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The new history of Florida / by Gannon, Michael,1927-2017.(CARDINAL)200644;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The New History of Florida, the first comprehensive history of the state to be written in a quarter of a century, is the culmination of the most recent and significant work from a galaxy of specialists. Each of the twenty-two chapters, which weave together in one continuous narrative, was written especially for this volume. Their authors present here not only political, economic, military, and religious information but also social history and personal experiences. Endnotes and a bibliography are appended to each chapter. Florida's first inhabitants entered the peninsula and panhandle about 10,000 years ago. The Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon stumbled ashore near Melbourne Beach in 1513. He called the place La Florida, the first permanent geographic name of European origin to be etched upon the maps of the American continent. Over three centuries of Spanish and English colonial history followed before the United States acquired Florida in 1821. The first state flag was raised over a new capitol in Tallahassee on May 26, 1845. Written to observe the sesquicentennial of statehood, this work will document the rich history of the Sunshine State for general readers, students, and scholars well into the twenty-first century.
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The unexpected diva [sound recording] : a novel / by Warren, Tiffany L.,author.(CARDINAL)467146; Miles, Robin,narrator.(CARDINAL)542540;
Read by Robin Miles.Born into slavery on a Mississippi plantation, Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield has been raised in the safety of Philadelphia's Quaker community by a wealthy adoptive mother. Sheltered and educated, Eliza's happy childhood always included music lessons to nurture her unique gift: a glorious three octave singing voice that leaves listeners in awe. But on the eve of her twenty-fourth birthday, young Eliza's world is thrown into a tailspin when her mother dies. Eliza's inheritance is contested by her mother's white cousins, leaving her few options. She can marry her longtime beau, Lucien, though she has no desire to be a wife and mother. Or she can work as a tutor for rich families. Her mother's dying wish was for Eliza to pursue her talent and become a professional singer, but that grand vision now seems out of reach. When a chance performance on a steamboat to Buffalo, New York, leads to a surprising opportunity, fearless Eliza seizes her moment. Within a year she is touring America, singing to packed houses, and igniting controversy wherever she goes. In a country captivated by "the Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind, Eliza is billed by tour promoters as "the Black Swan." An unlikely diva, Eliza is tall, dark-skinned, and robust of figure compared to the petite European prima donna, but even the harshest critics can't deny Eliza's extraordinary gift. Menaced by racist crowds, threatened by slave-catchers who kidnap free Black people, Eliza lives a public life full of risk, but one which also holds the promise of great riches, and the freedoms those buy.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Prima donnas (Singers); African American singers; Racism; African Americans;
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Remarkable birds : 100 of the world's most notable birds / by Moss, Stephen,1960-author.(CARDINAL)326326; BirdLife International.(CARDINAL)318724;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Selection of quotes -- Ostrich -- Brown kiwi -- Emperor penguin -- Common loon -- Wandering albatross -- Snow petrel -- Red-billed tropicbird -- Dalmatian pelican -- Northern gannet -- Flightless cormorant -- Magnificent frigatebird -- Eurasian bittern -- European white stork -- Shoebill -- Scarlet ibis -- Black-faced spoonbill -- Lesser flamingo -- Bewick's swan -- Snow goose -- Red-breasted goose -- Common eider -- California condor -- Bald eagle -- Lammergeier -- Montagu's harrier -- Harpy eagle -- Secretary bird -- Peregrine -- Malleefowl -- Western capercaillie -- Satyr tragopan -- Congo peafowl -- Hoatzin -- Whooping crane -- Red-crowned