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All around the world Blackhawk Films collection Cornell studies in security affairs Cultures of the world Enchantment of the world Faultlines, the search for political and religious links History summarized The Oxford illustrated Dickens The Wide Angle Collection: Human Stories, Global Issues USAF in the Persian Gulf WarMattern, Joanne
Summary: "In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Iraq. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around All IraqYomtov, Nelson
Summary: Home to some of humankind’s first great civilizations and the birthplace of many of our most important intellectual achievements, the land that is now Iraq has a long and remarkable history. Readers will discover how Iraq was first settled and how it became the country it is today. They will also find out what life is like for the average Iraqi citizen, from what people eat to where they work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 956.7 YOMSummary: Nearly everyone agrees that the military buildup known as the "surge"-or some confluence of events-improved security in Iraq. But the idea that the United States is winning the war is debatable. Will the United States leave a reasonably decent society and a reasonably representative government, without sectarian violence or civil war? Will Iraq remain friendly toward the United States?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Gallego, Ruben
Summary: "Opening up for the first time about his combat experience, Congressman Ruben Gallego (D, AZ) delivers a moving and unforgettable memoir of the eternal bonds forged between the Marines of Lima Company, the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq War"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GALLEGO, RUBEN GALSummary: His picture in the papers: A young man can marry his sweetheart only if he becomes famous enough to have his picture printed in the paper; Mystery of the leaping fish: A satire on Sherlock Holmes which concerns a professional incident in the life of the world's greatest scientific detective; Flirting with fate: A struggling artist whose heart is broken when his sweetheart is promised in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flicker Alley 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYSSummary: Just a day after the cease-fire, news correspondents in this program journeyed into Baghdad to offer firsthand perspectives on the political, social, and religious fault lines exposed with the fall of Saddam Hussein. Balanced in its assessment, the program features interviews with Iraqi clerics, businessmen, scholars, and street protesters, as well as U.S. Army soldiers and their commanders,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This Wide Angle report travels to the front lines of the staggering refugee crisis that continues to unfold in the Middle East as Iraqis flee their war-torn hometowns to live either as exiles in neighboring countries or dislocated within Iraq's borders. The situations in Syria and Jordan, where refugees cope with their new surroundings amidst government pressure and rising resentment from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Hoeffel, Joseph M.
Contents: The hard sell -- Intelligence truth and lies -- the run-up to war -- Voting for war -- War -- The aftermath of war, 2003 -- The aftermath of war, 2004 -- Consequences -- The Bush team memoirs -- Disclose the intelligence -- Cheney and Iraq : another intervention.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Progressive Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7 HOERicks, Thomas E.
Contents: Containment -- A bad ending -- Containment and its discontents -- This changes everything: the aftermath of 9/11 -- The war of words -- The run-up -- The silence of the lambs -- Into Iraq -- Winning a battle -- How to create an insurgency (I) -- How to create an insurgency (II) -- The CPA: "can't produce anything" -- Getting tough -- The descent into abuse -- The long term -- "The Army of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 RICCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 956.7044 RICPacker, George
Summary: This book recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. It brings to life the people and ideas that created the Bush administration's war policy and led America to the Assassins' Gate--the main point of entry into the American zone in Baghdad. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author's reporting on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 PACSummary: Documentary in three parts. Offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the U.S. presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Typecast Releasing 2007
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2 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF IRARajendra, Vijeya
Summary: This book describes the geography, history, economy, government, and cultures of Iran. The coauthor is Gisela Kaplan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 955 RAJMitchell, Greg
Contents: 2003, January. on the war path -- My 9/11 story and Iraq's -- February. Ellsberg : have the media learned lessons of Vietnam? -- Powell conquers the media -- Schanberg hits the ground rules running -- March. Eleven questions we wish they'd asked -- Rummy meets Mcnamara -- April. Moyers : beginning of the end or just the beginning? -- May. Back in the daze of 'mission accomplished' -- July....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 MITSummary: "In his epic and engaging documentary of life in Baghdad before and after the 2003 US invasion, Iraqi filmmaker Abbas Fahdel acquaints us with a moving portrait of his own family and friends as they struggle in the advent and the uncertain aftermath of war. Displaying courage, grace and even humor after decades of deprivation through conflict, international sanctions, and totalitarian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOMGreen Day
Contents: Brutal love -- Missing you -- 8th Avenue serenade -- Drama queen -- X-Kid -- Sex, drugs & violence -- A little boy named Train -- Amanda -- Walk away -- Dirty rotten bastards -- 99 revolutions -- The forgotten.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An opaque veil, gloved hands, and long black flowing garments-these are among the images that Westerners most commonly associate with Iranian women. In this program, National Geographic photographer Alexandra Avakian sets out to dispel long-held stereotypes as she ventures behind the veils of women in Iran, ultimately discovering a tough and spirited female community. The New York City native...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Spanier, Kristine
Summary: In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Iran.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around All IranStiglitz, Joseph E.
Summary: Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard professor Linda J. Bilmes cast a spotlight on expense items that have been hidden from the U.S. taxpayer, including not only big-ticket items like replacing military equipment (being used up at six times the peacetime rate) but also the cost of caring for thousands of wounded veterans--for the rest of their lives. Shifting to a global focus, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 STIDickens, Charles
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DICDavis, Richard G.
Contents: Desert Shield : the Kuwait crisis and the decision to intervene. -- The initial deployment -- The offensive air campaign plan -- The offensive deployment, morale, and training -- Desert Storm : The decision for war -- Thunder and hail over Baghdad: the initial attacks -- Weather and the great Scud hunt -- Continuing the air offensive against Iraq -- Assessment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 DAVLemon Pipers (Musical group)
Contents: Green tambourine -- Rice is nice -- Shoeshine boy -- Rainbow tree -- Blueberry blue -- The shoemaker of Leatherwear Square -- Jelly jungle (of orange marmalade) -- Everything is you -- Love beads and meditation -- Catch me falling -- I was not born to follow -- Wine and violet -- Dead end street/Half light.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Buddha Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LEMSummary: In the Islamic Republic of Iran, battle lines are drawn between conservative clerics claiming a God-given right to rule and reformers challenging their authority. This provocative program seeks to understand what happens when a modern state is re-created based on fundamentalist Islamic principles, and whether its society should be open and democratic or oppressed and authoritarian. From Iran's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Contents: Introduction / William R. Polk -- Theft of time / Angela H.M. Schuster -- Erasing the past: looting of archaeological sites in Southern Iraq / Micah Garen and Marie-Hélène Carleton -- A short history of the Iraq National Museum Usam / Ghaidan and Anna Paolini -- A museum is born / Lamia al-Gailani Werr -- Iraq in the beginning / Ralph Soleki -- Dawn of civilization / Harriet Crawford -- Small...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 935 LOOFirme, Tom
Summary: "Learn about the histories of the Persian Gulf (1991), Afghanistan (2001-2014), and Iraq Wars (2003-2011) in this volume of History Summarized. Each volume in this series concisely surveys a major historical event or interrelated series of events or a major cultural, economic, political, or social movement." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018