Cohen, Elizabeth F.
Summary: "In Illegal, prominent political scientist Elizabeth Cohen explores the dark history of US immigration policy and proposes a major new plan for full-scale reform. As Cohen shows, the US has always maintained the right to exclude people from entry-from those deemed to have seditious intent to a broad category of "undesirables," which has at times included epileptics, prostitutes, beggars, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 COHCohen, Lizabeth
Summary: The story of the postwar American city as refracted through the life and career of the urban planner Edward J. Logue In twenty-first-century America, some cities are flourishing and others are struggling, but they all must contend with deteriorating infrastructure, economic inequality, and unaffordable housing. Cities have limited tools to address these problems, and many must rely on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.3 COHPagel-Hogan, Elizabeth
Summary: "An inspiring graphic novel about Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaking pioneer who changed the course of World War II. Nazi spy rings! No-good gangsters! Shakespearian lies! Discover the courageous woman who cracked all these cases and more-with only a pencil and paper. The youngest of ten siblings, Elizebeth Friedman stood out from an early age with brilliant language skills and a passion for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRIKohen, Elizabeth
Summary: "How can you make authentic Spanish food at home? How have Spain's history and geography played a part in the development of its arts and festivals? How are Spanish people embodying the idea of global citizenship? The answers to these questions and many more are found in this updated and comprehensive look at life in Spain. Colorful photographs of Spain's diverse landscapes, cities, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 946 KOHCohen, Elizabeth
Summary: "Combining the personal stories of patients across America with crucial advice on receiving the best possible health care, this guide will enable you to confront and often confusing and perilous system--and come out ahead" --Cover, p. 4.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.5071 COHCorey, Shana
Summary: "Acclaimed author Shana Corey and New York Times Best Illustrated artist R. Gregory Christie deliver a fresh look at Kennedy, underscoring the greatness and fallibility of our leaders and how each one of us, no matter who we are, have the power to make adifference. With quotes from JFK's speeches, detailed back matter, and a thought- provoking author's note, this biography offers a sensitive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENTaylor, Colin F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.441 TAYSummary: "This outstanding work of scholarship explains what we eat and why we eat it. The multidisciplinary articles discuss both individual foods and topcs such as food fads, famine, and eating disorders."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2000
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 641.3 CAMWithers, Ernest C.
Summary: "Ernest C. Withers was one of the most prominent African-American photographers during the civil rights years. During the course of his work, he took thousands photographs that document the Movement--from the Emmett Till trial in 1955 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. What set his work apart was that he goes beyond the political struggles to show the human face of Movement....
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Publisher / Publication Date: CityFiles Press 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 323.1196 WITCahan, Richard
Summary: The world was in ruin at the end of World War II: from the Blitz in London to the aftermath of the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A small group of Army soldiers witnessed it all. They photographed Germany's last push, the Battle of the Bulge, and they rode into Germany to witness unimagined destruction. They documented the Burma Road, which opened Mainland China to supplies, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CityFiles Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 CAHCohen, Adam (Adam Seth)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DALSummary: "In the late 1930s, the federal government embarked on an unusual project. As a part of the Works Progress Administration's efforts to give jobs to unemployed Americans, government workers tracked down 3,000 men and women who had been enslaved before and during the Civil War. The workers asked them probing questions about slave life. What did they think about their slaveholders? What songs did...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CityFiles Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.362 RIVComer, James P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 COMCohen, Bevin.
Summary: "Just a few generations ago we were a nation of seed savers because it was essential to our survival. Many of us have lost touch with this ancient practice, but the knowledge is still inside each and every one of us just waiting to be unlocked. As the demand for locally grown food increases, the demand for local seed is not far behind. After all, food is only as local as the seed that grows it....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small House 2018
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Summary: Visual supports, any pictorial, graphic, or scheduling aid, are excellent tools for teaching academic, daily living, and self-help skills to people with autism. This reader-friendly and practical book shows teachers, parents, and service providers how to make low-tech visual supports, and offers strategies for using them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Woodbine House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 371.9 COHRusch, Elizaberth
Summary: An introduction to the life and contributions of Nikola Tesla covers his innovations in the field of alternating current and his role in the development of such inventions as remote controls, fluorescent lights, and cell phones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Pr 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TESVeirs, Laura
Summary: Elizabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasn't hers (it was her big brother's), and it wasn't strung right for her (she was left-handed). But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By age eleven, she'd written "Freight Train," one of the most famous folk songs of the twentieth century. And by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine VeirsWallmark, Laurie
Summary: In this picture book biography, young readers will learn all about Elizebeth Friedman (1892-1980), a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA's first cryptology unit. Her story came to light when her secret papers were finally declassified in 2015. From thwarting notorious rumrunners with only paper and pencil to "counter-spying into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRICoren, Stanley.
Summary: Using a question and answer format, a psychology professor and dog researcher unravels mysteries about the social and emotional lives of dogs, including whether or not they recognize themselves in a mirror and if they are smarter than cats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 CORChicago, Judy
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Monacelli Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709.2 CHICoren, Stanley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.7 CORCoren, Stanley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7088 CORCoren, Stanley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1994