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"A moving and unsettling exploration of a young man's formative years in a country still struggling with its past As a Jew in postwar Germany, Yascha Mounk felt like a foreigner in his own country. When he mentioned that he is Jewish, some made anti-Semitic jokes or talked about the superiority of the Aryan race. Others, sincerely hoping to atone for the country's past, fawned over him with a forced friendliness he found just as alienating. Vivid...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"Meet Jake, a studious new freshman weighing how far to go to find a brotherhood that will introduce him to lifelong friends and help conquer his social awkwardness; and Oliver, a hardworking chapter president trying to keep his misunderstood fraternity out of trouble despite multiple run-ins with the police. Their year-in-the-life stories help explain why students are joining fraternities in record numbers despite scandalous headlines. To find out...
43) Scaredy Cat
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Language
English
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Confronted by a bullying cat ghost when they move in with their new human family, two former shelter cats are blamed for all kinds of mischief before endeavoring to uncover the ghost's story.
44) Oliver Twist
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Language
English
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Charles Dickens' classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London. After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London. Here he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads him to Fagin and his gang of pickpockets. When a thieving mission goes wrong, Oliver narrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind Mr Brownlow. But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search...
45) Olive Kitteridge
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The four-part drama that tells the story of a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town pharmacist; their son, Christopher, who resents his mother's...
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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xi, 206 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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Writing from her own practice and drawing on the latest research in gerontology and dementia, Wonderlin explains the different kinds of dementia, details the wide range of care communities available for people who have dementia, and speaks empathetically to the worry and guilt many families feel. "Do not let anyone make you feel like you have taken the 'easy way out' by choosing a dementia care community," she writes. "You are still going to deal...
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
©2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 401 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
While Hollywood blockbusters invade every megaplex, smaller, quality films often don't get screen time. Fans of these films have to count on catching up to them on video and DVD, but even the most hard-core devotees have trouble remembering what sounded good when a film was originally released. This book will remedy that situation. This collection of renowned film critic Kenneth Turan's reviews, now revised and updated to factor in the tests of time,...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
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xi, 910 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"A literary delight--a reading feast; a Gassian celebration--the best of the best (in more than fifty selections) from an American master of prose, chosen by Gass himself from his essays, criticism, commentary, short stories, and novels. It begins with his essays, in which Gass looks back at varying points in his writing life at those writers (from Plato, Hobbes and James, to Joyce, Beckett, Stein, and Gaddis) whose work he found inspiring ... and...
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Profiles the world's most renowned sociologists and more than 100 of their biggest ideas, including issues of equality, diversity, identity, and human rights; the effects of globalization; the role of institutions; and the rise of urban living in modern society.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
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viii, 371 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"For almost twenty years now, the NFL has been simultaneously an athletic, financial, and cultural powerhouse-and a league that can't seem to go more than a few weeks without stumbling into a scandal. Whether it's about domestic violence, performance-enhancing drugs, racism, or head trauma, the NFL always seems to be in some kind of trouble. Yet no matter the drama, the TV networks keep showing games, the revenue keeps going up, and the viewers keep...
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Publisher
Phaidon Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
120 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nicholas and his friends sell raffle tickets for a good cause, learn how to cross the road safely, and bring all kinds of interesting things to school to the surprise and consternation of their long-suffering teacher.
Publisher
Universe Publishing, a Division of Rizzoli International Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1296 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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From the film critics of The New York Times come these uncut, original reviews of the most popular and influential movies ever made -- from the Talkies to blockbusters like Chicago and The Wizard of Oz from timeless classics like Casablanca and Notorious, to beloved foreign films by Truffaut and Kurosawa, Fellini and Almodovar. The reviews reflect Hollywood history at its best. In addition, this volume includes: Full cast and production credits for...
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Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mark Yeager is retired from his stressful career as an entrepreneur and now gets his adrenaline fix from games of platform tennis with a motley crew of equally middle-aged buddies. But when one of his good friends is bludgeoned to death in the dark on one of the platform tennis courts, Mark takes it personally: Manny Grimes had likely saved Marks life by insisting he see a doctor for what turned out to be prostate cancer. Mark decides he must identify...
58) The violet hour
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Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
293 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caleb Rakowski works under the table at his friend Eric Carver's body shop in Bridgehampton and lives in an apartment above it. He's good at his job, makes a living. Right now he's sheltering a pregnant friend with an abusive husband; that's the kind of guy Cal is, a true friend. But little does he know the trouble headed their way over the course of three days--Mischief Night, Halloween, and The Day of the Dead--when he learns the truth about Eric...
59) Art with heart
Author
Series
Invincible Girls Club volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover/paperback edition.
Physical Desc
137 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Emelyn and her three best friends use positive words and art to fight back against bullying at school.
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