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Jumpers
Par Tom Stoppard. 1986
Juno and the paycock: In "Three plays" (Pan classics)
Par Sean O'Casey. 1980
Set in the tenements in Ireland during the "Troubles", this play mingles the vulgar, comic and the tragic; its entertaining…
braggarts and parasites are contrasted with the women who suffer and endure. 1980.Julius Caesar (New Penguin Shakespeare Ser.)
Par William Shakespeare, Norman Sanders. 1967
Loved by the Roman crowd but more and more feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire…
to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the most famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. 1967, c1599.Journeys for freedom: a new look at America's story
Par Elspeth Leacock, Susan Washburn Buckley. 2008
Jewish New York: the remarkable story of a city and a people
Par Deborah Dash Moore. 2017
Reveals the multifaceted world of one of the city's most important ethnic and religious groups. Spanning three centuries, the book…
traces the earliest arrival of Jews in New Amsterdam to the recent immigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union. Jewish immigrants transformed New York. They built its clothing industry and constructed huge swaths of apartment buildings. New York Jews helped to make the city the center of the nation's publishing industry and shaped popular culture in music, theater, and the arts. With a strong sense of social justice, a dedication to civil rights and civil liberties, and a belief in the duty of government to provide social welfare for all its citizens, New York Jews influenced the city, state, and nation with a new wave of social activism. In turn, New York transformed Judaism and stimulated religious pluralism, Jewish denominationalism, and contemporary feminism. 2017.Indian Arm
Par Henrik Ibsen, Hiro Kanagawa. 2016
Rita and Alfred Allmers live in an isolated family cabin on native leasehold land overlooking Indian Arm, a still untamed…
glacial fjord just north of Vancouver, BC. With Alfred now struggling with his latest work, Rita has been tasked with caring for their adopted son Wolfie, a sensitive First Nations teen who has been designated as 'special needs' for much of his life. Rita's resentments and frustrations are further embittered by her younger half-sister, Asta, a constant reminder of the innocence, idealism and sexual allure Rita once had and yearns for again. Winner of the 2017 Governor General’s Award for Drama. 2016.James Madison and the struggle for the Bill of Rights (Pivotal moments in American history)
Par Richard E Labunski. 2006
The author analyzes James Madison’s influence on the formation of the U.S. Constitution and its first ten amendments, the Bill…
of Rights. Provides a detailed account of the debate between Madison and anti-Federalist Patrick Henry over the ratification of the Constitution and describes Madison’s hard-won election to Congress. 2006.The right to remain silent is one of the most easily recognized and oft-quoted constitutional rights in American culture, yet…
there is widespread misunderstanding about the right and the protections promised under the Fifth Amendment. Dershowitz reveals precisely why our Fifth Amendment rights matter and how they are being reshaped, limited, and in some cases revoked in the wake of 9/11. 2008.Inside Camp David: the private world of the presidential retreat
Par Michael Giorgione. 2017
Camp David is a peaceful mountaintop setting, removed from the scrutiny of the press. It has served as both a…
site of critical diplomacy and unparalleled tranquility. It is here that one can see presidents and international leaders at their most unguarded, and as their most true selves. 2017.Into the raging sea: thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro
Par Rachel Slade. 2018
On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting…
in the worst American shipping disaster in thirty-five years. Relying on hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselves--whose conversations were captured by the ship's data recorder--journalist Rachel Slade unravels the mystery of the sinking of El Faro. 2018.In the shadows of the American century: the rise and decline of US global power
Par Alfred W McCoy. 2018
In a new analysis, prizewinning historian Alfred W. McCoy explores America's rise as a world power--from the 1890s through the…
Cold War--and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the twenty-first century through a fusion of cyberwar, space warfare, trade pacts, and military alliances. 2018.Igniting the American Revolution: 1773-1775
Par Derek W Beck. 2015
Few Americans know that the Revolutionary War did not begin with the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 but…
over a year earlier in April 1775. Beck draws on previously unpublished documents to tell the full story of the war before American independence-from both sides. 2015.Doubt: a parable
Par John Patrick Shanley. 2005
The Bronx, 1964. Sister Aloysius, stern principal of St. Nicholas Catholic School, is convinced that school chaplain Father Flynn is…
a pedophile, and that instead of mentoring the school's only black student, he has seduced him. Through meetings with Flynn, young teacher Sister James, and the student's mother, she gathers her evidence and plans a course of action. No one is totally right or truthful, keeping everyone in a state of doubt. Pulitzer Prize winner. 2005.Everyday law: a survival guide for Canadians
Par Jack Batten, Marjorie Harris. 1987
Easy-to-follow handbook that outlines the common legal problems which every Canadian faces. Discusses such subjects as choosing a lawyer, preparing…
a will, getting married, going to court, and buying a house. c1987.Crash: the Great Depression and the fall and rise of America
Par Marc Favreau. 2018
Marc Favreau tells the story of the Great Depression, from the sweeping fallout of the market collapse to the more…
personal stories of those caught up in the aftermath. Packed with primary documents and firsthand accounts, this book shines a spotlight on pivotal moments and figures across ethnic, gender, racial, social, and geographic divides, reflecting many different experiences of one of the most turbulent decades in American history. Grades 5-8. 2018.An American quilt: unfolding a story of family and slavery
Par Rachel May. 2018
When we think of slavery, we don't usually think of the North, of the grueling labor of urban and domestic…
slaves. Rachel May's rich new book explores the far reach of slavery, from New England to the Caribbean, the role it played in the growth of mercantile America, and the bonds between the agrarian south and the industrial north in the antebellum era--all through the discovery of a remarkable quilt. 2018.Black reconstruction in America
Par W. E. B Du Bois. 2018
This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the…
Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. 2018. Uniform title: Black reconstruction.Defining moments in black history: reading between the lies
Par Dick Gregory. 2017
Black Detroit: a people's history of self-determination
Par Herb Boyd. 2017
Boyd reveals how Black Detroiters were prominent in the city's historic, groundbreaking union movement and--when given an opportunity--were among the…
tireless workers who made the automobile industry the center of American industry. With a stunning eye for detail and passion for Detroit, Boyd celebrates the music, manufacturing, politics, and culture that make it an American original. 2017.Freedom in Congo Square
Par Carole Boston Weatherford. 2017
As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday,…
when, at least for half a day, they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. There, they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression. Chronicles the daily duties of such slaves--from chopping logs on Mondays, to baking bread on Wednesdays, to plucking hens on Saturday--and builds to the freedom of Sundays and the special experience of an afternoon spent in Congo Square. Capturing humanity's capacity to find hope and joy even in the most difficult of circumstances and demonstrating how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom's heart. 2017 Caldecott Honor Book. 2017 Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Grades 2-4. 2017.