crane -- Corncrake -- Takahe -- Kagu -- Sunbittern -- Great bustard -- Ibisbill -- Black-winged stilt -- Egyptian plover -- Northern lapwing -- Red knot -- Ruff -- Spoon-billed sandpiper -- Red-necked phalarope -- Plains-wanderer -- Ross's gull -- Arctic tern -- Atlantic puffin -- Mauritius pink pigeon -- Kakapo -- Hyacinth macaw -- Great blue turaco -- Common cuckoo -- Greater roadrunner -- Snowy owl -- Eurasian eagle-owl -- Oilbird -- Common swift -- Sword-billed hummingbird -- Resplendent quetzal -- Laughing kookaburra -- Common kingfisher -- Blue-crowned motmot -- European bee-eater -- Lilac-breasted roller -- Hoopoe -- Rhinoceros hornbill -- Toco toucan -- Eurasian wryneck -- Ivory-billed woodpecker -- Gurney's pitta -- Bearded bellbird -- Andean cock-of-the-rock -- Red-capped manakin -- Noisy scrub-bird -- Superb lyrebird -- Eurasian skylark -- Barn swallow -- Bohemian waxwing -- Hypocolius -- Winter wren -- Northern mockingbird -- American robin -- Common nightingale -- Dartford warbler -- Gray-necked picathartes -- Wallcreeper -- Long-tailed tit -- Reel-backed shrike -- Wilson's bird-of-paradise -- Northern raven -- New Caledonian crow -- Kirtland's warbler -- Darwin's finches -- Long-tailed paradise-whydah -- House sparrow.For the first time ever, here is a highly selective list and photographs of the 100 most beautiful, glamorous, unusual, and iconic birds the world has ever known. Some are so rare they are on the verge of extinction, while others are so numerous they are literally uncountable. Some are famous for their looks, and others for their lifestyle. But all have exceptional qualities that make them the most sought after, cherished, and famous birds in the world.
Subjects: Birds.; Birds; Birds;
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Hidden colors 4 : the religion of white supremacy / by Nasheed, Tariq,film director,film producer,directorproducercommentator.; Akinroluyo, Ola,film producer.producer.; Thompson, Henry,film producer.producer.; Rhodes, David C.,film producer.producer.; White, James,(Producer)film producer.producer.; McClanahan, Brent,film producer.producer.; Mercuri, Luca,(Cinematographer)cinematographer.; Crofoot, Vance,editor of moving image work.; Berbeci, Ignat; Broadnax, Jermaine,researcher.; Gaiusbayode, Tola,artist.; Brown, Jim,1936-commentator.; Killer Mike,(Rapper)commentator.; Valentine, Phil,(Dr.)commentator.; Watkins, Boyce Dewhite,commentator.; Newton, Patricia,commentator.; Afrika, Llaila O.,commentator.; Sheppard, Eric S.,commentator.; Tosch, Jennifer,commentator.; Browder, Anthony T.(Anthony Tyrone); Walker, Robin,1967-commentator.; Kamene, Kaba,commentator.; Small, James S.,commentator.; Nelson, Nteri,commentator.; Blair, Delbert,commentator.; Wilson, Joycelyn,commentator.; King Flex Entertainment,production company,film distributor.;
Cinematography, Luca Mercuri ; film editing, Vance Crofoot ; visual effects, Ignat Berbeci ; researcher, Jermaine Broadnax ; artwork, Tola Gaiusbayode.Interviewees (commentators): Jim Brown, Tariq Nasheed, Killer Mike, Phil Valentine, Boyce Watkins, Patricia Newton, Llaila Afrika, Eric Sheppard, Jennifer Tosch, Antony Browder, Robin Walker, Kaba Kamene, James Small, Nteri Nelson, Delbert Blair, Joycelyn Wilson.Explores the motivation behind European global subjugation, the history of rarely discussed vast West African empires, how germ warfare is used on melanted people, and the history of slave breeding farms in America.DVD; region 1, NTSC; fullscreen; Dolby Digital 2.0
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social problem films.; Nonfiction films.; DVD-Video discs.; Videodiscs.; DVDs.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Documentary films.; White supremacy movements.; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Racism; Blacks; Blacks; Sociological jurisprudence;
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Sister mother warrior [sound recording] / by Riley, Vanessa,author.(CARDINAL)826883; Andoh, Adjoa,narrator.; Miles, Robin,narrator.(CARDINAL)542540;
