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Ancient civilizations (New York, N.Y.) Ancient wisdom for modern readers Arts and crafts of the ancient world Charlie Saunders Collection Core curriculum video libraries (Cambridge educational (Firm)) Core curriculum video library Freedom: A History of US Modern slavery Uncovering lost worlds Unlocking ancient civilizationsSummary: House slavery-the confinement and coercion of unpaid domestic servants-occurs far more frequently across Europe and the United States than most people realize. Even more alarming is the widespread use of children as fodder for prostitution rings around the world. This program profiles a Moroccan-born former house slave named Rania, whose father, believing she would be educated and cared for,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Indentured servitude, however dehumanizing, played a role in the colonization and development of early America. But its 21st-century incarnation, the practice of debt bondage, contributes virtually nothing to the common good of southern Asia. This program examines the plight of workers in India's rural areas, exposing the conditions in which they toil to pay off staggering personal debts. More...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In search of a better life, Natasha and Galia Gutu thought they had found fulfilling jobs in Turkey through their seemingly helpful neighbors. But when the Gutu sisters left their home in Moldova they were actually traveling into a nightmare-not the health aide employment that their "friends" had promised, but rather enslavement as prostitutes. This program follows their story by recording...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Marina
Contents: Ancient dreams in a modern land -- Venus fly trap -- Man's world -- Purge the poison -- Highly emotional people -- New America -- Pandora's box -- I love you but I love me more -- Flowers -- Goodbye.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Use this ABC News program to increase viewer awareness of a heartbreaking but undeniable truth-that slavery is alive and well in the 21st century. The video shows how caste systems and other archaic traditions have perpetuated slavery in some poor countries, and points to the complacency of wealthier nations regarding this ongoing tragedy. Highlighting the work of Nigerian anti-slavery...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Edwards, Judith.
Summary: Slaves rebelled and sometimes ran away from their plantations. Abolitionists battled to win victories in Congress to help free the slaves but the actions of both slaves and abolitionists helped lead to Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 326.8 EDWSummary: The Olympic Games of Ancient Greece were held every four years and without interruption for nearly twelve centuries. The Games were almost 800 years old when Jesus Christ was born, and continued for four centuries after his death. Abandoned and long forgotten, they would return in our modern age to inspire the world’s most prestigious amateur sporting event. This program combines lavish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Davis, David Brion.
Summary: Davis begins with the dramatic Amistad case, which vividly highlights the international character of the Atlantic slave trade and the roles of the American judiciary, the presidency, the media, and of both black and white abolitionists. The heart of the book looks at slavery in the American South, describing black slaveholding planters, the rise of the Cotton Kingdom, the daily life of ordinary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.362 DAVDudley, Anne
Contents: Canticles of the sun and moon (5:40) -- Veni sancte spiritus (4:19) -- From darkness to light (4:47) -- Veni Emmanuel (5:05) -- Tallis' canon (6:59) -- The holly and the ivy (5:08) -- The testimony of John (soprano, organ, string quintet, zither, percussion) (5:10) -- Canzonetta (string quintet) (2:11) -- Coventry carol (voices, string orchestra) (4:40) -- Prelude / J.S. Bach (double wind...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Angel Records 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DUDSummary: Aristotle’s essential guide to human flourishing―the Nicomachean Ethics―in a lively new abridged translation Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever written, but its length and style have left many readers languishing. How to Flourish is a carefully abridged version of the entire work in a highly readable and colloquial new translation by Susan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Phil AristotleModern Lovers (Musical group)
Contents: Roadrunner -- Astral plane -- Old world -- Pablo Picasso -- I'm straight -- Dignified and old -- She cracked -- Hospital --Someone I care about -- Girl friend -- Modern world -- Government center.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MODSummary: "Among the schools of philosophy in the Greco-Roman world, there was Stoicism, Epicureanism, Platonism, and Skepticism to name the most prominent and influential. There was however another "school" and that was known as Cynicism. The Cynics were not scholars or writers. Like a Jesus, or a Socrates, or a Buddha, they were oralists whose memorable utterances and actions were transmitted to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Phil DiogenesSummary: Hidden beneath the modern city of Alexandria is the ancient one. How was that Alexandria laid out? Where are its legendary signature structures located? And how is renowned archaeologist Jean-Yves Empereur to gather the information he needs when rapidly encroaching construction projects and a proposed breakwater in the harbor force him to do in months what rightly should be done over years?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Seneca
