Robison, John Elder.
Summary: John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant." No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent evenings drunk. No wonder he gravitated to machines, which could be counted on. His savant-like ability to visualize electronic circuits landed him a gig with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.196 ROBBenedict
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 255.106 BENHunter, Nick.
Summary: "Learn more about socialism and its many forms while exploring the successes and failures of countries who have embraced socialism throughout history."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 320.53 HUNSummary: The polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes and droughts ravish the planet, and the earth's population is threatened by catastrophic climate change. Millions of American jobs have been sent overseas and aren't coming back. Young African-American men make up the majority of America's prison population. Half of the American population are poor or near poor, living precariously on the brink, while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335 GOLBenedict, Henry Marvin
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1969
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2 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.2 BENEDICT FAMILY BEN VOL. 01Call number: R-GEN 929.2 BENEDICT FAMILY BEN VOL. 02
Summary: At the end of the 19th century, socialism was an idyllic dream among intellectuals. Sixty years later it had become a reality for much of the world. This program describes the expansion of socialist and Communist rule into Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and western Europe-showing the weaknesses that developed in the practice of socialism even as it reached the apex of its popularity....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Benedict
Summary: In his first book written as pope, Benedict XVI offers a portrait of Jesus based on the Gospels and encourages Christians to better understand the central figure of their faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2007
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Summary: By 2035, 11.5 million Americans will be over the age of eighty-five, more than double today’s 5 million, living longer than ever before. To enable all of us to age with dignity and security in the face of this coming Age Wave, our society must learn to value the care of our elders. The process of building a culture that supports care is a key component to restoring the American dream, and, as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 361 POOBenedict, Jeff
Summary: The reigning king of the game and the first active NBA player to become a billionaire, LeBron James's ascent has been anything but effortless and predetermined. He won his destiny despite overwhelmingly long odds; his mother placed him with a family that gave him stability and put a basketball in his hands. Benedict shows the gradual rise of a star who, surrounded by a tight-knit group of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LEBRON BENRobinson, Nathan J.
Summary: "A primer on Democratic Socialism for those who are extremely skeptical of it. America is witnessing the rise of a new generation of socialist activists. More young people support socialism now than at any time since the labor movement of the 1920s. The Democratic Socialists of America, a big-tent leftist organization, has just surpassed 50,000 members nationwide. In the fall of 2018, one of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335 ROBSummary: The development team has realized that the Web site scheduled to go live tomorrow still has a number of bugs to be worked out. Their supervisor believes that 'What the client doesn't know won't hurt him. How should the team proceed? This program outlines a specific methodology for solving Information and Communication Technology problems, with an emphasis on the value of good communication...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Tabitha is the best runner on her high school track team. She has learned both physical and mental techniques that help her win long-distance races. But this spunky runner is a mega-procrastinator when it comes to schoolwork. That's all about to change as her best and brainy friends take a closer look at the techniques Tabitha uses to win races and then coach her to apply them academically....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Why do we have to learn this? When will I ever use this information once I get out of school? When students acquire the ability to answer these questions for themselves, they develop an improved understanding of their subjects along with the ability to identify and retain pertinent information. This upbeat video teaches students the Empty "V" System which stresses the importance and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Seewald, Peter
Summary: "Emeritus Pope Benedict commands both adulation and unremitting criticism. To millions, he remains a beacon of light in a turbulent modern world. In this second volume of Peter Seewald's authoritative biography, the story runs from the Second Vatican Council (1965-8) right up to the present day. We see how Benedict was influenced by the Council and the ensuing political unrest all over Europe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Continuum 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENEDICT XVI, POPE SEESummary: It has been estimated that 1.5 million elder Americans suffer neglect, mistreatment, and even financial exploitation at the hands of their own families. In this program, ABC News correspondents Diane Sawyer and Marti Emerald probe what is quickly becoming the fastest-growing family crime in the U.S. Together they investigate several cases of elder abuse and examine the efforts of crusaders such...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Piketty, Thomas
Summary: As a correspondent for the French newspaper Le Monde, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty has documented the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Emmanuel Macron's ascendance to the French presidency, the unfolding of a global pandemic, and much else besides, always from the perspective of his fight for a more equitable world. This collection brings together those articles and is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 PIKHarris, Robert J.
Summary: In 1942 London, Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend Watson track down a serial killer, Crimson Jack, who is murdering women on the exact dates of the infamous Jack the Ripper killings of 1888.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARRoss, Jack
Summary: "At a time when the word "socialist" is but one of numerous political epithets that are generally divorced from the historical context of America's political history, The Socialist Party of America presents a new, mature understanding of America's most important minor political party of the twentieth century. From the party's origins in the labor and populist movements at the end of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.28 ROSMoss, David A.
Summary: Historian David Moss adapts the case study method made famous by Harvard Business School to revitalize our conversations about governance and democracy and show how the United States has often thrived on political conflict. These 19 cases ask us to weigh choices and consequences, wrestle with momentous decisions, and come to our own conclusions.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.4 MOSSummary: As a movement, socialism thrived in Europe-but America was its cradle. This program explores the origins of socialist principles and how they evolved into military revolution in Russia and political strife in the United States. Recounting Robert Owen's New Harmony experiment, the program details the intellectualization of socialism by Marx, Engels, and Bernstein, followed by the rise of Lenin...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Benedict, Jeff.
Summary: Susette Kelo was just trying to rebuild her life when she purchased an old house perched on the waterfront in New London, Conn. It wasn't fancy, but with hard work she was able to turn it into a home that was important to her. Little did she know that the City of New London, desperate to revive its flailing economy, wanted to raze her house and others along the waterfront in order to win a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 343.746 BENConley, Chip
Summary: At age 52, after selling the company he founded and ran as CEO for 24 years, rebel boutique hotelier Chip Conley was looking at an open horizon in midlife. Then he received a call from the young founders of Airbnb, asking him to help grow their disruptive start-up into a global hospitality giant. He had the industry experience, but Conley was lacking in the digital fluency of his 20-something...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Currency, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 CONBenedict, Jeff.
Summary: Susette Kelo was just trying to rebuild her life when she purchased an old house perched on the waterfront in New London, Conn. It wasn't fancy, but with hard work she was able to turn it into a home that was important to her. Little did she know that the City of New London, desperate to revive its flailing economy, wanted to raze her house and others along the waterfront in order to win a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hatchette Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 343.746 BEND'Souza, Dinesh
Summary: "For those who witnessed the global collapse of socialism, its resurrection in the twenty-first century comes as a surprise, even a shock. How can socialism work now when it has never worked before? In this pathbreaking book, bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza argues that the socialism advanced today by the likes of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar and Elizabeth Warren is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2020