Summary: The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Including archival footage, this film is an indispensable primary resource of a pivotal moment in American and world history. Originally screened in theaters for only a single night in 1970.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KINSummary: Appalachian Reckoning is a retort, at turns rigorous, critical, angry, and hopeful, to the long shadow Hillbilly Elegy has cast over the region and its imagining. But it also moves beyond Hillbilly Elegy to allow Appalachians from varied backgrounds to tell their own diverse and complex stories through an imaginative blend of scholarship, prose, poetry, and photography. The essays and creative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: West Virginia University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974 HARJerkins, Morgan
Summary: An acclaimed cultural critic presents the story of her journey to understand her northern and southern roots, the Great Migration, and the displacement of black people across America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 JERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult JerkinsPerrine, Stephen.
Summary: Presents a program that works with a reader's body to build lean muscle and burn stubborn belly fat -- in just 27 days! This title includes: the women's health fast-track tone up plan; a guide to the female body in your 20s, 30s, 40s, and beyond; and, the 250 best foods for women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.25 PERPerring, Stefania.
Summary: Tells of the ruins of ancient civilizations and with the use of overlays shows these ruins in their prime.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Pub. Co. 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930 PERLoewenstein, Antony
Summary: Like the never-ending war on terror, the drugs war is a multi-billion-dollar industry that won't go down without a fight. Pills, Powder, and Smoke explains why. The war on drugs has been official American policy since the 1970s, with the UK, Europe, and much of the world following suit. It is at best a failed policy, according to bestselling author Antony Loewenstein. Its direct results have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribe Publications 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.13365 LOESpawforth, Antony
Summary: The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. However, narratives about the "civilized" Greek and Roman empires resisting the barbarians at the gate are far from accurate. Tony Spawforth, an esteemed scholar, author, and media contributor, follows the thread of civilization through more than six millennia of history. His...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 938 SPAPeraino, Kevin
Summary: A study of the sixteenth president's evolution as a foreign policy leader explores his role in America's rise to a world power, analyzing six distinct episodes that defined his foreign policy stance and enabled him to maintain a careful balance during the war years.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM PERPerrine, Doug.
Contents: Introduction : a first glimpse -- ch. 1. Origins and ancestors -- ch. 2. Between the plates -- ch. 3. Mating behavior and reproduction -- ch. 4. The lost decade -- ch. 5. Growing up -- ch. 6. The incredible journey -- ch. 7. Troubled times -- ch. 8. Families and species -- ch. 9. Watching sea turtles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597.928 PERPurkiss, Diane
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.062 PURPerkins, Christopher
Summary: The Underdark is a subterranean wonderland, a vast and twisted labyrinth where fear reigns. It is the home of horrific monsters that have never seen the light of day. It is here that the dark elf Gromph Baenre, Archmage of Menzoberranzan, casts a foul spell meant to ignite a magical energy that suffuses the Underdark and tears open portals to the demonic Abyss. What steps through surprises even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wizards Of The Coast 2015
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Summary: Watch kids' eyes light up as they roll up their sleeves and transform ordinary items. Upcycle It! Crafts for Kids shows tweens how to take objects destined for the recycling bin and breathe new life into them to make room decor, organizers, school supplies, and so much more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.58 PREBerkin, Carol.
Summary: In the life stories of three "accidental heroes"--women whose marriages provided them with position and perspective they would not otherwise have had--one of the nation's premier historians offers a unique understanding of the tumultuous social and political landscape of their time.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7082 BERPorowski, Antoni
Summary: "In the follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Antoni in the Kitchen, Queer Eye star Antoni Porowski shares exuberantly easy dinners for every night of the week"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.512 PORAntona, Rick
Summary: Discover the perfect diamond at the right price for you! It is never easy finding the perfect diamond. Every diamond is a one-of-a-kind treasure. In The Perfect Diamond Buying Guide, you will discover important insights and tips to guarantee you are purchasing the highest quality diamond at the best possible value. The Perfect Diamond Buying Guide is a straightforward book that will walk you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Uptown Diamond 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640.73 ANTParkin, Simon
Summary: "Following the events of Kristallnacht in 1938, Peter Fleischmann evaded the Gestapo's midnight roundups in Berlin by way of a perilous journey to England via the Kindertransport train. But he could not escape the British police, who came for him in the early hours and shipped him off to Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man, under suspicion of being a spy for the very regime he had fled. Peter's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 PARPerino, Dana
Summary: "...a no-nonsense how-to guide to life for young women looking to reframe their thinking, to believe in themselves, to take risks, to understand their power, and to feel better overall through finding serenity and taking action."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.242 PERCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.242 PERMerkin, Daphne.
Summary: "A collection of essays on everything from handbags to John Updike, lip gloss to Michael Jackson, and everything in between"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 MERDapiran, Antony
Summary: Through the long, hot summer of 2019, Hong Kong burned. Anti-government protests, sparked by a government proposal to introduce a controversial extradition law, grew into a pro-democracy movement that engulfed the city for months. Protesters fought street battles with police, and the unrest brought the People's Liberation Army to the very doorstep of Hong Kong. Driven primarily by students and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribe Publications 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.4 DAPJohnston, Antony
Summary: After being told that his father was an assassin for a criminal organization, fourteen-year-old Alex goes to Italy to find out more and becomes involved in a plan to kill thousands of English schoolchildren.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ALECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC ALEAkkermans, Anthonio
Summary: "The ultimate guide to building protection from the elements for beginners and experienced outdoor enthusiasts alike,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ulysses Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639 AKKBerkin, Carol.
Summary: We know and love the story of the American Revolution, from the Declaration of Independence to Cornwallis's defeat. We forget, though, that the Articles of Confederation and our first attempts at self-government were disasters; the post-revolutionary Confederation slipped quickly into factional bickering and economic crisis. In 1787, a group of lawyers and politicians, some famous and others...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.318 BERMerkin, Daphne
Summary: "Despair is always described as dull," writes Daphne Merkin, "when the truth is that despair has a light all its own, a lunar glow, the color of mottled silver." This Close to Happy--Merkin's rare, vividly personal account of what it feels like to suffer from clinical depression--captures this strange light. Daphne Merkin has been hospitalized three times: first, in grade school, for childhood...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MERKIN, DAPHNE MERPerino, Dana
Summary: Dana Perino is a popular and beloved host on Fox's The Five, with over two million followers on social media. While readers admire Dana for her charm, warmth, and insight, she also knows who the real star in her family is: her Vizsla, Jasper-A.K.A. America's Dog. and partisanship. She also talks about how dogs bring families together -like Dana's own, from her career in Washington through her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2016