Summary: What prevents minority communities from joining the European mainstream? Is there an appropriate balance between assimilation and preserving one's cultural heritage? This program wrestles with questions of identity-racial, cultural, and sexual-resulting from the startling new diversity of European society. Depicting daily life in immigrant communities on the Continent and in Great Britain, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Contents: The tide is high / Blondie -- Do you really want to hurt me / Culture Club -- Stray cat strut / Stray Cats -- Puttin' on the Ritz / Taco -- Suddenly last summer / The Motels -- Da, da, da / Trio -- (Keep feeling) Fascination / Human League -- Middle of the road / The Pretenders -- Homosapien / Pete Shelley -- Red skies / The Fixx -- Senses working overtime / XTC -- Town called malice / The Jam....
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MODSummary: Racial tension has become a politically explosive and socially divisive threat to stability in the European Union. This program looks at the racism and xenophobia brought to the surface by a massive influx of foreign workers and job-seekers into Western Europe; it also describes the search for equitable solutions by moderate EU leaders and citizens. Islamophobia, religious fundamentalism, the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Modern Jazz Quartet
Contents: Medley: Stardust ; I can't get started ; Lover man -- Yardbird suite -- Midsömmer -- Festival sketch -- Bags' groove -- Night in Tunisia.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 1960
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ MODTracy, Kathleen.
Summary: More than one-and-a-half billion Muslims of all races, nationalities, and ethnicities live in the world today, but the birthplace of Islam is the Middle East. Islam is a religion based on the revelations given to the Prophet Muhammad. These teachings are contained in the Quran, Islam's holy book. Like other religions, Islam preaches peace and love for others. Also like other religions, Islam's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Lane Publishers 2015
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place Cult TracyHarris, Duchess
Summary: After World War I, many African Americans found a welcoming home in Paris while the fight for civil rights continued in the United States. African American soldiers, writers, performers, and activists influenced French society. Blacks in Paris: African American Culture in Europe explores the legacy of African Americans in Paris.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 944.36 HARMattern, Joanne
Summary: "East Asia is an unusual and fascinating land. In the past, this part of the world developed its own unique cultures, many of which were more advanced than the cultures of Europe and the Americas. Because East Asian nations were cut off from the rest of the world for political reasons, their cultures flourished and instilled strong traditions in their people. Today, the nations of China,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Lane Publishers 2015
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place Cult MatternCulture (Musical group)
Contents: Peace and love -- Capture rasta -- Old tattoo -- This way -- Step along -- Five to one strip me -- Praise him -- Mr. Music -- Soon come -- Pure war.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Heartbeat 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE CULNardo, Don
Contents: Introduction: a destiny long shaped by geography -- Darkness to light: the Arab Spring -- Peoples, languages, and beliefs -- The home and family life -- Getting a good education -- Food, drink, and dining customs -- Popular sports and entertainment -- Experiencing North African culture in the United States -- Timeline in history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place Cult NardoVarious Artists
Contents: Unbelievable / EMF -- No Rain / Blind Melon --Nothing compares 2 U / Sinead O'Connor -- Crush Story / Too much joy -- Hippy chick / Soho -- Dizz Knee Land / DaDa -- Right here, right now / Jesus Jones -- Cradle of Liove / Billy Idol -- Ordinary world / Duran Duran -- Chocolate Cake / Croweded House / Tom's Diner / Suzanne Vega -- Crying game / Boy George. Disc 2: Suicide Blonde/ Inxs -- Rush /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MODContents: The reflex / Duran Duran -- Get it on / Power Station -- Secret separation / The Fixx -- Head over heels / Tears for Fears -- Here comes the rain again / Eurythmics -- Rock me Amadeus / Falco -- Take on me / A-Ha -- Walk this way / Run-D.M.C -- You might think / The Cars -- Everybody have fun tonight / Wang Chung -- No more words / Berlin -- How soon is now? / The Smiths. Disc 2: Eyes without a...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MODTroy, Tevi
Summary: From Cicero to Snooki, the cultural influences on our American presidents are powerful and plentiful. Thomas Jefferson famously said ""I cannot live without books,"" and his library backed up the claim, later becoming the backbone of the new Library of Congress. Jimmy Carter watched hundreds of movies in his White House, while Ronald Reagan starred in a few in his own time. Lincoln was a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery History 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 TROModern Jazz Quartet
