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Aeronautics Air Pollution Science History United States Technology History United States United States History 1933-1945 United States History 1945- United States History 1945-1953 United States History 1945-1953 Fiction United States History 1945-1953 Juvenile fiction United States Social life and customs 20th centuryWalsh, Liam Francis
Summary: "In the aftermath of the Korean War, Peggy's small hometown is rife with anti-Communist hysteria. But Peggy has bigger problems: She's struggling to recover from polio. Taunted by her classmates, Peggy just wants to be a normal kid, until she stumbles across a mysterious object that gives her the power to fly. Unscrupulous operatives from the American and Soviet governments seek the object to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WALCameron, Sharon
Summary: "In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth. Eva holds the key to a deadly secret: Project Bluebird -- a horrific experiment of the concentration camps, capable of tipping the balance of world...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CAMFavreau, Marc
Summary: "Marc Favreau documents the Great Depression--a time when Americans from all walks of life fell victim to poverty, insecurity, and fear--and tells the incredible story of how they survived and, ultimately, thrived. This is the story of the Great Depression in the United States, from the sweeping consequences of the market collapse to the more personal stories of individuals and communities...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.91 FAVNew Yorker Magazine (COR)/ White, E. B. (CON)/ Salinger, J. D. (CON)/ Smith, Zadie (CON)
Summary: The 1940s are the watershed decade of the twentieth century, a time of trauma and upheaval but also of innovation and profound and lasting cultural change. This is the era of Fat Man and Little Boy, of FDR and Stalin, but also of Casablanca and Citizen Kane, zoot suits and Christian Dior, Duke Ellington and Edith Piaf. The 1940s were when The New Yorker came of age. A magazine that was best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 FORLindop, Edmund.
Summary: Discusses the political, economic, social, cultural, and technology landscape of the United States in the fifth decade of the 20th century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010
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Summary: Here is the hidden history of the CIA: why eleven presidents and three generations of CIA officers have been unable to understand the world; why nearly every CIA director has left the agency in worse shape than he found it; and how these failures have profoundly jeopardized our national security. For sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 327.127 WEIBehnke, Alison.
Summary: Looks at the different modes of dress in America in the mid twentieth century, from every day clothes to high fashion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 391.00973 BEHBurns, James MacGregor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 BURSummary: Canadian lab with wind tunnel setup to test model planes
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: British Royal Navy tests steam catapult for launching airplanes from aircraft carriers
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1952
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Summary: Guilty Chimneys: environmental effects of coal in home heating (air pollution)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Summary: Guilty Chimneys: documentary about the environmental effects of air pollution
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954
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Summary: New Jet Brain Takes Over For Pilot; computer targeting system
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1955
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Summary: New stylish gas-powered lawn mower with talking bird puppet mascot touting the product; really fantastic salesmanship
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1955
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Summary: Comet III aircraft test flight (British airplane)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1957
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Summary: Pioneer probe launched in attempt to orbit the moon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1958
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Summary: Farnborough jet research center - how jets are made and tested
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1946
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Summary: British Industries Fair 1948. Various consumer goods are shown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1948
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Summary: Auto safety film (part 2)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1948
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Summary: Controlled Explosion of Big Bomb (part 3)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: New York to London airspeed record set by Charles Blair
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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Summary: Guilty Chimneys: documentary about the environmental effects of air pollution
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1954