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The public library : a photographic essay / by Dawson, Robert,1950-photographer.; Dawson, Robert,1950-Photographs.Selections.;
"Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to the public library: the unmistakable, slightly musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly-discovered books. Today's libraries also function as de facto community centers, and offer free access to the Internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter along with the endless possibilities that spark your imagination the moment you open the cover of a book. There are more than 17,000 public libraries in America. Over the last eighteen years, photographer Robert Dawson has traveled the nation, documenting hundreds of these institutions--from Alaska to Florida, New England to the West Coast. The Public Library presents a wide selection of Dawson's photographs, revealing a vibrant, essential, yet seriously threatened system. Essays, letters, and poetry by a collection of America's most celebrated writers--including E. B. White, Isaac Asimov, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Charles Simic, Dr. Seuss, and Philip Levine, as well as the voices of dedicated librarians working today--are woven with photographs of the majestic reading room at the New York Public Library; the one-room Tulare County Free Library built by former slaves, in Allensworth, California; the architectural wonder of Seattle's glass and steel Central Library; and the Berkeley, California tool lending library; among many others. A foreword by Bill Moyers and an afterword by Ann Patchett bookend this important survey of a treasured American institution"--
Subjects: Libraries and community; Libraries and society; Library users; Public libraries; Public libraries;
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Ms. Marvel, the new mutant. [graphic novel] / by Vellani, Iman,author.; Alphona, Adrian,illustrator.; Arciniega, Erick,1989-colourist.; Caramagna, Joe,letterer.; Gomez, Carlos,1985-illustrator.; Gorham, Adam,illustrator.; Herring, Ian(Illustrator),illustrator.; Pichelli, Sara,illustrator.; Pirzada, Sabir,author.; Wilson, G. Willow,1982-author.; Wilson, Matthew,1981-illustrator.;
T+.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Marvel, Ms. (Fictitious character); Khan, Kamala (Fictitious character); Muslim women superheroes; Pakistani Americans; Teenage superheroes; Women superheroes;
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The Spectacular Spider-Men. [graphic novel] / by Weisman, Greg(Gregory David),1963-author.; Caramagna, Joe,letterer.; Delgado, Edgar,1976-colourist.; Lanham, Travis,letterer.; Olazaba, Victor,illustrator.; Ramos, Humberto,illustrator.; Vazquez, Joey,1993-illustrator.;
Peter Parker and Miles Morales have decided to start hanging out on the regular, comparing notes ... and then using said notes to take down some of both Spideys' most dangerous bad guys! Together, this duo is better than amazing, sensational, superior ... they are spectacular!T.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Spider-Man (Fictitious character); Parker, Peter (Fictitious character); Morales, Miles (Fictitious character); Stacy, Gwen (Fictitious character); Khan, Kamala (Fictitious character); Superheroes; Teenage superheroes;
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Right back at you / by Mackler, Carolyn.;
Mason lives in 2023. His parents have just split up, and there's a guy at school who won't get off his case. As part of an assignment, he writes a letter to Albert Einstein and it ends up getting a little too personal. He throws the letter into his closet... and the next day he gets a letter back from a girl named Talia, who lives in 1987. She has problems of her own, including classmates who make jokes because she's Jewish. She thought her friends would have her back. But it ends up the only person she really has to talk to is... a random boy from the future?
