Fleming Community Library

Resource guide for children for learning political action skills that can help them make a difference in solving social problems at the community, state, and national levels.

"Consequences examines the scope of the obesity epidemic and explores the serious health consequences of being overweight or obese. Choices offers viewers the skinny on fat, revealing what science has shown about how to lose weight, maintain weight loss and prevent weight gain. Children in crises documents the damage obesity is doing to our nation's children. Through individual stories, this film describes how the strong forces at work in our society...

The radio talk-show host presents his views on the leading issues of the day

The poignant story of three brave women, inspired by the teachings of the 17th Karmapa, who put compassion into action.

For decades, Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack provided sage advice and commentary on eighteenth-century America. Now, a modern businessman reflects-writing as Benjamin Franklin-on what America has become. Federal and personal debt are ballooning beyond sustainable levels. Our futures are being jeopardized. Partisan bickering and the entrenched powers of special interests have made it nearly impossible for a real leader to lead. Where is...

Man's Better Angels explores the ideas that influenced antebellum reform efforts in the United States, especially after the social, political, and economic shocks the country suffered after the Panic of 1837. The Panic also galvanized reformers, encouraging some to act and others to act even more aggressively. Overwhelmingly, these reformers were animated by an ethic of individualism and self-reliance through which they believed social harmony was...

As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions, questioning all they have ever known as they try to step back from the darkness and find the best way to achieve peace.

Documents a year in the lives of five homeless Romanian children, homeless in part as the result of the policies of deposed Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu, who make their home in a subway station in Bucharest

Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.

Explores a work of literature about social and psychological disorder in the works of Edgar Allan Poe through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully selected content representing a variety of perspectives.