Summary: A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AMEHaynes, Richard
Summary: Illustrations and text show how animals around the world use tools, from elephants that apply sunscreen and orangutans that make pillows to long-tailed macaques that floss their teeth and crows that go sledding for fun.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.5 HAYBales, Richard
Contents: General Lee's grand march (2:58) -- All quiet along the Potomac tonight (5:36) -- The bonnie blue flag (2:04) -- Lorena (3:16) -- The yellow rose of Texas (2:41) -- Somebody's darling (4:38) -- We all went down to New Orleans for bales (1:57) -- Gen. Robert E. Lee's farewell order to the Army of Northern Virginia, Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, April 10, 1865 (2:42) -- The conquered banner...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Special Products 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK BALHaass, Richard
Summary: Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. The rules, policies, and institutions that have guided the world since World War II have largely run their course. Respect for sovereignty alone cannot uphold order in an age defined by global challenges from terrorism and the spread of nuclear weapons to climate change and cyberspace. Meanwhile, great-power rivalry is returning. Weak states pose...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327 HAAHaass, Richard
Summary: "This book is designed to provide readers with the background and building blocks they need in order to answer for themselves the critical questions about what is taking place around the world and why. It explains what makes each region of the world tick,the many challenges globalization presents, and the most influential countries, events, and ideas. Its aim is to help readers become more...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.09 HAASummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWIHavers, Richard.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 HAVHavers, Richard.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.66 HAVBales, Richard
Contents: The American Army (military quickstep) (3:13) -- Tenting on the old camp ground (4:01) -- The battle cry of freedom (2:29) -- Aura Lea (3:44) -- The invalid corps (2:27) -- Just before the battle, Mother (4:45) -- The field at Gettysburg ; The Gettysburg address ; The President's hymn (6:09) -- The vacant chair (4:29) -- Medley: Abraham Lincoln's funeral march ; Taps (1862) ; The President's...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Special Products 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK BALPhillips, Richard Hayes
Summary: " In this groundbreaking work, Richard Hayes Phillips has collected the names of more than five thousand children kidnapped from Ireland, Scotland, England, and New England, and sold into slavery in Maryland and Virginia, c. 1660-1720. By English law dated 1659, it was lawful for justices of the peace to kidnap children found begging or vagrant and ship them to the plantations as servants...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.373 PHIHasen, Richard L.
Summary: "As the 2020 presidential campaign begins to take shape, there is widespread distrust of the fairness and accuracy of American elections. In this timely and accessible book, Richard L. Hasen uses riveting stories illustrating four factors increasing the mistrust. Voter suppression has escalated as a Republican tool aimed to depress turnout of likely Democratic voters, fueling suspicion. Pockets...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.973 HASContents: Disc 1. Freight train boogie (Captain Luke) -- A living past (Guitar Gabriel) -- Railroad Bill (Etta Baker) -- Going away (John Lee Ziegler) -- High yellow (Cootie Stark) -- Chapel Hill boogie (John Dee Holeman) -- Shortnin' bread (Neal Pattman) -- Old rugged cross (Carl Rutherford) -- No hidin' place (Cool John Ferguson) -- Feel like my time ain't long (Essie Mae Brooks) -- Old time religion...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES WEHarms, Richard H.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Rapids Historical Society 1993
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.456 HARHasen, Richard L.
Summary: "Throughout history, too many Americans have been disenfranchised or faced needless barriers to vote. Part of the blame falls on the Constitution, which does not contain an affirmative right to vote. The Supreme Court has made matters worse by failing to protect voting rights and limiting Congress's ability to do so. The time has come for voters to take action and push for an amendment to the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 324.6 HASSummary: Carousel: (50th Anniversary edition) On the coast of Maine, a smooth-talking carny barker falls in love with a millworker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS CARSummary: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection contains film versions of the five major works by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who helped define the American musical landscape and rewrite the direction of musical theater. After enjoying extremely successful careers working with others, Rodgers and Hammerstein first teamed up in 1943 for the prairie tale Oklahoma!, with songs including "Oh,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARHAYDEN, RICHARD SETH
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1986
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 974.71 HAYSummary: The final section in the series, Part 7 details the skeptical and critical answers reached in the second half of the twentieth century to the questions posed in the previous fifty years. This section covers the work of late twentieth-century philosophers and theorists who focused on two critical features of modernity. One issue focused on modern political theory and practice. The other focused...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRESummary: Othello: Shaespeare's tragic story of how a great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur International Films 2014
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS SIRSummary: The prime minister of Grand Fenwick convinces the U.S. government to give him a million-dollar grant for the country's nonexistent space program.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MOUSummary: General Casey of the U.S. Army Air Forces in England must fight congressional representatives and his own chain of command to be allowed to complete an important mission.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE COMSummary: Based on the inspiring true story of salesman turned pastor Michael Spurlock, the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a group of refugees from Southeast Asia. Together, they risked everything to plant seeds for a future that might just save them all.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2017