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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
269 pages : illustrations, maps, black and white photographs ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"The poster is new. I notice it right away, taped to a utility pole. Beneath the word 'Missing,' printed in a bold, high-impact font, are two sepia-toned photographs of a man dressed in a bow tie and tux." Most people would keep walking. Maybe they'd pay a bit closer attention to the local news that evening. Mikita Brottman spent ten years sifting through the details of the missing man's life and disappearance, and his purported suicide by jumping...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An intimate account of life in a West African fishing village, tugged by currents ancient and modern, and dependent on an ocean that is being radically transformed. The sea is broken, fishermen say. The sea is empty. The genii have taken the fish elsewhere. For centuries, fishermen have launched their pirogues from the Senegalese port of Joal, where the fish used to be so plentiful a man could dip his hand into the grey-green ocean and pull one out...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 470 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Despite Hitler's dictates on women's place being in the home, two fiercely defiant female pilots were awarded the Iron Cross during the Second World War. Other than this unique distinction and a passion for flying that bordered on addiction, these women could not have been less alike. One was Aryan Nazi poster-girl Hanna Reitsch, an unsurpassed pilot, who is now best-known for being the last person to fly into Berlin-under-siege in April 1945, in...
39085) Gauguin: artist as alchemist
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
335 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a creative force above and beyond his legendary work as a painter. Surveying the full scope of his career-spanning experiments in different media and formats--clay, works on paper, wood, and paint, as well as furniture and decorative friezes--this volume delves into his enduring interest in craft and applied arts, reflecting on their significance to his creative process. Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist draws on extensive...
39086) Encyclopedia of black comics
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xviii, 261 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Encyclopedia of Black Comics focuses on people of African descent who have published significant works in the United States or have worked across various aspects of the comics industry. The book focuses on creators in the field of comics: inkers, illustrators, artists, writers, editors, Black comic historians, Black comic convention creators, website creators, archivists and academics--as well as individuals who may not fit into any category...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Today, a minimum-wage earner can afford a one-bedroom apartment in only 28 out of 3,140 counties in America. The single worst place in the United States to look for affordable housing is Osceola County, Florida. Once the main approach to Disney World, where vacationers found lodging on their way to the Magic Kingdom, the fifteen-mile Route 192 corridor in Osceola has become a site of shocking contrasts. At one end, absentee investors snatch up foreclosed...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
99 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is one of the most famous memorials in the world. But most people are not as familiar with the college student who won the design competition to build it. This carefully researched volume chronicles Maya Lin's childhood, her battle to create the memorial as she envisioned it, and the incredible body of work she has produced since then. More than simply an art book, this compelling biography of a young...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (121 min.; 78 min.; 121 min.; 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cats: The Jellicle Cats gather in their junkyard, preparing for the Jellicle Ball, for this is the night when patriarch Old Deuteronomy will choose a cat to be reborn into a new life on the Heavyside Layer. There are stories, songs, and dances from Victoria the White Cat, Munkustrap, Rum Tum Tugger, Grizabella, Jemima, Gus the Theatre Cat, Jellylorum, Skimbleshanks, Macavity, Demeter and Bombalurina, Demeter, Alonzo, Mr. Mistoffelees, and others....
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Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Waging war involves more than just the soldiers on the front line-- it take an entire nation. Many women in the U.S. played a pivotal role in the war effort and entered the work force to fill the spots left vacant by the men at war. Rosie the Riveter became a rallying cry for women starting in World War II and continues on to this day.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
268 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
'Great God, this is an awful place.' Robert Falcon Scott's famous words uttered on the polar plateau don't paint Antarctica in the best possible light. In fact things were about to get a whole lot worse for Scott and the four men who accompanied him to the South Pole. But this is no dismal tragedy. The story of Captain Scott's Terra Nova expedition is pure adventure with all the elements of a great epic-- storms at sea, impenetrable ice pack, man-eating...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The author, journalist, television commentator, and longtime Washington insider reflects on the spiritual quest that has brought deeper meaning to her life--and kept her grounded within the high-powered political world of Washington, D.C.'s elite--her renowned writing career, her celebrity marriage, and her legendary role as doyenne of the capital's social scene. In this emotionally involving, illuminating memoir, the legendary Washington Post journalist,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (black & white) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tells the true story of Iva Toguri, a Japanese American woman who was visiting relatives in Tokyo shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Trapped in Japan, Iva was pressed to renounce her American citizenship, but refused. As war raged across the Pacific, she took a job with Radio Tokyo-where she was forced to host "Zero Hour," a propaganda show aimed at demoralizing American troops-in the role of Tokyo Rose, the "Siren of the Pacific.""--Publisher's...
39095) Master of Dark shadows
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The feature-length documentary reveals the fascinating, far-reaching impact and appeal of the show with a compelling blend of rare footage, historical images, and behind-the-scenes stories while also exploring the dramatic talents of creator-producer-director Dan Curtis. Known as the "King of TV Horror," the Emmy-winning filmmaker followed the show with other iconic genre favorites including The night stalker, Trilogy of terror, and Burnt offerings...
39096) Mandela and the general
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
105 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Will the Freedom Struggle End in a Bloodbath? Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid hero and first leader of the new South Africa, is an international symbol of the power of a popular movement to fight structural racism. But that nonviolent struggle for equality and justice very nearly spiraled into an all-out race war that would have only ended in "the peace of graveyards." As the first post-apartheid elections approach in 1994, with South African...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"After watching an ice-skating movie, young Zahra sets her mind to learn how to ice skate even though her family and friends doubt her abilities. After all, she's too old to learn, the rink is too cold, and figure skaters don't look like her... not yet at least! Illustrated with Sara Alfageeh's energetic lines and colors that pop right off the page, we follow Zahra's story as she glides across the floors of her house in her socks all the way to the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xviii, 282 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The hallmarks of America's War on Terror have been repeated long deployments and a high percentage of troops returning with psychological problems. Family members of combat veterans are at a higher risk of potentially lethal domestic violence than almost any other demographic; it's estimated that one in four children of active-duty service members have symptoms of depression; and nearly one million veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan require increased...
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