Sontag, Susan
Summary: An unprecedented collection of the controversial later writings of the greatest and most provocative critic of our time. Susan Sontag was the most influential critic of her time. This second volume in Library of America's definitive Sontag edition gathers all the collected essays and speeches from her last quarter-century, brilliant works whose subjects, from the AIDS epidemic, 9/11, the Iraq...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2017
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Summary: Sontag's incisive intelligence, expressive brilliance, and deep curiosity about art, politics, and the writer's responsibility to bear witness have secured her place as one of the most important thinkers and writers of the twentieth century. This collection gathers sixteen essays and addresses written in the last years of Sontag's life, when her work was being honored on the international...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2007
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Summary: "Susan Sontag has said that her earliest idea of what a writer should be was "some-one who is interested in everything." Thirty-five years after her first collection of essays, the now classic Against Interpretation, our most important essayist has chosen more than forty longer and shorter pieces from the last two decades that illustrate a deeply felt, kaleidoscopic array of interests,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books/Doubleday 1990
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Summary: Presents excerpts from the early writings of the author, with reflections on her meetings with influential writers and intellectuals, her literary ambitions, and her criticisms of other writers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008
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Summary: Watching the evening news offers constant evidence of atrocity--a daily commonplace in our "society of spectacle." But are viewers inured--or incited--to violence by the daily depiction of cruelty and horror? Is the viewer's perception of reality eroded by the universal availability of imagery intended to shock? In this investigation of the role of imagery in our culture, Susan Sontag cuts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003
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Summary: With the publication of her first book, Against Interpretation, in 1966, Susan Sontag placed herself at the forefront of an era of cultural and political transformation. "What is important now," she wrote, "is to recover our senses ... In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art." She would remain a catalyzing presence, whether writing about camp sensibility, the films of Jean-Luc...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: "A picture book biography of Senator Elizabeth Warren"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WARSummary: This spoof of documentary films stars Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, the famous "Chameleon Man" of the 1920's, whose personality was so vague he would assume the characteristics of whomever he came into contact with. Filmed in black-and-white, the movie simulates the look of a newsreel, complete with stentorian narration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
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Summary: Profiles twenty-five female trailblazers who overcame huge obstacles, including Catherine the Great, Zaha Hadid, and Valentina Tereshkova.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carlton Books Limited 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WOOGoodman, Paul
Summary: Showcases the intellect of author Paul Goodman and rediscovers his ideas of the 1960's through archival multimedia, photographs, interviews, and readings of his poetry and journals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Video 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PAUSusanka, Sarah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.37 SUSSummary: A look at one of experimental theater's most influential figures, who collaborated on works with people such as Tom Waits and Philip Glass. Explore his life from his upbringing in Waco, Texas to the way of life he brought to the screen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2007
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Summary: "You've probably heard the expression 'when pigs fly,' but did you know that in Spain they say 'when frogs grow hair' and in Nigeria 'when chickens have teeth'? A rib-tickling collection of idioms from around the world. But the question is: will you believe them...?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lantana Publishing 2020
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Summary: These days, Halloween is the most popular holiday next to Christmas. At its heart are family and friends having fun together-which is what this book is all about. In this cornucopia of creative Halloween ideas, simple crafts, tasty treats, and ghoulish good times abound. From delicious "one cauldron" dinners such as creamy pumpkin soup to luscious devil's food cake and black cat cookies, here...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.568 MAGLeibovitz, Annie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2009
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Summary: Have you ever found yourself asking, "Is this all there is to life?" Or wondering if this bigger life you have created is actually a better life? And how it all got so out of control? In her previous book, The Not So Big House, architect Susanka showed us a new way to inhabit our houses. Now, she takes her philosophy to another dimension by showing us a new way to inhabit our lives. Most of us...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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Summary: Provides a review of social trends and their effect on architecture and design.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 ANTSchotz, Susanne
Summary: A leading authority on cat communication provides a crash course in speaking cat, describing what feline vocalizations mean in different situations, and provides practical advice to help better understand pets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2018