Presented to Guildhall Library by George Cruikshank’s widow Eliza Cruikshank on the 6th of July 1889, George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library is a treasury for fairy tale lovers.
Cruikshank (1792–1878) is probably best known for being an illustrator for Charles Dickens’ novels yet Cruikshank was a celebrated illustrator and social commentator before he met Dickens. In fact, it was Dickens who was initially described as ‘the Cruikshank of writers’ by the Spectator (26 Dec 1836, 1234). Cruikshank is not only the illustrator of this volume of fairy tales, but also the author. Included within the volume are: Hop-O’ My-Thumb and the Seven League Boots, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Cinderella and the Glass Slipper and Puss in Boots.
From 1847 to the end of his life, Cruikshank attended multiple temperance meetings across the country even serving on the board of the London Temperance League. He preached sermons on the benefits of temperance as well as promoting the cause through his illustrations in books such as The Bottle (1847) and The Drunkard’s Children (1848) (please see catalogue links below). Temperance was a cause dear to Cruikshank’s heart, possibly because his own father died after a drinking competition in 1811, leaving him, at the age of nineteen, the principal breadwinner for the family. Cruikshank was upset by Dickens’ public opposition to what he saw as the extremes of the temperance movement. When Cruikshank first published these beautifully illustrated fairy tale books to which he added texts attributing all the violence and misery in the stories to drink, Dickens protested in his weekly magazine Household Words (1 October 1853). In Dickens’ leader entitled ‘Frauds on the Fairies’ he decries Cruikshank’s attempts to ‘propagate the doctrines of Total Abstinence, Prohibition of the sale of spirituous liquors, Free Trade and Popular Education. For the introduction of these topics, he [Cruikshank] has altered the text of a fairy story and against his right to do any such thing we protest with all our might and main… He has no greater moral justice in altering the harmless little books than we should have altering his best etchings…’
Dickens’ view prevailed. This led Cruikshank to profess on Dickens’ death that ‘One of our greatest enemies gone.’ Furthermore, he went on to later claim, in a letter to the Times published Dec 30, 1871 that it had been he, and not Dickens, who had come up with the characters and plot for Oliver Twist.
Please find to the item on the City of London Libraries catalogue below:
Please note you do not need to make an advance booking to consult this item. However, you will need to bring one form of ID, such as a passport or driving licence or any library or archive membership card, with you when you visit in order to consult this book as it is designated a rare item.
The Drunkard’s Children (1848):
For those of you who are interested in learning more about George Cruikshank’s life and work we can recommend Robert Patten’s two volume biography, George Cruikshank’s life, times and art Vol.1, 1792-1835, and Vol.2, 1835-1878 which is available to consult at Guildhall Library:
Assistant Librarian Guildhall Library


Spy School Goes North
In the eleventh book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley goes on a rescue mission when one of his own is abducted from a remote Alaskan training facility.
Ben Ripley and his friends are training in Alaska when Cyrus Hale is kidnapped by his old Russian nemesis. Ben, Erica, and the others mount a rescue mission, but events quickly spiral out of control in a plot involving the secret history of US-Russian relations, a young KGB agent with skills to rival Erica’s—and lots and lots of bears.
This series follows Benjamin Ripley and his adventures at being a junior CIA spy.
Spy School consists of eleven works, and the series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Related series Spy School Graphic Novels


One does not need to be initiated into any mystery cults, swear an oath of dedication to any god or goddess, denounce or convert to any religion, or even wear the label of a Witch or Wiccan in order to be a spell crafter. But among the things that are required, the most important ones are an open mind, true desire, and the will, patience, self-conviction, and courage to follow what is within one's heart, and the maturity to take responsibility for one's own actions. The casting of spells is an ancient art that has played an important role in many of the cultures and religions throughout the world. This book is designed to be a guide to the history, philosophy, ethics, and practical application of spell crafting.
Written with the novice-to-intermediate student in mind, it covers all areas of folk magick in an explorative and unbiased manner.


Eye For Film >> Movies >> How Is Your Fish Today? (2006) Film Review
How Is Your Fish Today?
Reviewed by: George Williamson
A writer sits in the bleak corner of his building-block apartment, chain smoking and scribbling his latest screenplay; the subject: a man running from a murdered lover and the authorities, seeking Mohe, the most northerly village in China. As the writer's story unfolds on paper, so too does his life in the real world, and as his character journeys to the icy hamlet, so too does the author. What lies in wait for him in the glacial community on the edge of the world?
Although the plot synopsis suggests a literary fantasy of some sort, How Is Your Fish Today? is far from it. You'd be forgiven at the onset for thinking that you were about to see a documentary about Mohe. It opens with interviews with passengers on a northbound train, painting a fantastic portrait of the location.
Some of them say that the inhabitants still have no electricity, that they practically see by the glow of the aurora borealis, enjoying a simple bucolic life of fishing and waving to the Russian sailors on the other side of the border as they cheerfully reel in their catch. There's a sparkle in their eyes when they describe the hard to reach village, like it's the big rock-candy mountain of China.
Xiaolu Guo's film is concerned with the distinction between truth and fiction - or, possibly, reality and propaganda - in the search for knowledge. Parts of the film are shot in a documentary style; the community in Mohe are shown in church, at the shop, catching fish, making dinner, exposing a life that is ice cold, but as mundane as anywhere else.
Other sections feel almost like the work of Wong Kar Wei; beautifully shot and scored, using vibrant colours to highlight the fictional element of the story. In these parts we see the journey of his anti-hero, from a southern hometown, through Beijing, and onward to Mohe, always looking for an escape.
It's a strange fusion, but, considering the protagonist's diatribe on the banning of his work that forces him to write soaps and sitcoms, possibly a necessary one to allow a film with critical content to be made, a form of camouflage for the real points being discussed. One of the few problems with the movie is that Xiaolu Guo's reputation as an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and the fairly obvious subtext ends up detracting from the explicit story, as more time ends up spent trying to analyse and interpret the underlying message than trying to empathise with the characters.
Elements of the film could be interpreted as criticism of censorship in China, but sometimes it's more like a criticism of the cultural erosion that these restrictions on freedom of speech are causing and the homogenisation of society even in the far corners of the world. It could also be examined as a piece on the disillusionment of youth, always searching for new pastures, forever discovering that, in retrospect, the grass only appears greener on the other side.
Regardless of how it is interpreted How Is Your Fish Today? is a fascinating film for anyone interested in China or progressive documentary filmmaking, but probably not one for those expecting a metaphysical journey into the unknown or a strong story.Reviewed on: 23 Nov 2006


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GreenMan Theatre Presents: Mind Matters
Explore the human psyche with the GreenMan Theatre Storytellers.
GreenMan Storytellers will be presenting a storytelling show on the theme of The Mind/Brain for the Elmhurst Public Library on Wednesday, March 22nd.
GreenMan Theatre Troupe was formed in 2003 to offer opportunities to participate in plays, see live theatre, and enrich the community.
Adults, Grades 9-12. This is a free event.
Live in-person or virtually via Zoom. Registration required.
25 S Prospect Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126


I’m the author of the literary collection “Three Stories and Some Poems.” I love writing, blogging, and song writing.
I’m the owner of The Grove Oak Store.. self appointed mayor, COO of Buck’s Pocket, the first woman to ever be on DeKalb County’s Parks Board and Social Media Manager for our only county park, High Falls County Park-Grove Oak, AL, co-owner of RiverBank Productions.
As Dekalb County Board member, along with the rest of the board, I oversaw the building of a new Community Center at High Falls, organize a yearly festival, and implement park improvements year round.
As self-appointed mayor, I have brought commerce back to my deserted hometown by opening the only store. I bring the arts to the community, have opened a public library, preserved our local history in a museum. I have lobbied to replace the missing Trail of Tears markers in town, spoken with the governor of Alabama, and our state representatives on the town’s behalf. I have made attempts at addressing safety concerns in town and continue to pursue completion.
As COO of Buck’s Pocket, I try to keep tabs on the Federal Grant monies earmarked for our town’s state park, endorsed the passage of State Amendment 2 to help protect park funds, and work daily to protect the park lands, Indian caves, and visitors.
As co-owner of RiverBank productions, I’m totally interested in making some damn good music and telling the stories that need to be told through independent films.
Documentary film maker, “We The People.” We’ve put together an intimate documentary about the struggles of the Sioux Indians in North Dakota, the Dakota Access Pipeline and history of Native American mistreatment.
I have plans to release a cd pretty soon. It’ll be punk inspired, alt rock/alt country. “Native Americana” is sure to break some rules.
Some other stuff.


