Summary: Presents the theory that the American dream, all but abandoned in the United States, has been adopted successfully in other countries, including Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia, and Iceland, looking at such areas as worker benefits, public expenditure for the common good, and state-funded higher education.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2016
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3 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHEHoráček, Petr
Summary: "The tiger is the most fearless animal in the jungle, but when hunters take him to a cage in the city he discovers there is something much more valuable than strength or power"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2020
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Summary: When Zélie is captured and taken away from her homeland, she must face her captor, King Baldyr, and find allies to stop the impending catastrophe threatening her people at the hands of the Skulls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC ADEZeē, Alkē
Summary: "For Melia and her sister Myrto, the summer of 1936 means a break from Grandfather's history lessons and weeks of running free at the Greek seaside with their ragtag group of friends. Best of all, cousin Nikos will visit and tell his fabulous stories about the taxidermied wildcat, which opens its blue glass eye when it wants to do good deeds and its black one when it makes trouble. The black...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Restless Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ZEERose, Amy
Summary: Survivor Amy Rose recounts her upbringing in an abusive cult which forbade independent learning, and how she discovered books in a secret library that opened up her world and inspired her to escape.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Iron Circus Comics 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 ROSDwyer, Johnny.
Summary: Tells the story of "Chucky" Taylor, a young American who lost his soul in Liberia, the country where his African father was a ruthless warlord and dictator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 966.8 DWYCooper, Helene.
Summary: The author traces her childhood in war-torn Liberia and her reunion with a foster sister who had been left behind when her family fled the region.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.896 COOSummary: Documentary about a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for Liberia, a nation torn to shreds by a bloody civil war, violent warlords and a corrupt Charles Taylor regime. Includes interviews, archival images, and scenes of present-day Liberia together to recount the experiences and memories of the women who were instrumental in bringing lasting peace to their country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Roco Films Educational 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PRAMoore, Wayétu
Summary: "When Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, but all she can think about is how much she misses her mother, who is working and studying in faraway New York. Before she gets the reunion her father promised her, war breaks out in Liberia. The family is forced to flee their home on foot, walking and hiding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOORE, WAYETU MOOAdeyemi, Tomi
Summary: When Zélie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zélie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffic her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland. Then everything changes when Zélie meets King Baldyr,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gale, a Cengage company 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ADECooper, Helene
Summary: "The harrowing, but triumphant story of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women's movement, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first democratically elected female president in African history,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SIRLEAF, ELLEN JOHNSON COOBelot, Robert
Summary: Timed to publish with the opening of the Statue of Liberty Museum, this is Lady Liberty's untold story of her building, restoration, and iconic place in the world as brought to life through the fascinating lens of archival images, ephemera from the museum's collection, and today's most compelling photography--restored and resplendent against the New York City skyline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 BELShea, Therese
Summary: American landmarks sometimes evoke more than their original intent. For example, the Statue of Liberty was a gift symbolizing the friendship between France and the United States, but it became a welcoming monument to millions of immigrants heading to Ellis Island. This beautifully designed book offers numerous intriguing facts about American landmarks, including the Washington Monument, Statue...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 SHENuchi, Adah
Summary: This girl-powered book about puberty is written in the voice of counselors in training at the fictional Camp Silver Moon. This fictionalized nonfiction diary-style guide follows nine 12-year-old girls at a summer camp is like having a best friend or older sister who shares everything there is to know about being comfortable in your chasing body so you can survive and thrive through puberty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 612.6 NUCTurke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld
Summary: "Set against a backdrop of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, the reign of Nazi Germany, and the entire course of World War II in Europe, American Shoes recounts the tumultuous childhood of a young American girl and her family trapped within a country that turned against itself, where human decency eroded and then vaporized. Forced to grow up in the midst of endemic fear stoked by a ravenous madman,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beyond Words 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TUR1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 TUR
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1 available in Adult, Call number: YA 940.53 TURRodgers, Allison K.
Summary: "An illustrated guide to vaginas and vulvas from TikTok star Dr. Allison Rodgers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neon Squid 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.6 RODRowe, Rosemary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Headline 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROWBoyack, Connor
Summary: "Children are often taught that government protects our life, liberty, and property, but could it be true that some laws actually allow people to hurt us and take our things? Join Ethan and Emily Tuttle as they learn about property, pirates, and plunder. With the help of their neighbor Fred, the twins will need to figure out what they can do to stop the bad guys in government!"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Libertas Press 2014
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Summary: A prize-winning historian chronicles the long-running clash between white people and federal authority by focusing on Barbour County, Alabama and its history of fighting Reconstruction, integration, and the New Deal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 COWTodnem, Scott
Summary: Presents a guide for boys to help them understand and embrace the physical and emotional changes in the journey through puberty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.661 TODLandau, A. J.
Summary: "In a daring, brutal act of terrorism, an explosion rocks and topples the Statue of Liberty. Special Agent Michael Walker of the National Park Service is awakened by his boss with that news and sent to New York as the agent-in-charge. Not long after he lands, he learns two things - one that Gina Delgado of the FBI has been placed in charge of the investigation as the lead of the Joint Terrorism...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2024
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Rowe, Rosemary
Summary: This is a compelling new mystery for Libertus, set against the backdrop of the Roman Empire in turmoil ... An astonishing new order has usurped power in Rome and the reverberations are reaching even to Glevum, where the legion is preparing to depart. Libertus' wealthy patron, until recently one of the most influential men in the Empire, finds himself not only deprived of the privilege and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROWMitman, Gregg
Summary: "An ambitious and shocking exposeÌp1(B of America's hidden empire in Liberia, run by the storied Firestone corporation, and its long shadow"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.76782 MITLindsay, James A.
Summary: "Education is in bad shape in America and beyond today. It's obvious. Everyone perceives it. Something is going badly wrong in our schools. Our children aren't learning as they should be. Their mastery of core academic curriculum like reading, writing, history, mathematics, science, and civics has declined to crisis levels and shows no signs of improvement. Meanwhile, they're all learning to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Discourses, LLC 2022