Summary: In the period of radical change that was 1963-1983, young black artists at the beginning of their careers in the USA confronted key questions and pressures. How could they make art that would stand as innovative, original, formally and materially complex, while also making work that reflected their concerns and experience as black Americans? This significant new publication, accompanying an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tate Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 SOUSummary: "After Hitler took over power in 1933, many Jewish artists were forced to leave Germany. Wilhelm Furtwängler chose to stay, serving as one of Germany's foremost cultural assets. Though never a member of the Party, Furtwängler was the recipient of government honors and appointments associated with Party members. However, the conductor often used his position and contacts to save hundreds of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TAKSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Bryan Cranston stars in a riveting look at the formidable challenges and demons faced by President Lyndon Johnson on his tumultuous first year in office, from his accidental ascension to the presidency in November 1963, to his relentless fight to win passage of a landmark Civil Rights Bill with the election of 1964 looming.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ALLBryant, Jill
Summary: "Innovations in the medical field save countless lives daily. In this fascinating title, a timeline of breakthrough medical inventions is explored through dynamic photographs and interesting fact boxes. Fleming's advances with penicillin and the invention of the X-ray machine are some of the featured inventions that keep us in "the best of health!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 610 BRYSummary: It is 1935. Three years have passed, and as the seasons turn, so too do the machinations of a rising revolution. As a new summer falls upon the foothills of India's Little England, Simla, political tensions reach fever point. With help from the scheming Cynthia, Ralph faces the most pivotal year of his career. Alice's husband has followed her to India, and Aafrin's ascending career may be in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INDLinke, Dorit
Summary: Expelled from their secondary school in East Germany because of their rebellious attitudes, Hanna and Andreas plan to escape by swimming across the cold and choppy waters of the Baltic Sea in a harrowing twenty-five hour journey to freedom in West Germany. Hanna is an accomplished distance swimmer, Andreas is not, and the danger of being caught, drowning, or dying of exhaustion is very real--...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LINLinde, Barbara M.
Summary: If you have ever looked at a piece of pottery, a toy, or a coin from the past, then you have seen an artifact. Artifacts are things that people made and used. Over time, broken or unwanted objects were thrown on trash piles. Others were buried by natural disasters, or covered over by new buildings. This high-interest text shows several artifacts related to American history, including toys,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 LINBlackburne, Livia
Summary: "Mulan goes from a celebrated war hero to a reluctant Empress and must once again rise above expectations and prove she doesn't have to be anyone but herself to save China"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLAGosden, Chris
Summary: "An Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique history of magic, the oldest and most neglected strand of human behavior, and its resurgence today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.4 GOSBaker, Brynn.
Summary: "Discusses the heroic actions and experiences of the Navajo code talkers and the impact they made during times of war and conflict"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BAKSauer, Gordy
Summary: "For fans of Ian McGuire's The North Water and Michael Punke's The Revenant, Child in the Valley by Gordy Sauer is a coming-of-age story set in the harsh landscape of Gold Rush America, centering on a orphan's journey to California in a wagon train of ruthless 49ers. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Gaines is suddenly orphaned in 1849, and after discovering that his foster father has left him deeply...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hub City Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAURutledge, Lynda
Summary: 1938: The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California's first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow Wilson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Baker, Brynn.
Summary: "Discusses the heroic actions and experiences of the Tuskegee Airmen and the impact they made during times of war or conflict"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BAKGrove, Tim
Summary: Complemented by historical artwork and photos, an account of the lesser-known history of America's national anthem describes the American flag's design, the important contributions of free black soldiers during the War of 1812, and the intense battle that inspired Francis Scott Key's poem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.5 GROCollins, Manda
Summary: "Miss Poppy Delamare has been living a lie. To escape an odious betrothal, she hid as the quiet and unassuming Flora Deaver, secretary to London's most infamous female crime reporter. When her beloved younger sister is accused of murder, however, Poppy returns home to keep her sibling from the hangman's noose. But a collision with the most unexpected--and unwelcome--of travel companions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC COLRumsch, BreAnn
Summary: This biography introduces readers to James K. Polk including his early political career and key events from Polk's administration, including the Oregon Treaty, the Mexican War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POLTooze, J. Adam
Summary: Looks at the ways that current dramatic shifts in the domestic and global economy have their roots in the 2008 economic crisis and its aftermath, exploring novel themes in the way the crisis has played out for the past decade and will influence the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 TOOArmand, Glenda
Summary: "This picture book biography recounts the extraordinary life of Augustus Jackson, an African American entrepreneur who is known as the 'Father of Ice Cream.'"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Kids, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JACLinde, Barbara M.
Summary: Area 51 is a military base located in Nevada, though it has some questionable lore attached to its reputation. It's said to be the site of alien dissections, clandestine aircraft testing, and numerous covert government programs. The US government denied for many years that it even existed, which didn't stifle any of the rumors. This engrossing book presents what is known about the facility, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 001.9 LINTooze, J. Adam
Summary: "Deftly weaving finance, politics, business, and the global human experience into one tight narrative, a tour-de-force account of 2020, the year that changed everything--from the acclaimed author of Crashed. The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 TOOSummary: A deep dive into the life of Stewart Brand, a legendary pioneer of LSD, cyberspace, futurism, and modern environmentalism. Brand created the revolutionary do-it-yourself publication The Whole Earth Catalog, which Steve Jobs famously called ₃Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google existed.₄
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WEHoose, Phillip M.
Summary: "By winning the state high school basketball championship in 1955, ten black teens from an Indianapolis school meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in Indiana shattered the myth of their inferiority. Their brilliant coach had fashioned an unbeatable team from a group of boys born in the South and raised in poverty. Anchored by the astonishing Oscar Robertson, a future...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2018