Smith, Patricia
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Publisher / Publication Date: HARCO 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 JOHCarlson, Tucker
Summary: From the host of Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News and the New York Times best-selling author of Ship of Fools, a collection of nostalgic writings that underscore America's long slide from innocence to orthodoxy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 CAR1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult CarlsonKroeger, Brooke
Summary: "An essential history of women in American journalism, showcasing the most renowned trailblazers since 1840"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4082 KROSummary: This program from NOW on PBS asks the question: “Is good journalism going extinct?” David Brancaccio interviews professor Robert McChesney and journalist John Nichols, authors of “The Life and Death of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again.” They discuss the fractured audiences, tight budgets, and massive lay offs of reporters that have downsized the fourth...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Heat Moon, William Least
Summary: Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads. William Least-Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about "those little towns that get on the map--if they get on at all--only because some cartographer has a blank space to fill: Remote, Oregon; Simplicity,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Back Bay Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.304 HEASummary: A compilation of American traditional music, featuring twelve tracks by a variety of artists, including Alison Brown, Ruthie Foster, Mulehead, Old Crow Medicine Show, Josh Ritter, The Little Willies, and others.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD WM PutumayoOffspring (Musical group)
Contents: Welcome -- Have you ever -- Staring at the sun -- Pretty fly (for a white guy) -- The kids aren't alright -- Feelings -- She's got issues -- Walla walla -- The end of the line -- No brakes -- Why don't you get a job? -- Americana -- Pay the man.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OFFContents: Todos vuelven (RubGen Blades) (4:26) -- El desierto (Lhasa) (3:54) -- Fried neck bones and some home fries (Willie Bobo) (3:01) -- Suavecito (Malo) (6:36) -- Eva (Ozomatli) (3:09) -- Low rider (War) (3:20) -- A matter of time (los Lobos) (3:48) -- Guajira (Santana) (5:38) -- QuGe tengo que hacer (Frankie NegrGon) (5:06) -- Melao de caSna (Celie Cruz) (2:51) -- Postizo (Marc Ribot y los Cubanos...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Recording Corp. 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN AMEPosner, Gerald L.
Summary: Pharmaceutical breakthroughs such as antibiotics and vaccines rank among some of the greatest advancements in human history. Yet exorbitant prices for life-saving drugs, safety recalls affecting tens of millions of Americans, and soaring rates of addiction and overdose on prescription opioids have caused many to lose faith in drug companies. Now, Americans are demanding a national reckoning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 POSDavis, Wes
Summary: "The epic road trips-and surprising friendship-of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, inventors of the modern age"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3048 DAVWilliams, John
Contents: Call of the champions -- American journey -- Song for world peace -- Jubilee 350 -- Mission theme (Theme for NBC News) -- For New York (variations on themes of Leonard Bernstein) -- Sound the bells -- Hymn to New England -- Celebrate discovery -- Summon the heroes.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING WILDavies, Ray
Summary: The British Invasion musician discusses his love/hate relationship with America, from his first U.S. tour in the early 1960s to being nearly murdered during a botched robbery in New Orleans in 2004.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub Co Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 DAVSummary: Presents the parallels between the two great American societies of the Aztecs and the Incas, both of which fell to the Spanish conquistadores of the sixteenth century. Includes re-creations of lost cities such as Tenochtitlan and Machu Picchu.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Kultur International Films 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.018 EMPPeacock, Margaret
Summary: "An unflinching daily account of how a viral pandemic unmasked two centuries of American disease, poverty, violence, and disinformation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 PEATwitty, Michael
Summary: "The James Beard award-winning author of the acclaimed The Cooking Gene explores the cultural crossroads of Jewish and African diaspora cuisine and issues of memory, identity, and food. In Koshersoul, Michael W. Twitty considers the marriage of two of the most distinctive culinary cultures in the world today: the foods and traditions of the African Atlantic and the global Jewish diaspora. To...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5676 TWIAntopol, Molly.
Summary: Traces the experiences of protagonists from a range of cultures, including a blacklisted Hollywood actor who struggles to connect with his son, and a dissenting gallery worker who begins smuggling and curating underground art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANTGuevara, Ernesto
Summary: A chronicle of the author's seven-month motorcycle journey throughout South America reveals the beginning of his transformation into a dedicated revolutionary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ocean Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918 GUEMassey, James C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Studio 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.372 MASRogers, Robert Dale
Summary: "In The Fungal Pharmacy, noted herbalist Robert Rogers introduces readers to more than 300 species of medicinal mushrooms and lichens found in North America. These fungi, Rogers explains, have the capacity to heal both the body and, through the process of myco-remediation, the planet itself. Throughout the book, he documents their success in optimizing the immune system and treating a wide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615 ROGDavies, Ray
Contents: Americana (4:02) -- The deal (5:03) -- Poetry (5:05) -- Message from the road (2:57) -- A place in your heart (5:03) -- The mystery room (3:51) -- Silent movie (1:11) -- Rock 'n' roll cowboys (4:21) -- Change for change (3:23) -- The man upstairs (1:37) -- I've heard that beat before (4:03) -- A long drive home to Tarzana (4:59) -- The great highway (4:43) -- The invaders (3:47) -- Wings of...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Recordings 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DAVConners, Peter H.
Summary: Draws on interviews with some of the most recognizable names in the jam band scene to trace the genre's origins and evolution, offering insight into key musical influences, songwriting styles, and tour experiences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 CONHongoltz-Hetling, Matthew
Summary: "A bizarre, rollicking trip through the world of fringe medicine, filled with leeches, baking soda IVs, and, according to at least one person, zombies. It's no secret that American health care has become too costly and politicized to help everyone. So where do you turn if you can't afford doctors, or don't trust them? In this book, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling examines the growing universe of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.8 HONZheutlin, Peter
Summary: On the cusp of turning 65, a man and his beloved rescue dog of similar vintage take a poignant, often bemusing, and keenly observed journey across America and discover a big-hearted, welcoming country filled with memorable characters, a new-found appreciation for the life they temporarily left behind, and a determination to live more fully in the moment as old age looms. Inspired by John...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 ZHESummary: Publishes papers on all aspects of the natural history of plants of North America north of Mexico, including systematics, floristics, ecology, conservation, botanical history, economic botany and ethnobotany, restoration, and other areas of organismal botany. Plant groups includes vascular plants, bryophytes, fungi, and algae. The Great Lakes region is defined as the entirety of the states and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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