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Angleterre Guides England Description and travel England Guidebooks United States United States Politics and government 1861-1865 United States Politics and government 1865-1869 Velvet Underground (Musical group) Women United States History 20th century World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female World War, 1939-1945 Women United StatesStein, Ellin.
Summary: Goes behind-the-scenes at the start-up of the humor magazine "The National Lampoon" and travels through the publication's growth as it captured and transformed American culture with a unique, biting brand of subversive humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 051 STESummary: In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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3 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SUMSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
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 2010Stahr, Walter
Summary: "Walter Stahr, author of the ... bestseller Seward, now tells the amazing story of Lincoln's secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, the most powerful and controversial of the men close to the president. Stanton raised an army of a million men and directed it from his Washington telegraph office, with Lincoln often at his side. He arrested and imprisoned thousands for "war crimes," some serious and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 STANTON, EDWIN StaSummary: "As iconic a group as has ever existed, The Velvet Underground were so far ahead of their time, musically, visually and culturally, it's as if they were dropped, ready formed, into New York's avant-garde art scene, from a parallel universe. And in addition to their unique imagery, so perfectly designed by maverick artist and impresario Andy Warhol, their experiments with form and sound that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC VELSummary: Summiting Mount Everest is a grueling and dangerous endeavor, known to torture the mind, body, and soul of those who even dare. When a 68-year-old great grandfather attempts this feat, what ensued was the worst disaster in mountaineering history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Vision films 2020
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ACCSummary: "Ready to go away? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. We're bringing you the very best of England, including London, Yorkshire, the Cotswolds, and more. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure that you have all the essential information to plan a perfect trip and make the most of your time"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Whether you want to pose in front of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower, explore the Tower of London, or visit the royal family at Buckingham Palace, the local Fodor's travel experts in London are here to help! Fodor's London guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2023
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Summary: "It might seem lonely at the top of the world, but the North Pole is teeming with life! Polar bears, walruses, and Arctic seals make their home on sea ice that can be nine feet thick, while the Inuit and other Indigenous peoples continue their traditions and means for survival in this harsh climate. Along with the early twentieth-century story of Robert Peary's egomaniacal quest to reach the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.8 STICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.8 STIYellin, Emily
Summary: Our Mothers' War is a stunning and unprecedented portrait of women during World War II, a war that forever transformed the way women participate in American society. Never before has the vast range of American women's experience during this pivotal era been brought together in one book. Now, Our Mothers' War re-creates what American women from all walks of life were doing and thinking, on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 YELYellin, Emily
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.53 YELYellin, Emily
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.812 YELSummary: Live recordings and dramatic readings of interviews with former slaves. The original recordings were made by interviewers from the Federal Writers' Project in the early 1930s and placed in the Library of Congress. They have now been re-mastered and made available to the American public.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.362 remBiebow, Natascha
Summary: "Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the Crayons Quit and Balloons Over Broadway"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 LEMYergin, Daniel
Summary: "Recent changes in the global production and flow of energy have remade the world. In this book, the author reveals the forces shaping the future of energy, both renewable and fossil fuel. The New Map offers a new vision of the world's energy reserves and, therefore, the future of geopolitics"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.79 YERSneve, Virginia Driving Hawk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 SNEDevlin, Samual.
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Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.82 DEVHeylin, Clinton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6609 HEYYergin, Daniel.
Summary: In this gripping account of the quest for the energy that our world needs, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Prize . A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change. It is a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2011
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Medlin, Julie Jones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 579 MED1 available in Reference Office Reference, Call number: MIR 579.7 MED
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 579.7 MED
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature MedlinMellin, Laurel.
Contents: A revolution from within -- Brain basics -- It's just a wire! -- What's a brain state? -- How brain states get stuck -- Getting wired for joy : your personal plan -- How to score a joy point -- Knowing your number -- The tools of transformation -- Break that stress circuit! -- Personal freedom -- Joy no matter what.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2010