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: The amazing story of Joey and Rory Feek. Intimately filmed by the couple over a course of two and a half years. This documentary follows this beautiful couple through the birth of their daughter, and even shows Joey's struggle and ultimate surrender to cancer. However, they never lose hope. A love story for the ages.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 2000

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Morrison, Grant.

Summary: "The Universe's greatest heroes face two deadly threats that could mean both the end of the Justice League and the world. First, the Justice League must battle Mageddon, the doomsday weapon of the Old Gods, and prevent his attempt to end all of existence. Then Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Flash, Wonder Woman, and the Martian Manhunter find themselves up against a new, deadlier Injustice...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2000

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Morrison, Grant.

Summary: "In this collection, Batman, Superman, the Flash, Wonder Woman and the rest of the JLA face a multitude of threats from all directions. First the team must battle against the Ultra-Marines, an elite squad of government super beings led by the indestructible General. Next, the group finds themselves traveling through dimensions and fighting alongside the legendary members of the JSA. And as...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 1999

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Coward, Noel

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1967

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Kehl, Jacqueline.

Summary: It's June 9, 1944, three days after D-Day. On the orders of the government, Captain John Miller and his men go to look for Private James Ryan. They must bring him home. But how many will survive the mission?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pearson Educational Limited 1998

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Keels, Chuck

Summary: A diagnosis from a team of doctors in 2015 came back, stage four cancer and I have three months to live. This story is about my miraculous journey, my fight to live and a test of my faith. The human emotions felt from my kids, friends, and family cultivate the fight to live. I have no doubt that this life-changing experience was endured not only to help others win their battles in life but to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chuck Keels 0000

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Neel, Lara

Summary: Knit, sew, and craft your way to self-empowerment. Are you a Nasty Woman ready to smash the patriarchy with a needle and thread? Proudly proclaim your feminism with your very own DIY Bleeding Heart T-shirt? Or stage a protest with the rest of the girls, wearing knitted Pussyhats? Be part of the revolution by reclaiming the "domestic" arts of knitting, sewing, and more--to channel your feminist...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2017

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Kepel, Gilles

Summary: In November 2015, ISIS terrorists massacred scores of people in Paris with coordinated attacks on the Bataclan concert hall, cafes and restaurants, and the national sports stadium. On Bastille Day in 2016, an ISIS sympathizer drove a truck into crowds of vacationers at the beaches of Nice, and two weeks later an elderly French priest was murdered during morning Mass by two ISIS militants. Here...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2017

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Reel, Monte

Summary: In A Brotherhood of Spies, award-winning journalist Monte Reel reveals how the U-2 spy program, principally devised by four men working in secret, upended the Cold War and carved a new mission for the CIA. This secret fraternity, made up of Edwin Land, best known as the inventor of instant photography and the head of Polaroid Corporation; Kelly Johnson, a hard-charging taskmaster from Lockheed;...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2018

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Kael, Pauline.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1989

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Keil, Rob.

Summary: A fascinating visual journey through the Westlake District of Daly City, California, one of America's first and most iconic major postwar suburbs.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Advection Media 2006

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Neel, Alice

Summary: "Explores the themes and stylistic developments of the art of Alice Neel, one of the greatest American painters of the twentieth century, with works spanning nearly seven decades, four essays and additional texts addressing themes and specific works, three artists' appreciations, and a chronology and bibliography"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Museum of Fine Arts 2010

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Peel, Lucy.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 2000

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Peel, Michael

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lawrence Hill Books 2010

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Kael, Pauline

Summary: Explores the life and career of American film critic Pauline Kael.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2020

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Kael, Pauline.

Contents: Introduction / Sanford Schwartz -- Movies, the Desperate Art -- from I Lost it at the Movies. The Glamour of Delinquency ; The Golden Coach ; Shoeshine ; Breathless, and the Daisy Miller Doll ; West Side Story ; Lolita ; Jules and Jim ; Billy Budd ; Yojimbo ; Devi ; Hud, Deep in the Divided Heart of Hollywood -- from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Laurence Olivier as Othello ; Marlon Brando: An American...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2011

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Keen, Andrew

Summary: "Since its creation during the Cold War, the Internet, together with the World Wide Web, personal computers, tablets, and smartphones, has ushered in the Digital Revolution, one of the greatest shifts in society since the Industrial Revolution. There are many positive ways in which the Internet has contributed to the world, but as a society we are less aware of the Internet's deeply negative...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2015

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Keely, Cheryl

Summary: "Bridges are some of the most fascinating structures in our landscape. "From towering suspension bridges to humble stone crossings, this book visits them all in sweet, bouncing text with expository sidebars. But while bridges can be quite grand, this reminds us that their main purpose is bringing people together"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2017

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Friedman, Edwin H.

Summary: Friedman's insights about our regressed, "seatbelt society," oriented toward safety rather than adventure, help explain the sabotage that leaders constantly face today. Suspicious of the "quick fixes" and instant solutions that sweep through our culture only to give way to the next fad, he argues for strength and self-differentiation as the marks of true leadership. His formula for success is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Seabury Books 2007

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Potard, Céline

Summary: Investigate haunted castles, spooky forests, and even outer space with a monster-revealing magic lens in this striking and unusual book. Kids' favorite monsters are hidden inside each page waiting to jump out when the magic lens is held over them. Mythological creatures, ghostly spirits, and monsters from movies and fiction all make an appearance.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: What on Earth 2019

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Alward, Ron

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Publisher / Publication Date: Nat'L Ctr For Appropriate 1981

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