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Adams, Samuel 1722-1803 Aristotle Criticism and interpretation Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Hancock, John 1737-1793 Henry, Patrick 1736-1799 III, King of Great Britain George 1738-1820 Industrial Workers of the World. Plato Criticism and interpretation Puppies Behavior Revere, Paul 1735-1818Summary: "'I see multiple colonial governors,' says Ghanaian software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse of the international development establishment in Africa. 'We are held captive by the donor community.' The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry - the business of doing good has never been better. Yet, the results...
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Publisher / Publication Date: www.povertyinc.org 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF POVSummary: Amanda, a divorced photographer, finds herself in a fantastic Alice-in-Wonderland experience when her daily, uninspired life literally begins to unravel. Guided by leading scientists and mystics, she finds that if reality itself is not questionable, her notion of it certainly is. Plunge into a world where quantum uncertainity is demonstrated - where Amanda's neurological processes, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHASummary: Solidarity! All for One and One for All!₄ Founded in Chicago in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) took to organizing unskilled workers into one big union and changed the course of American history. This compelling documentary of the IWW (or The Wobblies' as they were known) tells the story of workers in factories, sawmills, wheat fields, forests, mines, and on the docks as they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WOBSummary: 50 million people in the U.S. - one in four children - don't know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all Americans. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine this issue through the lens of three people who are struggling with food insecurity: Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Pictures 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PLASummary: This documentary profiles the groundbreaking career of the comedic musical group They Might Be Giants, which started as a duo of multi-instrumentalists both named John (Flansburgh and Linnell) in the 1980s and grew in the 1990s into being a full-fledged band.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plexifilm 2003
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GIGSummary: "Bisbee '17 is a nonfiction feature film by award-winning filmmaker Robert Greene set in Bisbee, Arizona, an eccentric old mining town just miles away from both Tombstone and the Mexican border. Radically combining collaborative documentary, western and musical elements, the film follows several members of the close knit community as they attempt to reckon with their town's darkest hour. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BISSummary: Part 1 includes an introduction to the entire series and to the enduring problems of philosophy. The critical tensions in Western thought are identified and the context is set for the great conversation that follows. This first part of the series is foundational, designed to teach basic facts about the philosophers and traditions covered. Classical Origins examines the origins of philosophy in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRESummary: Bonus features include fear of loud noises, finding the right canine professional and vet tips to help your dog's exercise routine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cesar Millan, Inc. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 COMSummary: Introduces 6 main characters of the American Revolution. Promotes interest in reading of biography with comedy, tragedy, error, foolishness, courage and persistence that is relevant to life today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2007