Committee for a New England Bibliography
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. K. Hall 1976
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.374Committee for a New England Bibliography
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. K. Hall 1979
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.374Eaton, Gale
Summary: What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 001.9 EATSummary: The forms of punishment a society chooses, and what exactly it deems a crime, tell a great deal about that society's values. How is justice pursued and punishment meted out? This program looks at the history of punishment, beginning with early compensatory forms of justice, Hammurabi's Code, and the Law of Moses. Socrates' execution and Roman and medieval forms of justice are analyzed in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Ritchie, Donald A.
Summary: "Doing Oral History has become one of the premier resources in the field of oral history. It explores all aspects of oral history, from starting an oral history project--including funding, staffing, and equipment--to conducting interviews, publishing, videotaping, preserving materials, teaching oral history, and using oral history in museums and on the radio. In this second edition, the author...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 907.2 RITNielsen, Kim E.
Summary: Covers the entirety of U.S. disability history, from pre-1492 to the present. Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. It places the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. In many ways, it's a familiar telling. In other ways, however, it is a radical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.4 NIECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.4 NIEMaxwell, Edith M.
Summary: "It's harvest time in Westbury, Massachusetts, and novice farmer Cameron Flaherty hopes to make a killing selling organic produce. But when a killer strikes on her property, her first foray into the world of organic farming yields a bumper crop of locally sourced murder" -- from publisher's web page.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Leo Feist Inc. 1945
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Summary: "A Traveller's History of Ireland gives a full and accurate portrait of Ireland from its prehistory right up to the present. The story opens with mysterious, early Celtic Ireland where no Roman stood, through Saint Patrick's mission to Ireland which began the process of making it "an island of saints," to the legendary high King Brian Boru and his struggle with Viking and Irish enemies alike....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2023
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Summary: Looks at different divisions of law enforcement on both the national and at the community level, discussing how they protect citizens, reduce crime, and serve their communities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 363.2 HARLewis, Cicely
Summary: "The White House tells the history of the United States, including slavery. Enslaved people were involved with every stage of building the structure. Learn more about the president's home and how to honor this history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.3 LEWButler-Ngugi, Anitra
Summary: "The Gold Rush was a major event in the US during the 1800s. This book explores what the Gold Rush was and the lesser-known people who participated in the event"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.4 BUTGoodman, Martin
Summary: "Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world, and it has preserved its distinctive identity despite the extraordinarily diverse forms and beliefs it has embodied over the course of more than three millennia. A History of Judaism provides the first truly comprehensive look in one volume at how this great religion came to be, how it has evolved from one age to the next, and how its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296 GOODiaz, Madi
Contents: Rage (1:49) -- Man in me (4:48) -- Crying in public (4:00) -- Resentment (2:53) -- Think of me (3:30) -- Woman in my heart (2:59) -- Nervous (2:46) -- Forever (4:38) -- History of a feeling (3:19) -- New person old place (4:06) -- Do it now (3:27).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DIAEdge, Laura Bufano
Summary: A history of the United States prison system and its many changes over the years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Plato's academy was the first formal arena for education, where young men were tutored in the rigors of logic, philosophy, and mathematics. Prior to this, societies transmitted knowledge from one generation to the next orally, and after the advent of writing, through texts. Although education throughout history has been predominantly a privilege of the elite, universal education is currently...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program sums up the evolution of commerce, from barter, to coinage, to today's stock market. Economist Professor Grantham, of McGill University, discusses how writing and accounting facilitated trade and gave rise to a merchant class in the ancient world, and hence the spread of classical civilization in the Mediterranean and Asia Minor, culminating in the Roman Empire. The importance of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Mihaly, Christy
Summary: "Immerse yourself in fascinating facts about water! This comprehensive yet accessible exploration of water will help young readers understand many aspects of one of our planet's most precious resources - and how they can protect it. A friendly water droplet character guides children through topics ranging from melting and freezing to the ways in which water literally shapes the Earth. Tales by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 553.7 MIHFears, J. Rufus
Summary: Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma presents lectures concerning the history of freedom from ancient civilization to the twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 HISCall number: DVD 909 HIS PART 1
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Herbert, Brian
Summary: "Collected for the first time, these four previously unpublished Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any fan of the series. The world of Dune has shaped an entire generation of science fiction. From the sand blasted world of Arrakis, to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HERSummary: There can be no society without work. Yet as civilizations prosper and grow, labor historically is shifted onto the less privileged, while the elite either scorn work or only participate in certain types, creating hierarchies and inequalities. This program examines work from the early egalitarian hunter/gatherer and agrarian societies to the modern world-a world of multinationals and child...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Lee, Laura
Summary: "In the vein of The Collected Schizophrenias, a genre-bending debut memoir in essays by Laura Lee, exploring a range of topics from caregiving for a parent with early-onset Alzheimer's to stumbling toward intimacy, identity, and sexuality"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback 2021
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Summary: "Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally-recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-long genocidal program of the US settler-colonial regimen has largely been omitted from history. Now historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970 DUNMeikle, Olivia
Summary: Find out how humans have done their business across the world and throughout history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neon Squid 2024