Kohn, Edward P. (Edward Parliament)
Summary: "Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as America's prototypical "cowboy" president-a Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West. But while the great outdoors certainly shaped Roosevelt's identity, historian Edward P. Kohn argues that it was his hometown of New York that made him the progressive president we celebrate today. During his early...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOSEVELT, THEODORE KOHGrimm, Jacob
Summary: "When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their 'Children's and Household Tales' in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as 'Rapunzel, ' 'Hansel and Gretel, ' and 'Cinderella' would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this episode of New York: A Documentary Film, filmmaker Ric Burns follows the city into the 20th century in the wake of an extraordinary wave of immigration and the birth of the skyscraper. As New York spilled into the new century, the extraordinary interplay of capitalism, democracy and transformation surged to a climax. During a single generation, over 10 million immigrants arrived in New...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Ives, Charles
Contents: Symphony no. 2 -- Gong on the Hook and Ladder or Firemen's parade on Main Street -- tone Roads no. 1 -- Hymn: Largo cantabile -- Halloween -- Central Park in the Dark -- Unanswered Question.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 1990
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Summary: Ed Asner, a self-proclaimed dauntless Democrat from the old days, figured that if the right-wing wackos are wrong about voter fraud, Obama’s death panels, and climate change, they are probably just as wrong about what the Constitution says. There’s no way that two hundred-plus years later, the right-wing ideologues know how to interpret the Constitution. On their way home from Philadelphia the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342 ASNDeGrazia, Laura Murphy
Contents: Introduction: History and settlement; Migration; Economy; Jurisdictional changes -- Archives, Libraries, and societies: National Archives at New York City; New York State Archives; New York State Library; New York City Department of Records: Municipal Archives; New York Public Library: Research libraries; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYG&B); Local and special interest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Genealogical Society 2013
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3747 DEGHirsch, Edward
Summary: "We live in unsettled times. What is America and who are we as a people? How do we understand the dreams and betrayals that have shaped the American experience? For poet and critic Edward Hirsch, poetry opens up new ways of answering these questions, of reconnecting with one another and with what's best in us. In this landmark new book from Library of America, Hirsch offers deeply personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.1 HIRMingus, Charles
Contents: CD 1, the master takes. I left my heart in San Francisco ; Reincarnation of a lovebird ; Peggy's blue skylight ; Love is a dangerous necessity ; Blue bird ; Pithecanthropus erectus -- CD 2, the alternate takes. Reincarnation of a lovebird (warm up and first false start) ; Reincarnation of a lovebird (second false start) ; Reincarnation of a lovebird (third false start) ; Reincarnation of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sunnyside 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ MINBerger, Edward
Contents: The making of a musician : Philadelphia (1922-1938) -- From student to pro (1938-1943) -- Integration of the Armed Forces : the Montford Point Marines (1943-1946) -- Big band odyssey (1946-1950) -- New York (1950-1953) -- On the road again : Count Basie (1953-1954) -- Back on Broadway and into the studios (1955-1957) -- On staff : African American musicians and the network orchestras...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Temple Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDER, JOE BERLloyd, Charles
Contents: Georgia / Hoagy Carmichael (6:36) -- The water is wide / Charles Lloyd (5:01) -- Black butterfly / Duke Ellington (4:35) -- Ballade and allegro / Charles Lloyd (5:12) -- Lotus blossom / Billy Strayhorn (5:37) -- The monk and the mermaid / Charles Lloyd (8:34) -- Song of her / Cecil McBee (7:36) -- Lady day / Charles Lloyd (7:28) -- Heaven / Duke Ellington (4:14) -- There is a balm in Gliead /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECM Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ LLOIves, Charles
Contents: New England holidays. Washington's Birthday ; Decoration Day ; The Fourth of July ; Thanksgiving and Forefathers' Day (with Chicago Symphony Chorus).
