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-- Madam C. J. Walker.[2017]., Blue River Press Call No: B WAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Madam C. J. Walker was born on a southern plantation; the first in her family bo be born free. Her parents, former slaves, could not afford to send her to school. That didn't stop her from becoming America's first female self-made millionaire"--Back cover.
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[2018]., University of Nevada Press Call No: 338.4 COH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Gambling series (Reno, Nev.)Summary Note: "Provides a closer look at the shifting economic, cultural, religious, and political conditions that facilitated gambling's expansion and prominence in American consumerism and popular culture"--Amazon.
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c2006., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 616.3 98 00973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Obesity : modern-day epidemicSummary Note: Identifies obesity as a health crisis of epidemic proportions in the United States, discusses the role of fast food and supersizing in perpetuating the problem, and offers advice on how to make healthier choices.
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c2006., Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 616.3 98 00973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Obesity (Philadelphia, Pa.)Summary Note: Identifies obesity as a health crisis of epidemic proportions in the United States, discusses the role of fast food and supersizing in perpetuating the problem, and offers advice on how to make healthier choices.
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-- Prince of steel.c2002., A & E Television Network : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF DVD Edition: Full screen. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Biography (A & E Home Video (Firm))Summary Note: Traces the life of Andrew Carnegie, who went from being a poor Scottish immigrant to a fabled man of wealth. Carnegie built a fortune by amassing stock in the growth industries of trains and steel, then started sharing it. Today libraries, concert halls, and universities across the United States have benefited from his philanthropy.
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1999., Juvenile, Enslow Publishers Call No: 921 CARNEGIE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Historical American biographiesSummary Note: A biography of the Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the steel industry and used much of it to establish libraries.
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2000., Knopf Call No: 323.4 3 0973 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traces the rise of America's gun culture to the mid-nineteenth century, arguing that Civil War gun manufacturing and allowing ex-soldiers to keep their weapons changed the gun from a scarce and seldom-used tool to a perceived necessity.
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-- Ben and Jerry's double-dipBy Cohen, Ben1997., Simon & Schuster Call No: 338.76 COH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The founders of the large international ice cream company recount marketing strategies, their values-led business, and explain how anyone can help make theirs a socially responsible business.
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-- Bill Gatesc2009., Viking Call No: 921 GATES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Up closeSummary Note: A probing portrait of a man whose name is a household word.
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-- Bill Gates :2009, Pre-adolescent, Viking Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Up closeSummary Note: When Bill Gates was born in 1955, no one owned a personal computer. Gates envisioned what a computerized society could be and he set out to lead the way, building the Microsoft empire with single-minded drive. Today, the man who made his fortune by putting the whole world in touch now hopes to improve lives around the planet.
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-- Bill Gates :2009, Pre-adolescent, Viking Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Up closeSummary Note: When Bill Gates was born in 1955, no one owned a personal computer. Gates envisioned what a computerized society could be and he set out to lead the way, building the Microsoft empire with single-minded drive. Today, the man who made his fortune by putting the whole world in touch now hopes to improve lives around the planet.
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c2009., Juvenile, Twenty-First Century Books Call No: 921 GATES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Lifeline biographiesSummary Note: A brief biography of Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates that discusses his childhood, family, philanthropy, and successful career. Includes related articles from "USA Today," a selected bibliography, resources, and a glossary.
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2008, Juvenile, Rosen Pub Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Career profilesSummary Note: A career profile of Bill Gates, discussing his childhood in Seattle as the son of an attorney and a schoolteacher, his early mathematical prowess, his Harvard years and obsession with writing code, and his pursuit of his vision of a computer in every home--a dream that led to the creation of Microsoft Corporation.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights Call No: HI-INT 364.1 BRI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Recounts the 1947 government investigation into the motion picture industry by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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2018., Juvenile, Calkins Creek Call No: 323 BRIMMER Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the history of blacklisting in Hollywood during the Cold War. Highlights the experiences of nineteen men from the film industry who were called before the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities, all nineteen insisting that these trials violated their First Amendment rights.
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1997., Scribner Call No: REF 791.43 SCH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: History of the American cinema Volume: v. 6Summary Note: Traces the motion picture industry through the 1940s, looking at the federal lawsuits and congressional hearings that buffeted Hollywood in the prewar years; discussing the industry's support of the war effort both off- and on-screen; and analyzing the box-office bust of the postwar era.
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c2011., Adolescent, RB Flash Point Call No: 973.914 BLU Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the history of Prohibition in the United States, a period from 1920 to 1933 during which it was illegal to sell or drink alcohol, discussing how what began as a movement to heal social ills, became a burden to ordinary citizens and a boon to criminals.
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c2011., Rb Flash Point Call No: HI-INT 363.41 BLU Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: An in-depth look at the turbulent Prohibition era.
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c2011., RB Flash Point Call No: 363.4 1 0973 09 042 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the history of Prohibition in the United States, a period from 1920 to 1933 during which it was illegal to sell or drink alcohol, discussing how what began as a movement to heal social ills, became a burden to ordinary citizens and a boon to criminals.