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National Geographic complete birds of North America / by Alderfer, Jonathan K.; National Geographic Society (U.S.);
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Birds; Birds;
© c2005., National Geographic,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The turnaway study : ten years, a thousand women, and the consequences of having--or being denied--an abortion / by Foster, Diana Greene,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A groundbreaking and illuminating look at the state of abortion access in America and the first long-term study of the consequences-emotional, physical, financial, professional, personal, and psychological-of receiving versus being denied an abortion on women's lives"--
Subjects: Abortion; Contraception; Late-term abortion; Reproductive rights;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The secrets of the FBI / by Kessler, Ronald,1943-;
Subjects: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.; Criminal investigation; Official secrets;
© c2011., Crown,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ghosts of the orphanage : a story of mysterious deaths, a conspiracy of silence, and a search for justice / by Kenneally, Christine,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A shocking expose of the dark, secret history of Catholic orphanages--the violence, abuse, and even murder that took place within their walls--and a call to hold the powerful to account. More than 5 million Americans passed through orphanages in the 20th century alone. At its peak in the 1930s, the American orphanage system included more than 1,600 institutions, partly supported with public funding but usually run by religious orders, including the Catholic Church. Ghosts of the Orphanage is the result of seven years of investigation, and what Christine Keneally found was shocking, yet hiding in plain sight. Terrible things, abuse, both physical and psychological, and even deaths have happened in orphanages for many years. The survivors have been telling their stories for a long time, but no one has been listening. People are too often unwilling to accept their stories. And their options for recourse have been limited by the years it has taken many survivors to process their trauma, tell their stories, and pursue legal action. Centering her story on St. Joseph's, a Catholic orphanage in Vermont, Keneally investigates and shares the stories of survivors. She has fought to expose the truth and hold the powerful--many of them Catholic priests and nuns--to account. And it is working. As these stories have come to light, the laws in Vermont have been forced to change, including the statute of limitations on prosecuting them. Told with human compassion, novelistic detail, and a powerful sense of purpose, Ghosts of the Orphanage is not only a gripping story but a reckoning. It is proof that real evil lurks at the edges of our society, and that, if we have the courage, we can bring it into the light and defeat it"--
Subjects: True crime stories.; Catholic Church; Child abuse; Orphanages;
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Capitalism in America : a history / by Greenspan, Alan,1926-author.; Wooldridge, Adrian,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In Capitalism in America, Greenspan distills a lifetime of grappling with these questions into a thrilling and profound master reckoning with the decisive drivers of the US economy over the course of its history. In partnership with the celebrated Economist journalist and historian Adrian Wooldridge, he unfolds a tale involving vast landscapes, titanic figures, triumphant breakthroughs, enlightenment ideals as well as terrible moral failings. Every crucial debate is here -- from the role of slavery in the antebellum Southern economy to the real impact of FDR's New Deal to America's violent mood swings in its openness to global trade and its impact. But to read Capitalism in America is above all to be stirred deeply by the extraordinary productive energies unleashed by millions of ordinary Americans that have driven this country to unprecedented heights of power and prosperity. At heart, the authors argue, America's genius has been its unique tolerance for the effects of creative destruction, the ceaseless churn of the old giving way to the new, driven by new people and new ideas. Often messy and painful, creative destruction has also lifted almost all Americans to standards of living unimaginable to even the wealthiest citizens of the world a few generations past. A sense of justice and human decency demands that those who bear the brunt of the pain of change be protected, but America has always accepted more pain for more gain, and its vaunted rise cannot otherwise be understood, or its challenges faced, without recognizing this legacy. For now, in our time, productivity growth has stalled again, stirring up the populist furies. There's no better moment to apply the lessons of history to the most pressing question we face"--
Subjects: Capitalism; Economic history.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Trumpocracy : The Corruption of the American Republic / by Frum, David,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Trump, Donald, 1946-; Authoritarianism; Political culture; United States;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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This time together : laughter and reflection / by Burnett, Carol.;
Subjects: Burnett, Carol.; Comedians; Entertainers;
© c2010., Harmony Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Scrappy little nobody / by Kendrick, Anna,author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Kendrick, Anna.; Actors; Singers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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What's so funny? : my hilarious life / by Conway, Tim.; Scovell, Jane,1934-;
Subjects: Conway, Tim.; Actors; Comedians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Freedom Writers diary : how a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them / by Freedom Writers.; Gruwell, Erin,author.; Filipović, Zlata,writer of foreword.;
Subjects: Diaries.; Teenagers; Toleration;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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