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Criterion collection ; 369-373Summary: "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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: Fancy Fastwater dances through cities, curving around the bends of life, never settling anywhere for the reader to become too entrenched. Each beat in this discography of a traveler washes over a moment, yet will sit with the reader for a lifetime. This collection of tightly-knit poetry interweaves nature with urban infrastructure against the backdrop of complicated relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Love, Luna Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 BLAHong, Y. Euny
Summary: "The Korean sixth sense for winning friends and influencing people, nunchi (pronounced noon-chee) can help you connect with others so you can succeed in everything from business to love. The Power of Nunchi will show you how. If you're thinking, 'Not another Eastern fad: Marie Kondo already made me throw away half my clothes,' don't worry--it's not a fad. Koreans have been using nunchi for more...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.0951 HONSummary: The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Including archival footage, this film is an indispensable primary resource of a pivotal moment in American and world history. Originally screened in theaters for only a single night in 1970.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KINPowell, Patricia Hruby
Summary: "A picture book about the life of civil rights activist Ella Baker"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAKStonehouse, Frederick.
Summary: Stories of the famous shipwrecks, including the wrecks of the Griffon, the Edmund Fitzgerald, and others.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2002
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Summary: From Moby, one of the most interesting and iconic musicians of our time, comes a piercingly tender, funny, and harrowing account of the path from suburban poverty and alienation to a life of beauty, squalor, and unlikely success. It's about making it, losing it, loving it, and hating it. It's about finding your people, your place, thinking you've lost them both, and then, somehow, when you...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOBY MOBDuby, Georges.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bookking International 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skira 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 DubyHruby, Emily
Summary: Counts new items in groups numbering one through twelve as they are added to a garden.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ammo 2016
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE HRURudy, Kathy.
Summary: " The contemporary animal rights movement encompasses a wide range of sometimes-competing agendas from vegetarianism to animal liberation. For people for whom pets are family members--animal lovers outside the fray--extremist positions in which all human-animal interaction is suspect often discourage involvement in the movement to end cruelty to other beings. In Loving Animals, Kathy Rudy...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.3 RUDShamir, Ruby
Summary: "A look at what makes Americans distinct and what makes American society thrive for young readers"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 SHAWarrington, Ruby
Summary: How different would our lives be if we stopped drinking on autopilot? If we stopped drinking altogether? Really different, it turns out. Really better. Frank, funny, and always judgment free, Sober Curious is a bold guide to choosing to live hangover-free, from Ruby Warrington, one of the leading voices of the new sobriety movement.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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Summary: What you eat will change your life. Reveals the scientifically proven foods and food groups that prevent illness, and teaches how to create meals that benefit every part of life. 80 recipes, full of international flavors, complemented by a specific marker of healthy living.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Nu AujlaBridges, Ruby
Summary: Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. She established the Ruby Bridges Foundation to promote tolerance and to create change through education. She traveled across the US, listening to the inspiring voices of young children.Dear Ruby: Hear Our Hearts is a compilation of letters from concerned young students about today's issues, including...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books. an Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE BRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRIMcConnell, Ruby
Summary: "In addition to basic outdoor skills, this entertaining guidebook includes easy camping recipes, outdoor projects including science experiments and crafts, fun activity suggestions, and inspiring stories of diverse historical and contemporary outdoorswomen (such as Arunima Sinha, the first amputee woman to summit Mount Everest; Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts; and Libby Riddles,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bigfoot 2019
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Summary: Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists inspire a new generation of investigative reporters as they offer tips and advice for writing stories that can make a difference.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364.15 SHACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364.15 SHAShamir, Ruby
Summary: Describes how Americans choose leaders, local and federal, and why elections should matter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 SHAWarrington, Ruby
Summary: Utterly transporting and stylish, Material Girl, Mystical World takes you on an unforgettable journey through modern spirituality-from meditation and tarot to astrology-guided by wise and witty tastemaker Ruby Warrington, founder of The Numinous. Inspired by the consciousness-shifting traditions that have moved seekers for generations, Material Girl, Mystical World is a fabulous adventure in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperElixir 2017
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Summary: "When Ruby Bridges was six years old, she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Told in the perspective of her six year old self and based on the pivotal events that happened in 1960, Ruby tells her story like never before. Embracing her name and learning that even at six years old she was able to pave the path for future generations, this is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRIKarp, Ruby
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Ruby Karp addresses the issues facing every highschooler, from grades to peer pressure to Snapchat stories, and unpacks their complicated effects on the teen psyche. With dashes of humor throughout, Ruby advises her peers on the importance of feminism ("not just the Spice Girls version"), how to deal with jealousy and friend break-ups, family life, and much more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 305.23 Karp 2017Shamir, Ruby
Summary: "A kid-friendly history of the concept of freedom in the U.S"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.44 SHABridges, Ruby.
Summary: Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BRIAbramson, Rudy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomasson-Grant & Lickle 1996