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Masterworks 1988
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Summary: Klein uncovers the real story behind Hillary Clinton's email scandals and the dirty political games that have kept her one step ahead of the law-- for now.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 324.973 KLEGross, Edward (Edward A.)
Summary: "For the past four decades, no film saga has touched the world in the way that Star Wars has, capturing the imaginations of filmgoers and filmmakers alike. Now, for the first time ever, Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman... are telling the entire story of this blockbuster franchise from the very beginning in a single exhaustive volume. Featuring the commentaries of hundreds of actors and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 GROCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 GROGross, Edward (Edward A.)
Summary: "There have been iconic moments in the action movie genre over the years, but nothing has come close to matching the kinetic, balletic gun-fu of the John Wick films. In They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun-Fu and The New Age of Action, bestselling authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross take you behind the scenes of a franchise...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 GROJacob, Aglaée.
Summary: Health begins in the gut. In addition to digestive disorders, many other health problems can stem from damage to your intestines, so tackling your digestion is crucial if you want to maximize your chances of obtaining optimal health, The information in "Digestive Health with REAL Food" will teach you how to address the root causes of your digestive troubles, and will help you build your own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Nut JacobElkin, Lauren
Summary: The flâneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals of the world with abandon. But it is the flâneuse who captures the imagination of Elkin. She takes us on a cosmopolitan jaunt that begins in New York, where Elkin grew up, and transports us to Paris via Venice, Tokyo, and London, all cities in which she's lived. Elkin creates a mosaic of what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 ELKSmith, Edward C. (Edward Clarke)
Summary: Presents information about growing vegetables in containers, covering such topics as selecting suitable pots, starting plants from seeds, and managing pests and diseases, with advice on individual vegetables and herbs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This episode of New York: A Documentary Film begins by identifying the key themes that shaped New York's history: commerce and capitalism, diversity and democracy, transformation and creativity. Filmmaker Ric Burns charts the development of the city founded by the Dutch as a purely commercial enterprise, first as New Amsterdam, a freewheeling enclave of trade and opportunity; then as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Burman, Edward
Summary: Traces the discovery of the famed terracotta warriors against a backdrop of what is currently known about the Qin Dynasty, offering scholarly insights into the surprising theories about the creation of the Qin Emperor's remarkable third-century B.C.E. mausoleum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 931 BURJacob, Dianne
Summary: "Love sharing recipes and want to start a food blog? Interested in writing a cookbook? Like to be the first to discover restaurants in your town? Get 'Will Write for Food' and find all you need to put your passion onto the page. Cookbook coauthor, blogger, and writing coach Dianne Jacob gives both aspiring and accomplished food writers ways to succeed and thrive in this revised and updated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.0666 JACFishman, Charles
Summary: The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Rather than only three states of water, liquid, ice, and vapor, there is a fourth, "molecular water," fused into rock 400 miles deep in the Earth, and that's where most of the planet's water is found. Unlike most precious resources, water cannot be used up; it can always be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 FISSummary: During this episode of New York: A Documentary Film, filmmaker Ric Burns explores how the post-World War I economic boom, the rise of consumer culture, and the birth of new mass media industries fueled the convergence of an incredible array of human and cultural energies, ending with the stock market crash of 1929 and the construction of the Empire State Building. In just over a decade, New...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: This chapter of the acclaimed series New York: A Documentary Film provides a powerful portrait of the events leading up to and following the 2001 terrorist attacks on September 11, reaching back to when the idea of a “world trade center” was first conceived and the towers were constructed. Filmmaker Ric Burns explores the physical, economic, and symbolic aftermath of the 9/11 attack - and what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Krauthammer, Charles
Summary: A collection of the influential columnist's most notable works and writings includes never-before-published speeches on his political philosophy and personal history and a major, new essay about the state of global democracy. "Created and compiled by Charles Krauthammer before his death, [this book] is a powerful collection of the influential columnist's most important works. Spanning the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2018