Filter By Subjects
Brown, James 1933-2006 Farm life Japanese American soldiers History 20th century Pets Robeson, Paul 1898-1976 United States United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Europe World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Japanese American World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United StatesFilter By Subjects
Brown, James 1933-2006 Farm life Japanese American soldiers History 20th century Pets Robeson, Paul 1898-1976 United States United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Europe World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Japanese American World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United StatesBrown, James
Summary: "A reinvention of the recovery memoir that examines how he has made peace with the family whose ghosts haunted him so vociferously, about the teeming new addictions growing all around him, and about helping the next generation of addicts overcome their disease, all the while raising three sons and helping them set their course in life"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWN, JAMES BROBrown, James.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BrownBrown, James
Summary: Offers large illustrations representing thirty major cities around the world, along with factual text about each city, its history, and its culture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J 307.76 BROBrown, James
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 BROBROWN, JAMES.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BROMcBride, James
Summary: A product of the complicated history of the American South, James Brown was a cultural shape-shifter who arguably had the greatest influence of any artist on American popular music. Brown was long a figure of fascination for James McBride, a noted professional musician as well as a writer. When he received a tip that promised to uncover the man behind the myth, McBride set off to follow a trail...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 780 MCBOwens, R. J.
Summary: "The song "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)" is personified, describing the Black history and culture that inspired its creation. Written in 1968 by singer James Brown after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, the song became an anthem for the civil rights movement"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OWEBrown, Daniel James
Summary: "The University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the nine boys, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what beating the odds really meant. They defeated elite rivals from California and eastern schools to earn the right to compete against the German...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2013
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Brown, Daniel James
Summary: An unforgettable chronicle of war-time America and the battlefields of Europe. Based on Daniel James Brown's extensive interviews with the families of the protagonists as well as deep archival research, it portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons, who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.54 BROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BROCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 940 BROBrown, Daniel James
Summary: "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism and courage: the special Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe; their families, incarcerated in camps back home; and a young man who refused to surrender his constitutional rights, even if it meant imprisonment. They came from across the continent and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 BROCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 BROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 BROBrown, Daniel James
Summary: Adapted for young readers from the New York Times bestseller by Daniel James Brown, Facing the Mountain is the remarkable true story of three brave Japanese American soldiers who fought for the United States during World War II while facing discrimination at home. Perfect for readers of The Boys in the Boat.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 940.54 BROBrown, Daniel James
Summary: A chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils, in an account that also offers insight into the scientific reasons that some died while others survived.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2010
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Bush-Brown, Louise Carter
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan USA 1996
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 635 BUSHSummary: Eddie Murphy entertains with celebrity impersonations and his observations on '80s love, sex, marriage, his remembrance of Mom's hamburgers, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS EDDHerriot, James.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1989
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC HERHerriot, James.
Summary: Nobody knows why a stray cat keeps sneaking away from his new home until he begins turning up at social events all over the village.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1990
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Herriot 1990Clapper, James R. (James Robert)
Summary: In "Facts and Fears" Clapper considers such controversial questions as, Is intelligence ethical? Is it moral to intercept communications or to photograph closed societies from orbit? What are the limits of what we should be allowed to do? What protections should we give to the private citizens of the world, not to mention our fellow Americans? Are there times when intelligence officers can lose...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLAPPER, JAMES R CLABrown, Tim
Summary: Offers the author's account of his life and relationship with God throughout his highly successful professional football career, and shares stories and lessons on such essential elements of manhood as honor, integrity, and thankfulness.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harpercollins Christian Pub 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWN, TIM BROHerriot, James
Summary: A collection of the author's stories for children, including "Moses the Kitten," "The Market Square Dog," and "Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2014
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636 HERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636 HERHerriot, James.
Summary: After leaving Farmer Cobb's flock and exploring the outside world, Smudge the lamb has trouble returning home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1991
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Herriot 1991Herriot, James.
Summary: Farmer Skipton is persuaded to enter his old carthorse, Bonny, in the Darrowby Pet Show.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1987
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Herriot 1987Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUSummary: The story of the Funk Brothers, the group of musicians that played on every single hit Motown record from the label's beginnings to 1972.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC STASummary: Even a novice gardener can cultivate small plants whose natural homes are high in the hills. The convenient monthly guidance given in this exquisitely illustrated volume makes the subject accessible to anyone who wants to grow dwarf trees, herbaceous perennials, bulbs, grasses, sedges, and other hardy plants. Each monthly chapter describes the timely delights of the rock garden, explains the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 1996