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Author
Publisher
MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Wenz maps out twelve political philosophies - ranging from theocracy and free-market conservatism to feminism and cosmopolitanism - on which Americans draw when taking political positions. He then turns his focus to some of America's most controversial issues and, through in-depth discussions of fourteen of them, shows how ideologically diverse coalitions can emerge. These hot-button issues include extending life by artificial means (as in the Terri...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Hay House
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 285 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this powerful examination of "the greatest propaganda campaign of all time"--the masterful marketing of black inferiority, aka the BI Complex--Burrell poses ten disturbing questions that will make black people look in the mirror and ask why, nearly 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, so many blacks still think and act like slaves.
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 406 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Beck makes the case that when you're traveling in the wrong direction, slight course corrections won't cut it. He exposes the idea of "transformation" for the progressive smokescreen that it is, while maintaining that a return to individual rights, an uncompromising adherence to the Constitution, and a complete rethinking about the role of government in a free society is the only way forward.
46) What the dog saw
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 sound discs (approximately 13 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brings together, for the first time, the best of Gladwell's writing from The New Yorker in the past decade, including: the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill; the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz; spotlighting Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen; and the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer." Gladwell also explores intelligence tests, ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias," and...
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
ix, 331 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-seven contributors - artists, cultural professionals, scholars, a journalist, grantmakers - were asked this question, "Are the Arts Essential?" In response, they offer deep and challenging answers applying the lenses of the arts, and those of the sciences, the humanities, public policy, and philanthropy. Playing so many parts, situated in so many places, these writers illustrate the ubiquity of the arts and culture in the United States. They...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This series teaches children simple life lessons and family values through the adventures of Mama, Papa, Sister, and Brother Bear living in Bear Country.
49) Anna Karenina
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2004, 2000
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (4 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This richly detailed film charts the tragic romantic triangle formed when the dashing Count Vronsky defies social conventions and falls into forbidden love with Anna, the ignored wife of an aristocrat. Soon, Anna's children--a son by Karenin and an illegitimate daughter by Vronsky--become pawns in Karenin's game to see that Anna pays a terrible price for her indiscretion."--Container.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs : Bowling for Columbine. Where to Invade Next. Fahrenheit 11/9. Sicko.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
This Binge box includes films from award winning director Michael Mooore.
Titles included: Bowling for Columbine. Where to Invade Next. Fahrenheit 11/9. and Sicko.
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