‘suburb’, ‘slum’, ‘village’:
Labels matter in planning
Good places to live.
McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Dissertation Title: “The Dreams Attached to Places: from Suburb, to Slum, to Urban Village in a Toronto Neighbourhood, 1875-2002”
I explored the relationships between successive images of a neighbourhood, social and housing conditions, and planning policy, using a case study of one neighbourhood in Toronto. The neighbourhood, Parkdale, was developed as a politically independent suburb in the late 1870s and 1880s. At the time, it was described as a middle-class, residential ‘flowery suburb’, although it was also a working class industrial community. During the early part of the 20th century, it began to be described as a declining neighbourhood at risk of ‘becoming a serious slum’, although it continued to offer good housing conditions. By the 1970s, a third phase of image-making had begun: Parkdale began to be described, in newspapers and planning reports, as a revitalized ‘urban village’ of historic homes, as well as a ‘dumping ground’ for psychiatric out-patients. The research suggests that the images of suburb, slum, and urban village used to describe Parkdale bore more of a relationship to changing societal norms than social and housing conditions. However, the images had both direct and indirect impacts on planning policies and mortgage lending, which in turn influenced social and housing conditions.
It was transformed into a book last year, called “Suburb, Slum, Urban Village”.
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Alliance and Conflict combines a richly descriptive study of intersocietal relations in early nineteenth-century Northwest Alaska with a bold theoretical treatise on the structure of the world system as it might have been in ancient times. Ernest S. Burch Jr. illuminates one aspect of the traditional lives of the Inupiaq Eskimos in unparalleled detail and depth. Basing his account on observations made by early Western explorers, interviews with Native historians, and archeological research, Burch describes the social boundaries and geographic borders formerly existing in Northwest Alaska and the various kinds of transactions that took place across them. These ranged from violence of the most brutal sort, at one extreme, to relations of peace and friendship, at the other. Burch argues that the international system he describes approximated in many respects the type of system existing all over the world before the development of agriculture. Based on that assumption, he presents a series of hypotheses about what the world system may have been like when it consisted entirely of hunter-gatherer societies and about how it became more centralized with the evolution of chiefdoms. Accounts of specific people, places, and events add an immediate, experiential dimension to the work, complementing its theoretical apparatus and sweeping narrative scope. Provocative and comprehensive, Alliance and Conflict is a definitive look at the greater world of Native peoples of Northwest Alaska.


Completely updated, this practical guide is filled with information, tips, checklists, resources, diagrams, and illustrations to help young people learn to control their asthma, gain self-confidence, and live their lives to the fullest.
Breathe Easy explains:
- How to recognize situations that trigger asthma attacks
- Early warning signs of an attack, and what to do about them
- Asthma medicines and how they work
- What happens in the respiratory system during an attack
- Relaxation of body, mind, and breathing to help control asthma
- Communicating with your doctor
- Where to find additional help and ideas
Jonathan H. Weiss, PhD, is former Director of Behavior Science, Children's Asthma Research Institute, National Asthma Center, and is currently Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Attending Psychologist, Cornell Medical Center, New York. He is consultant to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the author of the asthma guide Super Stuff.
1 soft covered book, 80 pages.


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Book Summary: Details the life of the legendary, record-holding baseball player, who retired in 1928 and became the first inductee into the Hall of Fame, but who has also been categorized as a belligerent, aggressive player and a racist who hated women and children.
Book Summary: The grandson of the legendary baseball player reveals another side of “a fascinating, severely flawed sports icon” (Booklist). Ty Cobb’s grandson Herschel saw a side of him that very few others did. While baseball fans were familiar with Cobb’s infamously cold, competitive nature—and his relationship with his own children was deeply difficult—Cobb, in his later years, embraced the opportunity to form a loving bond with his grandchildren during their summertime visits. In this moving memoir, Herschel Cobb reveals how his grandfather, after the devastating loss of two sons, shared his gentler side with Herschel and his siblings. Herschel’s own parents, a cruel, abusive father and an adulterous, alcoholic mother, filled his childhood with turmoil. But “Granddaddy” offered the stability, love, and guidance that Herschel desperately needed. “Elegantly written and genuinely moving,” this story of their relationship presents a unique perspective on this larger-than-life man (Publishers Weekly). “An unforgettable story . . . that will alter how you feel about baseball’s most demonized star.” —Tom Stanton, author of Ty and the Babe
Book Summary: A biography of the National Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb who is recognized as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, discusses his offensive records, personality, and work ethic.
Book Summary: Ty Cobb's life is a fascinating study of extremes. His professional highs are astonishing: During his career, he set 123 records. His lifetime batting average of .367 has never been surpassed, and he hit over .300 for 23 straight seasons. But there was a
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Fatigue Design Procedures presents the full text of the papers presented at the 4th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue held in Munich, Germany on June 16-18, 1965, and summaries of the discussion held about them. The papers featured in the volume covers different aspects of fatigue design. These include fail-safe design for a jet transport airplane, the weapon systems fatigue certification program of the U.S. Air Force, the role of variable amplitude or constant amplitude tests in design studies, the evaluation of allowable design stress and corresponding fatigue life, and the importance of fatigue design testing. This book will be of interest to persons dealing with studies on fatigue design methods.... of the 4th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue held in Munich, 16a18 June 1965 E. Gassner, ... successive repairs and replacements the test has now proceeded to 120, 000 hr. ... Comet I The Comet I was developed into a bigger aircraft, the Comet IV, which was subjected to separate staticanbsp;...
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Gregg Braden discusses the Holographic Nature of the Universe and how everything we do affects the collective consciousness of us all.
“If you wish to understand the Universe, think of energy, frequency and vibration.” -Nikola Tesla
Recent discoveries show dramatic evidence that The Divine Matrix is the missing link in our understanding.
In order to tap from the force of this matrix, we must first understand how it works and speak the language that it recognizes.
Gregg Braden reveals how to explore and discover the miracles of the Quantum world.
It is in this place of pure energy — a 'Quantum Field' — where everything begins, from the birth of stars and the DNA of life, to our deepest relationships and healing.
New discoveries suggest that our world is a reflection of our beliefs. Everything is now believed to be overturned. The power to create joy, to heal our woes and find peace in our nation is inside
The miracles we see in the Quantum world, show us the scientific limitations or the great potential we have? Could the spontaneous cure of diseases, instantly with everyone and everything, even time travel be our true purpose in the universe?
A series of subversive experiments between 1993 and 2000, revealed a network of energy that connects everything in our lives and our world. It is called Divine Matrix or Quantum Hologram or The "Field" or Nature's Mind or Stephen Hawking's talking as the Mind of God,Max Planck's talking as The Matrix (The name of the movie comes from).
Miraculous removal of an inoperable malignant tumour in the patient's
bladder using the power of belief.
From the healing of our body to the success at work and our relationships and peace, new evidence shows that all of us can talk directly to the power that connects the entire universe. Let's follow Gregg Braden in this wonderful journey that combines science, spirituality and miracles through the language of the Divine Matrix.
“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength, inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know it exists.” -Nikola Tesla
- The Science of Healing (You can Heal any Disease)
- Dr. Bruce Lipton: The Biology of Belief - Where Mind and Matter Meet
- Dr. Amit Goswami - Quantum Physics & Consciousness
- Nassim Haramein - Sacred Geometry and Unified Fields
- What the Bleep Do We Know (Documentary)
- Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking: The Story of Everything, Time Travel, Aliens.
- The Science of Energy and Thought. Subconscious Mind Power
- The Collective Evolution 2: The Human Experience (Documentary)


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Located just around the corner from the grand Westfield Bondi Junction is the humble Waverley Library. Whilst most would visit it either for pre-examination study (read social centre for uniformed teenagers), or to recapture a sense of their previous lives by borrowing books in their first language, I came here for the culture.
Waverley Library showcases local art throughout the year and is a fantastic place to view Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs beach culture in a quiet manner without the masses. At the current exhibition, most of the photographs would have been taken purely from the heart and not for the sake of exhibition in a prime location. This provides the viewer an insight into what the locals see and do and what is important to them and their lives.
The exhibition included local sights, from Bondi to Dover Heights, kids and surfboards, swimming and cricket. Drastic angels were photographed against the purple sky in the cemetery as well as locals playing the guitar. Sunsets and sunrises, flowers and birds were depicted in a way that would touch a local’s heart and tell a story to a foreigner.
Upstairs holds more permanent artworks as well as what is left of the beautiful Bondi Mermaid. The bronzed depiction of Miss Australia Surf 1959, Jan Carmody, sits at the top of the stairs, peering over the studious and the curious. Originally perched on top of the Big Rock in northern Bondi Beach, Jan the Bondi Mermaid had a tumultuous lifespan including ending up at the School of Engineering, Sydney University as part of a student prank only one month after her installation in 1960 and losing her mate Lynette the Bondi Mermaid to heavy seas in 1974. In the process Jan lost an arm, her tail and even herself, having to be stored in a Council Depot until she resurfaced in the late 1980s.
Jan has been preserved in Waverley Library ever since, so make sure you wave her hello next time you want to experience Bondi at it’s best.


