Hentoff, Nat.

Summary: A collection of essays, interviews, and personal recollections in which Nat Hentoff reflects on the inside history of jazz music and the people who shaped its development.

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2010

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Brandt, Nat.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Syracuse University Press 1990

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Brandt, Nat.

Contents: Warning signs -- "Absolutely fireproof" -- Play and players -- Opening night -- 3:15 p.m., Wednesday, December 30, 1903 -- In the Parquet and Boxes -- In the Dress Circle and Gallery -- The rescuers -- The news spreads rapidly -- Morgue scenes -- In mourning -- A state of shock -- Safety last -- Finger pointing -- Blind justice -- Curtains -- Ashes and Embers.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Illinois University Press 2003

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Segaloff, Nat

Summary: On December 26, 1973, The Exorcist was released. Moviegoers braved hours-long lines in winter weather to see it. Half a century later, the movie that both inspired and transcends the modern horror genre has lost none of its power to terrify and unsettle. Segaloff reveals the complete story of this cultural phenomenon, from the real-life exorcism in 1949 Maryland that inspired William Peter...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2023

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Wood, Tat.

Summary: Written by Lawrence Miles ("Faction Paradox") and long-time sci-fi commentator Tat Wood, "About Time" focuses on the continuity of "Doctor Who" (its characters, alien races and the like), but also examines the show as a work of social commentary. In particular, Miles and Wood dissect the politics and social issues that shaped the show during its unprecedented 26-year run (from 1963 to 1989),...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mad Norwegian Press 2006

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Chertoff, Michael

Summary: "Chertoff [posits] that our laws and policies surrounding the protection of personal information, written for an earlier time, need to be ... overhauled in the Internet era. On the one hand, the collection of data--more widespread by business than by government, and impossible to stop--should be facilitated as an ultimate protection for society. On the other, standards under which information...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2018

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Thompson, Nato

Summary: "One of the country's leading activist curators explores how corporations and governments have used art and culture to mystify and manipulate us. The production of culture was once the domain of artists, but beginning in the early 1900s, the emerging fields of public relations, advertising and marketing transformed the way the powerful communicate with the rest of us. A century later, the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2017

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Roche, Nan.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Flower Valley Press 1991

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Wat, Rebecca

Summary: Shows how to create origami-like three-dimensional flowers from fabric, and includes instructions for such projects as quilts, wall hangings, vests, and pillows.

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Publisher / Publication Date: C & T Pub. 2000

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Rabe, Tish

Summary: "The Cat in the Hat celebrate the 100th Day of School and explains how to count, add, subtract, multiply, and divide the number 100."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019

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Van der Vat, Dan.

Contents: Introduction -- So much was at stake -- The decisive front -- The plan -- A grand deception -- The forerunners -- Pegasus bridge -- Target: Ste-Mère-Englise -- The sea and air assault -- Utah and bloody Omaha -- Sword, Juno and Gold -- The gathering standoff -- The breakout --Finale at Falaise -- The beginning of the end.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2003

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Mooney, Nan

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005

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Robertson, Nan.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1988

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Marnell, Cat

Summary: "From Cat Marnell, 'New York's enfant terrible' (The Telegraph), a candid and darkly humorous memoir of prescription drug addiction and self-sabotage, set in the glamorous world of fashion magazines and downtown nightclubs. At twenty-six, Cat Marnell was an associate beauty editor at Lucky, one of the top fashion magazines in America--and that's all most people knew about her. But she hid a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017

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Sloan, Nate

Summary: 'Switched on Pop' illuminates the essential musical concepts behind two decades of chart-topping songs. The text moves through close studies of 16 modern pop classics by artists from Beyoncé to Zedd, each chapter bringing out key aspects of a particular song as well as introducing core concepts such as rhythm, melody, harmony, form, and timbre. As the work progresses, more complex concepts such...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2020

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Warren, Cat

Summary: "Solo has a fine nose and knows how to use it, but he's only one of many thousands of scent-detection dogs all over the United States. That's a group that includes cadaver dogs, tracking, trailing, and apprehension dogs; dogs that can locate unmarked graves of Civil War soldiers; and even dogs that can find drowning victims more than two hundred feet below the surface of a lake. All these dogs...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019

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Jarman, Cat

Summary: An acclaimed bioarchaeologist traces the path of an ancient piece of jewelry found in a Viking grave in England back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, explaining that the Vikings' route may have been far more varied than previously known.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022

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Armas, Kat

Summary: "Combining personal storytelling with biblical reflection, a Cuban American writer tells the story of unnamed and overlooked theologians-mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters-whose survival, resistance, and persistence teach us the true power of faith and love"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2021

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Holmes, Kat

Summary: "Sometimes designed objects reject their users: a computer mouse that doesn't work for left-handed people, for example, or a touchscreen payment system that only works for people who read English phrases, have 20/20 vision, and use a credit card. Something as simple as color choices can render a product unusable for millions. These mismatches are the building blocks of exclusion. In Mismatch,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2018

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Hunter, Nan D.

Contents: Expression : the right not to be silent -- Criminal law -- Government employees -- The military -- Immigration -- Employment in the private sector -- Housing and credit -- Public accommodations -- Relationships -- Parenting -- Youth -- Transgender people -- People with HIV/AIDS.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Illinois University Press 2004

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Schweber, Nate

Summary: In late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure: public lands. But when a corrupt band of lawmakers, led by Senator Pat McCarran, sought to quietly cede millions of acres of national parks and other western lands to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022

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