Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
Summary: A definitive edition of the landmark book that forever changed our understanding of the Civil War's aftermath and the legacy of racism in America. Upon publication in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois's now classic Black Reconstruction offered a revelatory new assessment of Reconstruction--and of American democracy itself. One of the towering African American thinkers and activists of the twentieth century,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.81 DU BShatner, William
Summary: By revealing stories of his life, William Shatner reflects on what he has learned along the way to his ninth decade and how important it is to apply the joy of exploration to our own lives.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 921 SHAShatner, William
Summary: "The beloved star of Star Trek, recent space traveler, and living legend William Shatner reflects on the interconnectivity of all things, our fragile bond with nature, and the joy that comes from exploration in this inspiring, revelatory, and exhilarating collection of essays"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 SHACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHATNER, WILLIAM SHASummary: As controversy swirls around the issue of same-sex marriage, gay and lesbian couples in North America and abroad are speaking out for the right to marry. Filmed in British Columbia after the legalization of same-sex unions, this program introduces the victorious litigants, who share their views on marriage, religious and political opposition, child adoption, and, most of all, love. Interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Mulligan Sepúlveda, J.J.
Summary: "For author Mulligan Sepúlveda, the son and husband of Spanish-speaking immigrants, the battle for immigration reform is personal. Mulligan Sepúlveda writes of visiting border detention centers, defending undocumented immigrants in court, and taking hisservices to JFK to represent people being turned away at the gates during Trump's infamous travel ban"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 MULArtist Not Provided
Summary: Tom and Jerry return to Oz with Dorothy to save the Good Witch; Tom and Jerry join Dorothy on her adventures in Oz.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV TOMMailer, Norman
Summary: The first posthumous publication from this literary icon, "Mind of an Outlaw" collects Mailer's most important and representative work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 MAIDu Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 DUBSummary: George Marshall speaking about the Declaration of Human Rights at UN Conference in Paris
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1948
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Miller, William J.
Summary: This book illustrates the everyday lives of soldiers during the Civil War, depicting cavalry, medicine, spies, special regiments, and more. Over 1,000 images are published here for the first time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.7813 MILCassidy, Cody
Summary: "A gleefully gruesome look at the actual science behind the most outlandish, cartoonish, and impossible deaths you can imagine What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only a swimsuit? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get in digging a hole to China? Paul Doherty, senior staff scientist at San Francisco's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Science CassidyMiranda, Lin-Manuel
Summary: Offers a behind-the-scenes view of Hamilton the musical, detailing the many dramatic episodes in Alexander Hamilton's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792 MIRCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 792.6 MIRShakespeare, William
Summary: A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the 86 years between Richard II (1377-1399) and Richard III (1483-1485).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2 entertain [for] BBC Video 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SHAFriedman, Rachel
Summary: Rachel Friedman was a serious violist as a kid. She quit music in college but never stopped fantasizing about what her life might be like if she had never put down her bow. Years later, a freelance writer in New York, she again finds herself struggling with her fantasy of an artist's life versus its much more complicated reality. In search of answers, she decides to track down her childhood...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.24 FRISummary: Coming of Age at the End of Nature explores a new kind of environmental writing. This powerful anthology gathers the passionate voices of young writers who have grown up in an environmentally damaged and compromised world. Each contributor has come of age since Bill McKibben foretold the doom of humanity’s ancient relationship with a pristine earth in his prescient 1988 warning of climate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trinity University Press 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508 COMDirda, Michael.
Summary: Presents a critical analysis of the works of the British author, including his mysteries about Sherlock Holmes and his lesser-known short stories and novels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.8 DIRArcher, Richard
Summary: Perhaps nothing did more to foment anti-British sentiment than the armed occupation of Boston. This is Richard Archer's narrative of those critical months between October 1, 1768 and the winter of 1770 when Boston was an occupied town. Archer moves deftly between the governor's mansion and cobblestoned back-alleys as he traces the origins of the colonists' conflict with Britain. He reveals the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 ARCManchester, William
Summary: "From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth--the dense...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.21 MANMannix, Kathryn
Summary: A palliative care physician draws on stories from her own practice to explain how to enable a gentle and peaceful death and how modern medicine, augmented by traditional palliative approaches, can restore dignity, humanity, and meaning to the end of life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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Summary: "What jobs should be automated? How should our legal systems handle autonomous systems? How likely is the emergence of suprahuman intelligence? A.I. is the future of science, technology, and business--and there is no person better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark. What has A.I. brought us? Where will it lead us? The story of A.I. is the story of intelligence--of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Oh Wonder (Musical group)
Summary: Prior to releasing their debut album, the London based songwriting duo of Anthony West and Josephine Gucht were featured on Radio 1 BBC playlist as well as being named The Guardian's New Band of the Week.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OHHayden, Michael V. (Michael Vincent)
Summary: "In the face of a President who lobs accusations without facts, evidence, or logic, truth tellers are under attack. Meanwhile, the world order is teetering on the brink. North Korea is on the verge of having a nuclear weapon that could reach the United States; Russians have mastered a new form of information warfare that undercuts democracy; and the role of China in the global community remains...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327 HAYComer, John Mark
Summary: "You've heard people say 'Who you are matters more than what you do'. Does the Bible really teach that? In Garden City, popular pastor and speaker John Mark Comer gives a fresh take on our calling and our purpose, with a surprisingly counter-culture take. Through his creative and conversational style, Comer takes a good look at Genesis and the story of a man, a woman, and a garden. He unpacks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Oz, Amos.
Contents: Kibbutz-"An Exemplary Nonfailure": Kibbutz at the Present Time (from Under This Blazing Light) -- Where the Jackals Howl (from Where the Jackals Howl) -- Way of the Wind (from Where the Jackals Howl) -- Extended Family (from Elsewhere, Perhaps) -- Secret Adaptability (from A Perfect Peace) -- Jerusalem-An Alien City: Alien City (from Under This Blazing Light) -- It's Cold in This Jerusalem of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009