Simone de Beauvoir in The Second Sex portrayed how the concepts of Self and Other are being shaped, created or reinforced in a text. The concept of Otherness is portrayed conspicuously in Benazir Bhutto’s autobiography entitled Daughter of the East. Benazir Bhutto was the first democratically elected female leader of Pakistan and she was assassinated in December 2007. Bhutto talked about her personal life, strength and her political activity in the twentieth century. Alireza Ayari translated this autobiography into Persian in 2009. The purpose of this study is to examine the concept of women’s Otherness in Daughter of the East (Source Text, “ST”) and then to analyze the changes of this concept in its Persian translation (Target Text, “TT”). This is a mixed method study and includes qualitative and quantitative phases. In the qualitative phase, the facts of Otherness in the ST are compared to those in the TT in order to find out to what extent the exact meaning of Otherness in the ST transferred to the TT. The findings show that the translator could transfer the exact strength of meaning of Otherness to the TT in most cases. In the quantitative phase, the TT is examined by the use of manipulation strategies (omission, addition, substitution, attenuation). The investigation shows that out of 30 items under study, the most commonly used strategies by the translator were omission (46.66%) and addition (40%). It can be concluded that the translator may consciously and unconsciously use these two strategies more than others to impose certain conscious or unconscious cultural and linguistic implications in terms of Otherness.
Daragheh, Mahboubeh Hosseini and Rahiminezhad, Vida
"Similarities and Contrasts of the Culture of Women’s “Otherness” in English and Persian Languages: Analysis of Bhutto's Daughter of the East,"
Journal of International Women's Studies: Vol. 19:
6, Article 16.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol19/iss6/16


Many users find needed full-text articles while reviewing database results, but sometimes the journal you want is not available in the resource you are using. Have you ever limited your results to [Full-Text] online and lost the “best article”? We recommend that you check [eJournal List] which tells you whether GRCC licenses that desired journal – and in which database that content can be found.
GRCC’s Subject Guides list the top journals in an academic field on a [Periodicals] tab – and often those are the journals that are recommended for use in initial research assignments. But, [eJournal List] goes a step further and provides a list of eJournals specific to a particular field of interest; you can limit to peer-reviewed journals, too.
Librarians implemented a new & improved Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) database that will make Children’s Literature research easier! Need a science fiction title for a 12 year old? Looking for 5 books to use with a science lesson focusing on water, written at a certain Lexile? Or a book on Sojourner Truth for a 3rd grader? Hunting for a review of a children’s book? Or a list of award-winning children’s books? CLCD has those – and more!
CLCD provides diverse, unbiased reviews of PreK – 12 media of all types, along with thematic lists, 850+ award listings, and curriculum tools. And now, you can limit your results list to Juvenile titles that GRCC owns.
It’s an interesting and colorful database to browse. Take a look! Logon with your last name and 7-digit Raider number. For more on juvenile literature, see the Children’s Literature Subject Guide.
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To get the assistance you need, it’s important for library users to “ask a good question,” but even more so when virtual technology stands between the requestor and the librarian. We suggest you share information about your topic and your assignment up-front including:
specifics about the topic you’ve chosen, or, that you need help choosing a topic;
what class the question pertains to – or that it is for personal use – we help with those, too;
your professor’s name (we may know their assignment);
assignment specifics (must use peer-reviewed journals, MLA or APA citing, when it’s due, etc.); and,
what terms you’ve used and what databases or websites you’ve already searched.
For instance, “I’m taking SO200 with Prof. Jones. I have to write an annotated bib (APA) with 10-15 professional or trade journals and they cannot be older than 10 years. The topic I chose is “the impact of Covid on domestic violence.” I’ve searched OneSearch using those words but don’t know how to limit it to professional sociology journals. She said use SocIndex?? It’s due this Friday, so they have to be short articles. What’s the difference between an annotated bib and the abstract?”
In honor of Black History Month, we are delighted to provide GRCC students and faculty access to John Lewis: Good Trouble – “an intimate account of legendary U.S. Representative John Lewis’ life, legacy and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism.”
“After Lewis petitioned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown of Troy, Alabama, King sent “the boy from Troy” a round trip bus ticket to meet with him. From that meeting onward, Lewis became one of King’s closest allies. He organized Freedom Rides that left him bloodied or jailed, and stood at the front lines in the historic marches on Washington and Selma. He never lost the spirit of the “boy from Troy” and called on his fellow Americans to get into “good trouble” until his passing on July 17, 2020.”
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February Hot Topics cover: the XL Keystone Pipeline; National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman; the Covid vaccine rollout; the coup in Myanmar; Reddit stock activity; Super Bowl ad rollback; and, Jockey of the Year Frankie Detton. Take a look at the February Hot Topics. Logon with your last name and 7-digit Raider number.


Two authors asked me “Well, how do I get started doing a virtual author visit?” There are a couple of basic approaches to take
- Canvas your local city/county/state: contact local teachers and librarians to see if they are interested in a virtual author visit. I won’t sugarcoat it, this could require a lot of emails but you can hire a parttime assistant to do some of the grunt work.
- Here’s a good introduction including a suggested fee schedule and a list of Virtual Author directories where you can register yourself https://www.societyofauthors.org/getattachment/Advice/Guides/Guide-to-Virtual-Author-Visits.pdf.aspx
- Try to find a match on AuthorBookings.com https://www.authorbookings.com/opportunities-for-authors/ these are all for children’s authors
- Consider opening your own account on AuthorBookings.com so that teachers can find you. This won’t be ea substitute for beating-the-bushes (as mentioned above) https://www.authorbookings.com/members-benefits
- Try to get added to Joelle Charbonneau’s list of authors who do virtual visits http://www.joellecharbonneau.com/contact
- Try to get added to Kate Messner’s list of authors who Skype With Classes https://www.katemessner.com/
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JOHN F. OLIVER was born, in Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., Oct. 2, 1820. His father, George C. Oliver, was
born in Scotland, and came to this country in 1795, being then ten years of age. He moved to Niagara Co., N. Y.,
in 1826, where he lived until 1843, when he came to Kalamazoo County, and settled in Portage, where he died, Feb.
11, 1850, aged sixty-five years.
John F. Oliver lived with his parents until March, 1849, at which time he married Lucy, daughter of Elijah Root,
who came from Genesee Co., N. Y., and settled in Portage, in 1833. He was one of the earliest settlers in this
town. He was supervisor in the years 1861 to 1865 inclusive. He died April 16, 1861.
Soon after Mr. Oliver was married he built a small honse on fifty acres of unimproved land, which was a portion
of his father's farm. From this small beginning he has become the owner of a fine farm of two hundred acres, well
improved, with fine buildings and pleasant surroundings. Politically, Mr. Oliver was originally a Whig. Since the
organization of the Republican party he has been identified with it. He has held the offices of school inspector,
town clerk, supervisor, and justice of the peace for several years, and is the representative of his district in
the present Legislature (1880).
He has two sons: the oldest, William H., married Georgiana Marsh, and lives near the old home; John K. resides
at home, and a danghter died in infancy.
Coming into the county in the early days of its settlement, Mr. Oliver has watched the progress of improvements
in the various branches of industry with interest. A man of strong personal character, he is plain and unassuming;
largely interested and well versed in the important topies of the day, and possesses that sound judgment characteristic
of the self made men of Miohigan.
History of Kalamazoo County, Michigan
With Illistrations and Biographical Sketches
of its Men and Pioneers.
Everts & Abbott., Philadelphia 1880
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Sir Rupert and Rosie Gusset in Deadly Danger by Jeremy Strong (A & C Slack pounds 8.99) is set in an imaginary 16th century: Queen Margaret is on the throne and eager to marry the King of Sicily. The hapless Sir Rupert and his resourceful daughter Rosie are despatched to Sicily with a ludicrously flattering portrait of the Queen and 20,000 gold coins to tempt the King. Naturally enough, the gold coins also tempt pirates. The set-up and quite a few of the jokes seem to owe something to the second series of Blackadder, but it's no less funny for that (I laughed aloud on page 54). Chris Mould's illustrations have something of the spidery charm of Ronald Searle's drawings.
Henrietta Branford's Royal Blunder and the Haunted House (Scholastic pounds 2. 99) is poetic in style and rather weird. Royal Blunder is a magic cat who can talk, fly, grow to the size of a lion and perform magic. With his friend Julie Jones he has a series of surreal adventures, which sometimes end with a peculiar abruptness. This would suit readers of 5- 7, especially girls, and would also be good for reading aloud.
With Anne Fine, you know you're going to get a well-crafted children's story with no boring bits, and that's exactly what Charm School (Doubleday pounds 10.99) is. Bonny, a healthy young hoyden who is more interested in food than clothes, has to spend a day at a charm school where all the other girls are fanatically competing for the, Glistening Tiara prize. Bonny is immediately at odds with these Miss-Worlds-in-training, insults them all and drastically re-jigs their end-of-term show - with moral lessons all round. Girls of 8-11 will love it. It tackles some interesting issues, such as consumerism and the beauty myth. But to me, the ending seems a bit strained; mutual understanding and friendship break out, it seems, because Anne Fine wants them to rather than because that's how the characters would react. Fine's ear for dialogue is also occasionally suspect - I don't believe any teenage boy would say "I hate it so much I could practically die".
Toots Underwater (Bloomsbury, pounds 4.99) is the third book in Carol Hughes's Toots series. It's based on a brilliant idea: in the fairy world which Toots visits, gravity is reversed. The fairies inhabit an upside-down universe; they walk about on the ceiling and live in houses "under" it. The story is about saving a Naiad from the evil machinations of Marsh Imps and disgusting goblins called Bocans, and Toots finds herself on the wrong side. As you read, you have to keep reminding yourself that down is up: to enter the river Toots and the fairies have to climb "up" reeds and once they're in the water, gravity keeps trying to pull them out of it. The writing doesn't quite live up to the imaginative heights of the story, but the plot has a satisfying structure and is neatly topped and tailed with a sub-plot in the real world. It also has a sypathetic and fallible heroine. Recommended for girls of 9-11.
Philip Pullman's I Was a Rat (Doubleday, pounds 10.99) has the lot. One expects something special from the author of Northern Lights and The Subtle Knife and this, though for a younger age group, does not disappoint. It is clever, funny, moving, beautifully written and intensely readable. A boy turns up at an old couple's house one night asking to be taken in; in answer to their questions about where he's come from he can only say "I was a rat." And he acts like one: he chews up his bedding, gnaws pencils and is terrified of cats. They adopt him and name him Roger. In just a few pages, the reader develops the some affection for this ratty little boy as the old couple do - and is just as distressed as they are when he goes missing. Subsequent events, when Roger is shown at a fair, co-opted into a den of thieves, then captured by the authorities and threatened with extermination - maintaining all the time a pathetic eagerness to please - are as tear-jerking as Oliver Twist. I Was a Rat will be enjoyed by adults as much as by children, and Philip Pullman will still be read when most contemporary writers of adult fiction are long out of print.Reuse content


