Adams, Henry
Contents: Contains the last two parts of History of the United States of America during the first administration of James Madison, and History of the United States of America during the second administration of James Madison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.46 ADAAdams, Henry
Contents: Contains the first two parts of History of the United States of America during the first administration of Thomas Jefferson, and History of the United States of America during the second administration of Thomas Jefferson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.46 ADAAdams, John
Contents: Love sweetens life, October 1762-July 1774 -- The decisive day is come, August 1774-December 1775 -- We are determined to foment a rebelion, January-October 1776 -- Kind providence has preserved to me a life, January-November 1777 -- I cast my thoughts across the Atlantick, February 1778-April 1782 -- A signal tryumph, July 1782-March 1788 -- The most insignificant office, December 1788-January...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 ADACampbell, Joseph
Summary: An exhilarating journey into the mind and spirit of Joseph Campbell, aa remarkable man, a legendary teacher, and a masterful storyteller, conducted by TV journalist Bill Moyers in the acclaimed PBS series
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 0000
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 291.13 CAMAdams, Colleen.
Summary: Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the Women's Rights Movement in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central Primary Source 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.42 ADAJoseph, Frederick
Summary: Frederick Joseph call up race-related anecdotes from his past, explaining why they were hurtful and how he might handle things now. Each chapter features the voice of at least one artist or activist, including Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give; April Reign, creator of #OscarsSoWhite; Jemele Hill, sports journalist and podcast host; and eleven others. Touching on everything from cultural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323 JOSRiesman, Abraham
Summary: "The definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee, an artist and entrepreneur who reshaped global pop culture at a steep personal cost. Stan Lee--born Stanley Martin Lieber in 1922--is one of the most beloved and influential entertainers to emerge from the twentieth century. He served as editor in chief of Marvel Comics for three decades and, in that time, launched more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEE, STAN RIEHorowitz, Joseph
Summary: "A provocative interpretation of why classical music in America "stayed white"-how it got to be that way and what can be done about it. In 1893 the composer Antonin Dvorák prophesied a "great and noble" school of American classical music based on the searing "negro melodies" he had excitedly discovered since arriving in the United States a year before. But while Black music would found popular...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.973 HORDavidson, Abraham A.
Contents: Beginnings of American painting -- History of America in paintings -- Notable American portraits -- American natural landscape -- Americans at work and play -- Visionary tradition -- American urban landscape -- Nonobjective painting -- Painting in the 1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams, Harry N. 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 DAVLoeb, Abraham
Summary: "In New York Times bestseller Extraterrestrial, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, presented a theory that shook the scientific community: our solar system, Loeb claimed, had been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant star. This provocative and persuasive argument opened thousands of minds to the vast possibilities of our universe and the existence of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 999 LOEMcGill, Joseph
Summary: "In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in former slave dwellings that still stand across the country--revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America. Joseph McGill Jr., a historic preservationist and Civil War reenactor, founded the Slave Dwelling Project in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.362 MCGAdams, Bryan
Contents: Best of me (3:33) -- Can't stop this thing we started (4:29) -- I'm ready (4:29) -- Summer of '69 (3:34) -- Let's make a night to remember (6:19) -- All for love / (With Rod Stewart and Sting) (4:36) -- Have you ever really loved a woman (4:48) -- Run to you (3:54) -- Cloud number nine (4:11) -- (Everything I do) I do it for you (6:34) -- Back to you (4:30) -- When you're gone / (featuring Mel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&M Records 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ADAAdams, John
Summary: "Traces John Adams's career from his leading role in the debate over independence, [...] to his tireless efforts to establish the fledgling government of the United States and supply its army in the filed, to his crucial diplomatic service in Europe [...]. It includes his hightly influential 1776 pamphlet Thoughts on Government, dozens of his characteristically frank and revealing personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 ADAAdams, John
Summary: "... includes the complete newspaper exchange between Novanglus (Adams) and Massachusettensis (loyalist Daniel Leonard), as well as extensive diary excerpts and characteristically frank personal letters"--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 ADAAndrews, Bryce
Summary: "The story of a bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the changing wilds of the American West"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.784 ANDSummary: Neanderthals begin burying their dead in sepulchers that simulate their huts in an attempt to connect with the spiritual world. When God first speaks to Abraham, he becomes the father of three great religions: Judaism, and subsequently Christianity and Islam. Moses leads the children of Israel out of slavery and into the Promised Land. Buddha, "The Awakened One," teaches humans to transcend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Contents: Prologue (1:39) -- Any dream will do (3:53) -- Jacob and sons / Joseph's coat (5:37) -- Joseph's dreams (2:55) -- Poor, poor Joseph (2:36) -- One more angel in Heaven (3:01) -- Potiphar (4:47) -- Close every door (3:47) -- Go, go, go Joseph (5:28) -- Act two: Pharaoh story (3:07) -- Poor, poor Pharaoh (1:51) -- Song of the King (seven fat cows) (3:13) -- Pharaoh's dreams explained (1:21) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Really Useful Records 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC JOSLincoln, Abraham
Summary: "The first full-color facsimile edition of Lincoln's private notes, Abraham Lincoln's Diary is a deluxe collection of some of his most revelatory private writings. An essential archive, here presented exactly as Lincoln wrote them on scraps of paper, these "notes to self" appear alongside original, contextualizing essays by New York Times bestselling presidential biographer Ronald C. White. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.7092 WHIAndrews, Munya
Summary: The history, legend and mythology of a star cluster associated with women for aeons of human history. Munya captures the richness of the mysterious constellation Pleiades and explains the recurring significance of these celestial sisters who animate the myths of cultures as diverse as Classical Greece and Aboriginal Australia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spinifex Press 2004
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Summary: The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to choose from, there is a perfect gift for everyone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 ADAFrank, Joseph
Contents: Prelude -- The family -- The religious and cultural background -- The academy of military engineers -- The two romanticisms -- The Gogol period -- Poor folk -- Dostoevsky and the Pleiade -- Belinsky and Dostoevsky I -- Belinsky and Dostoevsky II -- The Beketov and Petrashevsky circles -- Dostoevsky and Speshnev -- The Peter-and-Paul Fortress -- Katorga -- Monsters in their misery -- Private...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR FRAAdams, Scott
Contents: How to predict the future -- Aging -- Technology predictions -- Life on other plants -- The world gets more complicated -- The future of democracy and capitalism -- The future of gender relations -- The future of work -- Marketing in the future -- Good and bad jobs of the future -- Social stuff -- Endangered species -- Some things won't improve -- A new view of the future -- Appn. A....
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperBusiness 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817 AdamsCampbell, Joseph
Summary: A collection of conversations, interviews, speeches, and book quotes that provide insight into the thinking of philosopher and writer Joseph Campbell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200 CAMJoseph, Peniel E
Summary: "The Sword and the Shield is a dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King that transforms our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders. Peniel E. Joseph reveals a nuanced portrait of two men who, despite markedly different backgrounds, inspired and pushed each other throughout their adult lives. This is a strikingly revisionist biography, not only of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020