Cruise, Tom
Summary: In 1987, a small town girl travels to Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a famous singer and finds herself working at "the Bourbon Room," a popular nightclub on the Sunset Strip.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2012
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ROCCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ROCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROC RATED PG-13Summary: Chris Gardner is an intelligent, energetic guy who can't catch a break. In the sluggish Bay Area economy of 1981, he's losing ground, by investing all his family's money in high cost bone-density scanners. His wife leaves him, he loses his apartment, and with his 5-year-old son in tow joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Bounced from shelter to shelter, he finds himself a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Pursuit 2007Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PURAndrews, Julie
Summary: This creative nonfiction book introduces readers to the remarkable story of Guido d'Arezzo's development of musical notation. Guido longed to find a way to write and teach music. Eventually, he created the musical scale, using the words Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do...one syllable for each note. Though the other monks thought it was a waste of time, Guido's music couldn't be silenced. His discovery...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GUIChowdhury, Bernie.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 363.14 CHOWDRomberg, Sigmund
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Williamson Music Inc. 1944
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMNainy, Mamta
Summary: "Ammi weaves the most beautiful saris but never gets to wear any of them. Her two little daughters decide to do something about it--break their piggy bank! But when there isn't enough money to buy Ammi a sari, the two girls must work together to find a solution. Will they be able to buy Ammi the gift she so deserves? With a text full of heart, and bright, cheerful artwork, this story brings...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing Kids 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NAIChowdhury, Bernie.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.23 CHOColfer, Chris
Summary: "A combination travel guide, encyclopedia, and exciting fan compendium, this ultimate guidebook includes sections such as "Who's Who," "Places to Go," and "Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Things" that explore the backgrounds and histories of the many characters, places, and magic items throughout the beloved Land of Stories series. This book also includes bonus chapters, insider information...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION COLPaul, Chris
Summary: "The day after future NBA superstar Chris Paul signed his letter of intent to play college basketball for Wake Forest, he received a world-shattering phone call. His grandfather, Nathaniel "Papa" Jones, a pillar of the Winston-Salem community where he owned and operated the first Black-owned service station in North Carolina, was mugged and ultimately died from a heart attack resulting from the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B PAUL PAUStrobel, Lee
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2016
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Rel StrobelKratt, Martin
Summary: "Meet Chris and Martin Kratt, two brothers who turned a love of animals into an amazing career! They have produced, written, directed, and starred in several PBS series and specials over the years. Most recently, they have become known for PBS's smash hit animated show Wild Kratts. Along the way, they traveled the world and encountered incredible creatures, all while combining science education...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A group of men find purpose, companionship and even fame as members of a male choir in Berlevåg, Norway. From singing above precipitous cliffs during a raging snowstorm to the backstage maneuverings on their Russian tour, these rugged men bare their souls through songs of faith and hope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COOSummary: Desperately seeking Stanley: On his birthday, Arthur's favorite present was Stanley, his teddy bear. Stanley protected Arthur when he was afraid of the dark and even when his new baby sister D.W. arrived. But Arthur is 8 years old now and doesn't need his furry friend anymore ... right? Tales from the crib: Vicita is upset at having to trade in her cherished crib for a big-girl bed, so D.W....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Our Time Family Entertainment 2004
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD GROHerrington, Lisa M.
Summary: "Introduces the reader to what a cavity is, how to prevent them, and what happens when you get one"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A gifted athlete from Fall River, Massachusetts, Chris Herren was a basketball legend before he left high school. After a troubled yet outstanding career at Fresno State, he would eventually fulfill his childhood dream of playing for the Boston Celtics, only to lose it all to a devastating addiction that nearly killed him. Award-winning director Jonathan Hock chronicles this powerful story of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNGSukhin, Igor.
Summary: Illustrates how to achieve two-move checkmates, showing how to consider possible defenses by an opponent, visualize upcoming moves, and sacrifice pieces in order to win.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mongoose Press 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.124 SUKTwin, Christopher
Summary: "After wandering out to the river near their homes, five teens decide to build a fire and exchange horror stories. Chad begins by telling the group about an unfortunate fisher who encountered a cluster of small, malevolent creatures while navigating the river in his canoe. Attempting to defend himself, Carl lashed out with an oar... and his world changed forever. One by one, the teens try to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Emanata, an imprint of Conundrum Press 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TWISummary: London-based Chris Cunningham has created some of the most provocative and visually disturbing subject matter in the history of the music video or film. His unnerving, award-winning works have included Aphex Twin's Come To Daddy (an elderly woman is chased through an English council housing complex by pint-sized Richard James mutants); Bjork's All is Full of Love (Two robots fall in love as one...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Palm Pictures 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC WORMalala, Justice
Summary: "Johannesburg, Easter weekend, 1993. Nelson Mandela has been free for three years and is in power sharing talks with President FW de Klerk when a white supremacist shoots the Black leader's popular young heir apparent, Chris Hani, in hopes of igniting an all-out war. Will he succeed in plunging South Africa into chaos, safeguarding apartheid for perhaps years to come? In The Plot to Save South...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968.07 MALStewart, Chris
Summary: Chris Stewart had a long and eclectic list of jobs. From some of the most glamorous careers - he was original drummer in Genesis - to the more offbeat - a sheep shearer and circus performer - he had done it all...or almost all. So when he is offered the chance to captain a sailboat in the Greek islands one summer, something he had never done before, he jumps at the chance. Ever the optimist,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.1 STESummary: Features such classic moments as: What if Maya Angelou wrote a tribute to Mayor Marion Barry, A petition to re-name Cross Bay Boulevard as "Tupac Shakur Boulevard--in a predominantly white neighborhood, Chris Rock's outrageous "Taxi driver confessions", Ike Turner's "The rules", "When animals attack in high speed chases II."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS BESHarper, Charise Mericle
Summary: "Meet Charise. She's energetic, helpful, a model pet owner and full of inventions. But she's also a bad sister. When she goes too far and breaks little brother Daniel's tooth, can she redeem herself? Is an accident really an accident if you could have stopped it? But most importantly... What does it mean to be a good sister?"--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021