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Prequel : an American fight against Fascism / by Maddow, Rachel,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-362) and index."Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis. Inspired by her research for the hit podcast Ultra, Rachel Maddow charts the rise of a wild American strain of authoritarianism that has been alive on the far-right edge of our politics for the better part of a century. Before and even after our troops had begun fighting abroad in World War II, a clandestine network flooded the country with disinformation aimed at sapping the strength of the U.S. war effort and persuading Americans that our natural alliance was with the Axis, not against it. It was a sophisticated and shockingly well-funded campaign to undermine democratic institutions, promote antisemitism, and destroy citizens' confidence in their elected leaders, with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the U.S. government and installing authoritarian rule. That effort worked -- tongue and groove -- alongside an ultra-right paramilitary movement that stockpiled bombs and weapons and trained for mass murder and violent insurrection. At the same time, a handful of extraordinary activists and journalists were tracking the scheme, exposing it even as it was unfolding. In 1941 the U.S. Department of Justice finally made a frontal attack, identifying the key plotters, finding their backers, and prosecuting dozens in federal court. None of it went as planned. While the scheme has been remembered in history -- if at all -- as the work of fringe players, in reality it involved a large number of some of the country's most influential elected officials. Their interference in law enforcement efforts against the plot is a dark story of the rule of law bending and then breaking under the weight of political intimidation. That failure of the legal system had consequences. The tentacles of that unslain beast have reached forward into our history for decades. But the heroic efforts of the activists, journalists, prosecutors, and regular citizens who sought to expose the insurrectionists also make for a deeply resonant, deeply relevant tale in our own disquieting times"--
Subjects: Antisemitism; Disinformation; Fascism; National socialism; Nazis; Right-wing extremists; Trials (Sedition); World War, 1939-1945;
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Safe as houses : a novel / by Walters, Eric,1957-;
Based on true accounts of the night of Hurricane Hazel in 1954, the story tells three brave and resourceful children, against all odds, got themselves to the relative safety of a slippery rooftop just in time to escape drowning only to have to escape again into the water as the house is torn from its foundations by the furious, churning flood.LSC
Subjects: Hurricane Hazel, 1954; Hurricanes; Children;
© c2007., Doubleday Canada,
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Be thankful for trees / by Ziefert, Harriet.; Fitzgerald, Brian,1959-;
Using lilting, rhyming couplets, this book explores the many items that are made from trees. But it doesn't stop there! Kids will also learn about the many uses of live trees--and the environmental danger to trees posed by forest fires, floods, and deforestation. Kids are encouraged to be kind, not only to one another, but to the environment as well.LSC
Subjects: Trees; Trees; Wood; Conservation of natural resources;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Here are the seeds / by Brown-Wood, JaNay.; Amoah, Olivia.;
This sweet picture book follows two young children as they grow their garden from seeds ... and encounter a few missteps along the way! Planting a garden is not as easy as it seems -- OH NO! -- there is the hot sun that cracks the earth! And the rain that floods the garden! And those worms that are eating all the plants! But could all of these elements help their garden grow? --
Subjects: Picture books.; Gardening;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Once upon a time. [videorecording] / by Carlyle, Robert,1961-; Dallas, Joshua,1981-; Gilmore, Jared S.; Goodwin, Ginnifer.; Morrison, Jennifer,1979-; Parilla, Lana.; ABC Studios.; American Broadcasting Company.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm);
Disc 1. Broken -- We are both -- Lady of the lake -- The crocodile -- The doctor.Disc 2. Tallahassee -- Child of the moon -- Into the deep -- Queen of hearts -- The cricket game.Disc 3. The outsider -- In the name of the brother -- Tiny -- Manhattan.Disc 4. The queen is dead -- The miller's daughter -- Welcome to Storybooke -- Selfless, brave and true.Disc 5.Lacey -- The evil queen -- Second star to the right -- And straight on 'til morning.Robert Carlyle, Jennifer Morrison, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas, Lana Parrilla, Jared S.Gilmore.In the second season of Once Upon a Time, the curse is broken, magic has arrived, and there's no telling what - or who - will be unleashed! Now the exiled fairytale characters must grapple with a flood of awakened memories as they come to grips with their new ' reality.' Old loyalties will be tested, new heroes will emerge and vengeful villains will wreak havoc.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD; NTSC; Region 1; widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Fairy tales; Fantasy television programs.; Good and evil; Television programs.;
© c2013., ABC Studios : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The one and only Ruby / by Applegate, Katherine.; Castelao, Patricia.;
Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories both happy and sad of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savannah to Ivan and Bob.Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Elephants; Wildlife refuges; Dogs; Gorilla;
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The lost boy of Santa Chionia / by Grames, Juliet,author.;
"Calabria, 1960. Francesca Loftfield, a twenty-seven-year-old, starry-eyed American, arrives in the isolated mountain village of Santa Chionia tasked with opening a nursery school. There is no road, no doctor, no running water or electricity. And thanks to a recent flood that swept away the post office, there's no mail, either. Most troubling, though, is the human skeleton that surfaced after the flood waters receded. Who is it? And why don't the police come and investigate? When an old woman begs Francesca to help determine if the remains are those of her long-missing son, Francesca begins to ask a lot of inconvenient questions. As an outsider, she might be the only person who can uncover the truth. Or she might be getting in over her head. As she attempts to juggle a nosy landlady, a suspiciously dashing shepherd, and a network of local families bound together by a code of silence, Francesca finds herself forced to choose between the charitable mission that brought her to Santa Chionia, and her future happiness, between truth and survival. Set in the wild heart of Calabria, a land of sheer cliff faces, ancient tradition, dazzling sunlight-and one of the world's most ruthless criminal syndicates-The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia is a suspenseful puzzle mystery, a captivating romance, and an affecting portrait of a young woman in search of a meaningful life"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Missing persons; Nineteen sixties; Secrecy; Young women;
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The house at Riverton : a novel / by Morton, Kate,1976-;
Grace came to serve in the house of the Ashbury family as a girl. She left as a young woman, after the presumed suicide of a famous young poet at the property's lake. Though she has dutifully kept the family's secrets for decades, memories flood back in the twilight of her life when a young filmmaker comes calling with questions about how the poet really died--and why the Ashbury sisters never again spoke to each other afterward.
Subjects: Women domestics; Reminiscing in old age; Upper class families; Poets; Suspense fiction;
© 2008, c2006., Atria Books,
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 6
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The bake sale : four phonics stories / by Rae, Elspeth,1973-; Rae, Rowena.; Gutiérrez, Elisa,1972-;
The bake sale -- The bike ride -- Limestone Cove -- June and the kittens.Meg and Greg are off on a series of summer adventures around their neighborhood, along with some four-legged companions. The two friends pull off a bake sale despite back-to-back disasters in the preparations, save the day for Greg's mom when her ballet studio floods, rescue the neighbor's dog after he slips down a slope into a cove, and discover a lost cat with newborn kittens sheltering in a dangerous spot in the garden.
Subjects: Short stories.; Readers (Publications); Dyslexia-friendly books.; Decodable books.; Phonics.; Best friends; Friendship; Baking; Reading;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Trashlands / by Stine, Alison,1978-author.;
"A few generations from now, the coastlines of the continent have been redrawn by floods and tides ... In the region-wide junkyard that Appalachia has become, Coral is a plucker, pulling plastic from the rivers and woods. She's stuck in Trashlands, a dump named for the strip club at its edge ... When a reporter from a struggling city on the coast arrives in Trashlands, Coral is presented with an opportunity to change her life. But is it possible to choose a future for herself?"--
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Climatic changes; Life change events; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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