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Authorship Creative writing Indiana Gary New Avengers Comic books, strips, etc Robeson, Paul 1898-1976 Superheroes Comic books, strips, etc United States Women Crimes against Developing countries Case studies Women Developing countries Social conditions Case studies World War (1939-1945)Summary: The Corporation charts the spectacular rise of the corporation as a dramatic, pervasive presence in our everyday lives. With a deft mix of humor, visual panache and seriousness, this documentary is a timely, entertaining critique of global conglomerates.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CORSummary: "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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: Introduces nineteen Muslim women from all around the world who have found their callings in a vast range of fields, from social justice to competitive sports to the entertainment industry.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MIRSummary: Origami may seem an unlikely medium for understanding and explaining the world. But around the globe, several fine artists and theoretical scientists are abandoning more conventional career paths to forge lives as modern-day paper folders. Through origami, these offbeat and provocative minds are reshaping ideas of creativity and revealing the relationship between art and science. This film...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Green Fuse Films 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BETSummary: Actress/advocates and New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof meet individuals who are doing work to empower women and girls everywhere. These are stories of challenge, transformation and hope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HALBaker, Brynn.
Summary: "Discusses the heroic actions and experiences of the Tuskegee Airmen and the impact they made during times of war or conflict"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BAKBaker, Brynn.
Summary: "Discusses the heroic actions and experiences of the Navajo code talkers and the impact they made during times of war and conflict"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BAKBryar, Colin
Summary: "Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two long-time, top-level Amazon executives. Colin started at Amazon in 1998; Bill joined in 1999. In Working Backwards, these two long-serving Amazon executives reveal and codify the principles and practices that drive the success of one of the most extraordinary companies the world...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381 BRYBaker, Brynn.
Summary: "Discusses the heroic actions and experiences of the Buffalo Soldiers and the impact they made during times of war or conflict"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355 BAKSummary: Now is the fateful year 2261, Commander John Sheridan has already declared the station free, breaking the ties between it and the Earth Alliance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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Summary: "More than 100 beautifully simple recipes that teach you the basics of a great vegan meal centered on real food, not powders or meat substitutes--from the James Beard Award-winning chef and author of Afro-Vegan Food justice activist and author Bryant Terry breaks down the fundamentals of plant-based cooking in Vegetable Kingdom, showing you how to make delicious meals from popular vegetables,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 TERBryon, Lucie
Summary: What happened last night? Ella can't seem to remember a single thing from the party the night before at a mysterious stranger's mansion, and she sure as heck doesn't know why she's woken up in her bed surrounded by a magpie's nest of objects that aren't her own. And she can't stop thinking about her huge crush on Madeleine, who she definitely can't tell about her sudden penchant for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nobrow 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 BRYPowell, Bryon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Breakaway Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Adv PowellQuertermous, Bryon.
Summary: Dominick Prince is out of options. He’s lived in Detroit long enough to use his experiences of crime and poverty to fuel his writing, but he’s ready to move on to bigger and better things. Dominick’s thesis advisor, the elitist Parker Farmington, refuses to let Dominick pass his class, thinking the genre of potboilers beneath him. Which means rather than becoming the next literary sensation,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Polis Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC QUESolti, Georg Sir
Summary: Performance of the opera about the complex medieval Doge of Genoa whose life was ruled by love of family and devotion to country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca 2007
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA SIMNir, Yehuda
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5315 NIRDonovan, Bryn
Summary: "5,000 Writing Prompts is the must-have resource for novelists, short story writers, screenwriters, creative writing teachers, bloggers, memoir writers, playwrights, improv actors, and other creators. It's not only for people with writer's block, but also for people who want to write faster and make their stories richer and better"--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Munds Park Publishing] 2019
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Summary: "The Fruit Forager's Companion is a how-to guide with nearly 100 recipes devoted to the secret, sweet bounty just outside our front doors and ripe for the taking, from familiar apples and oranges to lesser-known pawpaws and mayhaws. Sara Bir--a seasoned chef, gardener, and forager--primes readers on foraging basics, demonstrates gathering and preservation techniques, and presents a suite of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7046 MEHBryant, Jill
Summary: "Innovations in the medical field save countless lives daily. In this fascinating title, a timeline of breakthrough medical inventions is explored through dynamic photographs and interesting fact boxes. Fleming's advances with penicillin and the invention of the X-ray machine are some of the featured inventions that keep us in "the best of health!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 610 BRYHusain, Amir
Summary: Explores universal questions about humanity's capacity for living and thriving in the coming age of sentient machines and AI, examining debates from opposing perspectives while discussing emerging intellectual diversity and its potential role in enabling a positive life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303 HUSFreedman, Bryn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faber and Faber 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 FREMar, Alex
Summary: "A thought-provoking, masterfully told work of literary journalism about a shocking crime committed by a teenager-and its even more shocking aftermath In 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a black teenaged girl kills an elderly white woman in a robbery gone wrong. The shock and awe of the case captivates the state, whose citizens cry out for vengeance. Soon after, Paula Cooper, the fifteen-year-old killer,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.88 MARMr. Big.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1991