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Wishtree / by Applegate, Katherine.; Santoso, Charles.;
"A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Trees; Crows; Forest animals; Toleration; Wishes; Friendship;
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Madness : race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum / by Hylton, Antonia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland. Under the supervision of a doctor, the men were forced to clear the land, pour cement, lay bricks, and harvest tobacco. When construction finished, they became the first twelve patients of the state's Hospital for the Negro Insane. For centuries, Black patients have been absent from our history books. Madness transports readers behind the brick walls of a Jim Crow asylum. In Madness, Peabody and Emmy award-winning journalist Antonia Hylton tells the 93-year-old history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums with surviving records and a campus that still stands to this day in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She blends the intimate tales of patients and employees whose lives were shaped by Crownsville with a decade-worth of investigative research and archival documents. Madness chronicles the stories of Black families whose mental health suffered as they tried, and sometimes failed, to find safety and dignity. Hylton also grapples with her own family's experiences with mental illness, and the secrecy and shame that it reproduced for generations. As Crownsville Hospital grew from an antebellum-style work camp to a tiny city sitting on 1,500 acres, the institution became a microcosm of America's evolving battles over slavery, racial integration, and civil rights. During its peak years, the hospital's wards were overflowing with almost 2,700 patients. By the end of the 20th-century, the asylum faded from view as prisons and jails became America's new focus. In Madness, Hylton traces the legacy of slavery to the treatment of Black people's bodies and minds in our current mental healthcare system. It is a captivating and heartbreaking meditation on how America decides who is sick or criminal, and who is worthy of our care or irredeemable"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Crownsville State Hospital; African Americans; African Americans; Mentally ill; Psychiatric hospitals; Racism in medicine.;
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The dragon of fortune : an epic kingdom of fantasy adventure / by Stilton, Geronimo.; Heim, Julia.;
The enchanted Winged Ring which Queen Blossom gave to Geronimo is missing, apparently stolen by the dark fairy Wither and her dark crow allies, and whoever possesses it gains enormous power and can travel between the Kingdom of Fantasy and the real world--now nightmares are starting to affect Mouse Island, the entire Kingdom is furious with Geronimo, and it is up to one mouse to set things straight and recover the ring.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Stilton, Geronimo; Mice; Fairies; Crows; Dragons; Quests (Expeditions);
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Crooked kingdom / by Bardugo, Leigh.;
AR: 5.6 / Lexile: 810L.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Criminals; Ex-convicts; Thieves; Magic;
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Crowbar : the smartest bird in the world / by George, Jean Craighead,1919-2012.; Minor, Wendell.; George, Twig C.; George, T. Luke(Thomas Luke);
A child rescues a young crow that has fallen out of his nest during a storm, then tries to prove to Sis that Crowbar is a very smart bird.Ages 4-8.LSC
Subjects: Crows; Wildlife rescue; Wild animals as pets; Brothers and sisters;
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L.A. confidential [videorecording]. by Spacey, Kevin; Basinger, Kim; Devito, Danny; Crowe, Russell;
Director, Curtis Hanson.Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, Danny Devito, Russell Crowe.This 1950s crime thriller brings together dirty cops, gangsters, politicians, and tabloid blackmailers. Special features include: new featurettes, L.A. Confidential TV pilot with Kiefer Sutherland, commentary with Full Cast, and more.CHVRS rating: 18A.DVD.
Subjects: Drama.; Academy Award Winners.; Crime.;
© 2008., Warner Home Video,
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The Pope's exorcist [videorecording] / by Avery, Julius,film director.; Crowe, Russell,1964-actor.; Essoe, Alex,actor.; Ineson, Ralph,1969-actor.; McCreary, R. Dean,screenwriter.; Nero, Franco,actor.; Petroni, Michael,screenwriter.; Spiliotopoulos, Evan,screenwriter.; Zovatto, Daniel,1991-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Russell Crowe, Franco Nero, Ralph Ineson, Alex Essoe, Daniel Zovatto.Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, this film follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Horror films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Asmodeus (Demon); Amorth, Gabriele; Catholic Church; Conspiracies; Demoniac possession; Exorcism; Good and evil;
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Reasons not to worry : how to be Stoic in chaotic times / by Delaney, Brigid,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Like many people today, Brigid Delaney was searching for answers to timeless questions: How can we be good? Find inner peace? Properly grieve? Tame our insecurities, such as the fear of missing out? Determine what truly matters? Centuries ago, the Stoics pondered many of these same questions. And so, at an important inflection point in her own life, Brigid decided to let these ancient philosophers be her guide. Brigid is rash where the Stoics are logical; she runs on chaos, while the Stoics relinquish control of things beyond their reach. Over the course of a year, she dedicated herself to following the wisdom of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius. She hoped to discover how best to live--how she could use the wisdom of these ancient thinkers to navigate life in the modern world. In Reasons Not to Worry, Brigid shares what she learned, showing us how we, too, can draw on the Stoics to regain a sense of agency and tranquility and find meaning in our lives. From learning to relinquish control to cultivating daily awareness of our mortality to building community, Brigid's insights are very funny and very wise. Stoicism can be a tough medicine to swallow, but no longer. Thoughtful, timely, surprisingly practical, and filled to the brim with ways to learn how best to be in the world, Delaney's guide provides compelling and sensible reasons not to worry."--
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Epictetus.; Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180.; Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.; Anxiety.; Conduct of life.; Philosophy, Ancient.; Self-actualization (Psychology); Self-management (Psychology); Stoics.; Worry.;
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Stony the road : Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow / by Gates, Henry Louis,Jr,author.;
Includes bibliographical reference and index."A profound new rendering of the struggle by African-Americans for equality after the Civil War and the violent counter-revolution that resubjugated them, as seen through the prism of the war of images and ideas that have left an enduring racist stain on the American mind. The abolition of slavery in the aftermath of the Civil War is a familiar story, as is the civil rights revolution that transformed the nation after World War II. But the century in between remains a mystery: if emancipation sparked 'a new birth of freedom' in Lincoln's America, why was it necessary to march in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s America? In this new book, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of our leading chroniclers of the African-American experience, seeks to answer that question in a history that moves from the Reconstruction Era to the 'nadir' of the African-American experience under Jim Crow, through to World War I and the Harlem Renaissance. Through his close reading of the visual culture of this tragic era, Gates reveals the many faces of Jim Crow and how, together, they reinforced a stark color line between white and black Americans. Bringing a lifetime of wisdom to bear as a scholar, filmmaker, and public intellectual, Gates uncovers the roots of structural racism in our own time, while showing how African Americans after slavery combatted it by articulating a vision of a "New Negro" to force the nation to recognize their humanity and unique contributions to America as it hurtled toward the modern age. The book will be accompanied by a new PBS documentary series on the same topic, with full promotional support from PBS"--
Subjects: African Americans; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); African Americans; African Americans; White supremacy movements; Racism in popular culture; Visual communication;
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Robin Hood [videorecording]. by Crowe, Russell; Blanchett, Cate; Von Sydow, Max; Hurt, William; Strong, Mark; Addy, Mark;
Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max Von Sydow, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Mark Addy.Director, Ridley Scott.DVD.CHVRS rating: 14A.In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people.
Subjects: Action.; Action / Adventure.;
© 2010., Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
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