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Hazan, Éric

Summary: "Eric Hazan, author of the acclaimed The Invention of Paris, takes us by the hand in this walk from Ivry to Saint-Denis, more or less following the dividing line between the east and west of Paris, or what you could call the "Paris meridian." He chose this itinerary without much consideration, but later on it became clear to him that it was no accident, that this line followed the meanders of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.4 HAZ

Foley, Louise Pledge Heath.

Summary: Information was abstracted from land records and quit rent rolls.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Foley 1974

Copies Available at Woodmere

3 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3755 FOL VOL 1
Call number: R GEN 929.3755 FOL VOL 2
Call number: R GEN 929.3755 FOL VOL 3

Summary: The lectures in Part 6 bring the progress of philosophy into the present day, beginning with the work of Nietzsche and the American pragmatists William James and John Dewey. This section explains the work and consequence of modern linguistic and logical analysis in lectures on Ayer and Wittgenstein. Also discussed is the structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss and the attempts to develop rational...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRE

Summary: Part 4 covers the period during the 17th and 18th centuries that saw widespread questioning of religious and other traditional authorities, growing faith in science, and early responses to the budding industrial revolution. This period marks the intellectual flowering that led to the American Revolution.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRE

Banville, John

Summary: "Born and bred in a small town a train ride away from Dublin, author John Banville ... saw the city as a place of enchantment when he was a child. It was first a birthday treat, the world his beloved, eccentric aunt inhabited. When he came of age and took up residence there, the city was a frequent backdrop for his dissatisfactions as a young writer (James Joyce had 'seized upon the city for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.18 BAN

Rebanks, James

Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of The Shepherd's Life chronicles his family's farm in England's Lake District across three generations, revealing through this intimate lens the profound global transformation of agriculture and of the human relationship to the land"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Custom House 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 REB

Storey, Kate

Summary: Drawing from conversations with family members, friends, neighbors, and household and security staff, this multigenerational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod provides a sweeping history of an American dynasty that has left an indelible mark on the nation's politics and culture.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 STO

Summary: Complilation of 7 films with introduction to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 'Toccata for toy trains' is a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. 'House : after five years of living' illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. 'Lucia chase vignette' follows a sister chasing her brother through the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIL

Ali-Khan, Sofia

2 holds on 2 copies

Summary: "A leading advocate for social justice excavates the history of forced migration in the twelve American towns she's called home, revealing how White supremacy has fundamentally shaped the nation"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALI

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALI-KHAN, SOFIA ALI

Tapp, P. Gaye

Summary: "A glimpse inside some of the most significant residential rooms of the twentieth century, whose stylish inhabitants influence our tastes today."--Jacket flap.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli New York 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 670 TAP

Foster, David R.

Summary: In 1977 David Foster took to the woods of New England to build a cabin with his own hands. Along with a few tools he brought a copy of the journals of Henry David Thoreau. Foster was struck by how different the forested landscape around him was from the one Thoreau described more than a century earlier. The sights and sounds that Thoreau experienced on his daily walks through 19th-century...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.3 FOS

Summary: This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1995

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4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 WOR
Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 1
Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 2
Call number: DVD 909 WOR PART 3

Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant)

Summary: As a society, America needs from time to time to question the conduct of its foreign relations. WITH THE OLD BREED, by Eugene B. Sledge, provides the ultimate "reality check" by serving as a graphic reminder of the horrors America has periodically required its young men to endure for the higher cause of defending freedom. The battles of Peleliu (1944) and Okinawa (1945) were particularly...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 1996

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 SLE

McMahon, Peter

Summary: In the summer of 1937, Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, rented a house on Planting Island, near the base of Cape Cod. Thus began a chapter in the history of modern architecture that has never been told _until now.The area was a hotbed of intellectual currents from New York, Boston, Cambridge and the country's top schools of architecture and design. Avant-garde homes began to appear in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolis Books 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 MCM

Ashcraft, Brian

Summary: "The Japanese Saké Bible is the ultimate book about Japan's national drink--from its history, culture, and production methods, to how to choose the best saké and recommended food pairings. Author Brian Ashcraft--the author of the popular guide Japanese Whisky--has put together lively commentaries based on dozens of interviews with master brewers and saké experts across Japan. His fascinating...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.23 ASH

Osborne, Mary Pope

Summary: The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the Ninja.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Platt, Christine

Summary: "This title introduces readers to Joan of Arc and how she became France's shero by delivering the country from English domination." -- page [4] of cover

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid 2020

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 944.026 PLA

Summary: A captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto: the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AAL

Murata, Kiyoko

Summary: "In 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Ichi Aoi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protégée of an oiran, the highest-ranking courtesan at the brothel. Through the teachings of her oiran, Shinonome, Ichi begins to understand the intertwined power of sex and money. And in her mandatory school...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2024

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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC MUR

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "The origin story of the assassins. Experience all-new combat as you level up and master powerful weapons to take down epic enemies. Quest system delivers a new story every time you play. Start at the beginning and uncover the origin story of the Assassin's Brotherhood. Discover the mysteries of ancient Egypt--the Great Pyramids, lost tombs, mummies, and the gods"--Container.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Ubisoft, Inc. 2017

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1 available in Video Games, Call number: GAME PS4 ASS

Fornes, Mike

Summary: A Michigan icon, Grand Hotel is in its third century as "America's summer place." The ambiance of Mackinac Island combines with the hotel's ultimate level of hospitality, premier dining, and five-star guest experience for an unforgettable stop on any visitor's itinerary. The setting itself has been captured by Hollywood on film, relied upon by politicians and the business community for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Publishing 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.49 FOR

Scott, James (James M.)

Summary: "Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed. Black Snow is the story of this devastating...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2022

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Rissman, Rebecca

Summary: In "narrative nonfiction format, this ... book follows a selection of people who experienced the 2011 Japan Tsunami"--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2017

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.34 RIS

Summary: Rouge River Revived describes the river’s history from pre-European times into the 21st century. Chapters cover topics such as Native American life on the Rouge; indigenous flora and fauna over time; the river’s role in the founding of local cities; its key involvement in Detroit’s urban development and intensive industrialization; and the dramatic clean-up arising from citizen concern and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.433 ROU

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