- What was the Holocaust?
- Judaism and Jewish life
- What is antisemitism?
- How did the Nazis gain power?
- Life in Nazi-controlled Europe
- What were camps?
- What was the Final Solution?
- How did people respond?
- Survival and legacy
Immediately after the surrender many German citizens were taken to the camps to witness what the Nazis had done. There was an attempt to de-Nazify Germany.
Many of the cities of Germany had been severely bombed. Surviving buildings that had Nazi associations were renamed. Monuments, statues, signs, and emblems linked with Nazism were also removed and destroyed.
Nazi propaganda was removed from education, the media, and the many religious and social institutions. Many pro-Nazi leaders and clergymen were removed from their posts. Nazi or military parades, anthems or the public display of Nazi symbols were also banned.
The German legal system was de-Nazified. From December 1945 German courts were able to try German citizens and pass sentence on the crimes they had committed during the war years.
From 1933 to 1945 the whole of Germany had been Nazified. It was impossible to remove every single Nazi from their positions. Many Germans brought before the courts were given very light sentences.


October is Family History Month in the United States and Omaha Public Library (OPL) has planned a series of events to help family researchers of all experience levels uncover their past. All events are free, but registration is required at omahalibrary.org or by contacting the hosting location. For those who can’t make it to a scheduled activity, there are still many opportunities to begin or continue researching family history using OPL’s extensive genealogy resources, such as MyHeritage, Ancestry.com, and the Gilbert M. and Martha H. Hitchcock Omaha World-Herald Digital Archive. Visit guides.omahalibrary.org/genealogy to learn more about OPL’s genealogy department.
The Michael Phipps Gallery is accepting applications from Omaha-area artists for 2016 exhibits. The Phipps Gallery is located in the southeast corner of the first floor at W. Dale Clark Main Library, 215 S. 15th St.
Several authors, each with a unique focus and perspective, will visit Omaha Public Library (OPL) in October. These free events provide opportunities to meet the authors and learn more about the inspiration behind their work. Books will be available for purchase and signing at most author discussions.
Omaha Public Library will recognize National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15) with a series of programs to celebrate Hispanic cultures. National Hispanic Heritage Month started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period.
In Omaha in 1986, two star-crossed teenage misfits are smart enough to know that a first love almost never lasts, but are brave and desperate enough to try. A shared interest in alternative music and comic books eventually leads to more in Omaha Public Library’s 2015 Omaha Reads selection, Eleanor & Park (2013) by Rainbow Rowell.


Kadian Journal (Paperback)
A Father's Memoir
Picador, 9781250065094, 256pp.
Publication Date: January 3, 2017
In July 2012, Thomas Harding’s fourteen-year-old son Kadian was killed in a bicycle accident. Shortly afterwards Thomas began to write. This book is the result.
Beginning on the day of Kadian’s death, and continuing to the one-year anniversary, and beyond, Kadian Journal is a record of grief in its rawest form, and of a mind in shock and questioning a strange new reality. Interspersed within the journal are fragments of memory: jewel-bright everyday moments that slowly combine to form a biography of a lost son, and a lost life.
Kadian Journal is a document of startling bravery and candour—a description of a family dislocated and united by tragedy, and a beautiful and moving tribute to a son.
About the Author
Praise For Kadian Journal: A Father's Memoir…
"This is a fine, brave book, a tough-minded, tender-hearted evocation of a beautiful boy, his all-too-short life and the impact of his death on a loving family. Harding has done his boy proud and turned nightmare into art.”—Doron Weber, The Washington Post
“What sets Kadian Journal apart from some other writing about grief is Harding's courage, keeping what he writes true to the experience he describes. He does not numb his pain or minimize embarrassment about the blind alleys he follows in trying to reassemble his life. The reader is right there, on the scene, however bitter or tender or gentle it may be, as if Harding is extending a guiding hand, one he could never again offer his lost child.”—The Buffalo News
"Both eloquent and heart-rending, Harding's book is not only a grieving father's testament of love to his dead son. It is also a reminder of the fragility of life and human relationships. An emotionally raw and uncompromising memoir.”—Kirkus Reviews
“A fitting tribute to the resilience of the family… In alternating chapters of past and present, the grieving father draws in the reader with revealing views of his marriage, parenting, his two children, and the tough mourning process during Kadian’s funeral. Harding and his wife, Deb, share their secret moments, the overwhelming sadness, and the guilt, all rendered with a fresh boldness and candor…. Harding’s sensitive, intimate account eschews sentimental half-truths and sensational details for a purer, healing love that lifts his family above sadness and pain to become ‘free from the shackles of grief.’”—Publishers Weekly
"Heartbreaking...Profoundly moving...A tender tribute.”—The Daily Mail (London)
"Harding's remarkable memoir is written with transparent emotional intelligence. It makes one understand how it was for a father to lose a boy unique in his eyes and loved by everyone who knew him: Kadian."—The Observer (London)
"Heartbreaking...For a man in such raw, intense pain, Harding writes with incredible precision....Kadian Harding’s fourteen years shine brilliantly from its pages....Thomas Harding has been generous in sharing his boy with me, and I am grateful he found words.”—The Daily Telegraph (London)
"This book is raw and heartbreaking but it is never intrusive or gratuitous. The writing is real and spare, the love so very deep that the reader can scarcely look away....A beautiful tribute.”—Sunday Express (London)


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Following her retirement from teaching she enrolled at Birkbeck College and completed a masters degree in renaissance theatre and art and wrote a dissertation on indoor performances of Othello after the disastrous fire at the Globe Theatre.
She also joined her husband as a lecturer on aspects of the life of the 19th century prime minister William Gladstone, at Gladstone's Adidas Duramo Flat Feet library in Hawarden, Flintshire.
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The Modernized Italian Game for White
by Alexander Kalinin & Nikolai Kalinichenko
In recent years, something incredible has happened: the brilliant Spanish has been edged out by an old Renaissance opening; the Italian! Almost the entire world, all the way from those competing in world championship matches and elite events right down to players in amateur competitions, began to place their light-squared bishop on c4 on the 3rd move. We should note that the romantic times of the Greco Attack and the Evans Gambit are gone forever.
The modern treatment of the Italian Game is filled with the ideas gleaned from the Spanish. White prefers the modest pawn advance d2-d3 as opposed to the rapid d2-d4, after which they often send their queen's knight along the Spanish knight's tour b1-d2-f1-g3. It is no wonder that such an interpretation of the opening was dubbed the Italian/Spanish Game by the experts. In fact, in the notes of the Italian masters of the 17th century, the line of the Italian Game with d2-d3 was named the Giuoco Pianissimo, or the 'quietest game', which conveys its character with surprising accuracy.
This book will first reveal the main strategic ideas and typical plans of the modern Giuoco Pianissimo, and only then will the reader be offered a review of the modern theory of the Italian Game, centered around practical examples from grandmaster games.
This book will help you to create an effective opening repertoire, to improve your understanding of chess strategy, and to bring you hours of enjoyment, spent on examining the instructive games of modern grandmasters and the greats of the past.
Paperback, 384 pages, Thinkers Publishing
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RG0743.AM: Helen G. Boosalis, 1919-2009
Misc papers/ephemera: 1959-1986
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb.: Mayor; city council member
Size: 1 folder
Born August 28, 1919 as Helen Geankoplis in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she married Michael Boosalis in 1945. The Boosalis family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1951. Helen was elected to the Lincoln City Council in 1959 and was re-elected three times. Boosalis then defeated Sam Schwartzkopf in 1975 to become Lincoln's first female mayor.
After completing her tenure as Mayor in 1983, Boosalis was appointed Director of the Nebraska Department of Aging in the Cabinet Governor Bob Kerrey. In 1986 Boosalis announced her candidacy for Governor of Nebraska. She lost the election to then-State Treasurer Kay Orr. This was the first state gubernatorial election in U.S. history where the candidates of both major national parties were women.
Helen G. Boosalis died on June 15, 2009 at the age of 89.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The manuscript collection consists of one folder containing a few ephemeral items relating to Boosalis' political career. For more information about Helen Boosalis, see the NSHS Library collection for the following publications:
Prairie politics : Kay Orr vs. Helen Boosalis, the historic 1986 gubernatorial race, edited by John Barrette, 1987. [324.9 B274p]
Mayor Helen Boosalis: my mother's life in politics by Beth Boosalis Davis, 2008. [921 B724m]
"Helen Boosalis for Lincoln City Council" flyer, ca 1959
Helen Boosalis nomination materials for the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Certificate of Commendation for Public Officials (nominated by the NSHS), 1982.
Campaign material relating to the 1986 Governors Race.
"Thanks Helen" Publication produced by the Lincoln Journal-Star at the end of Boosalis' terms as Mayor.
Boosalis, Helen G., 1919-2009
Nebraska Democratic Party
Politics -- Nebraska
For additional information about this collection, please contact our Library Staff.


