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Publisher / Publication Date: Llewellyn Publications 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.542 LEWO'Connor, Jim
Summary: "Discover the true story of the Twin Towers--how they came to be the tallest buildings in the world and why they were destroyed. When the Twin Towers were built in 1973, they were billed as an architectural wonder. At 1,368 feet, they clocked in as the tallest buildings in the world and changed the New York City skyline dramatically. Offices and corporations moved into the towers--also known as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 725.23 O'COCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHA BASKETCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JT US Hist What O'Connor1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist What O'Connor
Raab, Scott
Summary: "The powerful story of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, featuring dozens of never-before-seen color photos by the official site photographer"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 RAACrane, Leo
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1925
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 CRANEW GRASS REVIVAL.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY NEWSummary: Examines the efforts of the Children's Aid Society in New York, organized by minister Charles Loring Brace, which from 1853 to 1929 sent over 100,000 unwanted and orphaned children from the city to homes in rural America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORPSummary: It was a morning like any other, until the unthinkable made it a day we would never forget. On 9/11 and the following days the footage from 27 filmmakers recorded what they saw throughout the city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SEVSummary: This five-part series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, international relations, and cultural innovation. It is a timely, clear-eyed look at the vital role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. Their stories are a celebration of the grit and resilience of a people that reflects the experience of all Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ASISummary: "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.Summary: Text, photographs, and illustrations from the New York Times section, "A Nation Challenged," record how the world was changed due to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and their aftermath.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.93 NATGraber, Alan L. (Alan Lee)
Summary: Diabetes happens in a life that already has a story. This book, composed of nearly forty personal narratives, based on taped interviews, about the lives of actual patients with diabetes, draws upon the collective experience of an endocrinologist and two nurse practitioners who worked together for twenty-five years. The people who describe their experiences with diabetes range from teenagers to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanderbilt University Press 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 616.4 GRANute, Grace Lee
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971 NUTBoggs, Grace Lee.
Summary: Synopsis: A world dominated by America and driven by cheap oil, easy credit, and conspicuous consumption is unraveling before our eyes. In this powerful, deeply humanistic book, Grace Lee Boggs, a legendary figure in the struggle for justice in America, shrewdly assesses the current crisis-political, economical, and environmental-and shows how to create the radical social change we need to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 BOGNute, Grace Lee
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society 1955
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 971 NUTNute, Grace Lee
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Minnesota Historical Society 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.67 NUTNute, Grace Lee
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bobbs-Merrill 1944
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.03 NUT1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.03 NUT
Summary: "Detroit's story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century: the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now, the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos. With its vivid, painterly palette and haunting score,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DET1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DET
Lee, Tony
Summary: When Ireland suffers under the rule of Henry VIII, Grace O'Malley takes to the seas after her husband's murder and gains a reputation as the Pirate Queen of Ireland and confronts Queen Elizabeth I.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OMASummary: A look at the high-wire walk made by Philippe Petit in 1974 between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City, and how it is still considered one of history's most artistic crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 791.34 MANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MANSummary: Tells the riveting, behind-the-scenes story of Cantor Fitzgerald. On September 10, 2001, financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald was headquartered on the top 5 floors of the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, 658 of their 960 employees were missing, presumed dead, in the nation's worst terrorist attacks. Tells twin stories' the saga of the ravaged business and surviving employees, and an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OUTLew, Kristi.
Summary: "Describes some disgusting, but very useful, medical treatments"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: J 610 LEWSummary: Kasper Carr is a master thief, targeting businesses in the Chicago area. He stakes out fresh opportunities in front of a documentary film crew, which gradually becomed complicit in his crimes. As the director and producer become entangled in the allure of their fascinating subject and the legal ramifications of their actions, Carr pursues a series of larger-scale and more dangerous jobs. All...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Indie Films 2007