Miller, Larry

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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan 2006

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Geist, William.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007

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Fussell, Paul

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Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Books 1991

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RouechGe, Berton

Contents: Stapleton, Nebraska -- Welch, West Virginia -- Hermann, Missouri -- Crystal City, Texas --Corydon, Indiana -- Pella, Iowa -- Hope, Arkansas.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1982

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Greene, Bob.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1997

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Abeel, Erica

Summary: "Three college friends from the 50's blaze their own path in love and work, braving the stifling conventions of the age, and anticipating the social thaw that would arrive ten years later. These 'wild girls' pay heavy penalties for living against the grain, but, over the years, rebound and re-set their course, drawing strength from their friendship. The novel follows them from an elite...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Texas Review Press 2016

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Laskas, Jeanne Marie

Summary: "Character-driven stories about the people who make our lives run every day--and yet we barely think of them"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016

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Summary: Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Connecticut town begin to slip into an existentialist void. Social taboos are shattered on whims and the line between adult authority and juvenile irresponsibility is practically nonexistant. Focuses on the Hood and Carver families....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013

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Jackson, Maggie

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2008

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Summary: The first-ever animated feature from StoryCorps celebrates the transformative power of listening. Presents stories from ten years of the innovative oral history project, where everyday people sit down together to ask life's important questions and share stories from their lives.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Laskas, Jeanne Marie

Summary: Looks at the remarkable men and women whose low-profile accomplishments contribute to the running of the nation, from coal miners and oil rig workers to migrant laborers and air traffic controllers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2012

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Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier)

Summary: "Reveals the late historian's unvarnished views on the great issues and personalities of his time, from the dawn of the Cold War to the aftermath of September 11"--Dust jacket flap.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Publisher / Publication Date: August House 1988

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Summary: From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps--the largest oral history project in the nation's history--presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people they love. StoryCorps began with the idea that everyone has an important story to tell. And since 2003, this remarkable project has been collecting the stories of everyday Americans from all ages,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2007

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Hathaway, Margaret.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2007

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Summary: Contains color and black and white photographs taken over a twenty-four hour period in the United States.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins Publishers 1986

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Raban, Jonathan.

Summary: An account of life in American from a British perspective.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Edward Burlingame Books 1991

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Bryson, Bill.

Summary: The author describes his return to America after two decades of living abroad and his disconcerting reunion with his homeland as he discusses motels, tax-return instructions, and hardware stores.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2000

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Bryson, Bill.

Summary: Bill Bryson recounts some of the strange experiences he had when he returned to the United States after living in Britain for twenty years.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1999

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Moyers, Bill D.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper's Magazine Press 1971

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Rather, Dan.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2001

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Summary: Set in the nation's music capital. The film weaves the stories of twenty-four characters; from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress, into a cinematic tapestry that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and musical.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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