Summary: The scrambled states of America. Disenchanted with their fixed places on the map, the states decide to swap spots in hopes that each can get to see a different part of the country and do something different for a change. Full of facts and fun, children will have a geography lesson like never before. This land is your land. America's favorite folk song sung by Arlo Guthrie, is brought to life by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AMESummary: Selected, annotated and produced by Stephen Wade, the 30 tracks on this release were all recorded during 1933 and 1946. There are recordings from Kentucky, Arkansas, Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Kansas, Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and New York.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK TREGuthrie, Woody
Contents: The great dust storm (Dust storm disaster) -- I ain't got no home -- Talking dust bowl blues -- Vigilante man -- Dust can't kill me -- Dust pneumonia blues -- Pretty Boy Floyd -- Blowin' down the road (I ain't going to be treated this way) -- Tom Joad, part 1-2 -- Dust bowl refugee -- Do re mi -- Dust bowl blues -- Dusty old dust (So long it's been good to know yuh).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records 1988
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3 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK GUTGuthrie, Woody
Contents: Disc 1. Pastures of plenty (Michael Hurley and Jon Neufeld) (3:18) -- Oregon Line (That Oregon Trail) (Pharis and Jason Romero) (3:46) -- Lumber is king (Cahalen Morrison) (4:23) -- Out past the end of the line (Timberbound) (2:51) -- Portland Town to Kalmath Falls (Tony Furtado and Kristin Andreassen) (4:18) -- Eleckatricity and all (Annalisa Tornfelt and the Tornfelt Sisters) (1:50) -- Hard...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK ROLWilliams, Alicia
Summary: Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey. Now, her mama always told her that if she wanted something, "to jump at de sun", because even though you might not land quite that high, at least you'd get off the ground. So Zora jumped from place to place, from the porch of the general store where she listened to folktales, to Howard University, to Harlem. And everywhere she jumped,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 813.52 WILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HURContents: Oklahoma hills (Arlo Guthrie & the Oklahoma Swing Band) (3:52) -- Philadelphia lawyer (Rose Maddox with Arlo Guthrie & the Oklahoma Swing Band) (2:32) -- Hard travelin' (Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Arlo Guthrie ; Sonny Terry, harmonica (2:30) -- Deportee : plane wreck at Los Gatos (Hoyt Axton & Arlo Guthrie) (2:27) -- Roll Columbia roll (Grand Coulee Dam) (Bill Murlin & Arlo Guthrie) (2:40) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rising Son Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC WOODorn, Anna
Summary: "In the tradition of How to Murder Your Life, a young woman's witty memoir demystifying law school and lawyers through tales of her own badness, the badness of her peers, and the badness of the law in general"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DORN, ANNA DORLarson, Doran
Summary: "In Inside Knowledge incarcerated people step forth as the primary witnesses and documentarians of the American prison's historical and ongoing defeat of the four cardinal rationales for the legal caging of human beings: rehabilitations, deterrence, containment, and retribution"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 365 LARLewis, Aura
Summary: See the U.S. Constitution in a new light with this bold, modern and accessible illustrated guide to the document that helped define democracy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 342.7302 LEWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.7302 LEWBush, Cori
Summary: Embodying a new chapter in progressive politics that prioritizes the lives and stories of the most politically vulnerable, the first black woman to represent the state of Missouri in Congress presents a powerful and empowering memoir that is both a personal account and a fierce call to action.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BUSH, CORI BUSJessen, Gene Nora
Summary: The inspiring, true story of the first female pilots taking their rightful place in the exciting world of aviation. In 1929, nineteen gutsy women blazed out of the darkness by setting out from California in propeller-driven planes, each competing to be the winner of the first female cross-country air race. The hazards were many, from disastrous weather to possible sabotage, but by facing the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 797.5 JESContents: Way out there.--Yodeling.--Roving gambler.--Don't think twice, it's all right.--Declaration of independence.--Get up and go.--City of New Orleans.--Estadio Chile.--Guantanamera.--On a Monday.--Presidential rag.--Walkin' down the line.--Well may the world go.--Henry my son.--Mother, the queen of my heart.--Deportee.--Joe Hill.--May there always be sunshine.--Three rules of discipline and the...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise Records 1975
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL FOLK SEELeadbelly
Contents: Fannin Street (3:01) -- Bourgeois blues (2:17) -- Easy rider (2:50) -- Alabama bound (2:16) -- Don't you love your daddy no more? (3:01) -- Gallis pole (2:44) -- Leavin' blues (1:29) -- Midnight special (2:01) -- T.B. blues (3:42) -- Linin' track (1:14) -- Julie Ann Johnson (:40) -- John Henry (2:24) -- Jim Crow blues (3:29) -- Jim Crow #2 (2:42) -- Good morning blues #2 (2:08) -- Abraham...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES LEAFreeman, Dori
Contents: You say -- Where I stood -- Go on lovin' -- Tell me -- Fine fine fine -- Any wonder -- Ain't nobody -- Lullaby -- Song for Paul -- Still a child.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY FREFrazer, Coral Celeste
Summary: August 18, 2020, marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibited states and the US government from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex. See how the 70-year-long fight for women's suffrage was hard won by leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt and others. Learn how their success led...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 324.6 FRAVidal, Gore
Contents: Myron / Vidal, Gore, 1925-.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abacus 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VIDBooker, Cory
Summary: An energetic new voice in American politics, United States Senator Cory Booker sounds a stirring call to reorient our civic discourse around the principles of empathy and solidarity. Telling candid, inspiring stories from his life and career, and imparting lessons learned from people who motivated him to serve, he speaks of rising above discord, tending to our shared resources, and embracing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 328 BOOMcCartney, Cory
Summary: The Heisman Trophy covers the full history of the Heisman Trophy, from its first winner, Jay Berwanger, to Notre Dame’s dominating run, and everything in between, up through the 2015 selection of Derrick Henry. It details the rise of the Heisman Hype, Archie Griffin's continued place as its only two-time winner, and much more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 MCCBooker, Cory.
Summary: U.S. Senator Cory Booker draws on personal experience to issue a stirring call to reorient our nation and our politics around the principles of compassion and solidarity.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 328 BOOSummary: The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Including archival footage, this film is an indispensable primary resource of a pivotal moment in American and world history. Originally screened in theaters for only a single night in 1970.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KINO'Neill, Cara
Summary: "Would you rather pay more of your monthly income toward important bills like late house and car payments, and less toward credit card balances, overdue utility debt, and medical bills? If so, filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy might be the solution you're looking for. Our plain-English guide will help you: determine if you qualify for Chapter 13, learn how to catch up on your mortgage and keep...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.078 O'NEDenise, Anika
Summary: An inspiring biography of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Pura Belpré Honor-winning creators Anika Aldamuy Denise and Loris Lora! In 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest congresswoman in America. How did this young Puertoriquena become an unstoppable force in politics? Find out in this accessible and engaging book for young readers. AOC's remarkable story begins in her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OCACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OCASummary: In sharing their stories, uses every tool available, from cutting-edge DNA research to old-school genealogical sleuthing to reveal long-buried secrets. Spanning the globe, the series compiles family trees that trace throughout the United States and Canada; Latin America and the Caribbean; and Germany, Poland, Ireland, Russia, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSnyder, Timothy
Summary: The author argues that American society is leaning toward despotism and totalitarianism and looks back at the 20th century for examples of how totalitarianism has taken over before.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2021