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Cell (New York, N.Y.) Exposed! More myths about American history Forensics, the science of crime-solving Great courses (Compact disc) Great courses (DVD) Library of American lives and times Milestone documents Pivotal moments in American history Primary sources in American history (New York, N.Y.) Women, gender, and sexuality in American historyFilter By Series
Cell (New York, N.Y.) Exposed! More myths about American history Forensics, the science of crime-solving Great courses (Compact disc) Great courses (DVD) Library of American lives and times Milestone documents Pivotal moments in American history Primary sources in American history (New York, N.Y.) Women, gender, and sexuality in American historySummary: Brief animations introduce key issues in this look back at the Bill of Rights. A host weaves together past and present, while civics experts explore the complexity of the issue of individual rights versus common good. Related topics include hate speech, school newspapers, random drug testing, gun control, and terrorism. Historical segments discuss Colonial Militias, the Intolerable Acts,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This is a compelling account of the events leading up to the creation of the Constitution. Conforming to civics and history curriculums, the program puts key events into historical perspective by examining the pressures faced by Loyalists, Patriots, and average colonists. Richly textured with historical art, compelling video footage, and insightful commentary, it explores a fascinating mix of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The deluxe two-disc DVD set includes a new 2K restoration of Ghost Town (1935) an astonishing and haunting amateur documentary about post-cinema Fort Lee. Disc One also features five films made at Champion Studios, recovered thanks to the efforts of the Library of Congress and the Fort Lee Film Commission. Disc Two includes exciting NJ film rediscoveries, a slapstick comedy from director Mack...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Milestone Film & Video 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHAEakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig)
Summary: Professor Marshall C. Eakin presents twenty-four 30-minute lectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinct identity of the Americas today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 CONOffspring (Musical group)
Contents: Welcome -- Have you ever -- Staring at the sun -- Pretty fly (for a white guy) -- The kids aren't alright -- Feelings -- She's got issues -- Walla walla -- The end of the line -- No brakes -- Why don't you get a job? -- Americana -- Pay the man.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OFFDaughters of the American Revolution
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Daughters of the American Revolution 0000
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.373Eakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig)
Summary: Professor Marshall C. Eakin of Vanderbilt University delivers twenty-four lectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinctive identity of the Americas...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Co. 2002
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 970 EAKCall number: CD 970 EAK PART 2
Commager, Henry Steele
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Appleton-Century-Crofts 1963
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 973 COMGedacht, Daniel C.
Summary: Surveys the life of George Washington, the son of a Virginia tobacco planter who became the first president of the United States.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerPlus Books 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This original, eight-part series on four volumes, documents the history of American Indian achievement, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. The series highlights the many contributions of American Indians that have influenced and shaped the history of the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 HISDUBLINERS
Contents: Whiskey in the jar -- Rocky road to Dublin -- Raglan road -- Leaving of Liverpool -- Marion waltz -- Roddy RacCorley -- I'm asking you sergeant where's mine? -- Zoological gardens -- The sick note -- Reels: Cooleys/The Dawn/Mullingar races -- Monto -- I'm a man you don't meet every day -- Home boys home -- Spanish lady -- Masons apron -- Barley and grape rag -- Preab san ol -- The Irish rover...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sanctuary Records Group 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN DUBSons of the American Revolution
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Society 0000
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3774Bauchner, Elizabeth.
Summary: Describes how investigators use evidence such as handwriting and document analysis to solve crimes such as forgery and kidnapping.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest Publishers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.2565 BAUKleinknecht, William
Summary: "In the wake of Trump's presidency, Republican-led states have joined in an alarming assault on our democratic system. But the drift toward authoritarianism in red states has far deeper roots. We now have a country where tens of millions of people live under regimes that have spent years starving education and health care, empowering polluters, engaging in voter suppression, and neglecting...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 352.23 KLESummary: Cells are, in a sense, just tiny bags of chemicals-so what "instructs" them to divide and function? This program shows how biologists addressed the question during the 19th and 20th centuries. Starting with Friedrich Miescher's discovery of nuclein, or DNA, the film examines Theodor Boveri's work with sea urchins, which clarified the role of chromosomes, as well as Thomas Hunt Morgan's study of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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R.E.M. (Musical group)
Contents: Finest Worksong (3:48) -- Welcome to the Occupation (2:47) -- Exhuming McCarthy (3:20) -- Disturbance At the Heron House (3:32) -- Strange (2:32) -- It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (4:06) -- The One I Love (3:16) -- Fireplace (3:24) -- Lightnin' Hopkins (3:19) -- King of Birds (4:08) -- Oddfellows Local 151 (5:21) -- Finest Worksong (4:10) -- These Days (3:35) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol Records 2012
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Summary: World War II - Trial of Marshal Petain, ex-Vichy leader of France
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944
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Davies, Ray
Contents: Americana (4:02) -- The deal (5:03) -- Poetry (5:05) -- Message from the road (2:57) -- A place in your heart (5:03) -- The mystery room (3:51) -- Silent movie (1:11) -- Rock 'n' roll cowboys (4:21) -- Change for change (3:23) -- The man upstairs (1:37) -- I've heard that beat before (4:03) -- A long drive home to Tarzana (4:59) -- The great highway (4:43) -- The invaders (3:47) -- Wings of...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Recordings 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DAVSmithsonian American Art Museum
Contents: From distant shores -- This other Eden -- Liberty more than life -- Ever westward -- Hand to the plow -- Brother against brother -- The rise of industry -- An eye for beauty -- Seeing the city -- The Harlem renaissance -- South by southwest -- The Great Depression -- Folk traditions -- Americans at midcentury -- The abstract impulse -- Toward the millennium -- Catalogue.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 SLOPatterson, James T.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 344.0798 PATAdams, Colleen.
Summary: Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the Women's Rights Movement in America.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central Primary Source 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
Summary: "The cutting-edge, scientifically accurate, definitive book on the most popular behavioral issues that cats face"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.8 DECThaggert, Miriam
Summary: "Miriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad. As Jim Crow laws became more prevalent and forced Black Americans to 'ride Jim Crow' on the rails, the train compartment became a contested space of leisure and work. Riding Jane Crow examines four instances of Black female railroad travel: the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.896 THAKeppeler, Jill
Summary: "The idea of the American frontier means a lot to many Americans' images of themselves and their country. Everyone has heard stories or watched movies showing tough, brave settlers crossing the continent, daring harsh weather, hostile natives, and rough terrain to nobly "tame" the frontier and expand the United States. But is this image true to life? Young readers will get a wider perspective...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020