English, T. J.

Summary: "From T.J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20th century America"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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Contents: disc 1. Krotona days (4:46) -- Witness tree (3:26) -- The soundmaker (4:20) -- 11:11 (5:41) -- Diablo rojo (8:18) -- Echoes (21:20) -- Mettavolution (4:43) -- Tamacun (6:49)

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Lott, John R.

Summary: Does allowing people to own or carry guns deter violent crime? Or does it cause more citizens to harm each other? Wherever people happen to fall along the ideological spectrum, their answers are all too often founded upon mere impressionistic and anecdotal evidence. In this direct challenge to conventional wisdom, legal scholar John Lott presents the most rigorously comprehensive data analysis...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1998

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Contents: Simplicity -- Minorish -- Simply swing -- Four to one -- Cat and mouse -- Three minors -- One scale fits all -- Modes of C scale -- Latin/swing -- New and old beats -- Minor blues -- Happy Latin -- Long blues -- Shuffle McGuffle -- Kind of modal / Jamey Aebersold -- Dorian dance -- 4/4 and 3/4 -- Melodic minor -- Lydian the beautiful -- Maiden Locrian-Lydian -- Phrygian -- Whole tone scales --...

Format: notated music

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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Summary: Hannibal, one of history's most famous generals, achieved what the Romans thought to be impossible. With a vast army of 30,000 troops, 15,000 horses, and 37 war elephants, he crossed the mighty Alps in only 16 days to launch an attack on Rome from the north. In Hannibal in the Alps, a team of experts conclusively proves for the first time that Hannibal's army did indeed cross the Alps.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Summary: Learn the signs for shoe, sock, hat, coat, please, thank you, sorry, car, train, bus, bike, airplane, boat, ball, doll, bear, wash hands, soap, sleep, bath, brush teeth, book, pajamas, blanket. Uses singing, dancing, speaking, and more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Two Little Hands Productions 2008

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Summary: This Latin percussion instrument measures 4” x 12”. Includes 2 wooden scrapers.

Format: three dimensional object

Publisher / Publication Date: Foraineam 2022

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Contents: 1. Hello world / Horace Heller (2:17) -- 2. U.F.O. on Farm Road 318 / Sidney Ester (2:24) -- 3. The Martian Band / Scottie Stoneman (2:27) -- 4. I like to booze it / Neal Merritt (2:06) -- 5. Swamp gas / Space Walkers (2:56) -- 6. Lookin' for that UFO / Calvin Boles (2:15) -- 7. Who's gonna sleep with me / Dan Price (2:22) -- 8. The invader / Mike Yager (1:55) -- 9. Tiny space man / Bill...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Summary: The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day. The lead robber wishes to obtain funding for a sex-change operation for his gay lover.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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Summary: A handbook on the basics of shooting and shooting-related activities. Chapters on Safety, Mental Preparation, Developing Defensive Shooting Skills, Strategies for Home and Personal Safety, Firearms, Self-Defense and the Law, Selecting Firearms, Ammunition and Accessories for Personal Protection.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Rifle Association 2000

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Beethoven, Ludwig van

Summary: Beethoven for Babies invites little ones to stretch their mental muscles with gentle love songs, graceful minuets, jolly country dances, and beloved Scottish, Irish and Welsh lullabies.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1998

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Hines, Debbie

Summary: "An examination of the historical and present racial inequities of the prosecutorial system and a blueprint for transforming the system to one of fairness and justice"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2024

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Lott, John R.

Summary: From myths about mass public shootings to suicides to gun ownership rates and crime to gun free zones, Lott addresses the claims you frequently hear in the media and explains what is wrong with those claims.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: [Amazon KDP] 2020

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Rochfort, Desmond.

Summary: The story of the Mexican mural movement is told in a history of the artists, accompanied by more than one hundred reproductions of the murals that showcase popular as well as lesser-known works.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1998

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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix

Contents: Overture, op. 21 -- Incidental music, op. 61: No. 1, Scherzo ; No. 2, L'istesso tempo ; March of the fairies ; No. 3, Song with chorus ; No. 4, Andante-Allegro molto ; "Help me, Lysander, help me!" ; No. 5, Intermezzo ; No. 7, Nocturne ; No. 8, Andante ; No. 9, Wedding march ; No. 10, Allegro comodo ; Marcia funebre ; "Will it please you to see the epilogue" ; No. 11, A dance of clowns ; No....

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1994

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Spooner, James

Summary: "Scene: Apple Valley, California, in the late eighties, a thirsty, miserable desert. Teenage James Spooner hates that he and his mom are back in town after years away. The few Black kids here seem to be gangbanging, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of microaggressors to future neo-Nazis. Mixed-race and acutely aware of his Blackness, James doesn't know where he fits until he meets Ty, a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2022

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Bergsman, Steve

Summary: "In What a Difference a Day Makes: Women Who Conquered 1950s Music, Steve Bergsman highlights the Black female artists of the 1950s, a time that predated the chart-topping girl groups of the early 1960s. Many of the singers of this era became wildly famous and respected, and even made it into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. However, there were many others, such as Margie Day, Helen Humes,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 2023

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Reich, Steve

Summary: "Steve Reich is a living legend in the world of contemporary classical music. As a leader of the minimalist movement in the 1960s, his works have become central to the musical landscape worldwide, influencing generations of younger musicians, choreographers and visual artists. He has explored non-Western music and American vernacular music from jazz to rock, as well as groundbreaking music and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022

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Lujan, Jarred

Summary: In this ancient Mexican folktale, the Aztec Sky god and Wind god attempt to fix silence on Earth by bringing music to the world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023

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