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Libraries and community United States Libraries and society United States Library users United States Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Pictorial works Presidents Presidents United States Pictorial works Public libraries United States Public libraries United States Pictorial works United StatesAndreas, Joel.
Summary: Cultural Writing. Political Science. Government. Education. ADDICTED TO WAR takes on the most active, powerful and destructive military in the world. Hard-hitting, carefully documented and heavily illustrated, it reveals why the United States has been involved in more wars in recent years than any other country. Read ADDICTED TO WAR to find out who benefits from these military adventures, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AK Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.0213 ANDSummary: "Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to the public library: the unmistakable, slightly musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly-discovered books. Today's libraries also function as de facto community centers, and offer free access to the Internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter along with the endless possibilities that spark your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.7 DAWDougherty, Kevin.
Summary: An illustrated guide to 20 battles of the American Civil War, giving quick facts, narrative description, and detailed maps of each battle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.73 DOUGraham, Felicia
Summary: Flat track roller derby is one of the country's fastest growing sports. What started as a single league in Austin, Texas, a couple of decades ago has grown into an international phenomenon, with nearly two thousand leagues around the world. Rollergirls captures the spirit of the game, which is poised to become an Olympic sport, and highlights the women who have become known as the godmothers of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trinity University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.21 GRAWillis, Deborah
Summary: Though both the Union and Confederate armies excluded African American men from their initial calls to arms, many of the men who eventually served were black. Simultaneously, photography culture blossomed--marking the Civil War as the first conflict to be extensively documented through photographs. In The Black Civil War Soldier, Deb Willis explores the crucial role of photography in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 WILKalman, Bobbie.
Summary: This book introduces the life and times of the pioneers describing their homes, tools, jobs, clothes, and travel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.03 KALSummary: National Geographic follows Pete Souza, the President's photographer inside the Obama White House, aboard Air Force One, backstage at the State of the Union, and into the heart of the West Wing. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the everyday grit of the American presidency and a chance to see what it's like to cover the most powerful man in the world, for history. Features intimate interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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Summary: "From one of our most treasured filmmakers, a pictorial history of America-a stunning and moving collection of Ken Burns's favorite photographs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973 BURCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 973 BURLuong, QT
Summary: Discover spectacular and less-traveled alternatives to bustling national parks with this superb coffee table book: the first photography book about the landscape-scale national monuments, including introductions from local conservationists and travel notes for each photograph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Terra Galleria Press 2021
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973 LUOHodgkins, Lisa
Summary: "In the last half of the 19th century, the women of America were beginning to develop their own sense of style. Although influenced by European fashions and the social and economic changes of the time, they made clothing choices based upon their personal aspirations and their practical everyday needs. Providing an overview of fashion influences for each decade from the 1860s to the end of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2022
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Summary: This volume of ordinary people change the world features Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina Supreme Court Justice. She is proof that with opportunity comes justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SOTCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am SotomayorFifty-Nine Parks (Firm)
Summary: "Explore the majesty of the National Parks through the eyes of contemporary artists"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Earth Aware Editions 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 917.3002 ARTBaldwin, James
Summary: First published in 1963, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America's so-called "Negro problem." As remarkable for its masterful prose as for its frank and personal account of the black experience in the United States, it is considered one of the most passionate and influential explorations of 1960s race relations, weaving thematic threads of love, faith, and family into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taschen 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 305.8 BALLoggia, Wendy
Summary: "Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Taylor Swift, the Grammy Award-winning and multiplatinum artist. Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers!"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB LOGSchiff, Thomas R.
Summary: "In sweeping tableaux, photographer Thomas R. Schiff presents, America's most important art museums, using breathtaking photographs that compels us to revisit historic and modern cultural institutions and their storied rooms in a genuinely new light. Schiff skillfully combines his love of photography and architecture and profiles museums of all sizes and stripes across the country, showcasing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli Electa 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 708.13 SCHSummary: "Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life is a stunning collection of essays, photographs, and ephemera celebrating Billy Strayhorn, one of the most significant yet under-appreciated contributors to 20th century American music. Released in commemoration of Strayhorn's centennial, this luxurious coffee-table book offers intimate details of the composer's life from musicians, scholars, and Strayhorn's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bolden an Agate Imprint 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STRAYHORN, BILLY STRCarter, Arlan.
Summary: The American Rowboat Motor covers the development of the outboard motor between the 1890's and the 1920's. During this relatively short time, the country saw remarkable technological advances in communications and transportation. The telephone kept us connected, the radio kept us informed, and we went from a horse drawn society to a motorized one, all in the span of thirty short years. Marine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Fall Creek Trading Co.] 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.87 CARLiving Cities (U.S.)
Summary: "From reparations to the prison industrial complex and redlining, there are a lot of high-level concepts to systemic racism that are hard to digest. At a time where everyone is inundated with information on structural racism, it can be hard to know where to start or how to visualize the disenfranchisement of BIPOC Americans. In Systemic Racism 101, you will find infographic spreads alongside...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 SYSGordon, Linda.
Summary: Dorothea Lange's photographs define how the American Depression is remembered; this evocative biography defines her creative struggles and enduring legacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LANGE, DOROTHEA GORFong-Torres, Ben.
Summary: Grateful Dead fans are legendary for their Dead-ication to the band and its enduring legacy of freewheeling musical exploration. The Grateful Dead Scrapbook collects rare removable memorabilia and evocative images culled from the Grateful Dead Archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz, including never-before-published photos, flyers, fan letters, and other ephemera. To accompany the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2009
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Summary: Profiles the life of Amelia Earhart, including her historic career as a pilot and the latest information on her disappearance while flying over the Pacific in 1937.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EARHART, AMELIA WELMurray, James T.
Summary: From tiny stores tucked away on narrow side streets to well-known institutions on historic avenues, this book presents the individual images and shop owner stories that together make up a collective history. Up until now, there has been little attention paid to New York's storefronts; this book reverses that glaring omission and makes clear that the spirit of New York City is etched in its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gingko 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 MURSouza, Pete
Summary: Go behind the scenes of the West Wing--into the Oval Office and Situation Room, aboard Air Force One, and beyond--with #1 bestselling author and former presidential photographer Pete Souza.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.932 SOUGreenberg, Mark
Summary: Back in 2007, when Barack Hussein Obama announced his campaign, his election seemed to be a long shot. But he won in a decisive victory, also garnering a record 69.5 million votes, and on January 20, 2009, he became the 44th president of the United States and its first African American chief executive. Now, after two terms, this book explores Obama's journey in pictures, from his remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2017