McMann, Lisa.
Summary: Alex and his friends from Artimé are stranded on a newly-discovered island, and they are not alone, while in Quill, his twin Aaron's power base grows as he joins with an unlikely ally in a risky plan to finally conquer Artimé.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC MCMSummary: The Media That Matters Film Festival celebrates films, videos, and new media that inspire people to speak out and take action for social change. The goal of the festival is not simply to showcase films and new media projects that bring important social, political and environmental topics to the forefront, but to encourage the use of these films as a springboard for discussion and even more...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MediaRights 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MEDSummary: "In Tales of Two Americas, some of the literary world's most exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays, and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared, and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that touches so many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 TALNess, Patrick
Summary: Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee, whose thoughts Todd can hear, too, whether he wants to or not, stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC NESSummary: Long story short: Presents interview segments in which California's poor and homeless discuss the disadvantages of living without adequate resources.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: "Dissent and protest have been at the heart of the American story from the first days of settlement to the present day. American Patriots highlights many of the ways that dissent has shaped American history and been a force for progress"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2024
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Summary: Decades of cuts to local government amidst rising concentrations of poverty have wreaked havoc on communities left behind by the modern economy. Some of these discarded places are rural. Others are big cities, small cities, or historic suburbs. Some vote blue, others red. Some are the most diverse communities in America, while others are nearly all white, all Latino, or all Black. All are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2022
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Summary: "A guide to the recent history of the world that's led to where we are today, so Gen Z readers can have context for the news they see and hear every day"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 306 SELHuckabee, Mike
Summary: "In Mike Huckabee's new book God, Guns, Grits and Gravy, he asks the question, "Have I been taken to a different planet than the one on which I grew up?" The New York Times bestselling author explores today's American culture, drawing from his travels as a presidential candidate to present average, small-town people and families, and their optimistic resilience in the face of hard times; their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 HUCPowell, Nate
Summary: "In this anthology of seven comics essays, author and graphic novelist Nate Powell addresses living in an era of what he calls 'necessary protest.' Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest is Powell's reflection on witnessing the collapse of discourse in real time while drawing the award-winning trilogy March, written by Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.484 POWCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 POWKingsolver, Barbara
Summary: A bilingual collection of thirty-seven political and protest poems about the social conditions of America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 KINReynolds, Jason
Summary: Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a lot of people have never heard of. He likes it that way--then no one can get in the way of his keeping of other other people safe. Super safe. He's Stuntboy. He's got the moves. And the saves. Except. There's been one major fail. He couldn't save his parents from becoming Xs. Which is a word that sounds like coughing up a hairball. But don't talk to...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC REYHerold, Benjamin
Summary: "Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates to an affluent suburban enclave, but can't escape the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024
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Summary: "Welcome to the "Solution Economy" We're at a critical juncture in our global economy, with the siloed ways of the past (public vs. private) quickly fading. Instead, we are witnessing a step change in how society deals with its own problems-in which government acts as just one player among many, and entrepreneurship and innovation range freely across all sectors. Deloitte's William Eggers and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 361 EGGSummary: Jean Valjean has been imprisoned for nineteen years for stealing bread. After release, he breaks parole starts a new life under a new name and is a part of the conflicts between rich and poor that marked 1830's France.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2011
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MISSummary: An intelligence organization dedicated to undermining society through the proliferation of chaos presents a view of society unlike any seen before. Includes experiments with werewolf sex, cake walks, edible-panty technology, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Comedy Central 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV UPRMcMann, Lisa.
Summary: As the Wanteds, Unwanteds, and Necessaries struggle to adjust to changes in their society, Mr. Today begins training fourteen-year-old Alex to replace him as Artime's leader one day while Alex's disgraced twin, Aaron, connives to take over Quill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MCMRicketts, Rachel
Summary: "Thought leader, racial justice educator, and sought-after spiritual activist Rachel Ricketts offers mindful and practical steps for all humans to dismantle white supremacy on a personal and collective level. Includes culturally informed, secular spiritual exercises, such as guided meditations, transformative breathwork, and journaling prompts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.8009 RICMcMann, Lisa
Summary: Divided by their society into Wanted and Unwanted at thirteen, estranged twin brothers Aaron and Alex have both run into trouble--as mage of Artime, Alex must defend the island from attack, while Aaron continues to scheme to take over the islands and getrid of the Unwanteds altogether.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCMRubin, Robert Edward
Summary: "In The Yellow Pad, former United States Secretary of the Treasury and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs Robert Rubin sets out a number of methods and processes that have guided him through moments of crisis. He offers both qualitative and quantitative ways of sifting through difficult economic and social problems, the sum of which is an original intellectual framework that can be applied to both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 RUBVargas Llosa, Mario
Summary: "A provocative essay collection that finds the Nobel laureate taking on the decline of intellectual life In the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday reality. Now it is largely a mechanism of distraction and entertainment. Notes on the Death of Culture is an examination and indictment of this transformation-- penned by none other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302 VARReynolds, Jason
Summary: Portico Reeves's superpower is making sure all the other superheroes, like his parents and two best friends, stay super. And safe. Super safe. And he does this all in secret. No one in his civilian life knows he's actually... Stuntboy! But his regular Portico identity is pretty cool, too. He lives in the biggest house on the block, maybe in the whole city, which basically makes it a castle. His...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC REYChang, Ha-Joon
Summary: Bestselling author and economist Ha-Joon Chang makes challenging economic ideas delicious by plating them alongside stories about food from around the world, using the diverse histories behind familiar food items to explore economic theory. For Chang, chocolate is a lifelong addiction, but more exciting are the insights it offers into postindustrial knowledge economies; and while okra makes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 CHAGaleano, Eduardo
Summary: "In a series of lesson plans and a "program of study" about our beleaguered planet, Upside Down, takes us on a wild trip through the global looking glass. From a master class in "The Impunity of Power" to a seminar on "The Sacred Car," with tips along the way on "How to Resist Useless Vices" and a declaration of "The Right to Rave," Galeano surveys a world unevenly divided between abundance and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2000