Morrison, Toni

Summary: America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct Others? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? Drawing on her Norton Lectures, Toni Morrison...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2017

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Eagleton, Terry

Summary: On the one hand, Eagleton demolishes what he calls the "superstitious" view of God held by most atheists and agnostics and offers in its place a revolutionary account of the Christian Gospel. On the other hand, he launches a stinging assault on the betrayal of this revolution by institutional Christianity. There is little joy here, then, either for the anti-God brigade -- Richard Dawkins and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2009

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Contents: Nature ; addresses, and lectures -- Essays, first and second series -- Representative men -- English traits -- The conduct of life -- Uncollected prose.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the U.S. 1983

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Lundestad, Geir

Summary: The World's Most Prestigious Prize: The Inside Story of the Nobel Peace Prize is a fascinating, insider account of the Nobel peace prize. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Norwegian Nobel Institute's vast archive, it offers a gripping account of the founding of the prize, as well as its highs and lows, triumphs and disasters, over the last one-hundred-and-twenty years. But more than that,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019

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Atwood, Margaret

Summary: Collected here, the Massey Lectures from legendary novelist Margaret Atwood investigate the highly topical subject of debt, exploring debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human societies.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Anansi 2008

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Summary: "The O. Henry Prize stories 2019 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from the thousands published in literary magazines over the previous year."--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2019

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Davis, Wade.

Summary: "Many of us are alarmed by the accelerating rates of extinction of plants and animals. But how many of us know that human cultures are going extinct at an even more shocking rate? While biologists estimate that 18 percent of mammals and 11 percent of birds are threatened, and botanists anticipate the loss of 8 percent of flora, anthropologists predict that fully 50 percent of the 7,000...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Anansi 2009

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Summary: The O. Henry Prize Stories 2017 contains twenty breathtaking stories--by a vibrant mix of established and emerging writers--selected by the series editor from the thousands published in literary magazines over the previous year. The collection includes essays by the three eminent guest jurors on their favorite stories, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2017

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Bernanke, Ben.

Summary: In 2012, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, gave a series of lectures about the Federal Reserve and the 2008 financial crisis, as part of a course at George Washington University on the role of the Federal Reserve in the economy. He revealed important background and insights into the central bank's crucial actions during the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Stein, Gertrude

Contents: Stanzas in meditation -- Lectures in America -- The geographical history of America -- Ida -- Brewsie and Willie -- Other works.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1998

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Summary: The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, from thousands published in literary magazines. The winning stories roam the world, from Nigeria to Venice, from an erupting volcano in Iceland to a brothel in the old Wild West. They feature a dazzling array of characters: a young American falling in love in Japan, a girl raised by snake-handling...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor 2014

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Summary: "Contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Lauren Groff has selected an exciting and engaging variety of stories by an international array of both celebrated and emerging writers. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Groff, fascinating observations from the winning writers on what inspired...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

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Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman.

Summary: Though it means Nate can't get his dog ready for the smartest pet contest, he agrees to search for the missing prize for the contest.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Publishing Co. 1988

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Plain, Rozi

Contents: Agreeing for two -- Complicated -- Help -- Prove your good -- Conversation -- Painted the room -- Sore -- Spot thirteen -- Standing up -- Blink.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Guelzo, Allen C.

Summary: Professor Guelzo looks at Lincoln's life and legacy, from his youth and maturation into a successful lawyer through the evolution of his views on slavery to his presidency and triumphant management of emancipation and the restoration of the union.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005

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Bellini.

Contents: Wake up under a truck--Numbers--Daughter leaving--Susie--Tiger's milk--The man who lost his wings--Save the greyhounds--The thin line--The painter--A deep wound

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Publisher / Publication Date: Temporary Residence Ltd 0000

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Milosz, Czeslaw.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 0000

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Zappala, Tom.

Contents: A little cracker jack history -- The cracker jack all-stars -- The stretch -- The keystone sack -- The hot corner -- Patrolling the outfield -- The backstops -- The moundsmen -- The front office -- A tale of two sets.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Arnn, Larry P.

Summary: Lectures presented online by Hillsdale College, September, 2011.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Hillsdale College 2012

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Summary: "The Pushcart Prize is the only annual anthology to exclusively showcase the very best writing from America's alternative literary presses. Each year contributing editors, whose ranks include the most important writers of today, along with hundreds of small presses, nominate thousands of stories, poems, essays and memoirs for inclusion in Pushcart's collection. This unique submissions process...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pushcart Prize Fellowships 2018

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