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African Americans Civil rights United States History 19th century Brown, Henry Billings 1836-1913 Harlan, John Marshall 1833-1911 History Large type books Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) Plessy, Homer Adolph Trials, litigation, etc Race discrimination Law and legislation United States History 19th century Segregation in transportation Law and legislation Louisiana History 19th century Tourgée, Albion W 1838-1905Bragg, Billy
Contents: Accident waiting to happen (3:59) -- Moving the goalposts (2:32) -- Everywhere (4:58) -- Cindy of a thousand lives (4:13) -- You woke up my neighbourhood (3:09) -- Trust (4:11) -- God's footballer (3:02) -- The few (3:25) -- Sexuality (3:47) -- Mother of the bride (3:34) -- Tank Park salute (3:34) -- Dolphins (3:28) -- North Sea bubble (3:17) -- Rumours of war (2:49) -- Wish you were her (2:45)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BRACain, Chelsea
Summary: "The world's best spies keep watch over the Bermuda Triangle from a mysterious island outpost teeming with supernatural intrigue, monsters, and evil villains set on global domination. The best of these spies is named Nora Freud (no relation). She knows eighty-seven ways to kill someone with a cocktail toothpick, and she's used thirty-two of them. Lately though, Nora has started to feel like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CAISummary: The Old West where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. 1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY SCI-FI COWRotenberg, Nancy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 778.93 ROTRotenberg, Robert
Summary: It's just after Labour Day and the city is kicking back into gear. All eyes are on the hotly contested election for Toronto's next mayor and crime is the big issue. Greene is no stranger to the worst of what the city has to offer, but even he is unprepared for what happens next when he stumbles upon a horrific homicide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROTTraig, Jennifer.
Summary: A woman who suffered from an undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder in her childhood recounts how her drive for perfection and incessant hand-washing rituals compromised her daily life and strained her relationship with her parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRAIG, JENNIFER TRACuig
Contents: Hall's balls -- The prospect -- The bachelor -- The pig -- The peacock -- Bridget O'Malley -- American spire -- The mooncoin -- The American stranger -- Lucy Farr's.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Green Linnet Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN CUICragg, Kenneth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld Publications 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.2465 CRACrain, Samantha
Contents: Killer -- Kathleen -- Elk City -- Outside the pale -- You or mystery -- When you come back -- Big rock -- All in -- If I had a dollar -- Moving day.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CRARothenberg, Laura
Summary: A twenty-one-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis shares her decision to accept a lung transplant and muses on the challenges of her disease, the surgery, her recovery period, and the ongoing confrontation with her own mortality.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.37 ROTRottenberg, Dan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1986
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.108 RotteCrain, Samantha
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK CRAKraig, Bruce.
Contents: Inside the dog: lore and history -- Democratic food and popular culture -- Hot dog people: entrepreneurs, experts, and fans -- Hot dog emporia: signs and meanings -- Doggie styles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AltaMira Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.66 KRALuxenberg, Steve
Summary: Documents the story of the infamous nineteenth-century Supreme Court ruling in favor of segregation, tracing the half-century of history that shaped the ruling and the reverberations that are still being felt today.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.73 LUXCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Blk LuxenbergOrtenberg, Neil.
Summary: Chronicles the life and work of Barney Rosset, the influential head of Grove Press and the Evergreen Review, who published such groundbreaking works of fiction as Lady Chatterley's Lover, Naked Lunch, and Tropic of Cancer, while fighting the U.S. government's obscenity laws along the way.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Double O Film 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OBSCrain, Caleb
Summary: A deeply humane novel that explores the fate of candor, good will, and the utopian spirit in a world where technology and surveillance are weaponizing human relationships. One autumn night, as a grad student named Matthew is walking home from the subway, a handsome skateboarder catches his eye. Leif, mesmerizing and enigmatic, invites Matthew to meet his friends, who are experimenting with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRARuthberg, Helen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chilton Book Co. 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 749 RUTAttenberg, Jami.
Summary: "A novel about a Prohibition-era bad girl turned good inspired by the life of Mazie Phillips, Queen of the Bowery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Attenberg 2015Luxenberg, Steve
Summary: Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with "separate but equal," created remarkably little stir when the justices announced their near-unanimous decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most compelling and dramatic stories of the nineteenth century, whose outcome embraced and protected segregation, and whose reverberations are still felt into the twenty-first. Separate...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 342.73 LUXRittenberg, Sidney.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.05 RITTENBERG, SIDNEY RITRothenberg, David
Summary: A musician and philosopher explores the science and art of bird song in a quest to determine if birds sing for other than sexual or territorial purposes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 ROTRottenberg, Linda.
Summary: "In the tradition of both The Lean Startup and Lean In, a manifesto about taking smart risks in pursuit of big dreams Linda Rottenberg has spent her career helping innovators think big. "If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough," she says. These days taking chances isn't just for young college dropouts in hoodies. Whether you work at a Fortune 500 company, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio Hardcover 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 ROTChai
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CHAAttenberg, Jami
Summary: "If I know why they are the way they are, then maybe I can learn why I am the way I am," says Alex Tuchman of her parents. Now that her father is on his deathbed, Alex--a strong-headed lawyer, devoted mother, and loving sister--feels she can finally unearth the secrets of who Victor is and what he did over the course of his life and career. (A power-hungry real estate developer, he is, by all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019