Lacy, Scott M.
Summary: Find out what makes us human by learning where we came from.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 823 Anthropology 2017King, Barbara J.
Summary: Twenty-four 30 minute lectures detailing the evolution of humanity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.93 KINPinker, Steven
Summary: The follow-up to Pinker's groundbreaking The Better Angels of Our Nature presents the big picture of human progress: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. Far from being a naïve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303 PINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 303 PINByas, Don.
Contents: Anthropology (6:00) -- Moonlight in Vermont (7:15) -- Billie's bounce (7:20) -- Night in Tunisia (10:30) -- Don't blame me (7:45).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Lion Records 1980
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ BYARiemen, Rob
Summary: An international bestseller, To Fight Against This Age consists of two beautifully written, cogent, and urgent essays about the rise of fascism and the ways in which we can combat it. In “The Eternal Return of Fascism,” Rob Riemen explores the theoretical weakness of fascism, which depends on a politics of resentment, the incitement of anger and fear, xenophobia, the need for scapegoats, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.5 RIESummary: Those who wish to pursue a life of pure reason are often attracted to the movement known as secular humanism. This program explores the movement by presenting several humanist inquiries, including: How and why do religions develop? Can morality exist without religion? Is there a humanist narrative that can take the place of myth? How can public policy become truly rational? The film features...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: It is a philosophy that seeks to replace religion with rites of passage based on compassion and rationality. Despite its overarching goals, Humanism divides into several groups-from hedonism to secularism. This program delineates viewpoints from five articulate humanist proponents who, through thoughtful explanations, evoke the multifaceted landscape of Humanist thought. Participants include...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Harper, Laurel.
Summary: "Revolutionize your eyes with the amazing work of forty graphic radicals who are redesigning the look of today. Breaking and reworking established rules of order, legibility, and visual logic, these individuals and firms have influenced the look of everything from alternative rock packaging to the ad campaigns of large clients like Levi Strauss and Harley Davidson."--BOOK JACKET.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.6 HarperGittleman, Ann Louise
Summary: "Gut health, thyroid disorders, and autoimmune disease have all come to fore as serious health conditions that are little understood by many health professionals. Cutting-edge health pioneer Ann Louise Gittleman unlocks the secret connection to all these disorders--offering a new lifestyle and eating plan that makes you feel better. Bonus? You'll rev your metabolism and lose weight. Due to the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 GITSummary: This program analyzes the cultural changes that occurred during the early 20th century, the golden age of American mainstream theater. Ellen Adler, owner of The Stella Adler Conservatory; playwright Michael Dinwiddie; Brooks McNamara, director of the Shubert Archive; and theater historian and author Mary Henderson address topics such as the impact of immigrants on the emerging voices in drama;...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Greenidge, Kerri
Summary: "This long-overdue biography reestablishes William Monroe Trotter's essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and King in the pantheon of American civil rights heroes. William Monroe Trotter (1872- 1934), though still virtually unknown to the wider public, was an unlikely American hero. With the stylistic verve of a newspaperman and the unwavering fearlessness of an emancipator, he galvanized...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Co. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TROTTER, WILLIAM MONROE GRESantomero, Angela C.
Summary: "Angela C. Santomero, the creator, executive producer, and head writer of many of today's most popular educational children's shows believes in the radical power of kindness, on her shows, and in her life. Inspired by her mentor Fred Rogers, beloved host of the classic, award-winning PBS show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Angela has dedicated her life to teaching others that when you treat...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177 SANRadical Face
Contents: Names -- A pound of flesh -- Family portrait -- Black eyes -- Severus and stone -- The moon is down -- Ghost towns -- Kin -- The dead waltz -- Always gold -- Mountains.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RADSummary: The separation of church and state represents one of the most fundamental principles of American democracy. While some contend that the United States needs to return to its roots as a "Christian nation," others point out that the Founding Fathers crafted a system specifically designed to guard against any form of state-sanctioned religion. After reviewing the substance of the debates that took...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: A collection of letters--to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged--written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 816 RADSengeh, David Moinina
Summary: "An inspiring young leader's moving call to action for anyone who seeks to make the world a better place-and the first title from Melinda French Gates's Moment of Lift Books. As the newly appointed minister of education in Sierra Leone, David Moinina Sengeh assumed that the administration he served-not to mention his family and friends-shared his conviction that all girls belong in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.822 SENCarruthers, Charlene A.
Summary: "Unapologetic is a 21st century guide to building a Black liberation movement through a Black queer feminist lens"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.48 CARThygerson, Alton L.
Contents: Background information -- Action at an emergency -- The human body -- Finding out what's wrong -- CPR -- Automated external defibrillators -- Shock -- Bleeding -- Wounds -- Bandaging wounds -- Burns -- Head and spinal injuries -- Chest, abdominal, and pelvic injuries -- Bone, joint, and muscle injuries -- Extremity injuries -- Splinting extremities -- Sudden illnesses -- Poisoning -- Bites and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.0252 THYSummary: This ABC News program spotlights the work of Doug Owsley, curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, who is a keen interpreter of the silent yet expressive language of bones. Owsley and his biographer, Jeff Benedict, give examples of how he has used bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology to unravel mysteries ranging from identifying an exhumed Civil War...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Claiborne, Shane
Summary: Many of us find ourselves caught somewhere between unbelieving activists and inactive believers. We can write a check to feed starving children or hold signs in the streets and feel like we've made a difference without ever encountering the faces of the suffering masses. In this book, Shane Claiborne describes an authentic faith rooted in belief, action, and love, inviting us into a movement of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.3 CLABurrough, Bryan
Summary: An account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and America's revolutionary counterculture documents terrorist activities stemming from radical beliefs, tracing the stories of such groups as the Weathermen and the Black Liberation Army.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2015
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Summary: "Six decades ago, on August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom--a moment often revered as the culmination of this Black-led protest. But at its core, the March on Washington was not a beautiful dream of future integration; it was a mass outcry for jobs and freedom NOW--not at some undetermined...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: "Knowing how to treat injuries is a skill that every outdoor adventurer needs. Did you know that you can splint a broken finger using only tape? Or that cool water is the first step to treating a burn? Learn all this and more in First Aid -- a book that gives kids the confidence they need to get outside and explore." -- Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.02 CRAMulloy, D. J
Summary: The rise of the alt-right alongside Donald Trump's candidacy may be seem unprecedented events in the history of the United States, but D. J. Mulloy shows us that the radical right has been a long and active part of American politics during the twentieth century. From the German-American Bund to the modern militia movement, D. J. Mulloy provides a guide for anyone interested in examining the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2018