Read by Adjoa Andoh and Robin Miles.Gran Toya: Born in West Africa, Abdaraya Toya was one of the legendary minos, women called "Dahomeyan Amazons" by the Europeans, who were specially chosen female warriors consecrated to the King of Dahomey. Betrayed by an enemy, kidnapped, and sold into slavery, Toya wound up in the French colony of Saint Domingue, where she became a force to be reckoned with on its sugar plantations: a healer and an authority figure among the enslaved. Among the motherless children she helped raise was a man who would become the revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines. When the enslaved people rose up, Toya, ever the warrior, was at the forefront of the rebellion that changed the course of history. Marie-Claire: A free woman of color, Marie-Claire Bonheur was raised in an air of privilege and security because of her wealthy white grandfather. With a passion for charitable work, she grew up looking for ways to help those oppressed by a society steeped in racial and economic injustices. Falling in love with Jean-Jacques Dessalines, an enslaved man, was never the plan, yet their paths continued to cross and intertwine, and despite a marriage of convenience to a Frenchman, she and Dessalines had several children. When war breaks out on Saint Domingue, pitting the French, Spanish, and enslaved people against one another in turn, Marie-Claire and Toya finally meet, and despite their deep differences, they both play pivotal roles in the revolution that will eventually lead to full independence for Haiti and its people.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Empress of Haiti, 1758-1858; Montou, Victoria, approximately 1739-1805;
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Batman, the detective / by Taylor, Tom,1978-writer.(CARDINAL)345797; Anderson, Brad,colorist,cover artist.(CARDINAL)348194; Hope, Sandra,inker.(CARDINAL)563710; Kubert, Andy,penciller,inker,cover artist.(CARDINAL)371008; Robins, Clem,1955-letterer.(CARDINAL)342788;
"An epic tale begins that will take Batman on a harrowing, action-packed European adventure in a new miniseries by superstar creators Tom Taylor and Andy Kubert! A horrific tragedy in the United Kingdom sends a very personal and deadly message to the Dark Knight-one that will draw Batman out of Gotham City to investigate! From the moment he lands in Europe, Batman will face a difficult investigation and unheard-of adversaries and find the assistance of a partner once more-all in the hunt for the villain known as Equilibrium! New villains! New allies! A thrilling overseas adventure begins for the Dark Knight! As Batman's pursuit goes on, the mystery around the organization known as Equilibrium deepens! Just who are these enigmatic villains, and why are they out to erase the Dark Knight's legacy? And how does Henri Ducard play into all this-can this face from Bruce Wayne's past be the key to it all?"--
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Graphic novels.; Science fiction comics.; Superhero comics.; Batman (Fictitious character); Murder; Rescues;
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A red like no other : how cochineal colored the world : an epic story of art, culture, science, and trade / by Padilla, Carmella,editor.(CARDINAL)338176; Anderson, Barbara(Barbara Christine),1947-editor.; Clark, Blair,photographer.(CARDINAL)338178; Museum of International Folk Art (N.M.),host institution.(CARDINAL)155588;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Three reds : cochineal, hematite, and cinnabar in the pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican world / Claudia Brittenham -- Red at court : did the Maya at Bonampak know cochineal? / Mary Miller -- The politics of Nocheztli : the Florentine codex and the Nahua world of New Spain / Diana Magaloni Kerpel -- Tradition and innovation : cochineal and Andean keros / Ellen Pearlstein [and four others] -- The cochineal commodity chain : Mexican cochineal and the rise of global trade / Carlos Marichal -- To dye for : the many reds of Asia / Cristin McKnight Sethi -- Five barrels of cochineal : a gift from King Philip III of Spain to Shah ʻAbbas I of Iran / Marianna Shreve Simpson -- Reds in the land of the rising sun : cochineal and traditional red dyes in Japan / Monica Bethe, Yoshiko Sasaki -- Red echoes of enslavement : cochineal red, West Africa, and the slave trade / Emily Lynn Osborn -- Point of origin : genetic diversity and the biogeography of the cochineal insect / Alex van Dam [and