Michael Moore
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In 2001, the government was seized by a ne'er-do-well rich boy and his elderly henchmen. Our great economic expansion unraveled, our water was poisoned, and SUVs advanced like a plague of locusts.
Michael Moore has a lot to say and isn't holding back. The powerful are the target - particularly a group that laid waste to the world as we know it - and still are: stupid white men. In this bleakly funny work, Moore reveals how the great and the good...
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From Aristotle to Kant, the great thinkers of the world have sought to come up with rules for how to live better lives, how to govern better and how to understand the world around us. This fascinating guide introduces readers to 10 core philosophical ideas, including metaphysics, aesthetics, political philosophy and more. With its comprehensive coverage of the fundamental principles of philosophy, this guide is designed to not only give you a solid...
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"With echoes of Catch-22 and Black Hawk Down, author and former hostage Michael Scott Moore masterfully walks a fine line between personal narrative and journalistic distance in this page-turning and novelistic account of 977 days held captive by Somali pirates. Moore set off for Somalia in January 2012 after reporting on a historic trial of ten Somali pirates in Germany. He went with an open mind and a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting....
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Capturing the zeitgeist of the past fifty years, yet deeply personal and unflinchingly honest, "Here Comes Trouble" takes readers on an unforgettable, take-no-prisoners ride through the life and times of Michael Moore. No one will come away from this book without a sense of surprise about the Michael Moore most of us didn't know.
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Pub. Date
c2004
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439 p. ; 23 cm.
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Moore's incisive examination of the failures of the United States’ political system, paired with thoughtful guidance on how to move forward.
In case anyone in Washington hasn't noticed, Americans are fed up with the status quo. In this, the first shot fired over the bow of the 2004 Presidential election, Michael Moore aims to unseat the man who slithered into the White House on tracks built by the bloody...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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"On the night of May 13th, 1862, as the Civil War raged on in the United States, 16 enslaved people decided they would reach freedom or die trying. Filled to the brim with suspense, this true story details how Robert Smalls commandeered a Confederate ship through the Charleston harbor toward liberation at the Union blockade. Experience both determination and triumph with this picture book biography written by Robert Small's great-great grandson, Michael...
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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10 sound discs (12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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This book is Moore's most personal to date and will be irresistible to fans and foes alike. A sort of anti-memoir, Moore breaks the autobiographical mode while he hilariously presents 20 far-ranging, irreverant vignettes from his own life.
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2018.
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2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore takes aim at America's love affair with guns and violence. Featuring interviews with everyone from the NRA's Charlton Heston to shock-rocker Marilyn Manson. Winner of the 55th Anniversary Prize at Cannes Film Festival.
10) Sicko
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c2007
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1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Michael Moore interviews Americans who have been denied treatment by the United States health care insurance companies -- companies who sacrifice essential health services in order to maximize profits. Sheds light on the how complicated it can become for communities and individuals, and the sacrifices they have made when they are denied health care coverage.
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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Presents the theory that the American dream, all but abandoned in the United States, has been adopted successfully in other countries, including Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia, and Iceland, looking at such areas as worker benefits, public expenditure for the common good, and state-funded higher education.
12) Fahrenheit 11/9
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[2018]
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1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the Donald Trump presidency and gun violence, while highlighting the power of grassroots democratic movements. --
13) Fahrenheit 9/11
Pub. Date
c2004
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1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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Through actual footage, interviews, and declassified documents, Michael Moore illustrates the connections President Bush has to the royal house of Saud of Saudia Arabia and the bin Laden's, how the president got elected on fraudulent circumstances and then proceeded to blunder through his duties while ignoring warnings of the looming betrayal by his foreign partners. When the treachery hits with the 9/11 attacks, Moore explains how Bush failed to...