Contents: Oh Bess, where's my Bess -- A fugue for Music Inn -- Two degrees east, three degrees west -- Serenade -- Fun -- Sun dance -- The man that got away -- A morning in Paris -- England's carol.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Jazzlore 1982
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ MODVink, Amanda
Summary: Though Europe does not boast a large land area, it contains some of the most distinct and well-known cultural histories in the world. Throughout the continent's long history, borders between countries have been drawn and redrawn countless times, resulting in a unique record of cross-cultural exchange that will captivate the imagination of your readers. Use this book to introduce them to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940 VINSummary: In this Fred Friendly Seminar, Harvard Law School's Charles Ogletree stimulates a vigorous exchange on the tension between artistic expression, freedom of speech, and social responsibility. Presented with scenarios involving antisocial and sometimes violent messages in mass media, Richard Dreyfuss, Def Jam Recordings' David Harleston, the ACLU's Nadine Strossen, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA),...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Kraig, Bruce.
Contents: Inside the dog: lore and history -- Democratic food and popular culture -- Hot dog people: entrepreneurs, experts, and fans -- Hot dog emporia: signs and meanings -- Doggie styles.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: AltaMira Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.66 KRASimmons, Rachel
Summary: When boys act out, get into fights, or become physically aggressive, we can't avoid noticing their bad behavior. But it is easy to miss the subtle signs of aggression in girls--the dirty looks, the taunting notes, or the exclusion from the group-that send girls home crying. In Odd girl out, Rachel Simmons focuses on these interactions and provides language for the indirect aggression that runs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 302.5 SIMMOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.54 SIMContents: Disc 1: Time after time / Cyndi Lauper -- Who can it be now? / Men at work -- Time / Culture club -- They don't know / Tracey Ullman -- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da / Police -- Pass the Dutchie / Musical Youth -- Saved by Zero / Fixx -- Who's that girl / Eurythmics -- Poison Arrow / ABC -- Two Trives / Frankie goes to Hollywood -- Talk Talk / Talk Talk -- Pulling Mussels / Squeeze. Disc 2: Doctor!...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MODRotheray, J.
Summary: Never conquered by foreigners, this proud and ancient land has been shaped by Buddhism, the monarchy, and the military. Today it is a manufacturing powerhouse and a tourist paradise that welcomes more than 30 million visitors a year. Yet despite the veneer of Western modernity, the country and its people remain an enigma for many visitors. "Culture Smart! Thailand" describes how the Thai people...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kuperard 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.93 THARuiz, Teofilo F.
Summary: A study of mysticism, heresy, apocalyptic movements, and the witch craze in Europe between 1000 and 1700.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2002
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 291.422 RUIEarly, Hank
Summary: Private investigator Earl Marcus thought he'd conquered his demons after vanquishing the malevolent spirit of his fundamentalist preacher father, but faces a new terror when he investigates rumors of a place in the woods where a killer collects human skulls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EAREarly, Hank
Summary: Earl Marcus thought he had left the mountains of Georgia behind forever, and with them, the painful memories of a childhood spent under the fundamentalist rule of his father RJ's church--a church built on fear, penance, and the twisting, writhing mass of snakes. But then an ominous photo of RJ is delivered to Earl's home. The photograph is dated long after his father's burial, and there's no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EARGagne, Tammy.
Summary: "This book explores the Native Alaskan cultures. Learn about the people, lifestyles, food, politics, music, dance, religion, language, arts, architecture, education, sports and so on, and how they affect the culture of Alaska"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place Cult GagneBartal, Israel
Summary: "In the nineteenth century, the largest Jewish community the modern world had known lived in hundreds of towns and shtetls in the territory between the Prussian border of Poland and the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea. The period had started with the partition of Poland and the absorption of its territories into the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires; it would end with the first large-scale...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Pennsylvania Press 2005