Daughton, J. P. (James Patrick)

Summary: "The epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad and the human costs and contradictions of modern empire. The Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial Africa was a French colony, and it stands as one of the deadliest construction projects in history. Colonial workers were subjects of an...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021

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Summary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.

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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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Donleavy, J. P. (James Patrick)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 1988

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Donleavy, J. P. (James Patrick)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1986

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Summary: Captain Jonathan Archer leads the crew of the starship Enterprise in humanity's first contact with a myriad of alien species.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2005

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Summary: Captain Jonathan Archer leads the crew of the starship Enterprise NX-01 in humanity's first contact with a myriad of alien species.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2005

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Summary: Louis Mazzini seeks to avenge his mother's disinheritance by ascending to her family's dukedom. To do this, he must kill eight of his relatives in the d'Ascoyne family.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006

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Summary: Theo Faron is a bureaucrat in a Britain gone despotic. It is 2027 and the entire planet has gone infertile. Women no longer have babies, and chaos has erupted: war, rebellion, mass destruction, and a huge refugee problem, with the imposition of martial law. One day, Theo is kidnapped. His ex-wife Julian has a proposition for her former spouse, and because of their relationship, she thinks Theo...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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Contents: Disc one, December 23, 1938 concert. Swingin' the blues / Count Basie, Eddie Durham, (Count Basie and his Orchestra) (3:34) -- One o'clock jump / Count Basie, (Count Basie & his Orchestra) (1:11) -- Introduction / John Hammond (0:38) -- Blues with Lips / Count Basie, (Oran "Hot Lips" Page, with Count Basie Orchestra) (3:11) -- I never knew / Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn, (Kansas City Five) (3:11) --...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanguard 1999

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Summary: Complete second season, 1960-1961, of Rod Serling's classic, groundbreaking series exploring the fantastic and frightening.

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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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Summary: Senate investigation into the President's newly nominated Secretary of State, gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005

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Jones, Robert P. (Robert Patrick)

Summary: "The story of three locations in the United States--in Mississippi, Minnesota, and Oklahoma--where the indigenous people were driven out by European colonists, where vicious racial killings took place in the last century, and how these places are coming to terms with the past, creating new organizations dedicated to racial repair and reconciliation as they aspire to a more inclusive, more...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023

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Jones, Robert P. (Robert Patrick)

Summary: Drawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience, Robert P. Jones delivers a provocative examination of the unholy relationship between American Christianity and white supremacy, and issues an urgent call for white Christians to reckon with this legacy for the sake of themselves and the nation. As the nation grapples with demographic changes and the legacy of racism in...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020

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Jones, Robert P. (Robert Patrick)

Summary: "The founder and CEO of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and columnist forThe Atlantic describes how white Protestant Christians have declined in influence and power since the 1990s and explores the effect this has had on America,"--NoveList.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016

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Summary: Involuntarily discharged from the Army, a Special Forces sergeant lands a contract with a private underground military force. When his very first assignment goes awry, the elite soldier finds himself hunted and on the run, caught in a dangerous conspiracy and fighting to stay alive long enough to get home and uncover the true motives of those who betrayed him.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Mileham, P. J. R. (Patrick J R)

Summary: Every one of the regiments recorded in this book has a unique history. Raised at different times under different circumstances, each has formed its own particular reputation. To this day each maintains its own distinctive style and ethos, and faces tasks in the late-twentieth century of which its founders could have never dreamed.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hippocrene 1988

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Revis, Beth

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he can travel through time. So when his worried parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes that he's actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school for kids who, like Bo, have 'superpowers'. At the Academy, Bo falls in love with Sofía, who helps Bo open up in a way he never has before. In turn, Bo provides comfort to Sofía,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Summary: Two families, the Hazards and the Mains, are geographically and ideologically separated by the U.S. Civil War. The hatred, prejudice, and greed that tear at the fabric of a nation also threaten to destroy the threads that have woven the lives of these two families together.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011

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Summary: Endeavour and his colleagues are entering a new decade and era of change. Opening on New Year's Eve 1969, normal order has been resumed and the team reunited at Castle Gate CID, with Chief Superintendent Bright back in charge. However, the events of the past year have left their mark. Old friendships will be challenged, and new relationships will blossom.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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