Plato.
Summary: Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classic text is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation, other questions are raised: what is goodness?; what is reality?; and what is knowledge? The Republic also addresses the purpose of education and the role of both women and men...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Easton Press 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.8 PLAHolub, Joan
Summary: "Little dreamers make our big world better"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HOLPlato.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopædia Britannica 1952
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 184Plato.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [s.n.] 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 184 PLAPlato.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naxoc Audiobooks 1995
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Summary: One of the greatest works of philosophy, political theory, and literature ever produced, Plato's Republic has shaped Western thought for thousands of years and remains as relevant today as when it was written during the fourth century B.C. Republic begins by posing a central question: "What is justice, and why should we be just, especially when the wicked often seem happier and more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hackett Pub. Co. 1992
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Summary: Contains in sequence all the poetry written by the author from 1956 until her suicide in 1963, together with fifty selections from her pre-1956 work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 PLAFilipović, Zlata.
Summary: Growing up in Sarajevo, the only child of her parents, Zlata's life was like that of any ordinary girl her age. Soon war broke out on the streets and her world changed from that of an ordinary girl to one trapped in a war torn land. Includes color photographs reproduced from her diary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.742 FILPlath, Sylvia.
Summary: Seeking to restore the selection and arrangement originally intended by Plath at the time of her death, this edition of her final works features a facsimile of her complete working drafts of the title poem provided to offer insight into her creative process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 PLAPlath, Sylvia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem PlathSummary: Part 1 includes an introduction to the entire series and to the enduring problems of philosophy. The critical tensions in Western thought are identified and the context is set for the great conversation that follows. This first part of the series is foundational, designed to teach basic facts about the philosophers and traditions covered. Classical Origins examines the origins of philosophy in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREGili, Oberto
Summary: An insider’s tour of the most creative and inspiring rooms belonging to tastemakers—artists, interior designers, craftspeople, collectors, and aristocrats—in Italy today. Italy has been a source of inspiration for generations of artists and lovers of beauty. In this book, Italians Oberto Gili and Marella Caracciolo Chia take us around the country and into the homes of some of its most stylish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 670 GILPlath, Sylvia
Summary: Throughout her life, Plath cited art as her deepest source of inspiration, yet her own drawings are little known. This collection brings together drawings from 1955 to 1957, and sheds light on these key years in Plath's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harpercollins 2013
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Summary: A major literary event: the first volume in the definitive, complete collection of the letters of Sylvia Plath--most never before seen. One of the most beloved poets of the modern age, Sylvia Plath continues to inspire and fascinate the literary world. While her renown as one of the twentieth century's most influential poets is beyond dispute, Plath was also one of its most captivating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PLATH, SYLVIA PLAPlath, Sylvia.
Summary: This book chronicles the breakdown of the brilliant, beautiful, and successful Esther Greenwood, a woman slowly going under - perhaps for the last time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLargePrint 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sampo Publishing 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 810.8 PIIChatterjee, Pratap.
Contents: Introduction: A revolution in military affairs -- Riding the catfish to Anaconda -- Early days of Brown & Root -- Brothers in arms : Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld -- Cheney at the helm -- The birth of LOGCAP -- Supporting the War on Terror -- Operation Restore Iraqi Oil (RIO) -- Corruption in Kuwait -- Camp Anaconda -- Keep on truckin' -- The whistle-blowers -- Investigation and punishment --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 CHAGlatt, John
Summary: "In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Colorado family whose storybook life turned into a nightmare. In the early morning hours of August 13th, 2018, Shanann Watts was dropped off at her Frederick,Colorado home by a colleague after returning from a business trip. It was the last time anyone would see her alive. By the next day, Shanann...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 GLAPlait, Philip
Summary: Drawing on the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination, a renowned astronomer and science communicator takes us on an immersive tour of the universe to view ten of the most spectacular sights outer space has to offer, including the strange, beautiful shadows cast by a hundred thousand stars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520 PLAPlotz, David.
Contents: Genesis: God's first try -- Exodus: Let my complaining, whining, no-goodnik people go! -- Leviticus: Lovers and lepers -- Numbers: the source of all Jewish comedy -- Deuteronomy: The Bible's 5th Beatle -- Joshua: Why so many Bible hookers? -- Judges: The meathead and the left-handed assassin -- 1 Samuel: The Bible's Bill Clinton -- 2 Samuel: God's favorite king -- 1 Kings: Kings of pain -- 2...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 221.6 PLOSimon, Ilana
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Publisher / Publication Date: R. Rose 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.81 SIMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Cook SimonAdams, Mark
Summary: A few years ago, Mark Adams made a strange discovery: everything we know about the lost city of Atlantis comes from the work of one man, the Greek philosopher Plato. He sets out to uncover the truth behind the legendary lost city.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 398.23 ADAGlatt, John
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author John Glatt tells the true story of Thomas Gilbert Jr., the disturbed young man accused of murdering his father, a Manhattan millionaire and hedge fund founder. By all accounts, Thomas Gilbert Jr. led a charmed life. Theson of a wealthy hedge fund manager and a financier, he grew up surrounded by a loving family and all the luxury an Upper East Side childhood...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 GLAKhouw, Petta.
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Publisher / Publication Date: State Library of Ohio 1992