Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta)
Summary: With eloquence and immediacy, Annan writes about the highs and lows of his years at the United Nations: from shuttle-diplomacy during crises such as Kosovo, Lebanon and Israel-Palestine to the wrenching battles over the Iraq War to the creation of the landmark Responsibility to Protect doctrine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANNAN, KOFI A. ANNNader, Ralph
Summary: "A scathing wake-up call derailing the many ways that wealth manipulates American politics, labor, media, environment and the quality of national life today. By telling the success stories of average Americans, the iconic consumer advocate and big-business anti-hero makes the case about how the nation can--and must--be managed by communities, not corporations. Nader at his best--indignant and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Publishers 2016
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Summary: "The great elder statesman of consumer rights shows how previous administrations allowed unchecked corporate power to lead us to the criminality of Trump. Nader brings together the outrages of the Trump administration with the key flaws and failures of the previous administrations--both Republican and Democratic--that have led us to this precipice. Writing as a Washington, D.C. activist and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.973 NADNader, Ralph
Summary: One of corporate America's greatest enemies profiles twelve CEOs, including The Body Shop's Anita Roddick, Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard and Vanguard's John Bogle, whom he believes performed extraordinarily well as business leaders and civic reformers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 338.092 NADNader, Ralph
Summary: "In letters addressed to Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama, Ralph Nader provides incisive critiques of more than a decade of American policy decision and indecision. Each letter offers frank advice and shines light on government mishaps and missed opportunities for progress. With his signature dry wit, Nader holds these presidents to their campaign promises. He also boldly points to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320 NADNader, Ralph.
Summary: Surveying the state of American society and the economy, offers solutions for saving the country, including cracking down on corporate crime, rebooting civic education, and innovating new programs to create job growth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 NADNader, Ralph.
Summary: "Ralph Nader has fought for over fifty years on behalf of American citizens against the reckless influence of corporations on our society. At this pivotal political moment, Americans are more disillusioned with their political leaders than ever. Large majorities tell pollsters that big corporations have too much political power. The ever tightening influence of big business on the mainstream...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.3 NADLADER, LAWRENCE
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1974
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Summary: "Tested principles for transforming an idea into a fully operational company. Startup Weekend--the organization behind 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and create startups--has spawned both a global initiative in entrepreneurship as well as numerous successful startups. Startup Weekend, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.1 NAGFader, Molly.
Summary: Everything Hope knows about the Orchard House is from the stories of her late mother. So when she arrives at the northern Michigan family estate late one night with a terrible secret and her ten-year-old daughter in tow, she's not sure if she'll be welcomed or turned away. But as Hope works the orchard alongside her aunt, daughter, and a kind man she finds increasingly difficult to ignore, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FADNaber, Therese
Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the California area, including the Hupa, Yurok, Pomo, Pit River, Miwok, Yokuts, Chumash, Cahuilla, and Luiseno nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative sidebars, detailed maps, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.4 NABNazer, Mende.
Summary: The author provides an account of her experiences after being kidnapped from her Nuba village in 1993 by Arab raiders when she was twelve years old and sold into slavery, and discusses how she was able to gain her freedom seven years later while living and working for her master's sister in London.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.362 NAZHader, Berta
Summary: This hardcover treasury of Mother Goose rhymes stands as the finest achievement of the beloved husband-and-wife team, winners of the 1949 Caldecott Medal for The Big Snow. Each of the more than 170 lovingly detailed color and pen-and-ink illustrations has been painstakingly restored from the Haders' original art stored at the University of Oregon. Game songs, tales of boys and girls, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HADNaber, Therese
Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the southeastern United States, including the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Muscogee (Creek), Choctaw, Siminole, Catawba, and Chitimacha nations, as well as the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975 NABNadel, Estelle
Summary: "A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Poland, The Girl Who Sang illustrates the power of a brother's love, the kindness of strangers, and finding hope when facing the unimaginable." -- Publisher annotation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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Contents: Walk away son -- Shout -- The love we have -- Everyone else -- Realization -- Happenings -- Everything is beautiful -- The fire that burns -- Hold 'em -- Organ prelude dub -- Colors -- Summer times -- Free -- Southside phantom -- Forge your own chains -- Come home with me -- Sneak into my bedroom -- Snake bite -- Summer times prt 2 -- Ashtray.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Now-Again Records 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES MAKNadler, Marissa
Contents: For my crimes -- I can't listen to Gene Clark anymore -- Are you really gonna move to the south? -- Lover release me -- Blue vapor -- Interlocking -- All out of catastrophes -- Dream dream big in the sky -- You're only harmless when you sleep -- Flamethrower -- Said goodbye to that car.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sacred Bones Records 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NADNadler, Marissa.
Contents: Drive -- 1923 -- Firecrackers -- We are coming back -- Dead City Emily -- Was it a dream -- I've got your name -- Desire -- Anyone else -- Holiday in -- Nothing in my heart.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sacred Bones Records 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NADAbdolah, Kader
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABDNaber, Therese
Summary: From the scorching dunes of the Sahara Desert to the crushing depths of the Mariana Trench, our world contains many inhospitable landscapes. The Science of Survival explores the amazing adaptations animals and humans have developed in order to survive in some of the harshest circumstances on Earth and beyond. Easy-to-read text and vivid images bring this subject to life. Features include a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2017
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 578.4 NABFry, Jason
Summary: Who is Darth Vader? How did the once great Jedi become a fearsome villain? Who are the allies and foes Darth Vader has faced? In this biography -- complete with black-and-white illustrations, timelines, and character profiles -- young readers will delight in learning the complete history of the Sith Lord.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FRYHader, Berta.
Summary: Winter comes to the woodland as the busy animals make their preparations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1976
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HADSummary: Surveys the history, usage, and etiquette of the American flag. Includes a sing-a-long of the "Star Spangled Banner" and the "Pledge of Allegiance".
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Schlessinger Video Productions 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD J929.9 UNIBader, Bonnie
Summary: Blue, a little alien from outer space, drives his human companions to distraction when he resists going to sleep.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014