three others] -- Crimson to scarlet : from American tradition to European experimentation / Ana Roquero -- Finer than the cochineal of New Spain : painting of the natural, civil, and geographic history of the kingdom of Peru / Rocío Bruquetas -- Proof positive : the science of finding cochineal / Estrella Sanz Rodríguez -- Shades of red : color and culture in Andean textiles / Elena Phipps -- Bleeding threads : cochineal in Mexican textiles / Alejandro de Ávila B. -- Not only red : cochineal in the eighteenth-century European woolen cloth industry / Dominique Cardon -- Dressing red : cochineal red in eighteenth-century garments from the Museo del Traje / Elena Vázquez García, Irene Seco Serra -- Recycled reds : raveled insect-dyed yarns in blankets of the American Southwest / Ann Lane Hedlund -- Wrapped in strouding : trade cloth and the American Indians of the Plains / Marsha C. Bol -- The color of power : red in the portraiture of the Spanish and British Empires / Michael A. Brown -- "One of the most beautiful reds" : cochineal in European painting / Jo Kirby -- Carmine of the Indies : cochineal in Spanish painting and sculpture (1550-1670) / Rocío Bruquetas, Marisa Gómez -- Interweaving Europe and Central Asia : connections in ethnobotany, folklore, and Polish cochineal / Anna Naruta-Moya -- "More reddish than grain" : cochineal in colonial Andean painting / Gabriela Siracusano, Marta Maier -- Painting in New Spain : conveying meaning through cochineal / Barbara Anderson -- Nocheztli--blood of the prickly pear : cochineal in domestic furnishings in New Spain and Mexico / Gustavo Curiel -- Looking for red in all the wrong places : cochineal in Spanish colonial New Mexico / Robin Farwell Gavin, Josie Caruso -- Reconsidering cochineal in Spanish colonial New Mexico : questions for the future / Cordelia Thomas Snow -- New colors, old tints : uncovering fortuny and cochineal / Elvira González Asenjo, Lucina Llorente Llorente -- Carmine and earthly delights : cochineal in cosmetics, contemporary craft, fashion, and the strawberry frappuccino / Nicolasa Chávez -- Romantic revival : cochineal in contemporary New Mexican Hispano art / Nicolasa Chávez -- Red collection : Orlando Dugi's cochineal-inspired fashion design / Carmella Padilla.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Cochineal; Dyes and dyeing; Red; Color in clothing.;
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Birds of the gods [videorecording] / by Attenborough, David,1926-narrator.(CARDINAL)148428; Jones, Harvey,television director,television producer.; British Broadcasting Corporation,production company.(CARDINAL)143648; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)309769; PBS Home Video.(CARDINAL)218235; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher,broadcaster.(CARDINAL)189964; Tigress Productions,production company.(CARDINAL)355016; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.),production company.(CARDINAL)150050;
Photography, Robin Smith and Dave Allen ; editor, Charles Davies ; music by Paul Lawler.Narrated by David Attenborough.Living in the depths of the New Guinean Rainforest are birds of unimaginable color and beauty. When Europeans first saw the plumes of these fabulous creatures in the sixteenth century, they believed they must be from heaven and called them Birds of Paradise. The people of New Guinea make even greater claims. They say the birds possess supernatural powers and magic. But to find these birds in New Guinea and to witness their extraordinary mating displays is one of the toughest assignments.DVD, region 1, wide screen, Dolby Digital, NTSC, audio description.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nature television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Wildlife television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Birds of paradise (Birds);