4th Grade Wisconsin History
The following links are provided for your convenience. All links in this section will open in a new window or tab. Please visit our main Educational Material page for additional resources.
- The Wisconsin Electronic Reader has links to various articles, books, and essays regarding Wisconsin History.
- Wisconsin Historical Society's page for Teachers and students.
- Another page from WHS for teachers.
- The Malcolm Rosholt Collection online through the McMillan Library in Wisconsin Rapids.
- Make use of the U. S. Geological Survey site's "Educational Material" section and in particular the section for Grades K-6 page.
- Early U. S. Settlements from the Wisconsin Historical Society. A collection Wisconsin articles and books available online.
- "Indian Country" - a page from the Milwaukee Public Museum about Native American history in Wisconsin beginning with Paleo-Indian 10,000 BC to 8,500BC.
- American Journeys - digital collection housed by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Its 18,000 pages cover a good deal of early American exploration from the Viking era onward.
- Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. Some material here may be useful.
- Capitals and Capitols in Early Wisconsin - a pdf file from the Wisconsin Blue Book 1983-1984.
Tours of Portage County, Wisconsin already available on this site
- View historic Time Line.
- Read the 1857 "Handbook of Stevens Point"
- Drive the Polish Heritage Highway in Portage County
- Or, take the Polish Heritage Trail.
- Take a Tour of Portage County.
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Build your own family puppet theatre!
Create a table-top puppet theatre with your own puppet characters! What creative story will you and your family tell using handmade puppets?
Date: Saturday, March 30, 2019
Time: 2:30PM – 4:30PM
Location: Newark Library-Community Meeting Room. 6300 Civic Terrace Ave. Newark
For more information, click here or call (510) 284-0675.


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Arctic Explorations: In Search of Elisha Kent Kane
April 22, 2017 @ 2:00 pm
Members only lecture – Arctic Explorations: In Search of Elisha Kent Kane – Saturday, April 22, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane has a moon crater and a US Navy Destroyer named for him. He was one of the most famous Philadelphians of his time. Kane’s own accounts of voyages to the polar region sold tens of thousands of copies when published. His personal life was no less fascinating – in particular his love affair with the spirit medium Maggie. Fox was one-half of the spiritualist Fox Sisters, who entranced the country with their séance performances. Kane died tragically at the age of 37 in 1857. A historic marker now stands at Kane’s grave overlooking the Schuykill River in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Edward G. Pettit will lecture on this fascinating 19th century Philadelphian.
Following Pettit’s talk, Diane Richardson will present the Annual Report to the members. Before and after the presentations, members can enjoy a cookie reception. Members – call 215-438-1861 for reservations.


Benjamin Martin is a fifth-year JET ALT in Okinawa Prefecture. He spent three years on Kitadaito Island, a place of 12 sq km and 550 people before moving across the prefecture to another island called Kumejima. His debut novel Samurai Awakening is out now on online retailers and hits bookstores October 10, 2012. Benjamin competes in Okinawan Sumo, is co-host of FM Kumejima’s weekly Haisai English radio program, writes the blog More Things Japanese and serves as an occasional plaything for elementary school students.
About Samurai Awakening and Benjamin Martin
Samurai Awakening is a Young Adult fantasy that takes place in Japan. I began writing it as a way to bring aspects of Japanese culture to young westernersas a compliment to what we do on JET. Overall, it’s a fun read with aspects of Japanese mythology derived from The Kojiki and a healthy dose of real Japan as seen during my time teaching kindergarten through junior high. Here’s the official description:
David Matthews is having a particularly bad day, after an especially bad month. His first weeks as an exchange student in Japan have left him homesick and misunderstood by nearly everyone around him, even his host family! Beaten down by a month of loneliness and bullies at school, a fateful invitation to the local Shinto shrine sends David on a path no foreigner has experienced before.
After awakening with a newfound ability to speak Japanese, David learns the members of the Matsumoto family are far more than just traditional sword smiths. They are the keepers of ancient secrets, and a task set upon them by the first Emperor- to train new Jitsugen Samurai, protectors of Japan.
When more strange things begin happening to David, he discovers his future is tied to a Japanese god within him, and that to be a Jitsugen Samurai holds consequences he may not survive. With his new family, friends, and a reluctant ally, David must fight against dangers far closer than any of them realize. As students disappear, David must overcome his past, and accept a new and uncertain future in time to stop the lurking darkness threatening Japan.Why Write?
I started writing as a way to share my experience on JET. My photography and writing skills have grown in tandem since I began my blog More Things Japanese in 2010. I had read Sir Basil Hall Chamberlain’s Things Japanese at the University of Arizona, and wanted to recreate it for today. It became a way to share the unique aspects of Japan I see every day with the world.
The two projects complement each other. The blog lets me focus on non-fiction without having to worry about huge amounts of research. I can simply share what I see, while my novels provide a chance to explore the question, “What if The Kojiki is more than mythology?”
JET has been an amazing experience, and writing gives me a chance to give back and continue to promote the ideals of cultural exchange. I left the US for Japan with a degree in Business and an interest in Japan. Now I have found just how amazing this country can be, and learned a lot about myself I had not known before.
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Enter to win a free copy of Samurai Awakening. http://morethingsjapanese.com/samurai-awakening-is-here/ Contest ends 10/10/2012. Alternately you can support my blog and novel by purchasing a copy from your favorite bookstore or online vendor. Thank you!


A brilliant and revealing biography of the two most important Americans during the Cold War era—written by the grandson of one of them.
Only two Americans held positions of great influence throughout the Cold War; ironically, they were the chief advocates for the opposing strategies for winning—and surviving—that harrowing conflict. Both men came to power during World War II, reached their professional peaks during the Cold War’s most frightening moments, and fought epic political battles that spanned decades. Yet despite their very different views, Paul Nitze and George Kennan dined together, attended the weddings of each other’s children, and remained good friends all their lives.
In this masterly double biography, Nicholas Thompson brings Nitze and Kennan to vivid life. Nitze—the hawk—was a consummate insider who believed that the best way to avoid a nuclear clash was to prepare to win one. More than any other American, he was responsible for the arms race. Kennan—the dove—was a diplomat turned academic whose famous “X article” persuasively argued that we should contain the Soviet Union while waiting for it to collapse from within. For forty years, he exercised more influence on foreign affairs than any other private citizen.
As he weaves a fascinating narrative that follows these two rivals and friends from the beginning of the Cold War to its end, Thompson accomplishes something remarkable: he tells the story of our nation during the most dangerous half century in history.


