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19201) Punk rock and trailer parks
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2008.
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"Punk Rock & Trailer Parks conjures up the oppressive insanity of growing up in a small town, the day-to-day weirdness of the trailer parks tucked away therein, the magic allure of sex and the necessary comforts of friendship, the mystical power of the counter-culture to turn outcasts into heroes and, most of all, the transcendent power of music, specifically the punk rock of the late 1970's which redefined, transported, and ultimately, perhaps, disappointed...
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Simpsons comics volume 13
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
There will be standing room only for Groening's newest Simpsons Comics collection of comedy classics. This big, boffo book will have readers bemused, boggled, and beside themselves with belly laughs.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Wandering Stars traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Redfeather's shooting in There There"--
Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion Prison Castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found...
19206) Martin Luther King Jr
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Pub. Date
2020.
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"Born into a family of pastors, Martin grew up understanding the power of words. As a child, the world he lived in was deeply divided, and he knew he had to change it. Learning from greats like Gandhi, Martin used words to touch people's hearts with love and justice, rather than hatred and violence." --from back cover.
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2007
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Quicksilver returns! But is he friend or foe!? Complicating matters even more, the divisiveness of civil war has spread to X-Factor: half of them want to cooperate with the government; the other half want to take a stand against it. Plus, What happens when Cable and Deadpool find themselves on opposite sides of the fence, and both refuse to budge? What else: they fight!
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2014.
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"Irreverent, insightful, and blatantly honest, Deborah takes us along on her inspiring journey of self-discovery and renewal after she is forced to flee Afghanistan in 2007. She first lands in California, where she feels like a misfit teetering on the brink of sanity. Where was that fearless redhead who stared danger in the face back in Kabul? After being advised to commune with glowworms and sit in contemplation for one year, Rodriguez finally packs...
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[2013]
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Tired of living on a failing farm and suffering oppressive poverty, bored housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a potential lover, is detoured by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mountainside that ignites a media and religious firestorm that changes her life forever.
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Pub. Date
c2011
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro...
19214) Josephine Baker
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[2023], c2022.
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Josephine Baker left a segregated America in 1925 and became the most famous entertainer in Paris, France. She went on to be the first Black woman to star in a movie, a volunteer spy during World War II, and the mother of twelve adopted children from around the world. Then, she returned to the States to dance for American audiences and bring her voice to the Civil Rights Movement. This is her story.
19215) Simpsons comics unchained
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Simpsons comics volume 11
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
The Simpson family shelters momentarily-rich computer geeks, goes to court over a history presentation based on Histrionik Comics, and deals with addictive donuts.
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Quincredible volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
When meteors fell to Earth Quinton West was gifted with the power of invulnerability. Seeing others take up hero identities, Quinton decided to help his city of New Orleans in his own way. Using his smarts, creativity and a bit of training from his mentor Glow, Quinton is on his way to becoming Quincredible, hero of New Orleans! But even superheroes must do homework, and Quinton's newest assignment is to learn the history of New Orleans and Voodoo....
19218) Apple in the middle
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[2018]
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Apple Starkington turned her back on her Native American heritage the moment she was called a racial slur for someone of white and Indian descent, not that she really even knew how to be an Indian in the first place. Too bad the white world doesn't accept her either. And so begins her quirky habits to gain acceptance. Apple's name, chosen by her Indian mother on her deathbed, has a double meaning: treasured apple of my eye, but also the negative connotation...
19219) Citizen 13660
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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"Mine Okubo was one of over one hundred thousand people of Japanese descent--nearly two-thirds of whom were American citizens--who were forced into "protective custody" shortly after Pearl Harbor. Citizen 13660, Okubo's graphic memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah, illuminates this experience with poignant illustrations and witty, candid text. Now available with a new introduction by Christine Hong and in a wide-format artist...
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Pub. Date
2011
Description
Born into slavery in 1854, Nat Love grew up to become the most famous African-American cowboy in the Old West. A contemporary (and acquaitance) of Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid, Nat was widely known as an expert roper and driver, a crack shot and a realy Wild West character. In 1907, he published his autobiography, The Life and Adventures of Nat Love, Better Known in Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick," on which this book is based. -- Jacket flap...
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