Bass, S. Jonathan
Summary: "... reconstruction of the ... life of a wrongfully convicted man whose story becomes an historic portrait of the Jim Crow South"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASHINGTON, CALIPH BASBass, Gary Jonathan
Summary: A full-length account of the involvement of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in Pakistan's brutal 1970s military dictatorship argues that they encouraged China's military presence in India, illegally supplied weapons used in massacres and embraced military strategies that have negatively impacted geopolitics for decades. By the author of Freedom's Battle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 BASBass, Gary Jonathan
Summary: "In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies, the world turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. For Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, and their fellow victors, the questions of justice seemed clear: Japan's leaders needed to be tried and punished for the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor; war crimes against citizens in China, the Philippines,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 341.6 BASBard, Jonathan
Summary: "No longer are sports played only on a field or in an arena. Professional gaming leagues are gaining worldwide recognition for their exciting competitions and star players, most of whom rose to fame through online streaming. From the first video game tournament held in 1972 to today, gaming has come a long way. Major sports organizations, like the NBA and MLS, are sponsoring their own eSports...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.8 BARSummary: Exposes the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds in southern Europe. Songbird populations have been drastically declining for several decades, with a number of species facing imminent extinction. This poignant documentary explores the wonder of these tiny globe-trekking marvels, millions of which are unlawfully slaughtered each year for large sums on the black market.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EMPSummary: An absorbing portrait of the filmmaker David Lynch, as well as an intimate encounter with the man himself. From the privacy of his home and painting studio in the Hollywood Hills, a candid Lynch conjures people and places from his past, from his boyhood in Idaho and Virginia to his experiences at art school in Boston and Philadelphia to the beginnings of his filmmaking career in Los Angeles, in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DAVBest-Boss, Angie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Addicus Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.11 BOSContents: Preface / David Haynes -- Introduction: A Festschrift for Professor Magnaghi -- Story maps / Robert Archibald -- An immense world of delight: The U.P. in prose / Ted Bays -- Witness to five centuries: The history of Ste. Anne's Parish, Mackinac Island / Steven C. Brisson -- Hungarians in Michigan's Copper Country / Bernard Cook -- "A most unpleasant circumstance" : Personality and provocation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: HMS Pinafore: Ralph Rackstraw, a humble sailor, is smitten with the captain's daughter, Josephine, a woman far above his social rank. When Josephine declares her love for Ralph, the couple decide to elope. Their plans are thwarted, but the lovers are reunited when Ralph's true social position is revealed. Trial by jury: Jurors and reporters gather in a courtroom for a much-publicized case...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2005
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA GILMichalak, Patricia S.
Summary: Tips and techniques for organically gardening your vegetables. "Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening: Vegetables" has the information you need to grow bountiful harvests of fresh, pesticide-free vegetables in your garden. From seed starting to planting to trellising and pest control, this book covers it all with complete, easy-to-follow instructions. The Plant by Plant Guide provides cultural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Press 1993
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Traces Grant's life and career, from his pre-Civil War days as a failed soldier to his last hours, when he raced to finish his memoirs as he was dying of cancer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2004
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ULYBarns, Cass G. (Cass Grove)
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 1970
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 978.226 BarnsZim, Herbert S. (Herbert Spencer)
Summary: An illustrated guide to the identification of 129 common birds in the United States and southern Canada, describing their physical characteristics and habitats. Includes a table listing migration dates and nesting and feeding habits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cassell 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 427 GRENarducci, Jonathon
Summary: Follows a gay couple from France who travel to Las Vegas to start a family through surrogacy, which is illegal in their country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures Llc 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GHOSummary: Join Ming Tsai on the Emmy-nominated 'Simply Ming' as he and a great group of guest chefs find inspiration from his East-West pantry and from surprise ingredients that range from exotic fruits and vegetables to meats and fish. Ming highlights techniques to help you at home, from filleting a fish to sharing a technique for cooking veggies kids will love. Includes six episodes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.595 SIMSass, Erik.
Contents: Africa and After (60,000 BCE-1500 BCE) -- Chaos and Control (1500 BCE-500 BCE) -- Athens, Alexander, and All That (500 BCE-0 BCE) -- There's No Place Like Rome (Except China, Persia, India, Mexico, and Peru) (1 CE-500 CE) -- The Not-Really-That-Dark (Unless You Lived in Europe) AGES (500-1000) -- The Fair-To-Middlin' Ages (Even If You Lived in Europe) (1000-1300) -- Renaissance, Anyone? (And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 SASHass, Robert
Summary: The first collection of new materials in ten years from the previous U.S. Poet Laureate. Hass's trademark careful attention to the natural world, his subtle humor, and the delicate but wide-ranging eye he casts on the human experience are on display in this collection, touching on topics of loss, beauty, and the mutability of desire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 HASSummary: Examines the history, science, and business of fireworks. Covers the origin of fireworks in China and their further development in England and Italy. Visits the "fireworks capital of the U.S.", New Castle, Pennsylvania, home of the Zambellis, the self-proclaimed "first family of fireworks."
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FIRSummary: The development of a child from conception to birth, using both microimagery and the story of a young couple preparing for their first child.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2004