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Series
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Rosa" : On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man. Iconographic (14 minutes) / Lexile [registered trademark] : 900L / GRL: T / Ages 5-12.
"Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story From The Underground Railroad" : Henry dreams of a world where his life belongs to him. But when his family is sold, he risks everything for what he knows is right. With the strength and conviction of...
Author
Publisher
Norman Rockwell Museum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Illuminates both the historic context in which FDR articulated the Four Freedoms -- Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear -- and the role of Rockwell's paintings in bringing them to life for millions of people, rallying the public behind the War effort and changing the tenor of the times. In telling the story of how Rockwell's works were transformed from a series of paintings into a national movement, the...
Series
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In the United States, the causes and even the meanings of poverty are disconnected from the causes and meanings of global poverty. The Routledge Handbook of Poverty and the United States provides an authoritative overview of the relationship of poverty with the rise of neoliberal capitalism in the context of globalization. Reorienting its national economy towards a global logic, US domestic policies have promoted a market-based strategy of economic...
Author
Publisher
Ashgate
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
From vampires and demons to ghosts and zombies, interest in monsters in literature, film, and popular culture has never been stronger. This concise Encyclopedia provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative A-Z of monsters throughout the ages. It is the first major reference book on monsters for the scholarly market.
Publisher
Gale, Cengage Learning
Language
English
Description
Alphabetically arranged encyclopedia contains approximately 257 entries pertaining to important public health concerns. Topics include diseases and conditions, health and wellness efforts, nutrition, ethics and law related topics and statistics, sanitation issues, and everyday environmental effects.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The right to be heard, even at the highest levels, is something Americans take for granted. Over the years countless people have taken pen in hand and begun a letter with the words Dear Mr. President. A mere toe dip into the National Archives' vast holdings, Dear Mr. President presents a delirious potpourri of 87 letters for perusal. The epistolary arts are every voyeur's secret pleasure, and the most public of public offices compels people of all...
Author
Publisher
B&H Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Jamás solo ofrece una mejor respuesta: Hay propósito y plenitud en la vida de soltería, te espera un gozo permanente y la mejor noticia es que no estás solo. Dios está contigo siempre. Jamás solo offers a better answer: there is purpose and fulfillment in the single life, joy everlasting awaiting you; and the best news is that you are not alone. God is with you always.
¿Entraste a la adultez pensando que el matrimonio te encontraría naturalmente?...
68612) Il sentiero dei profumi
Author
Publisher
Garzanti
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Italiano
Description
"Elena non si fida di nessuno. Ha perso ogni certezza e non crede più nell'amore. Solo quando crea i suoi profumi riesce ad allontanare tutte le insicurezze. Solo avvolta dalle essenze dei fiori, dei legni e delle spezie sa come sconfiggere le sue paure. I profumi sono il suo sentiero verso il cuore delle persone. Parlano dei pensieri più profondi, delle speranze più nascoste: l'iris regala fiducia, la mimosa dona la felicità, la vaniglia protegge,...
Series
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Editors Maureen O'Rourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey thirteen centuries of Irish literature, including Old Irish epic and lyric poetry, Irish folksongs, and drama. For each author the editors provide a biographical sketch, a brief discussion of how his or her selections relate to a larger body of work, and a selected bibliography. This edition also features a larger sampling of women writers.
Author
Language
English
Description
A collection of six films based on true events in one "binge box" for a fabulous movie experience.
Chappaquiddick: "Based on historical events, this suspenseful thriller examines the infamous 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne, who drowned after Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddiick Island, and the moral and legal complexities that play out over the following week."
Hidden figures: "...tells the incredible untold story of Katherine...
68617) Batting a thousand
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Angles in the outfield: The California Angels are a struggling baseball team praying to win a pennant. Their luck changes as their biggest fan, 11-year-old Roger, begins giving the coach tips from a real live angel. The team not only climbs back into the pennant race, but learns to believe in themselves.
Field of dreams: A Iowa farmer hears a voice that instructs him to plow down his crops and construct a baseball field. After doing so, the field...
68618) Meat cake bible
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Dame Darcy is one of the sui generis artistic talents of the past two decades -- musician, actress, fortune teller, dollmaker, Gen X/feminist icon, and last but not least, cartoonist to the core -- and has been bewitching readers for over 20 years with her neo-Victorian horror/humor/romance comic Meat Cake. Alternating between one-off (often cruelly tragic) fairy tales and ongoing romps starring her eclectic cast of characters, including Effluvia...
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
There can be no area of human experience that has generated a wider range of powerful feelings than war. Jon Stallworthy's classic and celebrated anthology spans centuries of human experience of war, from Homer's Iliad, through the First and Second World Wars, the Vietnam War, and the wars fought since. This new edition, published to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, includes a new introduction and additional poems from David...
Author
Publisher
The Pennsylvania State University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Explores the role of writer Gwendolyn Bennett as an important contributor to the Harlem Renaissance. Includes Bennett's published and unpublished poetry, fiction, essays, diaries, letters, and artwork"--Provided by publisher.
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