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    NBA Read to Achieve 3
    • Contributor: Kresh, Diane
    • Date: 2001-09-08
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    The Origins of FBI Counterintelligence Foreign spies and the theft of military and industrial secrets were real threats during the 1930s as the United States faced the impending war. The nation's lack of security on those fronts was also a problem. Enter J. Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Raymond J. Batvinis, former FBI special agent, presents an early history of the FBI in a lecture at...
    • Contributor: Batvinis, Raymond
    • Date: 2007-11-08
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    Four masters of Chinese storytelling video collection : full-length repertoires of Yangzhou storytelling on video, 2001-2004 The entire repertories of four master storytellers, Dai Buzhang, Fei Zhengliang (Fei Li), Gao Zaihua, and Ren Jitang (Ren Dekun) were recorded on video for the project "Large-scale Registration of Chinese Storytelling" from 2001 to 2003 in Yangzhou. In addition, a medium-length repertoire was told by Ren Dekun. Project co-leaders were Fei Li and Vibeke Børdahl, project assistant, co-editor and translator was Huang Ying,...
    • Contributor: Dai, Buzhang - Fei, LI - Børdahl, Vibeke - Gao, Zaihua - Ren, Jitang
    • Date: 2001
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    Robert B. Parker Robert B. Parker speaks at the 2004 National Book Festival.
    • Contributor: Parker, Robert
    • Date: 2004-10-09
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    Daniel Stone: 2019 National Book Festival Daniel Stone discussed "The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Stone, Daniel
    • Date: 2019-08-31
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    Coney Island at night Shows concessions at Thompson and Dundy's Luna Park and Dreamland on Coney Island. Taken at night by the light of the concessions themselves. Shows both close-up and distance shots, elevated and at street level. The titles of the film could have been photographed on the spot, however, they seem to have been contrived for this film by the use of stop-action photography.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Porter, Edwin S. - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1905
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    Cynthia Levinson & The Youngest Marcher Author Cynthia Levinson presents her book "The Youngest Marcher," the story of a nine-year-old who girl who was the youngest civil rights activist in the 1963 Birmingham Children's March.
    • Contributor: Levinson, Cynthia
    • Date: 2017-03-02
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    Preserving State Government Information: The State of the Digital Nation Cal Lee and Bob Horton discussed their involvement in the Preserving State Government Information initiative, a National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program initiative focusing on capturing, preserving and providing access to a rich variety of state and local government digital information. Lee shared preliminary findings from his NDIIPP report on the state of digital preservation in state governments, while Horton reviewed options for...
    • Contributor: Horton, Bob - Lee, Cal
    • Date: 2011-06-14
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    Brian Floca: 2019 National Book Festival Brian Floca discussed "Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Floca, Brian
    • Date: 2019-08-31
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    The enchanted glasses
    Verres enchanté | Masson reel. | Unidentified Masson. | Special effects reel.     Devilish looking man dances with a dress in his arms. The dress stands up by itself and a woman magician appears in it. She conjures six women and then makes them disappear. She magically changes into men's clothing and lines up six boxes which begin to smoke and produce six women, whose clothing transforms from formal gowns to ballet dresses. The magician makes them...
    • Contributor: Pathé Frères (U.S.) - Pathé Frères (France) - Mathieu, Julienne - Chomón, Segundo De
    • Date: 1907
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    David Theodore George: 2014 National Book Festival David Theodore George appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: George, David Theodore
    • Date: 2014-08-30
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    Jane Shore and Dabney Stuart Poetry Reading The Library's fall literary season continued with readings by poets Jane Shore and Dabney Stuart.
    • Contributor: Stuart, Dabney - Shore, Jane
    • Date: 2008-10-23
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    NLS eReader HumanWare How-To Series: How to Download Books from BARD Judy Dixon details the process for downloading books from BARD with the NLS Braille eReader by HumanWare.