Автор: Thorgerson, Storm Название: Pink Floyd: Mind Over Matter ISBN: 1783056215 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783056217 Издательство: Omnibus Press Рейтинг: Цена: 8314 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Features almost all Pink Floyd`s iconic album covers, posters, singles bags, a selection of band photos, booklet pages and rough artwork that developed into iconic designs. This new edition incorporates an additional 32 pages of material used in re-issues created since 2007.
Автор: Tipping, Colin Название: Radical forgiveness ISBN: 1591797640 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781591797647 Издательство: Scholastic UK Рейтинг: Цена: 2234 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A Revolutionary Five-Stage Process to Heal Relationships, Let Go of Anger and Blame, Find Peace in Any Situation.
Автор: Montana, Claude Название: Claude Montana - Fashion Radical ISBN: 0500515395 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780500515396 Издательство: Thames & Hudson Рейтинг: Цена: 5382 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: French fashion designer Claude Montana played a key role in the fashions of the 1980s and 90s. This book help us to understand the essential forces that have shaped Montana`s work, with scores of catwalk images and reproductions of his sketches.
Автор: Bauer Anna Название: Alterknit Rebellion: Radical Patterns for Creative Knitters ISBN: 1446308278 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781446308271 Издательство: David & Charles Рейтинг: Цена: 2318 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: A collection of bright, bold and beautiful knitting patterns based on Honsestrikk, a Danish knitting movement from the 1970s which broke away from traditional knitting rules. Honsestrikk, which loosely translates as 'chicken stitch' was influenced by the radical social and political movements of the time, including the women's rights movement, and this can be seen in the personal and political messages of the some of the pattern designs. Instead of the more traditional fair isle colourwork techniques, Honsestrikk knitting featured political messages and motifs, colours clashed and borders butted up against each other in a riot of colour and pattern. Honsestrikk is about knitting in a freer style so you have the freedom to express yourself and create truly unique, personalized garments and accessories. Designer Anna Bauer has been inspired by the Honsestrikk movement to this collection of basic designs and patterns so you can choose your own combinations and create and knit your own free, radical knits.
Описание: Most of us have plenty of experience with self-blame and guilt-but we are often at a loss when it comes to forgiving ourselves. According to Colin Tipping, this is because our idea of forgiveness usually requires a victim and a perpetrator-which is impossible when we play both roles at the same time. Tipping's Radical Forgiveness method allows us to navigate this dilemma for deep and lasting healing. With Radical Self-Forgiveness, he presents a definitive manual for gaining freedom from excessive inner criticism and self-sabotaging beliefs. What's "radical" about Colin Tipping's approach to forgiveness? "It's not about telling ourselves a new story about something that happened," he says. "It's about creating a profound shift at the spiritual level." Based on proven techniques from Tipping's world-renowned forgiveness workshops, here is a practical guidebook for resolving our deepest internal wounds-and inviting transformation that can instantly change our lives.
Автор: Gaines Donna Название: Why the Ramones Matter ISBN: 1477318712 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781477318713 Издательство: Marston Book Services Цена: 3301 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The central experience of the Ramones and their music is of being an outsider, an outcast, a person who's somehow defective, and the revolt against shame and self-loathing. The fans, argues Donna Gaines, got it right away, from their own experience of alienation at home, at school, on the streets, and from themselves. This sense of estrangement and marginality permeates everything the Ramones still offer us as artists, and as people. Why the Ramones Matter compellingly makes the case that the Ramones gave us everything; they saved rock and roll, modeled DIY ethics, and addressed our deepest collective traumas, from the personal to the historical. In songs like "I'm against It" and "I Don't Care," the Ramones offered up an anthem a day, a soundtrack for everyday life in a ridiculous, punishing, amusing world.
"Powerful as well as highly engaging--a brilliant book." --Amartya Sen
A Times Higher Education Book of the Week
It may sound crazy to pay people whether or not they're working or even looking for work. But the idea of providing an unconditional basic income to everyone, rich or poor, active or inactive, has long been advocated by such major thinkers as Thomas Paine, John Stuart Mill, and John Kenneth Galbraith. Now, with the traditional welfare state creaking under pressure, it has become one of the most widely debated social policy proposals in the world. Basic Income presents the most acute and fullest defense of this radical idea, and makes the case that it is our most realistic hope for addressing economic insecurity and social exclusion.
"They have set forth, clearly and comprehensively, what is probably the best case to be made today for this form of economic and social policy." --Benjamin M. Friedman, New York Review of Books
"A rigorous analysis of the many arguments for and against a universal basic income, offering a road map for future researchers." --Wall Street Journal
"What Van Parijs and Vanderborght bring to this topic is a deep understanding, an enduring passion and a disarming optimism." --Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post
Автор: Platt, David Название: Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream (TPB) ISBN: 1601424302 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781601424303 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1077 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU?It's easy for Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily...BUT WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO LIVES LIKE THAT? DO YOU?In "Radical," David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple - then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a "successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus.Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment - a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring.
Автор: Morris Peter J.T. Название: Matter Factory ISBN: 1780234422 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780234427 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 6534 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Matter Factory is a novel approach to the history of chemistry, which shows how the development of the laboratory also helped to shape modern chemistry and modern science itself. This book looks at laboratory evolution, from the late 18th-century to the creation of the modern laboratory at the end of the twentieth.
Описание: The rise of the alt-right alongside Donald Trump`s candidacy may be seem unprecedented events in the history of the United States, but D. J. Mulloy shows us that the radical right has been a long and active part of American politics during the twentieth century.
Описание: While he is widely acknowledged as the most important Russian thinker of the nineteenth century, Vladimir Soloviev’s place in the landscape of world philosophy nevertheless remains uncertain. Approaching him through a single synoptic lens, this book foregrounds his unique envisioning of the interaction between humanity and the material world. By investigating the development of a single theme in his work—his idea of the “spiritualization of matter”, the “task” of humanity—Smith constructs a rounded picture of Soloviev’s overall importance to an understanding. If nineteenth-century thought, as well as to modern theology and philosophy. The picture that emerges is of a writer whose contribution to a Christian philosophy of matter resonates with many of the religious debates of modernity.


3 edition of The representative of London and Westminster in Parliament, examined and considerd. ... By a gentleman found in the catalog.
A gentleman = John Lacy.Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 6403, no. 11).
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This book, "The representative of London and Westminster in Parliament," by Gentleman, is a replication of a book originally published before 1702. You can check if the delivery address is in a remote area at. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
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Spotlight for the week of March 13, 2023
Historically, the arts have been used as a tool for everything from brokering national peace to expressing individual identity.
This week’s events showcase how both written and visual creativity can become such empowering forces.
First, Calvary Church’s Lenten Preaching Series continues this week with a lineup that includes an internationally-known special guest, Pádraig Ó Tuama. Ó Tuama is an Irish poet, peacemaker, and storyteller who has worked the On Being Project, the BBC, and the Corrymeela Community, Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation organization. His lecture will be at noon on Friday, with in-person and virtual attendance options. Ó Tuama will also be participating in the live recording of Calvary’s podcast, Dialogue, on Wednesday at 6pm.
Then, on Saturday at 11am, the North Library welcomes Hattiloo Theatre for a performance of the play “Don’t Tell Me I Can’t Fly.” This one-hour production, written by Y. York, tells the story of Tonia Bridge, a nine-year-old artist who struggles to find her own voice. Based on the life of Milwaukee collage artist Della Wells, Tonia’s identity journey is portrayed through conversations between her two dolls – Miss Katie and Miss Merci. Arts and crafts will be available for families after the show.
For links to these and other lifelong learning opportunities in Memphis, please visit our Facebook page or check out our website.


Operation Market Garden...
...September 1944, from Casemate Books
Title: Operation Market Garden
Author: Simon Forty, Tom Timmermans
Publisher: Casemate Publishing
Another fine new book from Leo Marriott, Simon Forty and this time with Tom Timmermans, and a follow-on from their earlier books on D-Day, the Bocage and the Ardennes battle. Once again they have come up with an excellent book which covers the subject in a very readable style, and mixed with a fine set of illustrations to back up the authoritative text. I think it is important to say at this point that the book does cover all the aspects of Operation Market Garden, it doesn't just deal with Arnhem itself but all the stops along 'Hell's Highway' as well. The up to date detail benefits from the work of Dutch historian Tom Timmermans who himself lives in Eindhoven.
The hardback book holds 192 pages packed with the detail and images. Following an Introduction, the sequence of events are spread across 11 chapters, each one broken down into sub-sections which I think helps make such a large operation easier to understand and puts the various elements into their contextual place of the overall story. It starts with the Air Plan and follows this with chapters on the US 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions, the British 1st Airborne and the ground forces of 30 Corps over the first 2/3 days. Quite logically this leads to the German Reaction, especially of Panzer-Brigade 107 and Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 280. Then we get chapters on Arnhem (including what was happening at the bridge), Nijmegen and the ground forces engagements along Hell's Highway between D+3 and D+10. Chapter 10 is simply entitled 'The End' and tells us about the Oosterbeek Perimeter, the involvement of the Polish 1st Independent Para Brigade, the Evacuation and finally the Aftermath. The final chapter of the book considers Remembering the Dead, and features a number of cemeteries and memorials to be found in the area.
To accompany the historical story are over 500 illustrations which include plenty of archive photos, some more well known than others, and there are many modern Then and Now comparisons. Add the modern aerial photos which are a special feature of this series of books plus maps with both large scale areas as well as detailed street layouts/dispositions. Some years ago I visited Arnhem and recognise some of the places and memorials that are featured, while closer to home my old job took me regularly to the site of RAF Chilbolton, these days a farm, but then one of the airfields where gliders carrying troops of the 101st Airborne Division took off to play their part in the operation. For the historian, maybe the fan of the film 'A Bridge Too Far' and especially for the battlefield visitor who wants to visit the area, then this would be an excellent book to have with you on your trip.
Distributed by Casemate Books, who kindly provided my review copy.


