Lester, David
Summary: "Prophet against Slavery illustrates the life and times of an eighteenth-century dwarf abolitionist who performed guerrilla theater against slaveowners and became one of the first to demand immediate and abolition"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.8 LESLester, David
Summary: "Under the Banner of King Death explores the sub-culture and resistance of eighteenth-century pirates, telling the tales of John Gwin, an African American fugitive from bondage in South Carolina; Ruben Dekker, a common seaman from Amsterdam; and Mark/Mary Reed, an American woman who dressed as a man and went to sea"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2023
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Summary: This revelatory, memorable book by the dean of America's Kennedy writers begins where the bestselling phenomenon A Woman Named Jackie left off, going even further into the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Lester David evokes in fascinating detail what happened to Jackie after her marriage to Aristotle Onassis. When she died, after a determined battle with cancer, her passing brought forth an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carol Pub. Group 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ONASSIS, JACQUELINE KENNEDY DavContents: Guitar rag (Roy Harvey & Jess Johnson) -- Bow wow blues (Allen Brothers) -- Cocaine (Dick Justice) -- Down South blues (Dock Boggs) -- Stackalee (Frank Hutchison) -- Mule skinner blues (Blue Yodel #8) (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Born in hard luck (Chris Bouchillon) -- Johnson City blues (Clarence Greene) -- If the river was whiskey (Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers) -- Buck Dancer's choice...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES ROUSummary: At the turn of the 20th century, two brothers fall in love with the same woman. When she chooses the younger of the two, the embittered older brother travels to Europe where he becomes a ruthless mercenary. But a revolution takes a personal twist with one brother hanging on the edge of life and death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Trimark Home Video 2003
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DUSContents: The stripper (David Rose & his orchestra) -- For strippers only ; Shivas Regal (theme from Gypsy) ; A pretty girl is like a melody ; Lament ; Blues to strip by ; Walkin' & strippin' ; Bumps & grinds ; Lonely little G-string ; Big Millie from Philly ; The late late show ; Perfume and pink chiffon ; Swingin' shepherd blues ; Lullaby of Birdland ; More bumps and grinds ; Strip poker ; Stripper's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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Summary: An illustrated collection of twelve folk tales, ten African and two Jewish.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 LESLeser, David
Summary: In Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing, author David Leser presents an essential and incisive investigation, unearthing the roots of misogyny, its inextricable links to the patriarchy, and how history brought us to the #MeToo movement and the wave of incandescent female rage that is sweeping the world. his book calls on men (yes, all men) to be accountable for their contribution to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.3 LESSummary: Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should trust nothing -- including their own search-and-rescue orders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010