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American midnight : the Great War, a violent peace, and democracy's forgotten crisis / by Hochschild, Adam,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A character-driven look at a pivotal period in American history, 1917-1920: the tumultuous home front during WWI and its aftermath, when violence broke out across the country thanks to the first Red Scare, labor strife, and immigration battles"--
Subjects: Labor movement; Political violence; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
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The January 6th report : the report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol / by Raskin, Jamin B.,writer of epilogue.; Remnick, David,writer of preface.; United States.Congress.House.Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol,issuing body.;
Includes bibliographical references."Presents the full text of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol's report, which addresses the origins of the insurrection, how it was organized and funded and the role of Donald Trump and other high-ranking officials"--
Subjects: Legislative materials.; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Capitol Riot, Washington, D.C., 2021.; Domestic terrorism; Political violence; Presidents; Riots;
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Bloody Sunday [videorecording (DVD)] by Greengrass, Paul; Nesbit, James.; Pigott-Smith, Tim; Farrell, Nicholas.; McSorley, Gerard.; Mullan, Don,1956- .;
Bloody Sunday history retold -- Ian Cooper remembers -- Commentary by writer/director Paul Greengrass and actor James Nesbit -- Commentary by co-producer Don Mullan writer of the original book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday.James Nesbit, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard McSorley.A dramatic re-creation of the events on Sunday, January 30th, 1972 when British troops clashed with unarmed demonstrators.14A.DVD.Winner Audience Award and Best Picture, Sundance Film Festival.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired; Feature films; Demonstrations; Political violence; Massacres;
© p2003., Paramount Home Entertainment,
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The shock doctrine : the rise of disaster capitalism / by Klein, Naomi;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Capitalism; Corporate power.; Disasters; Economic history; Free enterprise; International economic relations; Violence; World politics;
© c2007., A.A. Knopf Canada,
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Courage under fire : under siege and outnumbered 58 to 1 on January 6 / by Sund, Steven A.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Courage under Fire is United States Capitol Police Chief Steven A. Sund's gripping personal account that takes readers inside the events leading up to January 6, and provides a detailed and harrowing minute-by-minute account of the attack on the US Capitol, which was valiantly defended in hand-to-hand combat by the US Capitol Police officers who found themselves outnumbered fifty-eight to one"--
Subjects: Sund, Steven A.; Trump, Donald, 1946-; United States. Capitol Police.; United States. Congress; Capitol Riot, Washington, D.C., 2021; Capitol Riot, Washington, D.C., 2021.; Domestic terrorism; Police psychology; Police; Political violence; Presidents; Radicalism; Right-wing extremists; Riots;
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He named me Malala [videorecording] / by Guggenheim, Davis,film director,film producer.; MacDonald, Laurie,film producer.; Parkes, Walter F.,film producer.; Yousafzai, Malala,1997-; Yousafzai, Toor Pekai.; Yousafzai, Ziauddin.; Fox Searchlight Pictures,production company.; Image Nation (Firm),presenter.; National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.),presenter.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
Director of photography, Erich Roland ; music, Thomas Newman ; editors, Greg Finton, Brian Johnson, Brad Fuller.Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai.An intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The shooting of the then fifteen-year-old teenager sparked international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-; Documentary films.; Girls; Girls; Political activists; Sex discrimination in education; Social reformers; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women social reformers;
For private home use only.
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One of the good guys / by Hall, Araminta,author.;
"Desperate to escape the ghosts of his failed marriage, Cole upends his life. He leaves London behind for a remote stretch of coast, relishing the respite from the noise, drama, and relentless careerism that curdled his relationship and mental health. Leonora has made the same move for similar reasons. She's living a short walk from Cole's seaside cottage, preparing for her latest art exhibition. Though Cole still can't figure out what went wrong with his marriage, and Leonora is having trouble acclimating to the hostile landscape, the pair forges a connection on the eroding bluff they call home. Then, two young women activists raising awareness about gendered violence disappear while passing through. Cole and Leonora find themselves in the middle of a police investigation and the resulting media firestorm when the world learns of what happened"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Criminal investigation; Gender-based violence; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Missing persons; Patriarchy; Political activists; Secrecy; Women artists; Women; Masculinity;
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Attica [videorecording] / by Nelson, Stanley,1951-film director.; Showtime Networks,film distributor.;
Survivors, observers and expert government officials recount the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility, when a violent five-day standoff between mostly black and latino inmates and law enforcement took place.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Historical films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Attica Correctional Facility; Political activists; Prison homicide; Prison riots; Prison violence; Prisoners;
For private home use only.
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The rape of Recy Taylor [videorecording] / by Buirski, Nancy,screenwriter,film director,film producer.; Hubbard, Beth,film producer.; Miller, Rex(Cinematographer),director of photography.; Ripoli, Anthony,editor of moving image work.; Augusta Films,production company.; Transform Films,production company.; Artemis Rising (Firm),contributor.; Matador Content (Firm),contributor.; Orchard (Firm),publisher.;
Director of photography, Rex Miller ; editor, Anthony Ripoli."Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. A common occurrence in the Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists. The NAACP sent its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks to Alabama, who rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice."--Container.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Biographical films.; Nonfiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Taylor, Recy, 1919-2017.; Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.; African American women; Rape; African American women; Civil rights movements;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The dawn of everything : a new history of humanity / by Graeber, David,author.; Wengrow, D.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution-from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state," political violence, and social inequality-and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation"--
Subjects: Civilization; Social history.; World history.;
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