Brown-Nagin, Tomiko
Summary: This biography of the first black woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court examines how she played a critical role in vanquishing Jim Crow laws throughout the South.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOTLEY, CONSTANCE BAKER BROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B MOTLEY BROSummary: (1st work) The teacher from the Black Lagoon: On the first day of school, a young boy expects the worst when he discovers that his new teacher, Mrs. Green, is the "monster." (2nd work) What's under my bed?: Mary Ann and Louie are convinced there is something scary under their beds. (3rd work) By the light of the Halloween moon: A spying cat, a watchful witch, a hobgoblin sprite, all are scary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV TEABrun-Cosme, Nadine
Summary: Inseparable friends Rabbit, Duck, and Big Bear discover the importance of taking time to spend by themselves.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On Easter Monday 1916, a small group of Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire. Although defeated militarily, the men and women of the Easter Rising would soon win a moral victory, with their actions leading to the creation of an independent Irish State and contributing to the eventual disintegration of the British Empire. They have inspired countless freedom struggles throughout...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NINSummary: National headlines blazed the story: Churchgoers Gunned Down During Prayer Service in Charleston. South Carolina. After a 21-year-old white supremacist opened fire in Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, nine African Americans lay dead, leaving their families and the nation to grapple with this senseless act of terror. Featuring intimate interviews with survivors and family members. From...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EMAFagan, Brian M.
Summary: Humanity's last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization In this history of fishing-not as sport but as sustenance-archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element in the growth of civilization. It sustainably provided enough food to allow cities, nations, and empires to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639 FAGFagan, Brian M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 FAGFagan, Brian M.
Contents: A time of warming -- "The mantle of the poor" -- The flail of God -- The golden trade of the Moors -- Inuit and Qadlunaat -- The megadrought epoch -- Acorns and pueblos -- Lords of the water mountains -- The lords of Chimor -- Bucking the trades -- The flying fish ocean -- China's sorrow -- The silent elephant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 904.5 FAGFagan, Brian M.
Summary: A history of climate change describes the dramatic evolution and stabilization of the oceans before the rise of humans approximately 6,000 years ago, tracing a significant rise in global temperatures since 1860 and how a rising sea level is affecting world populations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.458 FAGFagan, Brian M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 FAGFagan, Brian M.
Summary: "Man-made climate change may have began in the last two hundred years, but humankind has witnessed many eras of climate instability. The results have not always been pretty: once-mighty civilizations felled by pestilence and glacial melt and drought. Butwe have one powerful advantage as we face our current crisis: history. The study of ancient climates has advanced tremendously in the past ten...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 FAGFagan, Brian M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 573.2 FAGSummary: Explores the life of Brion Gysin, inventor of a hypnotic light device called the Dreammachine, which was intended to induce hallucinations and transform consciousness. Nik Sheehan interviews some of the '60s counter-culture's most eccentric icons including Iggy Pop, Marianne Faithful and Marcus boon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Alive Mind. 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FLIFagan, Brian M.
Summary: Animals, and our ever-changing relationship with them, have left an indelible mark on human history. Through an in-depth analysis of six truly transformative human-animal relationships, Fagan shows how our habits and our very way of life were considerably and irreversibly altered by our intimate bond with animals. Among other stories, Fagan explores how herding changed human behavior; how the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 FAGHess, Charlie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 HESFagan, Brian M.
Summary: Summary: A compelling account of pre-Columbian America covering topics such as history and mythology, archaeology and ethnography, all in a magnificient narrative of the rise and fall of America's ancient civilizations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 FAGNarain, Nadia
Summary: Wellness pioneers Nadia Narain and Katia Narain Phillips have spent decades helping others to feel their best. But it took them a bit longer to learn to care for themselves. Here they share the small, achievable steps they picked up on a lifetime’s journey towards self-care, and how you can apply them to your life, wherever you are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hutchinson 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 NARBegin, Nadine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prism Publications 0000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 641.597746 BEGBrown, Margaret Wise
Summary: A previously unpublished collection of lyrics for twelve lullabies, illustrated by contemporary, award-winning artists Jonathan Bean, Carin Berger, Sophie Blackall, Linda Bleck, Renata Liwska, Christopher Silas Neal, Zachariah Ohora, Eric Puybaret, Sean Qualls, Isabel Roxas, Melissa Sweet, and Dan Yaccarino.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BRONadim
Summary: "Four-year-old Nadim puts his words on paper and gives us a glimpse of how he sees the world: one filled with glitter, magical boxes, and cuddles with Mom. A place where school smells like daffodils and honey (and sometimes dirty socks), where Wednesdaysare rainbow-colored, where fish in the sea make a shhhh sound, and where everyone has love, even baddies. The poems in this anthology make for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821 NADRobiko
Summary: Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with some rather bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Brown, Margaret Wise
Summary: Presents a collection of twelve lullabies, illustrated by contemporary, award-winning artists including Jonathan Bean, Sophie Blackall, Renata Liwska, and Dan Yaccarino.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD BROBrown, Bren©♭
Summary: Social scientist Bren©♭ Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives -- experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. Now Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. Brown argues that we're experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019