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Profiles in ignorance : how America's politicians got dumb and dumber / by Borowitz, Andy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Andy Borowitz, "one of the funniest people in America" (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly examines the intellectual deterioration of American politics, from Ronald Reagan to Dan Quayle, from George W. Bush to Sarah Palin, to its apotheosis in Donald J. Trump. The winner of the first-ever National Press Club award for humor, Andy Borowitz has been called a "Swiftian satirist" (The Wall Street Journal) and "one of the country's finest satirists" (The New York Times). Millions of fans and New Yorker readers enjoy his satirical news column "The Borowitz Report." Now, in Profiles in Ignorance, he offers a witty, spot-on diagnosis of our country's political troubles by showing how ignorant leaders are degrading, embarrassing, and endangering our nation. Borowitz argues that over the past fifty years, American politicians have grown increasingly allergic to knowledge, and mass media have encouraged the election of ignoramuses by elevating candidates who are better at performing than thinking. Starting with Ronald Reagan's first campaign for governor of California in 1966 and culminating with the election of Donald J. Trump to the White House, Borowitz shows how, during the age of twenty-four-hour news and social media, the US has elected politicians to positions of great power whose lack of the most basic information is terrifying. In addition to Reagan, Quayle, Bush, Palin, and Trump, Borowitz covers a host of congresspersons, senators, and governors who have helped lower the bar over the past five decades. Profiles in Ignorance aims to make us both laugh and cry: laugh at the idiotic antics of these public figures, and cry at the cataclysms these icons of ignorance have caused. But most importantly, the book delivers a call to action and a cause for optimism: History doesn't move in a straight line, and we can change course if we act now.
Subjects: Politicians; Politicians;
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Reservation life today / by Kristofic, Jim,1982-;
What is life like on a reservation, and what can we learn about the past and present culture and traditions of America's indigenous peoples. The engaging text has been carefully leveled using Lexile so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about the Cherokee, Apache, Navajo, and Nez Perce peoples.
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indian reservations;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Last Kilo Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire That Seduced America [electronic resource] : by English, T. J..aut; cloudLibrary;
From true-crime legend T. J. English, the epic, behind-the-scenes saga of “Los Muchachos,” one of the most successful cocaine trafficking organizations in American history—a story of glitz, glamour, and organized crime set against 1980’s Miami. Despite what Scarface might lead one to believe, violence was not the dominant characteristic of the cocaine business. It was corruption: the dirty cops, agents, lawyers, judges, and politicians who made the drug world go round. And no one managed that carousel of dangerous players better than Willy Falcon. A Cuban exile whose family escaped Fidel Castro’s Cuba when he was eleven years old, Falcon, as a teenager, became active in the anti-Castro movement. He began smuggling cocaine into the U.S. as a way to raise money to buy arms for the Contras in Central America. This counter-revolutionary activity led directly to Willy’s genesis as a narco. He and his partners built an extraordinary international organization from the ground up. Los Muchachos, the syndicate founded by Falcon, thrived as a major cocaine distribution network in the U.S. from the late 1970’s into the early 1990’s. At their height, Los Muchachos made more than a hundred million dollars a year. At the same time, Willy, his brother Tavy Falcon, and partner Sal Magluta became famous as championship powerboat racers. Cocaine, used by everyone from A-list celebrities to lawyers and people in law enforcement, came to define an era, and for a time, Willy Falcon and those like him—major suppliers, of whom there were only a few—became stars in their own right. They were the deliverers of good times, at least until the downside of persistent cocaine use became apparent: delusions of grandeur, psychological addiction, financial ruin. Thus, the War on Drugs was born, and federal authorities came after Falcon and his crew with a vengeance. Willy found himself on the run, his marriage and family life in shambles, the halcyon days of boat races and lavish trips to Vegas and parties at the Mutiny night club seemingly a distant memory. T. J. English has been granted unprecedented access to the inner workings of Los Muchachos, sitting down with Willy Falcon and his associates for many lengthy interviews, and revealing never-before-understood details about drug trafficking. A classic of true-crime writing from a master of the genre, The Last Kilo traces the rise and fall of a true cocaine empire—and the lives left in its wake.
Subjects: Electronic books.; 20th Century; Criminals & Outlaws; Organized Crime; Latin America;
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Jungle land / by Walters, Eric,1957-;
DJ travels with his grandfather to Central America and end ups hunted by armed gunmen.009+.LSC
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Grandfathers; Teenagers; Criminals;
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Barbie dreamhouse adventures [videorecording] / by Berube, Patrice,television director.; Day, Kirsten,voice actor.; Naber, Cassidy,voice actor.; Young, America,1984-voice actor.; NCircle Entertainment,publisher.;
Voices: America Young, Cassidy Naber, Kirsten Day.Peek into the everyday life of Barbie in this hilarious and heartwarming new animated series. You can join her as she embarks on exciting adventures with her family and friends, including Ken! From fun road trips to sister shenanigans, Barbie discovers that with a little bit of help and a whole lot of laughter you can be anything.G.DVD.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Barbie (Fictitious character); Families; Friendship;
For private home use only.
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You wanna be on top? : a memoir of makeovers, manipulation, and not becoming America's next top model / by Hartshorne, Sarah,1987-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In this juicy tell-all, a fan favorite America's Next Top Model contestant pulls back the curtain on the iconic but deeply flawed reality competition show, revealing the manipulation and chaos behind the scenes"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Hartshorne, Sarah, 1987-; America's next top model (Television program); Reality television programs; Television personalities;
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Broken faith : inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, one of America's most dangerous cults / by Weiss, Mitch,author.; Mohr, Holbrook,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.From the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative jouranlist with the Associated Press comes an investigation into Jane Whaley's Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelic cult that destroyed the lives of its congregants through a combination of manipulation, blackmail and violence, and a dramatic portrait of those who escaped. For readers of Lawrence Wright's 'Going Clear'.
Subjects: Word of Faith Fellowship.; Cults; Ex-cultists.; Offenses against the person.;
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Hunting by stars : a Marrow thieves novel / by Dimaline, Cherie,1975-;
"A follow-up to Dimaline's award-winning YA novel The marrow thieves."-- Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Apocalyptic fiction.; Indigenous peoples; Global warming; Dreams; Bone marrow; Survival;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wenjack / by Boyden, Joseph,1966-author.; Richardson, C. S.,designer.; Monkman, Kent,illustrator.;
"An Ojibwe boy runs away from a North Ontario Indian School. He realizes too late just how far away home is. Along the way he's followed by Manitous, spirits of the forest who comment on his plight, cajoling, taunting, and ultimately offering him a type of comfort on his difficult journey back to the place he was so brutally removed from." Written by Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author Joseph Boyden and beautifully illustrated by acclaimed artist Ken Monkman, Wenjack is a powerful and poignant look into the world of a residential school runaway trying to find his way home.--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Indians of North America; Native peoples;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Four hundred souls : a community history of African America, 1619-2019 / by Kendi, Ibram X.,editor.; Blain, Keisha N.,1985-editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A "choral history" of African Americans covering 400 years of history in the voices of 80 writers, edited by the bestselling, National Book Award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain. Last year marked the four hundredth anniversary of the first African presence in the Americas--and also launched the Four Hundred Souls project, spearheaded by Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Antiracism Institute of American University, and Keisha Blain, editor of The North Star. They've gathered together eighty black writers from all disciplines -- historians and artists, journalists and novelists--each of whom has contributed an entry about one five-year period to create a dynamic multivoiced single-volume history of black people in America"--
Subjects: African Americans;
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