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Advertising United States History Future life Incantations, Egyptian International relations Korean War, 1950-1953 Postwar reconstruction Social aspects Social sciences United States History Television advertising United States History United States Politics and government 1945-1955 World politics 1945-1955Summary: The brutal roots of the American slave trade are exposed in this program, focusing on the years 1450-1750 when Native Americans first encountered Europeans and when their world was transformed - and largely destroyed - by white settlers. Not only did the settlers exploit the natural wealth of the Americas, they also traveled to Africa, where they began a transatlantic slave trade that would...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1998
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Summary: Teaches English as a second language to Russian speakers through the use of pictures dealing with everyday topics such as the body, post office, law, travel, and family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.73 PARNew College (University of Oxford)
Contents: Agnus Dei / Barber (7:57) -- Cantique de Jean Racine / Fauré (5:14) -- Kyrie (from Missa Papae Marcelli) / Palestrina (4:14) -- Ave Verum Corpus / Mozart (3:05) -- Jesus bleibet meine Freude / Bach (2:56) -- Ave Maria / Rachmaninov (3:25) -- Lux aeterna / Elgar (3:43) -- Totsu Tuus / Górecki (9:07) -- Hear my prayer / Mendelssohn (10:57) -- The lamb / Tavener (3:10) -- In paradisum (requiem) /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Erato 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL AGNLambert, Andrew D.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.4 LAMSummary: English footballers trying to negotiate better contractual terms with the English Football Association club owners; perhaps the first professional sports strike of all time; soccer
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Contents: Disc 1. Hard travelin' / Woody Guthrie -- Old Man Atom / Sam Hinton -- Black, brown and white / Big Bill Broonzy -- Nottamun town / Jean Ritchie -- Darlin' Cory / Ed McCurdy -- One meat ball / Josh White -- Little boxes / Malvina Reynolds -- I was born 10,000 years ago / Oscar Brand -- Midnight special / Cisco Houston -- Wasn't that a time / Weavers -- Spanish is a loving tongue / Glenn...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Entertainment Company 2001
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK WasWashington, Dinah
Contents: Disc 1. Journey's end -- It isn't fair -- My kind of man -- If I loved you -- Why don't you think things over -- Big deal -- Big deal -- I'll never be free -- I wanna be loved -- I wanna be loved -- Love me with misery -- Harbor lights -- I cross my fingers -- Time out for tears -- Only a moment ago -- Fine fine daddy -- Please send me someone to love -- Ain't nobody's business but my own --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mercury Records 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD VOCAL WASSummary: In 1540, Portuguese navigators and Jesuit priests landed in a Japan of shoguns and samurai, where the arts of warfare had been refined to hitherto unknown heights of cruelty. Although Westernisms quickly became the rage in Japan, the Japanese soon recognized the long arm of colonialism. Christian priests and converts were persecuted and martyred and, in 1650, Japan shut tight its doors to the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Presents a collection of animated advertising films produced between 1950 and 1960 which provide insight into the marketing strategies used during the decade. Included here are a corporate-sponsored cartoon where Martians learn that oil and competition are two things that make America great and an "I like Ike" animated television commercial.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A2ZCDS.COM 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.6 HistoryBaum, Kelly
Summary: Addressing the maniacal, eccentric, and disorienting in artworks made between 1950 and 1980, Delirious situates a fascination with the absurd and irrational within the context of the violence and brutality witnessed during World War II as well as the rapid expansion of industrial capitalism in the 1950s. Skepticism of science and technology--along with fear of its capability to promote mass...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Museum of Art 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 BAUWilliams, Glyndwr.
Contents: El Mar del Sur : the Spanish lake -- "The world encompassed" : Drake and his successors -- Geographical enigmas and literary utopias -- "They were not come out to go upon discovery" : buccaneers and interlopers in the South Sea -- "I speak as to the compass of my own knowledge" : Dampier's explorations and writings -- The "cruising voyages" of Dampier and Rogers -- "A gross, palpable illusion"...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1997
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Contents: The early years, 1850-1870. Peter Dougherty, missionary; Abram Wadsworth, founder; Dexter-Noble, lumber company; Native Americans, sawmill, flour mill, Chain of Lakes -- The Principality is born, 1870-1890. "Pig Iron," Elk Rapids Iron Company, Bangor chemical plant, brewery, seven saloons, pollution, drunkenness, livestock running loose, cruising the Chain of Lakes -- The peak and decline,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Heron Press 2007
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.485 RUG1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.485 RUG
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.485 RUGSummary: In June of 1950, the North Korean Army initiated a massive attack on its neighbor to the south, beginning a see-saw war that would engulf the entire Korean Peninsula. For the next three years, the United Nations and the Communists would wage a bloody and brutal war. Though the Korean conflict is often referred to as the "Forgotten War", those who fought and sacrificed for freedom will never...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Timeless Media Group 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV KORContents: disc 1. The struggle of the magicians, part three / Gurdjieff, de Hartmann -- Pompeii 76 A.D. / Gail Laughton -- Gongs in the rain / Nesta Kerin Crain -- Witch's will / Wilburn Burchette -- Formentera sunset clouds / Iasos -- Seventh chakra keynote B (violet) / Steven Halpern -- Seraphic borealis / Joel Andrews -- Om mani padme hum / Constance Demby -- Arabian fantasy / Daniel Emmanuel --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE ISummary: Bombardment of Pohang, South Korea
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: Recess: small boys and girls playing on monkey bars
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: Signs for Hollywood studios/ production companies: Desilu, Columbia, Motion Picture Center Studios, Technicolor, Screen Gems, Columbia.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: Tell It With TV film showcasing the commercial benefits of corporate sponsorship of TV programming
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: US delegate in United Nations castigates the Soviet Union for being dishonest about Korea
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: For millennia, the culture of the ancient Egyptians has fascinated historians and spiritual seekers. The 20th anniversary edition of this seminal work includes all-new material analysing the progress in modern Egyptology. Written some 3,500 years ago, the Papyrus of Ani is the best-preserved example of Egyptian thought. Including full-colour hieroglyphic images paired with an acclaimed...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2015
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 299.31 EGYSummary: Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in England, comments on war in Korea (saying it's to prevent war)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950
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Summary: Khrushchev denounces Stalinism
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1950