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Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Seven years ago, Richard Frishman embarked on a 25,000-mile journey in his car that took him from his home state of Washington to Maine, from Mississippi to Michigan. The photographs he took along the way--in major cities, backwater towns and in the countryside--capture structures and landscapes that speak to America's history of racial oppression. Frishman's goal in documenting these places and sites was to heighten awareness, motivate action and...
407) Brick by brick
Author
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Describes the building of the White House, the home of the United States president, and how it took many hands, several of them slaves, who will be remembered throughout history for their extraordinary feat.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A top historian offers a new history of Paris's Belle aEpoque, the luminous age of the Eiffel Tower and the Sacrae-Cur Basilica, but also of social unrest and violent clashes over what it meant to be French From the wrought ironwork of the Eiffel Towerto the flourishing art nouveau movement, the Belle aEpoque is remembered as a golden age for Parisian culture. Beneath the veneer of elegance, however, fin de siaecle Paris was a city at war with itself....
Author
Publisher
Carpet Bombing Culture, an imprint of Pro-actif Communications
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Autopsy of America: The Death of a Nation is a harrowing look deep inside the crumbling apocalyptic landscape of America through the eyes of Photojournalist Seph Lawless. Autopsy of America takes you through the tattered remnants of the United States of America in a way that you never seen before. The beautiful apocalyptic landscapes consisting of abandoned schools, factories, shopping malls, amusement parks, theaters, hospitals, sport arenas, homes,...
Series
Publisher
Des Moines Public Library
Pub. Date
c2006]
Language
English
Description
Lecture by David Chipperfield offering a preview of the new Central Library building of the Des Moines Public Library and other recent projects. This lecture was presented on April 6, 2006 as part of the Drake University Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture series, two days before the Central Library opened on April 8, 2006.
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