Summary: "From the Newark Rebellion of 1967 to current day, the city's narrative has been one of revolution with each generation picking up where the previous had left off. WHY IS WE AMERICANS? weighs in on Newark's struggle against oppression through the personal triumphs and tragedies of the Baraka family -- from Amiri's civil rights leadership and ultimate artistic marginalization, to the horrific...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Purperhart, Helen.

Summary: This ingenious book uses the postures and movements of zoo animals to teach yoga movements to children. The first part of the book covers theoretical and practical information for parents and teachers working with yoga. Part two takes readers to every part of the zoo, from the insect and reptile houses to the ape cage and the aquarium. Here youngsters come face to face with a tiger, look in the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hunter House 2008

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Howarth, David Armine

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1955

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Howarth, David Armine

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dorset Press 1977

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Howarth, David Armine

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Press 1981

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Contents: disc 1. Broke (79:00) / director, Billy Corben ; 9.79 (79:00) / director, Daniel Gordon -- disc 2. There's no place like home (59:00) / directors, Maura Mandt and Josh Swade ; Benji (77:00) / directors, Coodie and Chike ; Ghosts of Ole Miss (51:00) / director, Fritz Mitchell -- disc 3. You don't know Bo (76:00) / director, Michael Bonfiglio ; Survive and advance (101:00) / director, Jonathan...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Aline

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1988

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Aliki.

Summary: Briefly introduces various types of dinosaurs whose skeletons and reconstructions are seen in museums and explains how scientists uncover, preserve, and study fossilized dinosaur bones.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1988

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Aliki.

Summary: Describes human growth and how the different parts of the body change as it grows.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1993

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Aline

Summary: Sequel to: The Spy Wore Red. The memoirs of Aline, Countess of Romanones who is called out of semiretirement by the CIA to uncover a highly placed NATO mole.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 1990

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Baraka, Amiri

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 1999

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Khanduri, Kamini.

Contents: Painting -- Woodblock prints -- Sculpture -- Metalwork -- Pottery -- Lacquerware -- Architecture -- Gardens -- Calligraphy -- Theater -- Cross-currents.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2004

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Summary: When a devastating famine descended on Soviet Russia in 1921, Americans responded with a massive two-year relief campaign, championed by a new Secretary of Commerce, 'The Great Humanitarian' Herbert Hoover, an operation hailed for its efficiency, grit, and generosity.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2011

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Kraybill, Donald B.

Summary: Examines the Amish community's intention to forgive the man who killed five Amish children at the West Nickel Mines School in Pennsylvania in 2006, discussing how the Amish concept of forgiveness is part of their belief in pardon and reconciliation.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2007

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Amin, Jahirul

Summary: "Anatomy for Artists presents an extensive visual reference guide to the human form for artists of all abilities and mediums. Over 240 specially commissioned photographs capture every detail, from muscle definition and bony landmarks to a valuable catalogue of postures and poses. Every photograph is overlaid with musculature, planar, and contour diagrams... Detailed diagrams reveal the inner...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 3DTotal Publishing 2020

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Majd, Hooman.

Summary: Offers rare insight into a country and its people by following an Iranian-American writer and his young family on a year-long sojourn in Tehran during which U.S.-Iran relations were at a thirty-year low.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013

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Aliki.

Summary: A simple description of how corn was discovered and used by the Indians and how it came to be an important food throughout the world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1976

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Aliki.

Summary: Describes the stages in making a book, starting with the writing of the manuscript and the drawing of the pictures, and explaining all the technical processes leading to printed and bound copies.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1986

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Aliki.

Summary: A simple presentation of the five senses, demonstrating some ways we use them.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1989

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Aliki.

Summary: Surveys the history and components of music, concentrating on Western musical traditions.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003

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Aliki.

Summary: Briefly describes how a cow produces milk, how the milk is processed in a dairy, and how various other dairy products are made from milk.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1992

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