Summary: How can American employees compete against super-low-wage, no-benefits workers abroad? How can corporations call themselves American while outsourcing large pieces of their business overseas? And how can American companies deal with labor practices in other countries that would be proscribed in the U.S.? In this Fred Friendly Seminar moderated by Harvard Law School's Charles Ogletree, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: From the boardroom, to the executive suite, to offices and shop floors, the world of big business is making more demands, requiring greater risks, and offering fewer certainties than ever before. In this Fred Friendly Seminar moderated by Harvard Law School's Charles Nesson, fourteen panelists-movers and shakers from the spheres of industry, finance, law, consulting, publishing, and the federal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Gibson, Bob.
Contents: Joy joy -- Whoa, Buck -- This train -- Abilene -- John Henry -- Pastures of plenty -- Easy rider -- This little light -- Money is king -- Ol' Bill -- Titanic -- The Virgin Mary had one son -- A wayfaring stranger -- Take this hammer -- Red iron ore -- Brandy -- Lula gal -- The rejected lover -- Block Island reel -- Lost Jimmie Whalen -- Drill ye tarriers -- I come for to sing -- There's a...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverside Records 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK GIBContents: I'll come running back to you (2:10) -- Forever (2:54) -- Jesus, I'll never forget (2:37) -- Peace in the valley (2:39) -- Just another day (2:44) -- Touch the hem of His garment (2:00) -- Lovable (2:22) -- Farther away (2:27) -- Jesus gave me water (2:29) -- The last mile of the way (2:58) -- That's all I need to know (2:16) -- Any day now (2:29) -- I don't want to cry (2:42) -- I'm gonna...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES COOHawkins, Coleman.
Contents: I'm beginning to see the light (6:55) -- Greensleeves (3:12) -- Since I fell for you (6:56) -- I'll get by (as long as I have you) (6:36) -- Soul blues (9:52) -- I'll never be the same (6:08) -- The sweetest sounds (4:17) -- I want to be loved (5:54) -- In a mellow tone (6:45) -- Make someone happy (3:03) -- Smoke gets in your eyes (4:35).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Prestige 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ HAWSilbey, Joel H.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VANRyan, Renee
Summary: "Having grown up on the mean streets of nineteenth-century London, Caroline St. James is used to fighting to survive. So when her beloved mother suddenly dies, the scrappy twenty-two-year-old sails to New York to settle the family score with her grandfather who had turned a cold shoulder to her mother's suffering"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RYARyan, Renee
Summary: "With only two months before Elizabeth sets sail for London to marry a British lord, she resolves to live a lifetime of adventure. Lucian Griffin, her dearest friend's brother, intends to protect Elizabeth from letting her adventures forever sully her reputation. Soon his earnest fondness gives way to deep affection."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RYACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Ryan 2017Summary: Marcela Serrano's first novel won the Literary Prize in Santiago and her second book won the Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz prize, awarded to the best Hispano-American novel written by a woman. In this program, Marcela Serrano-clearly on the upward path to international renown-assesses the diverse concerns that have influenced her life and her work, including the elimination of apartheid and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Golkar, Golriz
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about Honduras. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 952.83 GOLKlepeis, Alicia
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about the Philippines. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The writings of Mario Vargas Llosa-penetrating studies of Peruvian life-demonstrate the author's lifelong commitment to social change. In this program, Vargas Llosa, winner of the Cervantes Prize and widely regarded as Peru's most interesting novelist, offers insights into his beloved homeland, his life abroad, his unsuccessful bid for the presidency, and other topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The writings of Mario Vargas Llosa-penetrating studies of Peruvian life-demonstrate the author's lifelong commitment to social change. In this program, Vargas Llosa, winner of the Cervantes Prize and widely regarded as Peru's most interesting novelist, offers insights into his beloved homeland, his life abroad, his unsuccessful bid for the presidency, and other topics.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Enstice, Wayne
Contents: Jane Ira Bloom -- JoAnne Brackeen -- Clora Bryant -- Terri Lyne Carrington -- Regina Carter -- Marilyn Crispell -- Barbara Dennerlein -- Dottie Dodgion -- Shirley Horn -- Ingrid Jensen -- Sheila Jordan -- Diana Krall -- Abbey Lincoln -- Virginia Mayhew -- Marian McPartland -- Helen Merrill -- Maria Schneider -- Shirley Scott -- Carol Sloane -- Teri Thornton -- Cassandra Wilson.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Indiana University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 ENSGolkar, Golriz
Summary: ""Engaging images accompany information about Nigeria. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--Provided by publisher"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 966.9 GOLKlepeis, Alicia
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about the Czech Republic. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 943.71 KLENewton, Michael
Summary: Historical in scope and international in breadth, this collection of true-crime stories chronicles 15 of the most infamous “extreme killers” who ever lived—those with the largest number of confirmed kills, in many cases more than 50. The subjects range from 15th-century French child killer Gilles de Rais, purportedly the model for the folk legend of “Bluebeard,” to Henry Lee Lucas and Otis...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 NEWSummary: Recognized as one of Uruguay's most perceptive writers, Mario Benedetti was also deeply involved in Latin American politics during the 1960s and 70s. In this program, Benedetti reflects on topics such as his life both at home and in Cuba, his crisis of political consciousness, and his diverse oeuvre, which includes novels, short stories, poems, and essays.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Recognized as one of Uruguay's most perceptive writers, Mario Benedetti was also deeply involved in Latin American politics during the 1960s and 70s. In this program, Benedetti reflects on topics such as his life both at home and in Cuba, his crisis of political consciousness, and his diverse oeuvre, which includes novels, short stories, poems, and essays.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Golkar, Golriz
Summary: ""Engaging images accompany information about Colombia. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--Provided by publisher."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 986.1 GOLKlepeis, Alicia
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about Nepal. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 954.96 KLEKlepeis, Alicia
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about Ukraine. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 947.7 KLESummary: From her first novel, which evolved from a letter to her grandfather, to her most recent works, Isabel Allende has frequently made use of magic realism and her expertise as a journalist to explore the harsh political realities of South America, the role of women in Latin America, and her own life experiences. In this program, Allende elaborates on her years in Chile, Venezuela, and the United...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005