Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: Examines the events leading up to the War of 1812 and the major phases of the war, and describes the views of all parties--the Indians and the Canadians as well as the United States and Great Britain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.52 BENSummary: Independent journalists like Amy Goodman, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, and Matt Taibbi are changing the face of journalism, providing investigative, adversarial alternatives to mainstream, corporate news outlets. Cameras follow as they expose government and corporate deception; just as the ground-breaking independent journalist I.F. Stone did decades ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ALLHill, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 HILDe Paul, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1986
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC SEVGeni, Abby
Summary: When a Category 5 tornado ravaged Mercy, Oklahoma, no family in the small town lost more than the McClouds. Their home and farm were instantly demolished, and orphaned siblings Darlene, Jane, and Cora made media headlines. This relentless national attention and the tornado's aftermath caused great tension with their brother, Tucker, who soon abandoned his sisters and disappeared. On the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GENGammelgaard, Lene
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 GAMSummary: A slick inner-city youth is knocked unconscious and wakes up to find he has been transported back through time to 1822 Charleston, S.C., where he is taken captive as a slave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feature Films for Families 2005
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BROBold, Emily
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreativeMedia 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN GERFenn, Lisa
Summary: "An Emmy-winning ESPN producer describes how she developed a surprising, profound and lasting bond with two disabled African-American, inner-city high school wrestlers after filming a segment about them for television,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 FENGann, Kyle.
Summary: A discussion of John Cage's "4'33"," a mid-twentieth-century musical work composed entirely of silence, providing a cultural context for the piece, and examining the musical, philosophical, and environmental factors that influenced Cage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 784.18 GANBold, Emily
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreativeMedia 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN GERDouglas, John E.
Summary: "From John Douglas--the legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhunter--comes a chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort to identify and catch him. On May 31, 1985, two days before her high school graduation, Shari...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 DOUCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 DOUFenn, Annie
Summary: "Scientific studies show that the choices we make today about what we eat help determine our mental health as we age. In The Brain Health Kitchen, Dr. Annie Fenn gives readers a guide to preserving cognitive ability through food, with 100 recipes to promote mental acuity. Fenn, a doctor turned chef, has organized the book into 10 chapters representing the most neuroprotective foods: berries,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 FENSamsoe, Lene Holme.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interweave Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 SamsoeSummary: This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help and sometimes hindrance of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2003
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Summary: "Each entry contains all the necessary information for students and parents to complete the application process, including eligibility requirements, how to obtain an application, how to get more information about each award, sponsor website listings, award amounts, and key deadlines. With scholarships for high school, college, graduate, and adult students, this guide also includes tips on how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SuperCollege 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This is a collection of inspiring stories and practical advice from America's most respected journalists. The country's most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard's Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. This work presents their best advice, covering everything from finding a good topic, to structuring narrative stories, to writing and selling your first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.43 TELBarretta, Gene
Summary: When George Washington Carver was just a young child, he had a secret: a garden of his own. Here, he rolled dirt between his fingers to check if plants needed more rain or sun. He protected roots through harsh winters, so plants could be reborn in the spring. He trimmed flowers, spread soil, studied life cycles. And it was in this very place that George’s love of nature sprouted into something...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio CarverCaesar, Gene
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1953
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL FIC CAEDuginske, Gene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.083 DUGFlorence, Gene
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collector Books 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 748.29 FLONishi, Gene.
Summary: This innovative text for self-study presents Japanese in a logical and systematic way by restricting focus to a limited number of core sentence patterns and by using flow charts to help clarify the complexities of verb conjugations. Japanese scripts (kanji, kana) are introduced alongside roomaji transliteration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Country Roads Press 2005
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 917.74 SCO2 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 917.74 SCO
Call number: R-GEN 917.74 SCO
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