Edsel, Robert M.
Summary: "As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 EDSDworkin, Andrea
Summary: "Radical feminist author Andrea Dworkin was a caricature of the manhater in the popular imagination as well as a polarizing figure within the women's movement, infamous for her antipornography stance in the 1970s and 1980s. Now, more than a decade after her death, this timely collection of her writing showcases the prescience of her analyses: of the genocidal character of sexual violence; of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Semiotext(e) 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 DWOAdichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Summary: A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. 'Dear Ijeawele' is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 ADICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 649.133 ADISummary: Bill Nye illustrates how various types of transportation utilize friction, from traction in trains and the "roll" of ball bearings in skateboards and automobiles, to the lack of friction in a hovercraft.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILBeaton, Kate
Summary: "Hark! A Vagrant" takes readers on a romp through history and literature -- with dignity for few and cookies for all -- with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, and political and historical figures, all drawn in Kate Beaton's pared-down style. This collection features favorite stories from the webcomic of the same name, as well as new, previously unpublished content. Whether...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BEAHo, Joanna
Summary: "...a moving text about the life and work of social activist and artist, Ai Weiwei. Told in...lyrical writing, this story shines a light on Ai Weiwei's journey and focuses on Safe Passage, his exhibition of thousands of life jackets at the Konzerthaus Berlin. Moved by the life jackets discarded on the shores of the Greek Island of Lesbos by people seeking safety far from home, Ai Weiwei created...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 AIBennett, Paula.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 BENEdsel, Robert M.
Summary: "The previously untold story of a little-known WWII Allied division whose mission was to track down European art and treasures that had been looted by the Nazis at Hitler's command"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.531 EDSCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.531 EDSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars EdselKirkpatrick, Sidney.
Summary: Tells the riveting true story of how an American college professor turned Army sleuth recovered cherished symbols of Hitler's Thousand-Year Reich before they could become a rallying point in the creation of a Fourth and equally unholy Reich.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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Summary: Describes two Americans in Italy--one an artist, the other a scholar--who tracked down and protected historic artwork worth billions by Michelangelo, Donatello, Titian, Caravaggio, and Botticelli in advance of the approaching Nazi army in 1943.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5345 EDSEdsel, Robert M.
Summary: Edsel provides an astonishing account of a little known American effort to save Italy's vast store of priceless monuments and art during World War II. While American warriors were fighting the length of the country, other Americans were courageously working alongside to preserve the irreplaceable best of Italy's culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.53 EDSLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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Summary: "On Sex and Gender focuses on three sequential and consequential questions: What is sex-as opposed to gender? How does sex matter in our everyday lives? And how should it be reflected in law and policy? All three are front-and center in American politics: They are included in both of the major parties' political platforms. They are the subject of ongoing litigation in the federal courts and of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Dedicated insurance investigator Nate Ford becomes disillusioned with his job when the company he works for refuses a claim that allows his 8-year-old son to die. Assembling a team of con artists, professional thieves, and computer hackers, Nate turns his attention to aiding those who have been wronged by corrupt corporations, by stealing their money back for them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "Painting for peace in Ferguson is the story of a community coming together, hundreds of artists and volunteers, black and white, young and old, to bring hope and healing to their community using the simplest of all tools- a paintbrush. Written in child-friendly verse, the actual artwork painted on hundreds of boarded up windows in Ferguson, South Grand and surrounding areas illustrates the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Treehouse Publishing Group, an imprint of Amphorae Publishing Group, LLC 2015
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Summary: "Each entry contains all the necessary information for students and parents to complete the application process, including eligibility requirements, how to obtain an application, how to get more information about each award, sponsor website listings, award amounts, and key deadlines. With scholarships for high school, college, graduate, and adult students, this guide also includes tips on how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SuperCollege 2023
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Summary: We meet Julie several weeks after her suicide attempt, on the eve of her son's first birthday. Grateful to be alive, Julie tries her best to appreciate every moment. She has, for whatever reason, been given a second chance, but her emotional demons are unrelenting, and she is slowly and quietly losing the battle.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 813 KOPSummary: Peterson’s® Master the ACT® provides a wealth of test-taking strategies and skill-building exercises to help students prepare well for the ACT® exam. All strategy content and practice tests reflect the latest changes to the ACT®. Students will find state-of-the-art study tools in this extensive guide, • Hundreds of practice questions, including a full-length diagnostic test to evaluate their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peterson's 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 378.1662 PETSummary: These individual stories focus on some of the Turtles' closest friends and fiercest enemies, including Casey Jones, April O'Neil, General Hrang, and Bebop and Rocksteady.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing, a division of Idea & Design Works, LLC 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TEESummary: 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 TOWZakaria, Rafia
Summary: "A radically inclusive, intersectional, and transnational approach to the fight for women's rights. Elite white women have branded feminism, promising an apolitical individual empowerment along with sexual liberation and satisfaction, LGBTQ inclusion, and racial solidarity. As Rafia Zakaria expertly argues, those promises have been proven empty and white feminists have leant on their racial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 ZAKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 ZAKCopaken, Deborah
Summary: "Breasts. Uterus. Cervix. Heart. Vagina. The source of life, right? Well, for writer and photographer Deborah Copaken, it turned out to be just the opposite--almost. Between escaping from an abusive marriage, facing down the challenge of single-parenthood, and attempting to find love again, getting her bearings after everything she knew fell to pieces proved more slippery than she ever could...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COPAKEN, DEBORAH COPRivera, Gabby
Summary: "Juliet, a self-identified queer, Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American, comes out to her family to disastrous results the night before flying to Portland to intern with her feminist author icon--whom Juliet soon realizes has a problematic definition of feminism that excludes women of color"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Box 2020