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1) Citizen
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Widely acclaimed for his lyrical language and innovative verse, Aaron Shurin brings the prose poem into new richness and complexity in Citizen. Through shape-shifting sentences and sensuous imagery he explores the nuances of civic and domestic life, the twists and turns of desire, and the mysterious shimmer of objects. Traveling across the borders of cities and the boundaries of form, he crafts a dazzling vision of daily life as a citizen of the imagination....
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"Claudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights, seeming slips of the tongue, and some are intentional offensives in the classroom, at the supermarket, at home, on the tennis court with Serena Williams and the soccer field with Zinedine Zidane, online, on TV--everywhere, all the time. The accumulative stresses come...
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Citizen Orlov volume 1
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Not every fishmonger can be a secret agent. Journey to an unnamed mountainous country in central Europe at the end of the Great War. Enter Citizen Orlov, a simple fishmonger and an honest, upright citizen, who stumbles into the Ministry of Security, and consequently a hidden world of espionage and secrecy. His first assignment? To safeguard the King when he visits the scenic town of Kufzig. But Orlov soon discovers that his ministry handler, the alluring...
4) Citizen Kane
Publication Date
c2001
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2 videodiscs (119 min., 113 min.) : sd., b&w & col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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An all-powerful press magnate, Kane, dies in his fabulous castle Xanadu, his last word being "Rosebud", which leads a reporter to seek the meaning behind the word and find the meaning of Kane. Prominant publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it.
5) Citizen K-9
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K team novels volume 3
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"In Citizen K-9, bestselling author David Rosenfelt masterfully blends mystery with dogs and humor to create an investigative team that readers will be rooting for book after book.The Paterson Police Department has created a cold case division, and they want to hire the private investigators known as the K Team to look into the crimes. After all, Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, German shepherd Simon Garfunkel, recently retired from the force. Plus,...
6) Citizen Koch
Publication Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (86 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Set against the rise of the Tea Party in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling, a citizen uprising to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker collides with the Tea Party-aligned “Americans for Prosperity,” a group founded and lavishly financed by two of the world’s richest men —David and Charles Koch. As Republican working class voters find themselves in the crosshairs of their own party and its billionaire backers,...
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2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (223 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst, the pioneering media mogul and inspiration for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. Hearst died in 1951 at the age of 88, having transformed the media’s role in American life and politics. The two-part, four-hour film is based on historian David Nasaw’s critically acclaimed biography, The Chief.
8) Citizen Khan
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2012.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (567 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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The trials and tribulations of a larger-than-life self-appointed Muslim community leader.
9) Citizen Ashe
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2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Explore the enduring legacy of tennis great and humanitarian Arthur Ashe, charting his personal evolution from Grand Slam champion to global activist against a tumultuous historical backdrop.
10) Citizen Ashe
Publication Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Directors Rex Miller and Sam Pollard explore the enduring legacy of tennis great and humanitarian Arthur Ashe in a feature documentary as elegant, meaningful, and poignant as the life he lived.
11) Citizen Ruth
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1996.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Reckless, fencepost-dumb Ruth is pregnant - and everyone has an opinion about what she should do.
12) Citizen K
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2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (126 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement. Official Selection at the **Venice Film Festival** and the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
13) Citizen Nation
Publication Date
2024.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (219 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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In this inspiring coming-of-age story, high school students from every corner of the United States discover what it means to show up, be civil and tackle the issues straight on. This series from Retro Report follows teenagers with different backgrounds and political sensibilities as they come together to compete in the nation's premier civics competition, We the People.
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"A powerful, candid, and richly detailed memoir from an American icon, revealing what life looks like after the presidency: triumphs, tribulations, and all. On January 20, 2001, after nearly thirty years in politics--eight of them as president of the United States--Bill Clinton was suddenly a private citizen. Only fifty-four years old, full of energy and ideas, he wanted to make meaningful use of his skills, his relationships with world leaders, and...
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2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (111 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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After taking control of the San Francisco Examiner in 1887, William Randolph Hearst was eager to try his luck in New York. Hearst bought the failing Journal in 1895 and turned it into a sensation. He earned the loyalty of the city’s population of newly arrived immigrants by railing against monopolistic businesses and championing the working class, using the medium to increase his influence.
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2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Hearst began producing newsreels and serialized dramas, and he reigned over Hollywood society. One of his films starred a young actress named Marion Davies, and Hearst was instantly smitten. In the 1930s as the Depression devastated the country, Hearst’s politics evolved, and he became out of touch with readers. Circulation numbers dropped and Hearst found himself {dollar}78 million in debt.
17) Citizen Khan: S3
Publication Date
2023.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (196 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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The warm, family-based sitcom set in Sparkhill, Birmingham returns, following the trials and tribulations of the loud-mouthed, self-appointed community leader Mr Khan and his long suffering family - wife Mrs Khan and daughters Shazia and Alia. Not forgetting Mr Khan's son-in-law-to-be, the 'pakora short of a picnic' Amjad... With the wedding fast approaching, will the course of a Khan wedding run smoothly?
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2005
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xvi, 582 p. : ill., ports ; 24 cm.
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Jane Addams was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This biography, covering the first half of Addams's life, reveals in detail her development as a political activist and social philosopher--we observe the powerful mind of a woman encountering the radical ideas of her age. Addams, a child of a wealthy family, longed for a life of larger purpose. After receiving an inheritance, she moved to Chicago in 1889 to co-found Hull House,...
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2016.
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294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Cites the essential contributions of millions of ordinary people who contribute to the scientific process by volunteering in cooperation with scientists to help collect and discover information, tracing the history of citizen scientists and how they are reshaping scientific awareness.
"Think you need a degree in science to contribute to important scientific discoveries? Think again. All around the world, in fields ranging from astronomy to zoology,...
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"A dramatic narrative account of the life of William Juneboy Outlaw III, whose journey from housing-project youth to ruthless gangland kingpin to change-making community advocate represents a vital next chapter in the ongoing conversation about race and social justice in America"-- Provided by publisher.