The North Baltimore Public Library will host a Pinterest Craft Night for Adults on August 24, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.
“Join us for a night of fun, food, and crafts! This month’s craft night is going to be a little different! For anyone who hasn’t heard, I’m moving to Tennessee with my husband at the end of August. But I’ve decided that we should have one last craft night to celebrate!
We will be using the leftover supplies from previous crafts (wine corks, wine glasses, wine bottles, glitter, CD cases, string, twine, paint and whatever else I can dig up out of the craft cupboards!)
Also, if you would like to bring a dish and share with everyone, please mark down on the sign-up sheet what you’d like to bring! (I’ll be providing some kind of food for everyone, but you’re more than welcome to bring whatever you’d like!)” -Christina


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I've been saying it for years--if you want to get more people into your library, use sex to do it. As a recent article in American Libraries cleverly puts it: "Sex sells."
Private Internet viewing booths, infoporn literacy, strippers, Penthouse in the children's section--I've recommended all of these initiatives to make the library more popular. Some people object to this sort of stuff in the library, but not librarians. They know that everything that's "constitutionally protected" speech deserves to be in the library.
I'm glad to see that the other AL is catching up with me. Sure, plenty of librarians love porn in the library, but they tend to be the public librarians, the ones who think the First Amendment goes like this:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and view publicly subsidized pornography in their local library."
But now an academic library is jumping on the "sex @ your library" bandwagon. Some librarians at Penn State Altoona joined the fun of some campus sex thing and started passing out condoms with the library's name on it. If you don't believe me, just check out page 60 of the most recent American Libraries to see pictures of condoms with little stickers on them saying "Eiche Library Facts you Need Between the Covers." How risque!
Some people expect academic librarians to be all intellectual and stuff, to portray the library as a place to study and learn, but not those librarians at Penn State Altoona. Nope, they make the library out to be a place to come have sex. And I bet it will work, too. Now all those undergraduates will think of the library as they're about to get down to business. Heck, maybe they can get down to business in the library (or should I say @ the library) and scatter those condom packages all over the stacks.
We might ask why would a group of librarians do something so vulgar, but the answer is obvious. It's to fight the stereotypes, of course. We don't want a stereotype of a librarian who knows a lot about academic research. What a boring stereotype. "In marketing sessions," we're told by the authors of the article, "librarians are encouraged to shed their profession's stereotypical image and make the library 'sexy.'" That might be true, and it would explain why I don't attend marketing sessions. However, I think the authors might have misunderstood the use of those quote marks around "sexy." "Sexy" doesn't mean sexy. To make the library "sexy" doesn't mean one should invite people to have sex in the library or identify the library in the user's mind with sex. It's a metaphor, but they seem to have taken it literally.
Still, what's more "sexy" than sex?
In addition to passing out condoms with the library's name on it, they also set up a computerized sex quiz and displayed books about sex from the library. This is sort of like infoporn literacy. Exciting stuff! And then it gets even better:
"In keeping with the book theme, we also used the ALA Graphics Read CD to create glossy, color bookmarks highlighting the general call number areas of sex-related library materials--RG133 Contraception, RC200 STDs, and HQ12-440 Sexual Life."
Yay! Maybe next they can create some of those "READ" posters with Ron Jeremy or Jenna Jameson holding their favorite books over their naughty bits. That would be fun! That would make the library "sexy"!
Some of us librarians are trying to do a good job and impress the students and professors as knowledgeable professionals. But that might lead to a stereotype of librarians as serious, intelligent, educated, and professional. What a tragedy! Fortunately, we have librarians like those at Penn State who want to turn the library into a sex joke with students. Hey, we're librarians and we know things about sex! We're cool! That way the librarians can be seen as the trained monkeys they sometimes are, dancing and grinning like mad trying to curry favor in any way they can. That's a much better stereotype!
So, Penn State, you've got the condoms with your library name on them and you've got infoporn literacy. Next, you need private Internet viewing booths and strippers. Since you like passing out condoms so much and consider that appropriate behavior for librarians, why don't you go ahead and be your own strippers. Nothing brings people to the library faster than the thought of naked librarians.


CHILDREN IN WORSHIP
Parents are encouraged to bring their children to worship service. Within our Sanctuary and Gathering Area, we have wonderful spaces for children and parents to be in, and they can still be a part of the service and worship.
Children need time to share & pray together on Sunday mornings. Children’s church at First Pres is just that kind of time for kids! After the Moment for Children, at approximately 10:00 am, children are dismissed to Children’s Church. Besides taking time to catch up and get to know each other, children receive a snack, hear a Bible Story and then participate in an activity together. The children return to church at 10:15 during or just after the song that follows the sermon.
Blanket Space for Children
In our Sanctuary, there are spaces we call Blanket Space. These cozy corners are equipped with pillows, books, soft toys, and blocks for children & parents to play with throughout the service. We recognize that parents often want their young children with them during church so we have created Blanket Spaces to give parents a fun and inclusive space for them to be with their young child. Update (April 2022): These blanket spaces have been restored in the Sanctuary! You are welcome to use them!
Our Children’s Library is located just outside the Sanctuary so children and parents can be close to the service, but in their own space where children can be more active. Equipped with books, puzzles, and coloring supplies this space is a wonderful place for parents who wish to hear the service and participate, but have restless or tired children. Books and movies from the Children’s Library are available to check-out and take home.
Every Sunday just before the sermon, children are invited to come to the front for A Moment for Children, a short sermon that is geared to their age and comprehension. A simple message based on the Scripture reading for the service, this short time with the children are instructive and fun for children and the congregation as a whole.


A sword & sorcery fantasy novel based on Asian myths & legends.
Tulpas, otherwise known as thought-forms, spring first from the imagination, then go on to live lives independent of their creators. And sometimes, they maintain a hostile, even violent, relationship with said creators.
No one knows this quite like Coletrane Marx, the only son of an eccentric billionaire archeologist, who one night as a child unwittingly created a tulpa himself; one that visited him in demon form in the middle of the night to murder his parents with a samurai sword.
Forever changed by this trauma, Coletrane grows up to inherit his father's obsession with archeology and to discover that his unfiltered, childhood imagination created not only this mysterious, cursed samurai named Kojiro, but also an alternate feudal history wherein the strong-willed warrior has his own prophetic story in a world full of mythic creatures, powerful humanoid animal Lords, living deities, and evil Tricksters. A world, Coletrane in addition learns, that will overlap with his own in catastrophic ways if he and Kojiro do not reconcile their dark, shared past and come together as one to stop it.


4to., pp. , 163, [1, blank]; a very good copy in nineteenth-century half calf with marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed; joints cracked; cords sound, some insect damage to rear cover; bookplate sometime removed from front pastedown; ownership inscription of Robert Southey to title page dated ‘Keswick 1820’, and 11-line note in his hand to front flyleaf; sold at the sale of his library, Sotheby’s 18th May 1844, lot 2340, £1 11s; with a note by the purchaser; contemporary ownership inscription of John Mason to final blank page.
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First edition, from the library of Robert Southey, with an ownership inscription an eleven-line note in his distinctive diminutive hand.
Pocklington’s high church, altar-wise polemic, a rebuff of his former patron, the troublesome bishop John Williams, served him well in the short term: ‘It is significant that [in June 1637] he was sworn a chaplain-in-ordinary to the king’ (ODNB). However, with the advent of the Short Parliament in 1640 the same book got its author into difficulty. Southey notes: ‘For writing this book, and another entitled “Sunday no Sabbath” , Dr Pocklington was deprived of all his living, dignities and preferments, disabled from ever holding any place or dignity in Church or Commonwealth, and prohibited from ever coming within the verge of the King’s Courts. And the book was ordered to be burnt by the hangman.’ It is, though, ‘remarkably free from the ill spirit of the times in which it was written’. Possibly the poet was thinking of the political insecurities of his own age and position; indeed he expresses a good deal of sympathy and admiration for this fellow courtier, who found himself at the wrong end of what Southey calls an ‘abominable tyranny’.
The work was read by Southey as part of his research for The Book of the Church, in which Pocklington is mentioned in volume II, a passage echoing the note here. Though Southey was a prodigious reader he rarely annotated his books; in the 1844 sale comprising almost four thousand books, fewer than one hundred feature annotations in his hand.
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PRESERVING LIBRARIES IN THE CIVIL WAR [LIBRARIANSHIP].
An Ordinance by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the Preservation and Keeping together for publique Use, such Books, Evidenees [sic], Records and Writings sequestred or taken by Distresse or otherwise, as are fit to be so Preserved. 18 Novemb. 1643 ...
First edition, an important document for the preservation of libraries and archives in the Civil War. It deplores as ‘prejudiciall to the publique’ any ‘dispersing by sale or otherwise’ of books seized by the parliamentary Committees for Sequestration or Distresses, whether ‘Manuscripts or written Bookes, proceedings of Courts, evidences of Lands ...’ or ‘whole Libraries, and choice Collections of printed Bookes’.
Six Sermons upon severall Occasions, preached before the King, and elsewhere: by that late learned & reverend Divine john Donne, Doctour in Divinitie, and Dean of S. Pauls, London.
First edition of all six texts, each one with its separate title page. Six Sermons comprises ‘Two Sermons Preached before King Charles, upon the xxvi verse of the first Chapter of Genesis’, ‘A Sermon upon the xix verse of the ii Chapter of Hosea’, ‘A Sermon upon the xliiii verse of the xxii Chapter of Matthew’, ‘A Sermon upon the xxi verse of the v Chapter of John’, and ‘A Sermon upon the xv verse of the vii Chapter of John’. These sermons were afterwards collected in Fifty Sermons (1649).


