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Series
Genealogy and local history volume LH2938
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[1961?]
Physical Desc
99 pages : illustrations, portraits
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
ix, 491 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on a lifetime of writing about dictatorships and dissidents, Timothy Garton Ash argues that in this connected world that he calls cosmopolis, the way to combine freedom and diversity is to have more but also better free speech. Across all cultural divides we must strive to agree on how we disagree. He draws on a thirteen-language global online project freespeechdebate.com conducted out of Oxford University and devoted to doing just that....
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time--and has massive shoes to fill. She's been labeled a hoodlum at school, and the fridge at home is empty after her mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral -- for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed by the media as a menace, Bri makes a choice--and becomes the...
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (5 volumes) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Multi-volume series that highlights the living and breathing nature of the Bill of Rights. Traces evolution of the freedoms codified in the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution throughout American history to the present. Includes discussion and chronology of relevant Supreme Court rulings, as well as analysis of key controversies or perspectives. Secondary sources, including magazine articles and book excerpts, add an additional layer of analysis...
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion which sweeps the country and ousts the Population Police from power, he quickly realizes that the new regime is corrupt and he may hold the only key to true freedom.
Author
Publisher
Dey St
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 304 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Online trolls and fascist chat groups. Controversies over campus lectures. Cancel culture versus censorship. In an era where one tweet can launch-- or end-- your career, and where free speech is often invoked as a principle but rarely understood, learning to maneuver the fast-changing, treacherous landscape of public discourse has never been more urgent. Nossel delivers a vital, necessary guide to maintaining democratic debate that is open, free-wheeling...
Author
Series
Special quarterlies volume no. 1
Publisher
The Primitive Baptist Library
Pub. Date
[between 1950 and 1959]
Physical Desc
40 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
“Slack engagingly reveals how the Federalist attack on the First Amendment almost brought down the Republic . . . An illuminating book of American history.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
In 1798, with the United States in crisis, President John Adams and the Federalists in control of Congress passed an extreme piece of legislation that made criticism of the government...
In 1798, with the United States in crisis, President John Adams and the Federalists in control of Congress passed an extreme piece of legislation that made criticism of the government...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When twelve-year-old June Harper's parents discover what they deem an inappropriate library book, they take strict parenting to a whole new level. And everything June loves about Dogwood Middle School unravels: librarian Ms. Bradshaw is suspended, an author appearance is canceled, the library is gutted, and all books on the premises must have administrative approval. But June can't give up books ... and she realizes she doesn't have to when she spies...
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