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16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963 African Americans Civil rights Alabama Birmingham History Dream interpretation Dreams Jones, Doug (G. Douglas) 1954- Self-actualization (Psychology) Spirituality Terrorism United States Trials (Murder) Alabama Birmingham United StatesSummary: On April 30, 1971, a standing-room-only crowd of New York's intellectual elite packed the city's Town Hall theater to see Norman Mailer, fresh from the controversy over his essay 'The Prisoner of Sex' and the backlash it received from leaders of the women's movement, tangle with a panel of four prominent female thinkers and activists: Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOWGertz, Bill.
Summary: The defense and national security reporter for the Washington times argues that the United States intelligence community failed to prevent the September 11 attacks, even with the information they learned after the 1993 bombing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, Inc. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 GERWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEIHoffman, Tod.
Contents: Dark days in Africa -- Osama's war -- The East Africa cell -- Fatwa -- The deployment -- Mohamed Saddiq Odeh -- The retaliation -- Khalfan Khamis Mohamed -- The defectors -- Wadih el Hage -- The day in court -- Life and death -- Salim -- Supermax -- Harun -- The myth of hindsight -- Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani -- Anwar al-Awlaki -- The death of Osama bin Laden -- Africa -- Appendix. The twenty-two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.929 HOFHansen, Grace
Summary: "Built and carved by the Nabataeans thousands of years ago, Petra still stands today in southern Jordan. Young readers will learn about who built it, when it was built, and why it was built. This title is complete with impressive historical and current photographs and simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 939.48 HANQuick, Megan
Summary: "Why do so many people visit the Dead Sea? Its name alone should scare them off, and the fact that no fish or plants can live in it should chill a person more than a cool dip in the sea on a hot day! This book takes readers to this lake in the Middle East where some truly scary things have happened--like sinkholes opening around its coast! A mix of social studies and science content, the main...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 915.69404 QUINoor
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 NOOSummary: For some 25 years, Frontline producer Ken Dornstein has been haunted by the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, a terrorist act that killed 270 people, including his older brother David. Now, Dornstein sets out to find the men responsible, hunting for clues to the identities and whereabouts of the suspects in the ruins and chaos of post-Qaddafi Libya in this rare, real-life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MYO'Connell, Jack
Summary: Jack O'Connell possessed an uncanny ability to be at the center of things. On his arrival in Jordan in 1958, he unraveled a coup aimed at the young King Hussein, who would become America's most reliable Middle East ally. Over time, their bond of trust and friendship deepened. In 1967, O'Connell tipped off Hussein that Israel would invade Egypt the next morning. Later, as Hussein's Washington...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.04 O'CONNELL, JACK O'COBarton, Chris
Summary: A profoundly moving nonfiction picture book about tragedy, hope, and healing from the award-winning author. Sometimes bad things happen, and you have to tell everyone. Sometimes terrible things happen, and everybody knows. On April 19, 1995, something terrible happened in Oklahoma City: a bomb exploded, and people were hurt and killed. But that was not the end of the story. Those who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.325 BARAbdo, Kenny
Summary: This title focuses on the Los Angeles Rams and gives information related to the team's origin in the NFL, their journey through the decades, and highlighting their Hall of Fame players. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Brief studies on the nature and characteristics of the Jordan River Watershed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Friends of Jordan River Watershed 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.486 Jor1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.486 Jor
Vollers, Maryanne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 VOLFreeman, Jim R.
Summary: As told by the three FBI agents who led the chase, this is the story of how the FBI broke its own rules, blasting away the layers of bureaucratic constraints that had plagued earlier efforts, to catch the notorious Unabomber and end his 16-year trail of terrorism.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: History Pub. Co. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 FREGeorge, Charles
Summary: Tells about the use of dogs for bomb detection and then describes their selection, training, and accomplishments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RiverFront 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636.7 GEOGessen, Masha
Summary: "On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 264 others. In the ensuing manhunt, Tamerlan Tsarnaev died, and his younger brother Dzhokhar was captured and ultimately charged on thirty federal counts. Yet long after the bombings and the terror they sowed, after all the testimony and debate, what we still...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 GESSummary: The earth is dying! A rocket over the planet is dropping a purple dust into the atmosphere, causing instant death! Flash Gordon and his companions head back to Mongo, the source of the plague. Upon landing, Flash discovers that none other than their arch enemy, Ming the Merciless, is the madman behing the carnage. He also learns of Polarite--the antidote which can only be found in Frigia. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment [distritutor] 2000
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FlaShaw, Bernard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1956
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.912 SHACastle, Jiordan
Summary: "Moving and evocative, this YA memoir-in-verse follows author Jiordan Castle's coming-of-age as her family reckons with the aftershocks of her father's imprisonment"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 CASNewberger, Stuart H.
Summary: Combining the international intrigue of John le Carré with the courtroom drama of John Grisham, this real-life legal thriller asks how we can bring leaders of sovereign nations to account for their crimes. On September 19, 1989, 170 people were killed when UTA Flight 772 was destroyed by a suitcase bomb planted by Libyan agents. Despite being one of the deadliest terror attacks in history,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld Publications 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 NEWJorgensen, Liisa
Summary: Far Side of the Moon is the untold, fully authorized story of the lives of Frank and Susan Borman. One was a famous astronaut--an instrumental part of the Apollo space program--but the other was just as much a warrior. This real-life love story is far from a fairy tale. Life as a military wife was beyond demanding, but Susan always rose to the occasion. When Frank joined NASA and was selected...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 JORJones, Doug (G. Douglas)
Summary: "The story of the decades-long fight to bring justice to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, culminating in Senator Doug Jones' prosecution of the last living bombers. On September 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed. The blast killed four young girls and injured twenty-two others. The FBI suspected four particularly radical Ku Klux Klan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 JONWarrick, Joby.
Summary: In December 2009, Khalil al-Balawi, a Jordanian double agent and a go-between for the CIA and al-Qaeda, detonated a suicide bomb at a CIA base, killing seven agents. Here, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick chronicles how this tragedy happened, examining al-Balawi's journey through the spy world and how the CIA failed to recognize the danger he posed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011