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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
With his election to the New York State Senate in 1910, Franklin D. Roosevelt sets out to make a name for himself in Albany, much as Theodore Roosevelt had done twenty-nine years earlier. He joins forces with reform-minded Democrats to fight against the powerful bosses of their own party, and battles for state government and labor reforms – but to the dismay of many, his support is sometimes unreliable. For Eleanor Roosevelt, distance away from...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America, Meacham shows us how what Lincoln called the "better angels of our nature" have won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, and others, and illuminating the courage of such influential citizen activists...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are the most prominent members of one of the most important families in American history. Theodore and Franklin occupy the White House for nineteen of the first forty-five years of the twentieth century, years during which much of the modern world – and the modern state – is created. They share an unfeigned love for people and politics and a willingness to defy class prejudices to help create a true democracy...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A revelatory account of how the loving marriage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth saved the monarchy during World War II, and how they raised their daughter to become Queen Elizabeth II, based on exclusive access to the Royal Archives--from the bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen and Prince Charles Granted special access by Queen Elizabeth II to her parents' letters and diaries and to the papers of their close friends and family, Sally...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After the tragic murder of King Simon by an unknown assailant, Cyrus, Simon's arrogant brother, has taken the throne with the help of Queen Helena. Prince Liam seeks vengeance for the death of the king while Princess Eleanor struggles to live her seemingly fairytale life. While allies are formed and enemies are made in the royal palace, nothing is what it seems and everyone has their own agenda. Not since Marie Antoinette has there been so much anarchy...
Author
Publisher
NBM/ComicsLit
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"New Brunswick, New Jersey, Thursday, September 14, 1922. Reverend Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills take a stroll in the town's park in the evening. Shots are heard. 2 days later, their bodies are found laying on the ground very neatly next to each other ... Reverend Hall, himself married, was in an open secret of an affair with Mrs. Mills, a married woman of his choir ... Alas, no clues or evidence are sufficient to make an indictment stick ... The case...
Author
Series
Runaways (2017) volume 3
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The "IT" book of the early 2000s with the original cast is back - Nico! Karolina! Molly! Chase! Old Lace! And, could it be? GERT?! The heart of the Runaways died years ago, but you won't believe how she returns! Superstar author Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor & Park, Carry On ) makes her Marvel debut with fan-favorite artist Kris Anka (ALL-NEW X-MEN, CAPTAIN MARVEL) in the series that will shock you and break your heart! Did Chase and Gert's love survive...
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
With exclusive, unprecedented access is the first film to encompass the remarkable story of Vivienne's life, her fashion, her personality, her activism and her cultural importance. Since igniting the punk movement with ex-partner and Sex Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren, Dame Vivienne Westwood has been redefining British fashion for over 40 years, and is responsible for creating many of the most distinctive looks of our time.
Author
Series
Runaways (2017) volume 1
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The "IT" book of the early 2000s with the original cast is back - Nico! Karolina! Molly! Chase! Old Lace! And, could it be? GERT?! The heart of the Runaways died years ago, but you won't believe how she returns! Superstar author Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor & Park, Carry On ) makes her Marvel debut with fan-favorite artist Kris Anka (ALL-NEW X-MEN, CAPTAIN MARVEL) in the series that will shock you and break your heart! Did Chase and Gert's love survive...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Overview: Throughout history women have caused wars, defied the rules, and brought men to their knees. The famous and the infamous, queens, divorcees, actresses, and outlaws have created a ruckus during their lifetimes-turning heads while making waves. Scandalous Women tells the stories of the risk takers who have flouted convention, beaten the odds, and determined the course of world events. When Cleopatra (69 BC-30 BC) wasn't bathing in asses'...
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Shining the spotlight on a hundred men and women who really made a difference to the world's most powerful nation, this book features the lives and achievements of extraordinary Americans--presidents and sports figures, film stars and physicists, generals and Internet mavericks--from the age of the Founding Fathers to the present. Telling the stories of lives of men and women over the last 300 years, the book celebrates their achievements and presents...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Little River, New York, 1994: April Sawicki is living in a run-down motorhome, flunking out of school, and picking up shifts at the local diner. But when April realizes she's finally had enough-enough of her selfish, absent father and barely surviving in an unfeeling town-she decides to make a break for it. Stealing a car and with only her music to keep her company, April hits the road, determined to live life on her own terms. She manages to scrape...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
At the dawn of the 20th century, Detective William Murdoch solves Toronto2s trickiest cases with scientific insight and ingenuity in this award-winning mystery series. From flying early aircraft to infiltrating nudist communities, consulting with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to helping a young Winston Churchill, Murdoch has always been a man ahead of his time. In Season Six, he also confronts legal and social challenges to be with his love, pathologist-turned-psychiatrist...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
How did the Earth transform from a hot ball of molten rock and metal into the planet that we call home? How did our continents and oceans grow? Where did our great mountain ranges come from? The geological processes that have shaped our world have also influenced the way humans have populated the planet. From the Great Lakes to Iceland, the San Andreas Fault to Krakatoa, this series reveals the physical processes that have shaped some of the most...
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