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Art and revolutions Mexico Conduct of life Mural painting and decoration, Mexican 20th century Orozco, José Clemente 1883-1949 Criticism and interpretation Religious life Rivera, Diego 1886-1957 Criticism and interpretation Siqueiros, David Alfaro 1896-1974 Criticism and interpretation Spirituality United States VirtueFilter By Subjects
Art and revolutions Mexico Conduct of life Mural painting and decoration, Mexican 20th century Orozco, José Clemente 1883-1949 Criticism and interpretation Religious life Rivera, Diego 1886-1957 Criticism and interpretation Siqueiros, David Alfaro 1896-1974 Criticism and interpretation Spirituality United States VirtueSummary: Independent journalists like Amy Goodman, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, and Matt Taibbi are changing the face of journalism, providing investigative, adversarial alternatives to mainstream, corporate news outlets. Cameras follow as they expose government and corporate deception; just as the ground-breaking independent journalist I.F. Stone did decades ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Desmond, Matthew
Summary: "[The author] takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the 20 dollars a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.2 DESCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.4 DESMorris, Desmond.
Summary: "Renowned animal behaviorist Desmond Morris has created an impressive guide to the history and variety of man's best friend. The entries are accompanied by over 500 line drawings, which express the character of the dogs represented in a way that photographs often fail to capture. Divided into four major categories -- Sporting Dogs, Livestock Dogs, Service Dogs, and Other Dogs -- each division...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trafalgar Square Publishing 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.71 MORShum, Desmond
Summary: "After the Communist Revolution, Desmond Shum's grandfather was marked as belonging to a "black category" that included former landlords and rich peasants--meaning the Shums would be stigmatized and impoverished. As Desmond was growing up, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity Shum earned an American college degree and returned to China to establish himself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.092 SHUTutu, Desmond.
Summary: "Archbishop Desmond Tutu has witnessed some of the world's darkest moments, for decades fighting the racist government policy of apartheid and since then being an ambassador of peace amidst political, diplomatic, and natural disasters. Yet people continue to find him one of the most joyful and hopeful people they have encountered. In Made for Goodness, Tutu shares his source of strength and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 TUTMeade, Desmond
Summary: "Desmond Meade tells the story of his fight to pass Amendment 4 in Florida, which would restore voting rights to felons who have served their terms"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.759 MEAMorton, Desmond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McClelland & Stewart 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971 MORTutu, Desmond.
Summary: The Nobel Peace Prize-winner joins his daughter, an Anglican minister, to share a powerful vision on why each of us can find hope and joy even in troubled times--because we are all made for goodness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 170 TUTMorris, Desmond
Summary: Surrealism did not begin as an art movement but as a philosophical strategy, a way of life, and a rebellion against the establishment that gave rise to the First World War. In Lives of the Surrealists, Desmond Morris concentrates on the artists as people?as remarkable individuals. What were their personalities, their predilections, their character strengths and flaws?Unlike the Impressionists...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 MORMorris, Desmond.
Summary: The zoologist discusses almost everything readers want to know about cats, including why cats purr and the origin of the expression "it's raining cats and dogs"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Trade Paperbacks 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.8 MORRochfort, Desmond.
Summary: The story of the Mexican mural movement is told in a history of the artists, accompanied by more than one hundred reproductions of the murals that showcase popular as well as lesser-known works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.7 ROCSeward, Desmond
Summary: A vivid and colorful history of the most dominant royal dynasty in English history, from Richard the Lionheart and Edward the Black Prince to Henry IV and Richard III.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941 SEWStewart, Desmond
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Publisher / Publication Date: Newsweek 1971
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 916.22 STETutu, Desmond.
Summary: "The establishment of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a pioneering international event. At the center of this attempt at healing a nation has been Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whom President Nelson Mandela named as Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. With the final report of the Commission just published, Archbishop Tutu offers his reflections on South...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968.065 TUTUTutu, Desmond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Newmarket Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 283.68 TUTCose, Ellis
Summary: Examines how free speech in the United States has been corrupted by the politically powerful and how the contemporary landscape of social media and social polarization have eroded the safeguards built into the Constitution to protect speech.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7308 COSDesmond, Jenni
Summary: An introduction to the world of the elephant combines facts with illustrations that compare their size and amount they eat to objects in the everyday world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.67 DESMorris, Desmond.
Summary: "Why dogs bark and everything else you ever wanted to know"--Jacket subtitle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 MORMorris, Desmond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent 1994
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 636.8 MORCose, Ellis
Summary: "For a century, the American Civil Liberties Union has fought to keep Americans in touch with the founding values of the Constitution. As its centennial approached, the organization invited Ellis Cose to become its first ever writer-in-residence, servingas an "embedded journalist" with complete editorial independence. The result is Cose's groundbreaking Democracy, If We Can Keep It: The ACLU's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.0973 COSMole, William
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wine and Food Society in association with World Pub. Co. [Cleveland 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.23 MoleSoyinka, Wole.
Summary: In The Open Sore of a Continent, Soyinka, whose own Nigerian passport was confiscated by General Abacha in 1994, explores the history and future of Nigeria in a compelling jeremiad that is as intense as it is provocative, learned, and wide-ranging. He deftly explains the shifting dramatic personae of Nigerian history and politics to Westerners unfamiliar with the players and the process,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1996
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1995