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Birds in the yard month by month / by Sorenson, Sharon.(CARDINAL)524889;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-401) and index.[1] January -- Species profiles -- Northern cardinal -- Carolina and black-capped chickadee -- Tufted titmouse -- Carolina wren -- Song sparrow -- [2] February -- Species profiles -- Downy woodpecker and hairy woodpecker -- Red-bellied woodpecker and hairy woodpecker -- Pileated woodpecker -- Northern flicker -- [3] March -- Species profiles -- American robin -- Eastern bluebird -- Red-winged blackbird and common grackle -- Brown-headed cowbird -- Purple martin -- [4] April -- Species profiles -- House wren -- Eastern phoebe and eastern wood-pewee -- Blue-gray gnatcatcher -- Yellow-throated warbler -- Baltimore oriole -- [5] May -- Species profiles -- Ruby-throated hummingbird -- Indigo bunting -- Rose-breasted grosbeak -- American goldfinch -- Yellow warbler -- [6] June -- Species profiles -- Northern mockingbird -- Gray catbird -- Brown thrasher -- Eastern meadowlark -- Chipping sparrow -- [7] July -- Species profiles -- Barn swallow -- Eastern towhee -- Common yellowthroat -- Killdeer -- Eastern kingbird -- [8] August -- Species profile -- Red-tailed hawk or red-shouldered hawk? -- Cooper's hawk or sharp-shinned hawk? -- American kestrel -- Turkey vulture, black vulture or buzzard? -- [9] September -- Species profiles -- Blue jay -- Cedar waxwing -- American crow or fish crow? -- Tree swallow -- European starling and house sparrow -- [10] October -- Species profiles -- White-throated sparrow and white-crowned sparrow -- Dark-eyed junco -- White-breasted nuthatch and red-breasted nuthatch -- House finch or purple finch -- [11] November -- Species profiles -- Mourning dove -- Canada goose -- Mallard -- Wild turkey -- Great blue heron -- [12] December -- Species profile -- Great horned owl -- Barred owl -- Yellow-rumped warbler -- Fox sparrow -- Field sparrow -- Habitat counts : final good words.Get to know all the birds that will flock to a bird-friendly yard, and make your yard more attractive to those that require a little extra persuasion to visit. Sorenson offers tips and advice for every season, and explains how bird behaviors and needs change throughout the year.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Birds; Bird watching; Bird attracting;
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Howard Pyle : imagining an American School of Art / by May, Jill P.,author.(CARDINAL)520059; May, Robert E.,author.(CARDINAL)175988; Pyle, Howard,1853-1911,artist.(CARDINAL)143518;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Making Manhattan -- Patriotic stirrings -- Beyond the academy -- That magician, Howard Pyle -- Easels on the brandywine -- Camelot -- Among the masters -- Legacies."Best remembered as an influential illustrator and teacher, Howard Pyle (1853-1911) produced magnificent artwork and engrossing books and magazine stories about King Arthur, Robin Hood, swashbuckling pirates, and the American Revolution. He also completed public murals and trained many famous artists and illustrators at the turn of the twentieth century, including N.C. Wyeth and Jessie Willcox Smith. This engaging portrait of the influential American artist, teacher, author, and muralist is the first fully documented treatment of Pyle's life and career. Drawing on numerous archival sources including Pyle's own letters to provide new perspectives on his life, Jill P. May and Robert E. May reveal Pyle to be a passionate believer that art should be understood and appreciated by the general public. His genteel values and artistic tastes shaped not only his own creative output but his influential work as a teacher, first at the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry in Philadelphia and later at his own school in Delaware's Brandywine River Valley. May and May also show him to be far more supportive of women artists than is generally believed, explaining how he deployed club memberships and relationships with publishers and politicians to advance the prospects of his students. Duly measuring his influence on later artists, May and May detail his quest to lead a distinctively American school of art freed from European models. Amply illustrated with evocative photographs and color reproductions of his own and his students' work, this exceptional volume presents Howard Pyle's creative career and legacy for American popular culture as it has never been seen before."--Publisher's website.
Subjects: Biographies.; Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911.; Art teachers; Artists; Authors;
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