Babb, Valerie Melissa
Summary: "No athlete is referenced as frequently in commentaries on Black politics as LeBron James. The NBA all-star, gold medal Olympian, four time NBA champion, and four-time finals MVP has been a pivotal figure in both the culture and politics of basketball. Despite his unmatched skill, success and popularity, James has never been fully free from the entrenched racism and anti-blackness in American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEBRON, JAMES BABBank, Melissa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BANBank, Melissa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BANSummary: After the death of their mother, a set of twins make a life-altering discovery. The pair travels to the Middle East on a mission to uncover the truth about the father they thought was dead who is still very much alive, and the brother they never knew existed. Along the way they will piece together the story of the woman who brought them into the world, discovering a tragic fate as well as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY TCFF INCBank, Melissa.
Summary: Follows the life lessons of Jane, from defiant teenager to reluctant career girl, as she makes her way through love, sex, relationships, and workplace perils, prompted by dubious advice from a pop-psych guide to life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BANSummary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOSummary: In 1952, a young Philomena was sent to the convent of Roscrea in Ireland after giving birth to her first child. When her son became a toddler, the nuns sent him to America for adoption. Philomena then spent the next fifty years seeking for him in vain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: Blu-ray Movie PhilomenaSummary: Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but an ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands, proving surprisingly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition, literally.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY KITCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD Movie Kitchen 2019Various artists
Contents: Hollaback girl / (Gwen Stefani) -- Switch / (Will Smith) -- 1 thing / (Amerie) -- Oh / (Ciara feat. Ludacris) -- Slow down / (Bobby Valentino) -- Mockingbird / (Eminem) -- Girlfight / (Brooke Valentino feat. Big Boi and Lil Jon) -- Girl / (Destiny's Child) -- Tortura / (Shakira) -- Baby I'm back / (Baby Bash feat. Akon) -- How to deal / (Frankie J) -- Ordinary people / (John Legend) -- Breathe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWSummary: In season two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, confronts increasingly dangerous stakes, explores uncharted territories, and encounters new life and civilizations. The crew will also embark on personal journeys that will continue to test their resolve and redefine their destinies. Facing friends and enemies both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV STACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV STA1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STA
Summary: Season One is based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The series features fan favorites from Season Two of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY: Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One, and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. The series follows Captain Pike and the crew in the decade before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STAContents: You can do it (Evie Sands) -- Chuck E's in love (Rickie Lee Jones) -- Opening up to you (Laura Allan) -- Shine like you should (Melissa Manchester) -- Isn't it something (Franne Golde) -- Crazy (Valerie Carter) -- Baby I don't want your love (Teri De Sario) -- It's the falling in love (Carole Bayer Sager) -- Tranquillo (melt my heart) (Carly Simon) -- Let's get together (Jaye P. Morgan) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: How Do You Are? 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LADSummary: A masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer/director's most touching films. Calvero, a once beloved musical-comedy performer, now a washed-up alcoholic who lives in a small London flat. A glimmer of hope arrives when he meets a beautiful but melancholy ballerina who lives downstairs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2015
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LIMStanley, Ralph.
Contents: Ridin' that midnight train (with Iris DeMent) -- Will you miss me (with Pam Tillis) -- Little Willie (with Patty Mitchell) -- Oh, death (with Gillian Welch) -- Loving you too well (with Dolly Parton) -- The memory of your smile (with Maria Muldaur) -- Are you tired of me, darling (with Sara Evans) -- Weeping willow (with Joan Baez) -- I'll never grow tired of you (with Kristi Stanley) -- Rank...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rebel 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY STAContents: Disc 1. Penny reel / Lord Power & Calypso Quintet -- Lollipop girl / The Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & his Group -- Judgment Day / Laurel Aitken with Ken Richards & his Harmonisers -- In and out the window / Monty & Roy with Drumbago's Orchestra -- Feel so fine (aka feel so good) / Derrick & Patsy with Drumbago's Band -- River bank part 1 (aka bank to bank) / Baba Brooks & his Band -- Rough...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sanctuary Records Group 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE TRESummary: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on another deliciously deadpan culinary road trip. This time around, the guys head to Spain to sample the best of the country's gastronomic offerings in between rounds of their hilariously off-the-cuff banter. Over plates of pintxos and paella, the pair exchange barbs and their patented celebrity impressions, as well as more serious reflections on what it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TRISummary: This video teaches babies and parents to communicate at an early age by introducing more than 25 words and signs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baby Hands Productions 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 419 MYSummary: When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TRISummary: Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet. Among others, Fresh features urban farmer and activist Will Allen, sustainable farmer and entrepreneur Joel Salatin, and supermarket owner David Ball.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ripple Effect Productions 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FREBabb, Michelle
Summary: Michelle Babb educates you in the art and science of intuitive, intentional eating. By slowing down and eating mindfully, your body will start to perform optimally. You'll reduce binge and emotional eating, which will help you achieve and maintain your healthiest weight. She also provides 30 easy vegetarian recipes which are designed to spark each of your senses. -- adapted from back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 BABContents: Hallelujah junction - 1st movement (John Adams) -- M.A.Y. in the backyard (Ryuichi Sakamoto) -- J'adore Venise (Loredana Berté) -- Paris Latino (Bandolero) -- Sonatine bureaucratique (Frank Glazer) -- "Zion hort die wachter singen" (Alesio Bax) -- Lady lady lady (Giorgio Moroder & Joe Esposito) -- Une barque sur l'ocean (André Laplante) -- Futile devices (Doveman remix) (Sufjan Stevens) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Masterworks 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC CALKaur, Valarie
Summary: "We have entered a new era in America--dangerous, divided, and uncertain. In a moment when people are hungry for meaningful ways to respond to the ascent of nationalism, polarization and hate in the U.S. and around the globe, this book answers the centralquestion of our time: How do we love in a time of anger? How do we love those who hurt us? How do we love those who are different from us,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAUR, VALARIE KAUPerrin, Valérie
Summary: Violette Toussaint est garde-cimetière dans une petite ville de Bourgogne. Les gens de passage et les habitués viennent se réchauffer dans sa loge où rires et larmes se mélangent au café qu'elle leur offre. Son quotidien est rythmé par leurs confidences. Un jour, parce qu'un homme et une femme ont décidé de reposer ensemble dans son carré de terre, tout bascule. Des liens qui unissent vivants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albin Michel 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 448.4 FIC PERSmith, Malissa
Contents: She-devils and Amazonian tigresses : women enter the boxing ring -- Victorian ladies boxing -- Boxing, women, and the mores of change -- Encountering the modern : Flappers, Mae West, and the war years -- Boxing in the Age of the "Mighty Atom" -- Burning bras, taking on the "sheriff," and winning the right to fight -- A ring of their own -- These ladies love the ring -- Christy Martin and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014