What Libraries Mean to the Nation

What Libraries Mean to the Nation PDF Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 12

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What Libraries Mean to the Nation

What Libraries Mean to the Nation PDF Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 12

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State of Our Nation's Libraries

State of Our Nation's Libraries PDF Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Library
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Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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The Freedom to Read

The Freedom to Read PDF Author: American Library Association
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 16

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Eyes of the Nation

Eyes of the Nation PDF Author: Vincent Virga
Publisher: Bunker Hill Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1593730357
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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A magnificent one volume pictorial and narrative history of the United States with more than five hundred exceptional illustrations, many reproduced here for the first time.

Public Libraries in the United States

Public Libraries in the United States PDF Author:
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Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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Grasshopper Jungle

Grasshopper Jungle PDF Author: Andrew Smith
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101590068
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction "Raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling." --Rolling Stone “Grasshopper Jungle is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut’s in “Slaughterhouse Five,” in the best sense.” --New York Times Book Review In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want to do two things. This is the truth. This is history. It’s the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it. You know what I mean. Funny, intense, complex, and brave, Grasshopper Jungle brilliantly weaves together everything from testicle-dissolving genetically modified corn to the struggles of recession-era, small-town America in this groundbreaking coming-of-age stunner.

State of the World's Indigenous Peoples

State of the World's Indigenous Peoples PDF Author: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Publisher: United Nations
ISBN: 9210548434
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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While indigenous peoples make up around 370 million of the world’s population – some 5 per cent – they constitute around one-third of the world’s 900 million extremely poor rural people. Every day, indigenous communities all over the world face issues of violence and brutality. Indigenous peoples are stewards of some of the most biologically diverse areas of the globe, and their biological and cultural wealth has allowed indigenous peoples to gather a wealth of traditional knowledge which is of immense value to all humankind. The publication discusses many of the issues addressed by the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and is a cooperative effort of independent experts working with the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. It covers poverty and well-being, culture, environment, contemporary education, health, human rights, and includes a chapter on emerging issues.

The First White House Library

The First White House Library PDF Author: Catherine M. Parisian
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027103713X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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The First White House Library is the first book to consider the history of books and reading in the Executive Mansion.

The Human Interest Library: Our country in romance

The Human Interest Library: Our country in romance PDF Author:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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Part of Our Lives

Part of Our Lives PDF Author: Wayne A. Wiegand
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190248009
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 345

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Challenges conventional thinking and top-down definitions, instead drawing on the library user's perspective to argue that the public library's most important function is providing commonplace reading materials and public space. Challenges a professional ethos about public libraries and their responsibilities to fight censorship and defend intellectual freedom. Demonstrates that the American public library has been (with some notable exceptions) a place that welcomed newcomers, accepted diversity, and constructed community since the end of the 19th century. Shows how stories that cultural authorities have traditionally disparaged- i.e. books that are not "serious"- have often been transformative for public library users.