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- Who is government? : the untold story of public service / by Bell, W. Kamau,author.; Brooks, Geraldine,author.; Cep, Casey N.,author.; Eggers, Dave,author.; Lanchester, John,author.; Lewis, Michael(Michael M.),editor,author.; Vowell, Sarah,1969-author.;
"Who works for the government and what do they do? A timely and absorbing civics lesson from an all-star team of writers and storytellers. The government is a vast, complex system that Americans pay for, rebel against, rely upon, dismiss, and celebrate. It's also our shared resource for addressing the biggest problems of society. And it's made up of people, mostly unrecognized and uncelebrated, doing work that can be deeply consequential and beneficial to everyone. Michael Lewis invited his favorite writers to find someone doing an interesting job for the government and write about them in a special in-depth series for the Washington Post. The stories they found are unexpected, riveting, and inspiring, including a former coal miner devoted to making mine roofs less likely to collapse, saving thousands of lives; an IRS agent straight out of a crime thriller; and the manager who made the National Cemetery Administration the best-run organization, public or private, in the entire country. Each essay shines a spotlight on the essential behind-the-scenes work of exemplary federal employees. Whether they're digitizing archives, chasing down cybercriminals, or discovering new planets, these public servants are committed to their work and universally reluctant to take credit. Expanding on the Washington Post series, the vivid profiles in Who Is Government? blow up the stereotype of the irrelevant bureaucrat. They show how the essential business of government makes our lives possible, and how much it matters"--- Subjects: Civil service; Public administration;
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- Congo stories : battling five centuries of exploitation and greed / by Prendergast, John,1963-author.; Bafilemba, Fidel,author.; Souleymane, Soraya Aziz,writer of foreword.; Eggers, Dave,writer of postface.; Namegabe, Chouchou,writer of afterword.; Ilus, Sam,1979-illustrator.; Gosling, Ryan,1980-photographer.;
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- Subjects: Resource curse; Mines and mineral resources;
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- The writer's library : the authors you love on the books that changed their lives / by Pearl, Nancy,editor.; Schwager, Jeff,editor.;
"Moving, joyful, and insightful collection of conversations with today's living literary legends about the books that changed their lives, made them think, and brought them joy, from 'American's Librarian' Nancy Pearl and noted playwright Jeff Schwager"--- Subjects: Authors, American; Authors, American; Authors, American; Authors, American;
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- To Be Destroyed. by Eggers, Dave,film director.; MSNBC Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by MSNBC Films in 2024.TO BE DESTROYED follows author Dave Eggers as he meets with students and teachers in the Rapid City, SD school district where his novel, The Circle, was pulled from shelves along with works by Alison Bechdel, Stephen Chbosky, Bernardine Evaristo, and Imbolo Mbue. Through footage of heated school board meetings, community rallies and interviews with locals, we learn how these books were designated "to be destroyed."Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Literature.; Arts.; Education.; Documentary films.; Artists.;
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- A hologram for the king [videorecording] / by Bauknecht, Gero,film producer.; Black, Alexander,actor.; Choudhury, Sarita,actor.; Eggers, Dave,screenwriter.; Hanks, Tom,actor.; Tykwer, Tom,1965-film director,screenwriter,actor.; Whishaw, Ben,1980-actor.; Entertainment One (Firm: Canada); Roadside Attractions (Firm),publisher.;
Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury, Ben Whishaw.In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman named Alan Clay pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.- Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Businessmen; Fathers and daughters; Teleconferencing equipment industry; Teleconferencing;
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- Where the wild things are [videorecording] / by Karen O,1978-; Ambrose, Lauren,1978-; Burwell, Carter.; Carls, John.; Cooper, Chris,1951-; Eggers, Dave.; Gandolfini, James.; Goetzman, Gary,1952-; Hanks, Tom.; Jonze, Spike.; Keener, Catherine.; Landay, Vincent.; O'Hara, Catherine.; Records, Max.; Ruffalo, Mark.; Sendak, Maurice.; Sendak, Maurice.Where the wild things are.Videorecording.; Whitaker, Forest.; Legendary Pictures.; Playtone (Firm); Village Roadshow Pictures.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Warner Home Video (Firm); Wild Things (Firm);
Music, Karen O, Carter Burwell.Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker.Max has an active imagination, who will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum when his mother pays more attention to her boyfriend than to him - runs away from home. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world, an ocean away, is inhabited by large wild beasts, including Carol who has the same temperament as Max. Instead of eating Max like they normally would with creatures of his type, the wild things befriend Max after he proclaims himself a king who can magically solve all their problems.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.- Subjects: Sendak, Maurice.; Brothers and sisters; Children's costumes; Children's films.; Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Imagination in children; Mothers and sons; Runaway children; Temper tantrums; Video recordings for children.;
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- The means / by Fusselman, Amy,author.;
"The debut novel from "wholly original" (Vogue) memoirist Amy Fusselman, a tragicomic family saga that skewers contemporary issues of money, motherhood, and class through a well-to-do woman's quest to buy a Hamptons beach house. Shelly Means, a wealthy stay-at-home mom and disgraced former PTA president, is poised to get the one thing in life she really wants: a beach house in the Hamptons. Who would have guessed that Shelly, the product of frugal Midwesterners, or her husband George, an unrepentant thrift shopper, would ever be living among such swells? But Shelly believes it's possible. It might be a very small house, and it might be in the least-fancy part of the Hamptons. But Shelly has a vision board, an architect, and a plan. But what should be a simple real estate transaction quickly goes awry as Shelly's new neighbors disapprove of her proposed shipping container house at the same time that George's lucrative work as a VoiceOver artist dries up. But Shelly is dogged. She knows how to go into beast mode. But will it ever be enough to realize her beach house dreams? A novel of real estate, ambition, family, and money from "one of our best interrogators of how we live now, and how we should live" (Dave Eggers), The Means is also a fantastical, fast-moving and very funny exploration of class, wealth, and the value of work."--- Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Ambition; Dwellings; Families; Motherhood; Real property; Social classes;
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