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Discrimination Economic aspects Economics Income distribution New England Politics and government To 1775 Progressivism (United States politics) Puritans New England History 17th century Religion and politics New England History 17th century Social justice United States United States United States Description and travel AnecdotesSummary: Clara is searching for the special key to unlock a box from her late mother. Inside that box is a priceless item that her mother left for her. During her godfather's yearly holiday party, Clara almost gets the key but it disappears. She embarks on a quest into a mysterious world which has four different realms: a snowflakes realm, flowers realm, sweets realm, and the challenging realm where the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY NUTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD JUV NUTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NuSummary: Down on his luck gambler Garry and his hot streak buddy Curtis hit the road for New Orleans, hunting the big payday. On riverboats and racetracks they chase women and thrills before risking it all in the wager of their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MISSwell.
Contents: Today -- Oh my my -- Make up your mind -- I hate Christmas -- Off in my head -- Something to do -- Pink pink rain -- Blackmilk -- Everything is good -- Swill 9 -- Tonight -- Don't you know they love you?
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Beggars Banquet Records Ltd. 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SWELLSowell, Thomas
Summary: Describes how the granting of subprime mortgages and the packaging of these loans into investment vehicles sold around the world played a significant role in the current worldwide financial crisis, and analyzes new policies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.72 SOWSaxie Dowell
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Santly-Joy-Select 1939
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMDowell, Joe
Contents: Wooden heart (English version) -- The one I left for you -- Little Bo Peep -- Our school days -- The bridge of love -- Just love me -- The thorn and the rose -- The sound of sadness -- Bobby Blue loves a Linda Lou -- My darling wears white today -- Absent with a broken heart -- Bringa-branga brought -- No secret -- Poor little Cupid -- When you fall in love -- Dancing doll -- The one I left for...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bear Family Records 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DOWVowell, Sarah
Summary: On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy Americans were there to welcome him. Or, rather, to welcome him back. It had been 30 years since the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette had last set foot in the United States, and he was so beloved that 80,000 people showed up to cheer for him. The entire population of New York at the time was...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 VOWVowell, Sarah
Summary: A collection of essays and autobiographical stories in which the author offers her humorous take on identity, politics, religion, art, history, and other topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 081 VOWVowell, Sarah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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Summary: This seven part book features warm, animal rescue stories, while emphasizing the importance of spay and neuter, responsible pet ownership, travelling with your pet - including pet-friendly accommodations, feral cats and how you can help them, and includes links to animal welfare and rescue groups. This book includes a poem dedicated to all abused animals - past, present and future. It is a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ashleigh Rose Bottorff 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 BOTCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Animal Pet BottorffPodell, Albert
Summary: "In 2003, Albert Podell realized that he'd been to 110 countries in the world. What if, he wondered, he could go to them all? He would set foot in not just the well-known tourist destinations in Europe or the vacation spots in Latin America, but the little-known, far-off lands that most people don't know exist. In Around the World in 50 Years, Podell recounts the misunderstandings, detours,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PODELL, ALBERT PODSOWELL, THOMAS
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1989
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Summary: Sowell explains the principles of economics in plain jargon for the general public, answering questions like: Why are homeless people sleeping on the sidewalks of New York in the winter, when abandoned apartment buildings have four times as many dwelling units as there are homeless people in the city? Why did Russians have to import food to feed people in Moscow, when Russia itself had vast...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 SOWVowell, Sarah
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973 VOWVowell, Sarah
Summary: From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Assassination Vacation" comes an examination of the Puritans, their covenant communities, deep-rooted idealism, political and cultural relevance, and their myriad oddities.To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but author Vowell investigates what that means--and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974 VOWSaxie Dowell
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Santly-Joy-Select 1940
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSowell, Thomas
Contents: Politics versus economics -- Free and unfree labor -- The economics of medical care -- The economics of housing -- Risky business -- The economics of discrimination -- The economic development of nations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 SOWSowell, Thomas
Summary: "Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are victims of genetics. Others believe that those who are less fortunate are victims of the more fortunate. Discrimination and Disparities gathers a wide array of empirical evidence to challenge the idea...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.2 SOWVowell, Sarah
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 VOWVowell, Sarah
Summary: To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but author Vowell investigates what that means--and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who were these people who are considered the philosophical, spiritual, and moral ancestors of our nation? What Vowell discovers is something far different from what their uptight shoe-buckles-and-corn reputation might...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 974.088 VOWSowell, Thomas
Summary: This book challenges many assumptions about blacks, Jews, Germans, slavery, and education. Plainly written and backed with documented facts, it takes on not only the trendy intellectuals of our times but also such historic interpreters of American life as Alexis de Tocqueville and Frederick Law Olmsted. In a series of long essays, Sowell presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 SOWSowell, Thomas
Summary: "The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who use the same words do not always present the same meanings. Clarifying those meanings is the first step toward finding out what we agree on and disagree on. From there, it is largely a question of what the facts are. Social Justice Fallacies reveals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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Summary: "The Runaways get approached by a mysterious figure with an offer to form a new super-team to protect Los Angeles! Who is this mysterious figure, and how will he convince the least-team-oriented kids in the Marvel U?!"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 RUNSowell, Thomas
Summary: Exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues, in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the reader. These include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians. One of the book's themes is that fallacies are not simply crazy ideas but in fact have a certain plausibility that gives them their staying power--and makes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2008