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Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In one of his letters Hart Crane wrote, "Appollinaire lived in Paris, I live in Cleveland, Ohio," comparing--misspelling and all--the great French poet's cosmopolitan roots to his own more modest ones in the midwestern United States. Rebelling against the notion that his work should relate to some European school of thought, Crane defiantly asserted his freedom to be himself, a true American writer. John T. Irwin, long a passionate and brilliant critic...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Betty & Coretta: Two extraordinary women-Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X-come to life in this Lifetime Movie Network movie. After their husbands' tragic assassinations, they developed a unique friendship spanning three decades as they carried on the Civil Rights movement while supporting their families as single mothers. Through their strength and dignity, they became role models for millions...
6486) LGBTQ+
Publisher
[Midwest Tape]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night. Titles include: The Danish Girl ; Call Me by Your Name ; Moonlight; ; 3 Generations ; Disobedience ; Boy Erased.
The Danish girl (2015) (120 min.): This remarkable love story which is inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe an Gerda Wegener, follows the evolution of the couple's marriage and work as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender...
Publisher
[Newton Free Library]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Reverend Howard Haywood and his wife, Katy Haywood, grew up in West Newton in a predominantly black neighborhood. They met at the Myrtle Baptist Church, where Reverend Haywood later became pastor. Both of their families came to Newton in the second half of the 19th century and got involved in the church, which was a stabilizing presence within the community. The Haywoods reminisce about childhood in West Newton and how they were able to have a positive...
Author
Pub. Date
1784
Language
English
Description
Correspondence, sermons, lecture, manuscripts of parts of a series intended for newspaper publication, and reports. Some items are drafts or copies in Ripley's hand. Correspondence, 1805-1838, includes letters of reference for John Barrett, Jr., Mary Jones Dunbar Minot (Thoreau's grandmother; the letter of reference addressed to Benj. Russell), and Sally Chandler, ALS from Town Clerk Abiel Heywood (1810 Apr. 6) concerning change in intermission of...
Author
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Poet Alan Bernheimer provides a long overdue English translation of this French literary classic -- Lost Profiles is a retrospective of a crucial period in modernism, written by co-founder of the surrealist movement. Opening with a reminiscence of the international Dada movement in the late 1910s and its transformation into the beginnings of surrealism, Lost Profiles then proceeds to usher its readers into encounters with a variety of literary lions....
6490) Word 2016 For dummies
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Overview: The bestselling beginner's guide to Microsoft Word. Written by the author of the first-ever For Dummies book, Dan Gookin, this new edition of Word For Dummies quickly and painlessly gets you up to speed on mastering the world's number-one word processing software. In a friendly, human, and often irreverent manner, it focuses on the needs of the beginning Word user, offering clear and simple guidance on everything you need to know about Microsoft...
6493) Chong ai qing ren meng
Publisher
Zhou li ying shi you xian gong si
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
日本語
Description
Mao (Juri Ueno) and Kosuke (Jun Matsumoto) first met in high school. When Mao was called stupid and billied, Kosuke stepped in to rescue and that's where their romance emerged. Ten years later they meet again. She becomes an attractive woman but her memory before 13 years old was lost. They quickly fall in love and marry. But Mao holds a secret close to her heart - is there a happy ever after for Mao and Kosuke?
Publisher
[Newton Free Library]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Katherine "Kathy" Jones and Hubert "Hubie" Jones were both raised in New York City -- Harlem and the South Bronx -- respectively. They met at the Ethical Culture Schools Camp in Cooperstown, NY, and moved to Newton in 1961, a time when it was difficult to find housing as a black couple. Both have been deeply involved in education reform in the Boston area. In this interview, they discuss Mrs. Jones' experience being elected to, and serving on, the...
Publisher
[Newton Free Library]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Carl Carlsen discusses the life of his late father, Ivar Carlo Carlsen, a former resident of Newton, Massachusetts. Ivar, born in 1919 in Sandefjord, Norway, began his career at sea at a young age, initially sailing on whaling factory ships in the South Atlantic. During World War II, Ivar joined the Norwegian Merchant Marines and then the US Army transport, hoping to gain American citizenship. In 1943, he was aboard a ship that was torpedoed and sunk...
Publisher
Bedford/St. Martin's
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Read great fiction and discover what it takes to write it. This book is a treasury of short fiction by the best writers of the past and present. Their stories will transport you to other times and places, where you will be inspired to laugh, to question, and to think. Along with the stories are writers' own commentaries on their craft and the traditions of short fiction, offering you insight, inspiration, and plenty of support for discussion and...
6497) Jewish worship
Author
Publisher
Jewish Publication Society of America
Pub. Date
1971
Language
English
Description
This work of immense Scholarship (673 pages) is well-documented and written with scholarship and love. Chapter 7 deals with Shabbat liturgy (p. 161-198), which is discussed in detail with a special focus on historical development.
Author
Publisher
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Includes information on before the oil era, architecture of ʻAsir and Tihamah, handicrafts, the Bedouin, Neolithic tools, who is an Arab, frankincense, the Tayma stone, the prayer rug, the Five Pillars of Islam, the Hijri calendar and the two festivals, how Islamic science reached Europe, Arabic numerals, Arabic language, Arabic literature, the development of Islamic law, tribal settlers and nomads, rood, dress, money, music, Saudi women today, climate,...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A stunning portrait of the complicated woman who was Ernest Hemingway's fourth wife, exploring the tumultuous years of their marriage, and evoking her merry widowhood as she shapes Hemingway's literary legacy. Mary Welsh, a celebrated wartime journalist during the London Blitz and the liberation of Paris, meets Ernest Hemingway in May 1944. He becomes so infatuated with Mary that he asks her to marry him the third time they meet--although they are...
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