    • Contributor: Dixon, Judy
    • Date: 2020-07-01
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    Jenna Bush Hager: National Book Festival 2020 The former first daughter and granddaughter, bestselling author and co-anchor of the "Today" show, Jenna Bush Hager shares moving, funny stories about her beloved grandparents and the wisdom they passed on to her. Hager launches her new book, "Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss" (William Morrow), at the Festival. Interview with Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation...
    • Contributor: Bush Hager, Jenna - Lucas, Lisa
    • Date: 2020-09-26
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    Space warriors Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Middle school kids attending space camp are faced with a real-life mission to save astronauts stranded on a space station.
    • Contributor: Horn, Thomas - Walden Media - Netter, Jason - Brookwell McNamara Entertainment (Firm) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Glover, Danny - Kickstart Productions (Firm) - Strain, Jim - Canavan, Jeff W. - Mulroney, Dermot ... Horn, Thomas - Walden Media - Netter, Jason - Brookwell McNamara Entertainment (Firm) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Glover, Danny - Kickstart Productions (Firm) - Strain, Jim - Canavan, Jeff W. - Mulroney, Dermot - Arc Entertainment (Firm) - Chervin, Stan - Meteor 17 (Firm) - McNamara, Sean - Sorvino, Mira - Bass, Ronald
    • Date: 2013
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    Markus Zusak: 2019 National Book Festival Markus Zusak discussed "Bridge of Clay" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Zusak, Markus
    • Date: 2019-08-31
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    We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust Ellen Cassedy discusses her new book, "We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust."
    • Contributor: Cassedy, Ellen
    • Date: 2012-11-28
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    WWII Reunion: POWs Tell Their Stories 2 As part of the National World War II Reunion held on Memorial Day weekend on the National Mall in Washington, the Library of Congress Veterans History Project sponsored several programs presenting compelling accounts of WWII history.
    • Contributor: Kanaya, Jimmie - Encinias, Miguel - Higgins, Marty - Francies, Richard
    • Date: 2004-05-28
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    Sam Young, Jr., oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09. Samuel J. Young, Jr., describes his childhood in Worth County, Georgia, during the 1950s. He recalls the racial violence that he witnessed and heard stories about as a child. After graduating high school he joined the Southwest Georgia Project. He helped to start a newspaper for the project and was also involved in the group's initiative to develop a self-sufficient farm to counteract discrimination...
    • Contributor: Young, Sam - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Griffin, Willie James
    • Date: 2013

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    Opening of the Young Readers Center at the Library of Congress For the first time in its history, the Library of Congress has a center for young people, called the Young Readers Center.
    • Contributor: Wasserman Schultz, Rep. Debbie - Cole, John Y. - Billington, James H. - Anderson, M.T.
    • Date: 2009-10-23
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    Celebrating "One Life: Dolores Huerta" To celebrate the landmark exhibition "One Life: Dolores Huerta," Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and poets Arlene Biala and Diana García will read work in response to the exhibition.
    • Contributor: Herrera, Juan Felipe - García, Diana - Biala, Arlene
    • Date: 2016-03-08
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    Write About a New Invention Jason Reynolds, seventh National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, challenges kids to create an invention and write about that invention in a story made entirely of dialogue in the eighth installment of the "Write. Right. Rite." video series.
    • Contributor: Reynolds, Jason
    • Date: 2020-05-07
  • Blog
    The Breakdown: What Songwriters Need to Know about the Music Modernization Act and Royalty Payments Ask a Librarian Digital Collections Library Catalogs The Library of Congress > Blogs > Copyright > The Breakdown: What Songwriters Need to Know about the Music Modernization Act and Royalty Payments Search All Formats Audio
    • Date: 2020-04-13
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    Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys videorecording | 1 videorecording: 59 min | Homegrown Concert Series. (Source). August 17, 2005. (Date). Videorecording (Form).
    • Contributor: Smokey Valley Boys - Flippen, Benton - Bode, Frank - Clifton, Verlen - Library of Congress - Brown, Paul
    • Date: 2005
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    Human-Animal Relations: 2019 National Book Festival Alexandra Horowitz launched her new book "Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond" and Frans de Waal discussed "Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Horowitz, Alexandra - Waal, Frans De
    • Date: 2019-08-31