Prince Among Slaves is an award-winning documentary that was broadcasted on PBS. It is based on a biography book by professor Terry Alford. It tells the unique story of an African Muslim prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima, as he experienced the horrors of slavery in the late 1700s. The documentary and the story it tells is extremely captivating as it presents a historical narrative in combination with the tragedy of the emotions caused by slavery in the unjust human society. The historical origins of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade as well as early Muslims in America are explored. The story of the prince was determined based on scholarly accounts and historic documents collected from three continents, which presents a fascinating insight into this person’s journey (Kalin & Duke, 2008).
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Prince Abdul Rahman was born in 1762 in a West African nation known as Futa Jallon. These were agrarian farmers and traders of salt. The population was primarily Muslim. After receiving an education, he entered the army and rose to the rank of a commanding officer. During a skirmish, he was captured and eventually forced into a slave ship named Africa. He experienced a long and horrific journey across the Atlantic. As part of the rapidly growing trans-Atlantic trade, slaves were a commodity. They were faced with brutal and inhumane conditions. Once in America, the prince was sold to slave traders and eventually made his way to New Orleans, and up the Mississippi River to the town of Natchez, where he eventually was sold into labor.
The prince found himself in Natchez in 1788 when a plantation owner, Thomas Foster, purchased him. There, he worked Foster’s land farming tobacco for forty long years. He was living in poor and uncomfortable conditions, publicly humiliated, and having to undergo hard labor that was below his skills and royal status. Even when finding an opportunity to escape, Abdul Rahman had no way to orient himself in the area or know where to go to obtain freedom, choosing to return. The prince built a life on the plantation, rising through the ranks of slaves and gaining respect. He eventually married a Christian woman but chose to retain his Muslim faith. Rahman had the freedom to worship and even received some profit from tending a garden. As a Muslim, who were often poorly adapted to survival in the Americas as slaves, it is extraordinary what the prince was able to achieve.
In 1807, Abdul Rahman encountered by chance an Irish doctor by the name of John Cox, whom the prince’s tribe took care of during his time as a commander in Africa. Cox attempted to purchase Abdul’s freedom from Foster unsuccessfully. They continued their friendship over the years as Cox eventually died and his son continued his father’s efforts to secure freedom for Abdul. The prince’s story fascinated people as it spread in the area. Eventually, Abdul met a book printer and passed a letter that he wished to send back home to Africa through him. The letter was given to Senator Thomas Reed of Mississippi, who passed it along to the Secretary of State Henry Clay. Eventually, President John Adams was involved in seeking the release of Abdul from slavery. Eventually Foster agreed to release Abdul as well as his wife. However, their children remained in captivity for a while longer, until Foster died.
Finally, in 1828, Abdul Rahman and his family were free individuals with overwhelming public support. The prince had the opportunity to meet with Adams and Clay before eventually boarding a ship with other free blacks voyaging back to Africa. A year later, in 1829, Rahman died as decades of labor and hardship weakened his body. This documentary portrays the extraordinary legacy of the prince and historical elements of the slave trade and ownership that impacted his life.
Kalin, A., & Duke, B. (Directors). (2008). Prince among slaves [Video file]. Web.


Item description for La cabana del tio Tom (La punta del iceberg) by Harriet Beecher Stowe...
Aimed at young readers, this adventure-themed collection ofadapted classic bookswill entertain youngsters with characters and storylines that seek to foster their love for reading. These classics are a great way for young readers to start building their very own library.
Orientado al pblico infantil-juvenil, esta coleccin de obras clsicas de aventura busca entretener a lectores jvenes con personajes e historias que fomentarn su amor por la lectura. Estos libros clsicos son la manera perfecta para que los jvenes empiecen su propia biblioteca.
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Est. Packaging Dimensions: Length: 9" Width: 6" Height: 0.9" Weight: 0.95 lbs.
Release Date May 28, 2007
Publisher Edimat Libros
ISBN 8497862740 ISBN13 9788497862745
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More About Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe, a prolific writer best remembered today for"Uncle Tom's Cabin, "was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on June 14, 1811, into a prominent New England family. Her father, Lyman Beecher, was a well-known Congregational minister, and her brother Henry Ward Beecher became a distinguished preacher, orator, and lecturer. Like all the Beechers she grew up with a strong sense of wanting to improve humanity. At the age of thirteen Harriet Beecher enrolled in the Hartford Female Seminary and subsequently taught there until 1832, when the family moved to Cincinnati. In Ohio she was an instructor at a school founded by her elder sister Catharine, and she soon began publishing short stories in the"Western Monthly Magazine." Four years later, in 1836, Harriet Beecher married Calvin Stowe, a respected biblical scholar and theologian by whom she had seven children. In order to supplement the family's meager income she continued writing."The Mayflower, " her first collection of stories and sketches, appeared in 1843. During this period abolitionist conflicts rocked Cincinnati, and Mrs. Stowe witnessed firsthand the misery of slaves living just across the Ohio River in Kentucky. But not until the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was she inspired to write about their plight. After the family resettled in Brunswick, Maine, when Mr. Stowe was hired as a professor at Bowdoin College, she began working on a novel that would expose the evils of slavery. First serialized in the"National Era, "an abolitionist paper, in forty weekly installments between June 5, 1851, and April 1, 1852, and published as a book on March 20, 1852, "Uncle Tom's Cabin"""was an enormous success. Tolstoy deemed it a great work of literature 'flowing from love of God and man, ' and within a year the book had sold more than 300,000 copies. When"Uncle Tom's Cabin"appeared in Great Britain Queen Victoria sent Mrs. Stowe a note of gratitude, and enthusiastic crowds greeted the author in London on her first trip abroad in 1853. In an attempt to silence the many critics at home who denounced the work as vicious propaganda, Mrs. Stowe brought out"A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin"in 1853, which contained documentary evidence substantiating the graphic picture of slavery she had drawn."Dred"(1856), a second antislavery novel, did not enjoy the acclaim of"Uncle Tom's Cabin, "yet the author had already stirred the conscience of the nation and the world, fueling sentiments that would ignite the Civil War. When Abraham Lincoln met her at the White House in 1862 he allegedly remarked: 'So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!' In subsequent novels Stowe shifted her attention away from the issue of slavery. Beginning with"The Minister's Wooing"(1859), and continuing withT"he Pearl of Orr's Island"(1862), "Oldtown Folks" (1869), and"Poganuc People"(1878), she presented a perceptive and realistic chronicle of colonial New England, focusing especially on the theological warfare that underscored Puritan life. In a second and less popular series of novels "My Wife and I"(1871), "Pink and White Tyranny"(1871), and"We and Our Neighbors"(1875) she depicted the mores of post-Civil War America. Mrs. Stowe did enjoy success, however, with the controversial"Lady Byron Vindicated"(1870), a bold defense of her friend Anne, Lady Byron, that scandalously revealed Lord Byron's moral delinquency. In addition she became a regular contributor to the"Atlantic Monthly," which published many of the memorable short stories later collected in"Oldtown Fireside Stories"(1872) and"Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories"(1881). Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote little during the last years of her life. She died in Hartford, Connecticut, on July 1, 1896. Perhaps Mrs. Stowe's achievement was best summed up by abolitionist Frederick Douglass who said: "Hers was the word for the hour."
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malisimo May 16, 2000
este libro carece de virtudes artisticas y o literarias. su unica importancia proviene de que fue publicado en los albores de la guerra civil norteamericana que significo el fin de la esclavitud y la derrota del sur. la escritora narra una historia absurda y un personaje totalmente sumiso y sin sentido. LUIS MENDEZ


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The Herrick Library is reopening to the public with limited hours on June 1, 2021. We are happy to welcome back our regular library customers as well as new ones! You’ll see we made some changes while we were closed, including new locations for the magazines, newsletters, and DVD’s. We’ve added some fun things to the Children’s Section, so stop by with your little ones. As always, library staff are ready to help you find items or information online.
For everyone’s safety:
- All visitors 2 years of age and older must wear a facial covering over both nose and mouth at all times inside the Library.
- Plexiglass barriers have been installed at the front service desk and between the public computers.
- Seating has been minimized to allow physical distancing.
- The Library meeting room, conference room, and study rooms are closed for public use.
- No food or drink are allowed inside the Library.
- Returned Library items will be disinfected and quarantined for 72 hours.
- High touch areas will be disinfected hourly while open, and a deep cleaning performed every evening.
- Hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes are available for use throughout the Library.
- Computer workstations will be available on a first come/first serve basis with a one hour per day time limit, and will be disinfected after each use. WiFi is available throughout the Library.
- Curbside Pickup of library items will continue to be available.
- Stay home if you’re experiencing any symptoms of illness.
- Maintain six feet of distance between yourself, staff, and other library users.
- Wear your facial covering over your nose and mouth at all times.
- Wash or disinfect your hands frequently.
- Make your library visit quick and efficient. Ask library staff for assistance -we’re here to help!