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Summary: Describes the events in Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey," from the causes of the Trojan War to the legendary Greek and Trojan characters, the end of the war, and Odysseus's harrowing journey home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2012
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Summary: "On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: As counterpoint to all his other work, especially in the 1880s, they serve to underscore Homer's passion for and dedication to fly-fishing. Examines Homer's lifelong devotion to fishing as it related to his connection to the American landscape, and his extraordinary ability to evoke the atmosphere of pastoral locales. Over 180 color and b/w figures, plates and photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 702 HOMER JUNKlein, Maury
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 KLEFullilove, Michael
Summary: Documents the lesser-known role of the President and five influential diplomats in overturning American isolationist beliefs and pulling the country into World War II, citing the reports that led to America's support of Great Britain and Russia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Penguin Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D FULDe Capua, Sarah
Summary: In a time when the U.S. military was segregated, the Tuskegee Airmen proved that blacks could fight as well and with as much courage as anyone. Learn about this group of exceptional pilots, whose outstanding flying and performances paved the way for the integration of the military.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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Summary: American painter Winslow Homer (1836-1910) created some of the most breathtaking and influential watercolors in the history of the medium. This handsome volume provides a comprehensive look at Homer's technical and artistic practice as a watercolorist, and at the experiences that shaped his remarkable development. Focusing on over one hundred watercolors - including twenty-five rarely seen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Art Institute of Chicago 2008
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Summary: My name is Julia. This is the story of the summer I almost lost my mum, and found a shark older than trees. Don't worry though, that doesn't spoil the ending.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HARFoster, Kathleen A.
Summary: "The Life Line, a thrilling scene of rescue on stormy seas, firmly established Winslow Homer (1836-1910) as one of the leading American painters of his day, and one of the foremost maritime artists of all time. Combining a close analysis of Homer's masterpiece with an engaging look at the history of images of disaster and rescue in art and popular culture, Shipwreck! explores the making and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philadelphia Museum of Art 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 HOMER FOSNathan, Amy
Summary: Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson were both born in New Orleans in 1957. Sixty-five years earlier, in 1892, a member of each of their families met in a Louisiana courtroom when Judge John Howard Ferguson found Homer Plessy guilty of breaking the law by sitting in a train car for white passengers. The case of Plessy v. Ferguson went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paul Dry Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 342.73 NATMeckler, Laura
Summary: "In this searing and deeply researched examination of the promises and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler aims to uncover where the problem lies and to shed light on what's being done to move forward-in housing, in education, and in the promise of shared community. In the late 1950s, Shaker Heights became a national model for housing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 MECConrads, Margaret C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press in association with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 CONBaker, Brynn.
Summary: "Discusses the heroic actions and experiences of the Tuskegee Airmen and the impact they made during times of war or conflict"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BAKShum, Desmond
Summary: "After the Communist Revolution, Desmond Shum's grandfather was marked as belonging to a "black category" that included former landlords and rich peasants--meaning the Shums would be stigmatized and impoverished. As Desmond was growing up, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity Shum earned an American college degree and returned to China to establish himself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.092 SHUIrvine, Amy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.2 IRVNoël Hume, Ivor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.5 NOEWukovits, John F.
Summary: "The forgotten story of American war hero Eddie Rickenbacker's crash landing in the Pacific during World War II, and his incredible 23-day crusade to keep his crew alive"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Caliber 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WUKJaffe, Eric.
Summary: "From an 'illuminating and entertaining' (The New York Times) historian comes the World War II story of two men whose remarkable lives improbably converged at the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946. In the wake of World War II, the Allied forces charged twenty-eight Japanese men with crimes against humanity. Correspondents at the Tokyo trial thought the evidence fell most heavily on ten of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 952.04 OKAWA, SHUMEI JAFHuxford, Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collector Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738 HUXSimpson, Marc.
Contents: A chronology of Homer's early career, 1859-1866 / Sally Mills -- Marks of honor and death : sharpshooter and the Peninsular Campaign of 1862 / Christopher Kent Wilson -- The bright side : "humorously conceived and truthfully executed" / Marc Simpson -- Prisoners from the front : an American history painting? / Lucretia H. Giese -- A harvest of death : the veteran in a new field / Nicolai...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 SIMHuler, Scott.
Summary: Details the author's efforts to retrace the footsteps of Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca as recorded in "The Odyssey," following the Greek hero on his journey around the Mediterranean to discover why this tale continues to resonate with Western readers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 883.01 HULMoore, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817.54 MOOWorley, Peter.
Summary: " ... Draws out the philosophy that lies behind each story in Homer's epic tale to introduce children not only to the exciting fables of Odysseus, but also to that other great Greek tradition, philosophy. Explore with Odysseus the value of happiness, non-existent entities, moral dilemmas, the philosophy of prophecy, and the nature of love ..." -- back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum International Pub. Group 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372.67 WORWest, Nigel
Summary: Modern historians have consistently condemned the Abwehr, Germany’s military intelligence service, and its SS equivalent, the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), as incompetent and even corrupt organizations. However, newly declassified MI5, CIA and US Counterintelligence Corps files shed a very different light on the structure, control and capabilities of the German intelligence machine in Europe, South...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frontline Books 2022