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Summary: "A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.9 BALHsu, Hua
Summary: "From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. In the eyes of 18-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken-with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity-is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HSU HSUGross, Andrew
Summary: "February, 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. In New York City, twenty-two thousand cheering Nazi supporters pack Madison Square Garden for a raucous, hate-filled rally. In a Hell's Kitchen bar, Charles Mossman is reeling from the loss of his job and the demise of his marriage when a group draped in Nazi flags barges in. Drunk, Charlie takes a swing at one with tragic results and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC GROMills, Bill
Summary: "Full of drama and intrigue, with master spies and double agents, diabolical sabotage devices, secret codes, and invisible ink, this is the true story of a German agent sent to the United States during World War I to launch a terror campaign of sabotage and murder, and the American counterintelligence effort that led to his capture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2024
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Summary: "With the emotional echoes of Little Fires Everywhere and the lush atmosphere of Disappearing Earth, a riveting debut novel in which a wildfire creeps toward Berkeley, California, igniting tensions as characters from all walks of life confront the injustices growing beneath the city's surface. As a wildfire threatens Berkeley, the city's inhabitants are forced to reckon with the cracks in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLESummary: Danger, disillusionment, and betrayal reach an all-time high in the suspense-laced fifth season of The Americans. KGB agents Philip and Elizabeth Jennings' unwavering dedication to their work comes at even more of a personal cost than before. And as Paige is drawn deeper into the reality of her parents' secret job, she realizes she will never have a normal life. Meanwhile, as Cold War tensions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMESciutto, Jim
Summary: "CNN's Chief National Security Correspondent reveals the invisible fronts of twenty-first century warfare and identifies the ongoing battles being waged -- often without the public's full knowledge -- from disinformation campaigns to advanced satellite weaponry. The United States is currently under attack from multiple adversaries -- yet most Americans have no idea of the dangers threatening...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 SCISummary: Film of a live concert at The Berkeley Community Center on Memorial Day, 1970. Concert footage is intercut with scenes from riots in Berkeley earlier in the month in the wake of the Kent State shootings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Experience Hendrix 2003
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC JIMWolff, Michael
Summary: "From Tourette's to triumph. From cancer to cure. From the segregated south to commanding stages around the world. Jazz master, Michael Wolff's journey begins with pure grit and ends in perfect victory. On that note is more than a memoir. It is like a jazz score with words, taking the reader on the wild journey of Wolff's singular life, on edriven by a passion for music and for being alive....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio WolffSummary: It is 1987, and an imminent Gorbachev-Reagan nuclear arms summit promises to ease world tensions. But life for the Jennings family is more precarious than ever: Elizabeth's relentless dedication as a KGB agent has dealt a potentially lethal blow to her marriage to Philip, who has left espionage behind. As Philip's friendship with FBI agent Stan Beeman grows, the danger of exposure of the family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMEKingsolver, Barbara.
Summary: "The story of Harrison William Shepherd, a man caught between two worlds -- Mexico and the United States in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s -- and whose search for identity takes readers to the heart of the twentieth century's most tumultuous events"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2009
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Summary: History of espionage around the world including descriptions of the technology used.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.12 OWESummary: Secrets can be deadly in this suspenseful thriller about undercover Russian spies in 1980s Washington D.C. Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings seem to be a typical suburban couple, but they're actually lethal KGB agents plotting to bring down America. As the Cold War escalates, Philip and Elizabeth must take extreme measures to continue their mission to keep their true identities hidden. But when an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMESweterlitsch, Tom
Summary: Time-travel secret agent Shannon Moss visits future time periods for clues about a Navy SEAL astronaut's murdered family and the disappearance of his teenage daughter, a case that is complicated by the SEAL's and Shannon's own impact on the timeline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SWESummary: Philip and Elizabeth find themselves at odds over their daughter's future now that the KGB is determined to recruit her. FBI agent Stan Beeman rededicates himself to uncovering the identities of the Russian spies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMESummary: Technological advances have escalated Cold War tensions to an all-time high, and undercover KGB operatives Elizabeth and Philip Jennings face the growing threat of discovery. As their assignments grow more deadly, their family is in more danger, and their loyalties are tested like never before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AMEPreisler, Jerome
Summary: In Munich, a renowned computer scientist dies. Then, his daughter vanishes. Both under mysterious circumstances. Kali Alcazar, a master hacker, wants to know why. As she delves deeper into the suspicious events, she spots something in the sky, a rare, advanced drone, and realizes she's a target herself. A group of mercenary assassins has been assembled with just one goal: to stop Kali from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Preisler 2020Schrecker, Ellen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 SCHTye, Larry
Summary: "The definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, based on first-ever access to his personal and professional papers, medical and military records, and recently-unsealed transcripts of his closed-door Congressional hearings."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCCARTHY, JOE TYESummary: In the early '70s, the radically enraged, bomb-planting fringe group call Weathermen had the distinction of being as alienated from the anti-war counterculture as the counterculture movement was from the rest of America. The group planned to blow up an empty building, but on March 6, 1970, an explosive accidentally went off in the New York Greenwich Village area, killing three of its own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2004
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WEAClancy, Tom
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2001
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CLASpalding, Robert Stanley
Summary: "China expert Robert Spalding reveals the shocking success China has had infiltrating American institutions and compromising our national security. The media often suggest that Russia poses the greatest threat to America's national security, but the realdanger lies farther east. While those in power have been distracted and disorderly, China has waged a six-front war on America's economy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 SPAWaller, John H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5485 WALSummary: Nancy is an iconic girl detective with a passion for mystery and all things old. Small-town Nancy is about to experience a serious case of culture shock as she heads to Hollywood on an extended business trip with her father Carson Drew. Having promised her father that she has given up sleuthing in favor of becoming a "normal" teenager, Nancy tries her best to resist the lure of the age-old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008