Withers, Ernest C.
Summary: "Ernest C. Withers was one of the most prominent African-American photographers during the civil rights years. During the course of his work, he took thousands photographs that document the Movement--from the Emmett Till trial in 1955 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. What set his work apart was that he goes beyond the political struggles to show the human face of Movement....
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Publisher / Publication Date: CityFiles Press 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 323.1196 WITRucker, Mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 RUCArnaud, Michel
Summary: [This book] is a visual essay on the rebuilding and resurgence of the city of Detroit by photographer Michel Arnaud, co-author of Design Brooklyn. In recent years, much of the focus on Detroit has been on the negative stories and images of shuttered, empty buildings-- the emblems of Detroit's financial and physical decline. In contrast, Arnaud aims his lens at the emergent creative enterprises...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2017
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Summary: Detroit is home to amazing architectural sculpture-a host of gargoyles, grotesques, and other silent guardians that watch over the city from high above its streets and sidewalks, often unnoticed or ignored by the people passing below. Jeff Morrison's Guardians of Detroit: Architectural Sculpture in the Motor City documents these incredible features in a city that began as a small frontier fort...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 729.5 MORKeefe, Kevin P.
Summary: Pere Marquette 1225 was built in 1941 at the peak of steam locomotive development. The narrative traces the 1225’s regular freight service in Michigan, its unlikely salvation from the scrapyard for preservation at Michigan State University, and the subsequent work to bring it back to steam, first by a student club and later by a railroad museum. Milestones along the way include 1225’s...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2016
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 625 KEEMeints, Graydon M.
Summary: In this thoroughly researched history, Graydon Meints tells the fascinating story of the railroad's arrival and development in Michigan. An engaging and accessible text, the book describes the long-awaited and often-troubled advent of the railroad in the state, the building of which shifted from private to public efforts and back again, amid tumultuous social, business, and political...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.0977 MEIMilan, Jon
Summary: Michigan has two beautiful peninsulas that are connected by stories, legends, and mysteries. This book is the perfect glove compartment companion for exploring those paranormal parts of the Mitten State, as most of these hotels, restaurants, theaters, lighthouses, and other places are open to the public. This road trip to "the other side," filled with hauntings, ghost towns, and bizarre tales...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Publishing 2019
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Summary: "From reparations to the prison industrial complex and redlining, there are a lot of high-level concepts to systemic racism that are hard to digest. At a time where everyone is inundated with information on structural racism, it can be hard to know where to start or how to visualize the disenfranchisement of BIPOC Americans. In Systemic Racism 101, you will find infographic spreads alongside...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 SYSGreenberg, Mark
Summary: Back in 2007, when Barack Hussein Obama announced his campaign, his election seemed to be a long shot. But he won in a decisive victory, also garnering a record 69.5 million votes, and on January 20, 2009, he became the 44th president of the United States and its first African American chief executive. Now, after two terms, this book explores Obama's journey in pictures, from his remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 921 OBAMA, BARACK GRELevinson, Cynthia
Summary: Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this picture book that proves you're never too little to make a difference. Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else. So when she heard grown-ups talk about wiping out Birmingham's segregation laws, she spoke up. As she listened to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB HENDRICKS LEVHaltiner, Robert E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Jesse Besser Museum] 1986
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377481 HaltinerAdler, Laure.
Summary: A selection of sixty powerfully seductive women, from Biblical times to the present day, featuring mythical and real heroines. The most memorable stories throughout history feature a powerful, seductive woman who has an irresistible hold over the man in her life. The alluring Cleopatra, like Helen of Troy, inspired lovers to the battlefield in a brave display of loyalty. Eve and Pandora...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704 ADLAndreas, Joel.
Summary: Cultural Writing. Political Science. Government. Education. ADDICTED TO WAR takes on the most active, powerful and destructive military in the world. Hard-hitting, carefully documented and heavily illustrated, it reveals why the United States has been involved in more wars in recent years than any other country. Read ADDICTED TO WAR to find out who benefits from these military adventures, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AK Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.0213 ANDDomm, Robert W.
Contents: Pasties and iron ore : the Upper Peninsula -- Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park -- The Keweenaw Peninsula: Michigan's Copper Country -- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore -- Seney National Wildlife Refuge -- U.S. 2, St. Ignace to Naubinway -- Bay de Noc and the Garden Peninsula -- Paradise and beyond: Tahquamenon Falls State Park and Whitefish Bay -- Highway M134: Les Cheneaux Islands...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.74 DOMBurgan, Michael
Summary: Discusses the life of the famous African American track and field star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: An illustrated guide to 20 battles of the American Civil War, giving quick facts, narrative description, and detailed maps of each battle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.73 DOUHodgkins, Lisa
Summary: "In the last half of the 19th century, the women of America were beginning to develop their own sense of style. Although influenced by European fashions and the social and economic changes of the time, they made clothing choices based upon their personal aspirations and their practical everyday needs. Providing an overview of fashion influences for each decade from the 1860s to the end of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.2 HODHobhouse, Penelope
Summary: Penelope Hobhouse, the legendary authority on garden history, composes a beautifully crafted, lavishly illustrated history of gardening over millennia. From the cooling fountains of the Alhambra to the clean lines of the French parterre, The Story of Gardening draws fascinating connections among gardens across time and place. Hobhouse addresses styles and techniques from all over the world,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2020
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 712 HOBKahn, Lloyd
Summary: Presents a guide to homemade shelter, featuring images and ideas culled from across the globe, and includes bottle homes in the Nevada desert, tree houses on the South China Sea, and Japanese stilt houses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shelter Publications 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690 KAHOudolf, Piet
Summary: "When it was first published, Planting the Natural Garden--the first book by Piet Oufolf--was the start of the now immensely popular New Perennial Movement. Since then, Piet Oudolf has become one of the most iconic and groundbreaking designers of our time, responsible for some of the world's most important gardens, including the High Line, the Lourie Garden, the Battery, and Pottersfield. Fans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2019
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Summary: Colorful and captivating, Weather: An Illustrated History hopscotches through 100 meteorological milestones and insights, from prehistory to today's headlines and tomorrow's forecasts. Bite-sized narratives, accompanied by exciting illustrations, touch on such varied topics as Earth's first atmosphere, the physics of rainbows, the deadliest hailstorm, Groundhog Day, the invention of air...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.6 REVLee, Leslie
Summary: We Are The Land is an exploration of Ireland--its ancient history, DNA, and culture through the adventurous search of four sisters for their Irish ancestry. The author's interest in how ancient languages evolved and migrated leads readers through the heart of Ireland to the modern revolution of the ancestral DNA of the Irish people. The author investigates the parallels between mythology,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Leslie Lee Publisher 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 941.5 LEEDeluxe, Jean-Emmanuel
Contents: The 1960s -- Panorama -- Social Affairs -- Ye-Ye Girls & Marriage -- The Media -- A General View -- The Rock Papers -- Television -- The Four Aces Of Hearts -- France Gall -- Françoise Hardy -- Sylvie Vartan -- Chantal Goya -- Serge Gainsbourg's Filles De La Pop -- From Literary Chanteur to Pop Entrepreneur -- Initials B.B. -- Jane B.: Nationality: British, Sex: Female -- His Majesty Serge's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 1948