Hankins, James
Summary: "Convulsed by a civilizational crisis, the great thinkers of the Renaissance set out to reconceive the nature of society. Everywhere they saw problems. Corrupt and reckless tyrants sowing discord and ruling through fear; elites who prized wealth and status over the common good; military leaders waging endless wars. Their solution was at once simple and radical. "Men, not walls, make a city," as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 HANHaskins, James
Summary: Discusses the Underground Railroad, the secret, loosely organized network of people and places that helped many slaves escape north to freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1993
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.7 HASHaskins, James
Summary: "A biography of John Lewis, Georgia Congressman and one of the 'Big Six' civil rights leaders of the 1960s, focusing on his youth and culminating in the voter registration drives that sparked 'Bloody Sunday,' as hundreds of people walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Includes a note by Congressman Lewis and a timeline"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J America HaskinsHaskins, James
Summary: A biography of a man who dedicated his life to the cause of civil rights, which also reexamines unanswered questions concerning his assassination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1977
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Place a hold to request this item.Haskins, James
Summary: Presents the life, words, and principles of the noted civil rights worker through extensive quotations from his speeches and writings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.092 HASHaskins, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 944 HASSummary: "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: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Duffy, Chris (EDT)
Summary: A collection of graphic novel adaptations of popular fables includes the tales of the hare and the tortoise, the boy who cried wolf, the town mouse and the country mouse, and the grasshopper and the ants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EAMPatton, George S. (George Smith)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.542 PATJames, George
Summary: Provides practical answers and advice for a variety of questions about watercolor painting of landsacpes, people, buildings, and still life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.42 JAMSummary: For generations, Monopoly has been America's favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and, for better or worse, the impulses that make our free-market society tick. An exhilarating game of no-holds-barred competition and brutal domination of opponents, it's a celebration of greed and accumulation of wealth with only one player standing at the end.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RUTSummary: Powers of ten ... illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. A rough sketch ... is an earlier version of the same concept illustrated in Powers of ten. 901, after 45 years of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILJennings, Patricia
Summary: In spring 1939 O'Keeffe spent 9 weeks in Hawai'i. During her 2-week stay on Maui, she was guided by her host's 12-year old daughter. Now 85, Patricia tells of showing O'Keeffe the valleys and hills of Wailuku and the waterfalls, jungles, lava bridges, and black-sand beaches of Hana. The two formed a deep bond that influenced the rest of Patricia's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koa Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 O'KEEFE JENSummary: Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison. Featuring unreleased archive interviews and footage with Harrison, exclusive interviews with Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Richard E. Grant, Neil Jordan, Ray Cooper, and unseen interviews with Bob Hoskins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ACCTynion, James
Summary: "The Batman: Fear State Event is collected like never before! Gotham City is on the brink of martial law as Batman fights a two-front battle! The Scarecrow is unleashing a devasting attack on the city while the Magistrate have made their move to invade! Gotham City is on the brink of a violent evolutionary path and the danger level to Batman and his allies reaching a fever pitch! The Magistrate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATSummary: Walk in the shoes of an unlikely messenger who touched the world. Rare historical footage and compelling interviews with family members, lifelong friends, former presidents, and prominent broadcasters tell the remarkable story of Billy Graham.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 921 BILSummary: Despite attempts by his friends, loved ones and his new girlfriend to dissuade him from this dangerous feat, Alex Honnold, the worlds most accomplished free soloist climber, prepares mentally and physically for his most daring adventure to date: scaling the 3200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite without a rope or safety gear. If he succeeds, it will mark the largest wall he, or anyone else, for that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FREGerges, Fawaz A.
Summary: The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world's leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions as he provides a unique history of the rise and growth of ISIS. Moving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 956 GERJones, George Fenwick
Summary: "The author has provided a lengthy introduction on German names -- actually a treatise -- with chapters devoted to (1) the origin and significance of given names; (2) the need and origin of surnames; and (3) Christian names. A substantial work in itself, the introduction discusses the development of German names, name sources, name variations, and some of the special characteristics of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1990
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.4 JONGrinnell, George James
Summary: The gripping true story of an ill-fated canoe voyage across the uninhabited Canadian barrens. In 1955 an expedition group was swept over a waterfall in the Arctic region of Northern Canada. Their most experienced person died; most of the gear and emergency food supplies were destroyed. Learn how they made it out-- barely alive-- and of Grinnell's lifelong struggle to find meaning in the midst...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.19 GrinnellJames, George Wharton
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rio Grande Press 1970