Summary: "It doesn't take long after learning to speak for children to utter the cry, "That's not fair!" That familiar exclamation seems to emerge from a primal human sense: you know how you deserve to be treated, and you know that you have not been treated that way-you've been given a raw deal, you've not been done right by. In this volume for our Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series, Robert Kaster...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Phil SenecaModern Jazz Quartet
Contents: Medley. They say it's wonderful ; How deep is the ocean ; I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you ; My old flame ; Body and soul -- Between the Devil and the deep blue sea -- La Ronde. Drums ; Night in Tunisia -- Yesterdays -- Bags' groove -- Baden-Baden.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 1959
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ MODSummary: Heroic soldiers in blue and gray endure the bloodiest battles ever fought on American soil, as the country fights a civil war over the future of slavery. Grim battles unfold: Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg. Famous generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee lead the war between the North and the South. Lincoln speaks eloquently at Gettysburg, and just a year and a half later is brutally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2002
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Modern Jazz Quartet
Contents: Softly, as in a morning sunrise -- Love me pretty baby -- Autumn breeze -- Milt meets Sid -- Moving nicely -- D & E -- Heart and soul -- True blues -- Bluesology -- Yesterdays -- Round about midnight -- Between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Savoy Jazz 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ MODERModern Lovers (Musical group)
Contents: Someone I care about (4:01) -- Dance with me (5:56) -- She cracked (4:18) -- Hospital (6:37) -- Womanhood (2:47) -- Dignified and old (2:52) -- Girlfriend (4:09) -- Foggy notion (3:05) -- Ride on down the highway (3:12) -- Pablo Picasso (5:03) -- A plea for tenderness (7:10) -- Walk up the street (5:21) -- Fly into the mystery (3:49) -- I'm straight (6:26) -- The mixer (men and woman together)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MODBeard, Mary
Summary: "From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 yearsWhat does the face of power look like? Who getscommemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book-against a background of today's "sculpture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709.02 BEASummary: In the shadow of continuing turmoil in North Korea, the South continues to prosper under its current president, Kim Young Sam. This program looks at the combination of centuries-old tradition and modern technology that has turned a small, war-torn agrarian country into a major industrial power. It shows the effects of modernization on traditional values, covers the roles of education and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Morris, Ting.
Summary: Discusses the everyday arts and crafts of ancient Egypt, covering such specialties as painting, sculpture, pottery, and gemstones, along with instructions for young readers for making an amulet, a mummy case, a wall painting, and a scarab seal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smart Apple Media 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 MORSummary: At its zenith, the Roman Empire included North Africa, Spain, France, and Britain. The wealth that these conquests generated allowed Roman citizens to live in a sumptuous world of beautifully decorated homes and opulent cities. In this program, scholars discuss Roman unification of Europe, Roman culture and institutions, and the family structure. The role of the army as a major force in Roman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Tyler, Madeline
Summary: Where was Mesopotamia located? What did ancient Mesopotamian society look like? What did the people who lived there do for fun? As readers discover the answers to these and other questions about ancient Mesopotamia, they are encouraged to see the similarities and differences between this civilization and others of the past and present. The well-researched main text exposes young people to a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Publishing 2019
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Ancient Hist TylerSummary: This program featuring sociocultural anthropologist James Eder-author of On the Road to Tribal Extinction-travels to the island of Palawan in the Philippines archipelago to document the Batak tribe's eco-friendly hunter/gatherer way of life. Repeatedly displaced by immigrants and increasingly driven to take part in the island's growing cash economy, the tenacious Batak struggle to maintain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005