Cooper, Helene.
Summary: The author traces her childhood in war-torn Liberia and her reunion with a foster sister who had been left behind when her family fled the region.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.896 COODwyer, Johnny.
Summary: Tells the story of "Chucky" Taylor, a young American who lost his soul in Liberia, the country where his African father was a ruthless warlord and dictator.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 966.8 DWYMoore, Wayétu
Summary: "When Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, but all she can think about is how much she misses her mother, who is working and studying in faraway New York. Before she gets the reunion her father promised her, war breaks out in Liberia. The family is forced to flee their home on foot, walking and hiding...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOORE, WAYETU MOOSummary: Documentary about a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for Liberia, a nation torn to shreds by a bloody civil war, violent warlords and a corrupt Charles Taylor regime. Includes interviews, archival images, and scenes of present-day Liberia together to recount the experiences and memories of the women who were instrumental in bringing lasting peace to their country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Roco Films Educational 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PRACooper, Helene.
Summary: The author traces her childhood in war-torn Liberia and her reunion with a foster sister who had been left behind when her family fled the region.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 966.6203 COOMitman, Gregg
Summary: "An ambitious and shocking exposeÌp1(B of America's hidden empire in Liberia, run by the storied Firestone corporation, and its long shadow"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.76782 MITMoore, Wayétu
Summary: Three extraordinary people use their unusual powers to protect the fledgling state of Liberia. Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, child of a white British...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOBeer, Daniel
Summary: "The House of the Dead is a history of Siberia with a focus on the last four tsars (1801-1917). Daniel Beer explores the massive penal colony that became an incubator for the radicalism of revolutionaries who would one day rule Russia"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 BEEFrazier, Ian.
Summary: Here, travel writer Ian Frazier trains his eye for detail on Siberia, that vast expanse of Asiatic Russia. He explores many aspects of this storied, often grim region, which takes up one-seventh of the land on earth. He writes about the geography, the resources, the native peoples, the history, the forty-below midwinter afternoons, the bugs. More than just a historical travelogue, this is also...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 957 FRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 957 FRAWallance, Gregory
Summary: "After returning to the United States, Kennan set out to generate public outrage over the plight of the exiles, writing the renowned Siberia and the Exile System. He then went on a nine-year lecture tour to describe the suffering of the Siberian exiles, intensifying the newly emerging diplomatic conflicts between the two countries which last to this day. In a book that ranks with the greatest...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Summary: "Traces the development and evolution of the free speech doctrine in the Supreme Court and explores how the Court, with varying levels of success, has applied that doctrinal framework to 'hard cases' and current controversies, such as those involving hate speech, speech on the internet, speech on campus, and campaign finance regulation"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2022