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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A timely and passionate call to action for engaging with our current political moment, from the Grammy-nominated and multiplatinum singer-songwriter and New York Times bestselling author Tori Amos. Since the release of her first, career-defining solo album Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos has been one of the music industry's most enduring and ingenious artists. From her unnerving depiction of sexual assault in "Me and a Gun" to her post-September 11...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The autobiographical memoir of the first woman, African American, and South Asian American to become attorney general of the State of California, and the second black woman ever elected to the United States Senate. Harris discusses the impact that her family and community had on her life, and how she came to discover her own sense of self and purpose.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Vince Everett is serving a one-year jail sentence for manslaughter. While in the big house, his cellmate, a former country singer, introduces him to the record business. Vince takes to it so well that he decides to become a singer when he gets out. However, he is quickly disillusioned by the record business. But with the help of a new friend, he decides to form his own label, and soon he becomes an overnight sensation. As he becomes a superstar, his...
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The Founding Fathers are essential to the American narrative. Unfortunately, popular histories have a tendency to gloss over unpleasant truths and harmonize the discordant voices of the past. This book looks beyond powdered wigs and polished portraits to find the human founders of the United States. Multiple and minority perspectives are taken into account, and well-worn stories of the founding era are revisited--from the complex issues of slavery...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In season six, Ben Matlock, the legendary defense attorney, investigates a murder in his hometown, becomes the target of a serial strangler, and even considers giving up his practice! With loving support from his beautiful partner Michelle Thomas, investigator Conrad McMasters, and Assistant D.A. Julie March, Matlock always comes through and saves the day, with good old country know-how.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Thumbing through this beautiful picture book with your loved one is an activity that will capture their attention, engage their mind, and encourage them to relax. It’s filled with spectacular photos of five of America’s most beautiful national parks:
• Yellowstone National Park
• Yosemite National Park
• Glacier National Park
• Zion National Park
• Rocky Mountain National Park
Your loved one will delight in the quiet beauty of still...
Series
Criterion collection volume 786
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The legendary documentarian finds Dylan in London during his 1965 tour, which would be his last as an acoustic artist and marked a turning point in his career. In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century's greatest artists thrust into the spotlight, Dylan is surrounded by teen fans; gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists; and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.
11) 20th century African American history for kids: the major events that shaped the past and present
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A brief history and contributions of African Americans, includes 20th century's major events for young readers.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated biography of the man who broke baseball's color barrier and changed the way Americans viewed equality in sports.
"Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. He could run, leap, and throw better than any other kid around. But he lived at a time when the rules weren't fair to African Americans: Even though Jackie was a great athlete, he wasn't allowed on the best teams just because of the color of his skin. Jackie...
15) Armored
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A group of veteran officers at an armored transport security firm pressure a new guard into stealing one of their own company's trucks containing $42 million dollars. Using a seemingly sure-fire plan, the men plan to make off with the money with no harm done until an unexpected witness causes their plan to come apart at the seams.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In a beautiful prose telling, the story of a groundbreaking civil rights leader, John Lewis. John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama to join the fight for civil rights. He was only a teenager. He soon became a leader of a moment that changed a nation. Walking at the side of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Lewis was led by his belief in peaceful action and voting rights. Today and always his work and legacy will live on"--
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
The good, the bad, and the ugly: A spaghetti western tale of greed, revenge and epic warfare. Three ruthless outlaws avidly search for a treasure chest containing $200,000.
Hang 'em high: Jed Cooper is mistaken for a criminal and is unjustly hung by the ruthless Captain Wilson and his nine-man gang, who leave him for dead. Cooper escapes the lynching and sets out on a deadly rampage of revenge against his persecutors.
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
William Segal: William Segal was a philosopher, publisher, writer and painter who searched relentlessly and compassionately for meaning in the 20th century. Segal helped bring Eastern and Western spiritual traditions together, always stressing what connected humanity rather than what differentiated it. In the last decade of his life, Segal befriended the documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, and the two collaborated on this trilogy.
Vézelay: "The magnificent...
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