Summary: Examines the efforts of the Children's Aid Society in New York, organized by minister Charles Loring Brace, which from 1853 to 1929 sent over 100,000 unwanted and orphaned children from the city to homes in rural America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORPCook, William R. (William Robert)
Summary: Professor Cook leads you on an engaging and energetic discussion on Alexis de Tocqueville, his journey, his writing of Democracy in America and, most of all, his thoughts on the young nation he was observing. For Tocqueville, it seems, had opinions about almost everything he encountered in America, and not exclusively politics and "classical" issues such as the nature of the judiciary and the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 TOCDavis, Hasan
Summary: "Thomas Jefferson's Corps of Discovery included Captains Lewis and Clark and a crew of 28 men to chart a route from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. All the crew but one volunteered for the mission. York, the enslaved man taken on the journey, did not choose to go. Slaves did not have choices. York's contributions to the expedition, however, were invaluable. The captains came to rely on York's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YORLewis, Mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Books 1988
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 791.4309 LEWHubbard, Crystal
Summary: "Starting in the 1960s, John Lewis began his activism alongside civil rights legend and good friend Martin Luther King Jr. He participated in many now-historic events, including the 1963 March on Washington, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. John continued his impactful career when he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1986. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEWO'Neill, Alexis
Summary: Learn how Melvil Dewey's love of organization and words drove him to develop and implement his Dewey Decimal system, leaving a significant and lasting impact in libraries across the country.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC O'NELombard, Jay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 LOMDelrieu, Alexia.
Summary: Le point sur l'histoire et la naissance de l'Europe et sa finalité, à travers des exemples concrets (nom de pays de l'Union, construction d'Ariane, rôle de l'Europe dans la protection de l'environnement, etc.).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallimard jeunesse 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 DEL FRENCHHenrion, Alexia
Summary: D.I.Y. Dollhouse is a lavishly illustrated guide for budding architects, builders, and designers, showing then how to build and furnish their own eco-friendly dollhouse, with an incredible eye for detail. The simple instructions cover everything children (and parents) need to get started, from making rooms out of crate boxes and pieces of scrap fabric to crafting countless furniture and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.592 HENCook, Maria
Summary: "An informative and project-filled book for middle graders to explore the meaning and history behind LGBTQ rights movements, including biographies of key figures in gender and gay/lesbian history, the context behind today's transgender "bathroom wars" and dozens of activities and research ideas for perspectives and further learning."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanging Loose Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 ALECork, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 791.43 CORLubomirski, Alexi
Summary: England-born, New York-based photographer Alexi Lubomirski has become an established name within the fashion industry, shooting for such publications as "Harper's Bazaar," "Vogue" and "GQ," and working with cover stars such as Charlize Theron, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Kidman, to name but a few. It was after shooting Lupita Nyong'o, however, that Lubomirski was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Damiani Editore 2016
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 770 LUMSumino, Yoru
Summary: A high school boy finds the diary of his classmate - only to discover that she's dying. Yamauchi Sakura has been silently suffering from a pancreatic disease, and now exactly one person outside her family knows. He swears to her that he won't tell anyone what he learned, and the shared secret brings them closer together in this deeply moving, first-person story that traces their developing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ILubomirski, Alexi
Summary: "Words have power--the power to hurt or to heal, to make someone feel small or to make someone feel tall. Gorgeously illustrated with bright colors and bold lines, this gentle text encourages even the youngest readers to choose their words carefully and to use those words to make the world a better, more loving place."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "... [A] look inside the controversial religion from Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney. The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, exploring the psychological impact of blind faith, how the church attracts new followers and keeps hold of its A-list celebrity devotees."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GOILombardi, Roberto.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ortho Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690.182 LOMAlexie, Sherman
Summary: A collection of poems by contemporary Native-American writer Sherman Alexie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanging Loose Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 ALEAlexie, Sherman
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1998
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Summary: Presents a literary memoir of poems, essays, and intimate family photos that reflect on the author's complicated relationship with his mother and his disadvantaged childhood on a Native American reservation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALEXIE, SHERMAN ALECopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio AlexieAmvrazi, Alexia
Summary: Written by local experts, Fodor's travel guides have been offering advice and professionally vetted recommendations for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. Greece is the ultimate Mediterranean getaway. Impossibly blue seas, gorgeous beaches, whitewashed alleyways draped in pink bougainvillea, blue-domed Greek Orthodox churches, picturesque villages, and famous historical sites have lured...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel 2018
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Summary: Don't just see the sights-get to know the people. Morocco is a joy to the senses. Graced with spectacular scenery, the country's rich history is carved into its architecture and baked into its cuisine. Its marketplaces are filled with tantalizing scents and colorful sights, and the call of the muezzin seems to draw people from every corner of the globe. In 1956 Morocco gained independence from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kuperard 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.4 MORKaplan, David
Summary: The definitive guide to the contemporary craft cocktail movement, from one of the highest-profile, most critically lauded, and influential bars in the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2014
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Summary: "When Alexi Pappas was four years old, her mother committed suicide, drastically altering the course of Pappas's life and setting her on a perpetual search for female role models. When her father started signing her up for sports teams as a way to keep his bereaved daughter busy, female athletes became some of the first women Pappas looked up to, and she became a girl with a goal: to be an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2021