McGhee, Heather C.
Summary: "Heather C. McGhee's specialty is the American economy--and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. As she dug into subject after subject, from the financial crisis to declining wages to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a common problem at the bottom of them all: racism--but not just in the obvious ways that hurt people of color. Racism has costs for white people,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 MCGMcGhee, Heather C.
Summary: "This book, edited for young readers, is a call to action. McGhee examines how damaging racism is not only to people of color but also to white people. She offers hope and real solutions so that we can all prosper. An expert in economic policy, Heath McGhee draws lessons from her work running a think tank and her travels around the country talking to everyday Americans who are coming together...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 MCGCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 MCGDoidge, Norman.
Summary: A new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychoanalyst Doidge traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed--people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable. We see a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 DOISummary: Nathan creates a secret government program to hunt and capture people with superhuman abilities that gets out of his control, while those with abilities fight or flee. Peter struggles with his limited powers, and Hiro struggles with his lack of powers. Sylar searches for his father and has a run in with the government program, but makes a different decision than any of the other superpowered...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HERFord, Leon
Summary: "An unforgettable and stirring memoir in the vein of Free Cyntoia, Just Mercy, and The Sum of Us that both inspires and upends our understanding about the future of policing in the United States. In 2012, nineteen-year-old Leon Ford was shot five times by a Pittsburgh police officer as he was racially profiled during a case of mistaken identity. When he woke up in the hospital, he was faced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD, LEON FORSay Hi (Musical group)
Contents: Dots on maps (3:45) -- Devils (2:20) -- All the pretty ones (2:37) -- Take ya' dancin' (3:01) -- Posture, etc. (2:55) -- Sister needs a settle (3:11) -- Lookin' good (3:31) -- My, how it comes (2:23) -- Shiny diamonds (3:20) -- Handsome babies (3:23) -- Trees are a swayin' (2:02) -- Bruises to prove it (2:40).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Barsuk Records 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SAYAlexie, Sherman
Summary: Alexie's poems and prose show his celebrated passion and wit while also exploring new directions. Novelist, storyteller and performer, his work has been praised throughout the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanging Loose Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 ALERutherford, Adam
Summary: "The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (minus the boring parts). Despite our clever linguistic abilities, humans are spectacularly ill-equipped to comprehend what's happening in the universe. Our senses and intuition routinely mislead us. The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) tells the story of how we came to suppress our monkey minds and perceive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2022