Subjects: School fiction.; Time-travel fiction.; Time travel; Letter writing; Friendship; Bullies; Divorce; Antisemitism; Schools;
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Picture in the sand / by Blauner, Peter,author.;
"'On rare occasions I read a book that reminds me of why I fell in love with storytelling in the first place. This is such a book.'--Stephen King. Peter Blauner's epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather's passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson's life in a post-9/11 world. When Alex Hassan gets accepted to an Ivy League university, his middle-class Egyptian-American family is filled with pride and excitement. But that joy turns to shock when they discover that he's run off to the Middle East to join a holy war instead. When he refuses to communicate with everyone else, his loving grandfather Ali emails him one last plea. If Alex will stay in touch, his grandfather will share with Alex--and only Alex--a manuscript containing the secret story of his own life that he's kept hidden from his family, until now. It's the tale of his romantic and heartbreaking past rooted in Hollywood and the post-revolutionary Egypt of the 1950s, when young Ali was a movie fanatic who attained a dream job working for the legendary director Cecil B. DeMille on the set of his epic film, The Ten Commandments. But Ali's vision of a golden future as an American movie mogul gets upended when he is unwittingly caught up in a web of politics, espionage, and real-life events that change the course of history. It's a narrative he's told no one for more than a half-century. But now he's forced to unearth the past to save a young man who's about to make the same tragic mistakes he made so long ago"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959; Ikhwān al-Muslimūn; Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956); College students; Egyptian Americans; Family secrets; Grandparent and child; Jihad; Letters; Motion picture industry; Motion pictures; Terrorism;
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A is for ambitious / by Harris, Meena.; Valdez, Marissa.;
Illustrations and rhyming text reclaim words often used to put down girls and women while introducing the letters of the alphabet.
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Alphabet books.; Picture books.; Ambition; Self-esteem; English language;
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14 war stories [videorecording] / by Acton, David.; Bannerman, Celia,1944-; Gay, Megan,1967-; Peter, Jan.; British Broadcasting Corporation.;
Disc 1. Episodes 1-4 -- disc 2. Episodes 5-8 ; The making of 14 war stories.Megan Gay, Celia Bannerman, David Acton, Naomi Sheldon, Emilie Aubertot.Experience fourteen true and emotional accounts of World War One from the letters and journals of those that actually lived it.E.DVD, widescreen ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Documentary films.; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2014., BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video,
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Chicka chicka ho ho ho / by Boniface, William.; Chung, Julien.;
"In this holiday alphabet rhyme, the crew of beloved Chicka Chicka letters get their chance to shine as decorations on the Christmas tree."--
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Alphabet books.; Picture books.; English language; Christmas trees; Christmas;
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Sing A to Z [sound recording] / by Sharon, Lois, and Bram.;
Alphabet medley: The alphabet song, ABC jig -- Come follow the band -- Chicken medley: C-H-I-C-K-E-N; Chick, chick, chicken; Ham and eggs -- The Cubanola glide -- Little Sir Echo -- Gatgoon -- Five little fishies -- Les Petits poissons -- Grandpa's farm -- Shoe a little horse -- Caballito blanco -- When the iceworms nest again -- "J" my name is Jenny -- Jellyman Kelly -- Kiddy kum kimo -- Love poem -- Baby face -- Mairzy doats -- "N" my name is Natasha -- The Name game - Owl lullaby -- Susannah's a funny old man -- Somebody come and play -- Hush, little baby -- "rr" con "rr" -- Riding in the buggy/Tideo -- Spelling medley: Lollipop; Cute little rhyme; S-M-I-L-E; W-A-L-K, walk; Bingo; Mister Sun; On the sunny side of the street -- Tzena tzena -- Up in the air, junior birdsmen -- Down in the valley -- New world coming -- XYZinnamarink.Sharon Hampson & Lois Lilienstein, vocals ; Bram Morrison, vocals and guitar ; with other musicians.Recorded at Inception Sound.Songs (and an occastional rhyme) for every letter of the alphabet.
Subjects: Children's songs; Alphabet;
© [p1990?]., Elephant Records,
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Mockingbird songs : my friendship with Harper Lee / by Flynt, Wayne,1940-author.; Lee, Harper,author.;
"A memoir of Wayne Flynt's friendship with Harper Lee, centered on a collection of letters between Harper Lee, her sisters, ... Wayne Flynt, and his wife"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Flynt, Wayne, 1940-; Flynt, Wayne, 1940-; Lee, Harper; Lee, Harper.; Women authors;
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