Summary: This book brings together some of the very best pieces of art from all corners of the world that have been inspired by Banksy, as well as featuring some of his own innovative, profound and controversial work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.73 PLASummary: "Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. [The film] chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. The film examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INSSummary: Examines Banksy's story, from his roots in a criminal subculture to his rise as the leader of an art revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "This Is Not a Photo Opportunity is a street-level, full-color showcase of some of Banksy's most innovative pieces ever. Banksy, Britain's now-legendary "guerilla" street artist, has painted the walls, streets, and bridges of towns and cities throughout the world. Once viewed as vandalism, Banksy's work is now venerated, collected, and preserved. Over the course of a decade, Martin Bull has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PM Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 BANArnold, Catharine
Summary: "Before HIV or Ebola, there was the Spanish flu--this narrative history marks the one hundredth anniversary of an epidemic that altered world history"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 ARNCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 614.5 ARNBrown, Don
Summary: Presents a graphic account of the events of the influenza epidemic of 1918, detailing the exceptionally violent spread of the disease worldwide and what made it so deadly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.2 BROBrown, Jeremy
Summary: "On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history of the flu virus, from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as: are we prepared for the next epidemic, should you get a flu shot, and how close are we to finding a cure? While influenza is now often...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 BROBanksy.
Summary: From the Publisher: Graffiti artist Banksy decorates streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cities throughout the world. His identity remains unknown but his work is witty, subversive and prolific. And now, he's put together the best of his work in a fully illustrated color volume.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Century 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 BANSummary: The true story of one misguided art collector's attempts to save a painting by the world's most infamous street artist from destruction and the auction block. A rare look inside the secretive world of graffiti and street art.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SAVFischer, David Hackett
Summary: "A brilliant synthesis of African and African-American history that shows how slavery differed in different regions of the country, and how the Africans and their descendants influenced the culture, commerce, and laws of the early United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 FISSummary: Incorporates user-generated content to follow a 31-day scavenger hunt that took place in October, 2013, on the streets of New York City at the hands of Banksy, a British street artist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2015
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Summary: "A series to build strong financial habits early on in life! How can I make money? What is inflation? What is the difference between a debit card and a credit card? Economics-and more specifically, money-play such a large role in our lives. Yet there are many mysteries and misconceptions surrounding the basic concepts of finance and smart money management. This set of True Books offers students...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 332.1 LIUOlson, Elsie
Summary: "This title examines viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa with a focus on flu viruses from how they infect the body and are spread from person-to-person, to symptoms and treatment, and when to see a doctor. Secondary complications and flu vaccines are also covered. A list of healthy habits is included to help readers combat disease."--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.079 OLSBeaton, Roderick
Summary: A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three millennia Greek...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 BEABarry, John M.
Summary: At the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, and then exploded worldwide, killing as many as 100 million people. It killed more in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. It killed many more people than COVID-19, especially those...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 614.518 BARPettit, Dorothy Ann
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timberlane Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.518 PETHerman, Arthur
Summary: A history of the influential rivalry between Plato and Aristotle traces the Western world's ongoing battle of ideas to their competing philosophies, demonstrating how their contrasting views on everything became the twin fountainheads of Western culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Randome House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.0982 HERNardo, Don
Summary: Describes the events in Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey," from the causes of the Trojan War to the legendary Greek and Trojan characters, the end of the war, and Odysseus's harrowing journey home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2012
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Summary: "Join Ethan and Emily Tuttle in their exciting third adventure, as they uncover the curious mystery of how a powerful creature is stealing their grandparents' hard-earned savings, and how the twins are also being controlled by the same creature--without even knowing it! In honor of the classic The creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin, this book introduces children to the history and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Libertas Press 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BOYManning, Matthew K.
Summary: "The year is 1918. World War I is nearing its end. But the world is just beginning to suffer from a deadly pandemic. Within months, the deadly flu virus has spread around the world, infecting and killing tens of millions of people. As you return from the war, will you go to see your family and friends or quarantine to keep your loved ones safe? Will you shut down your small store to avoid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MANGreenlaw, Linda
Summary: Linda Greenlaw hadn't been blue-water fishing for ten years, since the great events chronicled in The Perfect Storm and The Hungry Ocean, when an old friend offered her the captaincy on his boat, Seahawk, for a season of swordfishing. She took the bait, of course, and thus opened a new chapter in a life that had already seen enough adventure for three lifetimes. The Seahawk turns out to be the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 GREENLAW, LINDA GRESummary: This remarkable story from the past is especially timely today. Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this film retraces the 800 years in medieval Spain when Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences, revealing what made this rare and fruitful collaboration possible, and what ultimately tore it apart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ORNBoutland, Craig
Summary: "Describes attack vehicles being used in war on terrorism"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2020