrift in an open boat with a handful of his loyal officers and limited supplies.
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