Jones, Brent E.
Summary: "An intimate true account of Americans at war, Days of Steel Rain is an epic drama about an unlikely group of men forced to work together in the face of an increasingly desperate enemy during the final year of World War II. Sprawling across the Pacific, this untold story follows the crew of the newly-built "vengeance ship" USS Astoria, named after her sunken predecessor lost earlier in the war....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 JONSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Burnt Ones (Musical group)
Contents: Pulse -- Moneyman -- Submarine -- Bye bye floating charm -- Spell breakers -- Is it over -- Airplane ride -- Caterpillar -- New heroes of subscription services -- Mirror too ; You & me -- Sleeping Inn -- Pineapple program no. 31 -- U.S. wheels -- Morning drum.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Castle Face Records 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BURSummary: Ron's Gone Wrong is a computer-animated film set in a world where it's the norm to have B-Bots, digitally connected robot companions. Barney is a shy middle-schooler who is the last one in his city to finally get Ron, his B-Bot. Unfortunately, his "Best Friend Out of the Box" becomes a major pain, malfunctioning on a regular basis. Not knowing what else to do, Barney sets out to teach Ron about...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the early 1930's, before Hollywood began enforcing a self-imposed Production Code, many films allowed for extraordinary frankness including nudity, adultery and prostitution. In this restored and remastered three-movie collection, three daring young actresses are featured in racy, riveting star vehicles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FORContents: You put a move on my heart / Quincy Jones featuring Tamia (edit : 4:20) -- Come lie with me / Holly Palmer (4:44) -- Seduction / Boney James (edit : 3:45) -- I'm calling you / Marilyn Scott (edit : 3:37) -- Through the fire / Chaka Khan (4:47) -- Could you learn to love / Tevin Campbell (4:09) -- Heaven / Nu Flavor (5:25) -- Please don't bend / Donovan (4:12) -- Sentimental man / The Blue Nile...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING VALBrunt, James
Summary: "Temporary natural arrangements have captivated people across the world. Learn how a professional artist creates these outdoor installations, and get inspired to create your own with a detailed look at the outdoor world of artist James Brunt. Brunt makes art that works with the environment while not changing it or having a permanent impact on the world in which he creates. Whether on a beach or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schiffer Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709.05 BRUSummary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MIDSummary: Show Boat: When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GREDionne, E. J.
Summary: "Americans are required to pay taxes, serve on juries, get their kids vaccinated, get driver's licenses, and sometimes go to war for their country. So why not ask--or require--every American to vote? E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport argue that universal participation in our elections should be a cornerstone of our system. It would be the surest way to protect against voter suppression and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.07 DIOJones, Robert Trent.
Summary: "Few people understand the game of golf better than Robert Trent Jones, Jr., the world-renowned architect of such courses as Princeville Resort in Hawaii, Weston Hills Country Club in Florida, Pueblo de Cochiti Golf Course in New Mexico, and Moscow Country Club in Russia, as well as the putting green on the White House lawn. In Golf by Design Jones draws on his life-time of experience as both a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown, and Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 JONJoiner, Thomas E.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.858445 JOIE Goulding E Janis
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Irving Berlin 1929
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHME Janis E Goulding
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Bourne (Irving Berlin) 1929
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: When the new bride of a roughneck Oregon pioneer finds she has to keep house for her husband's six rowdy brothers, she decides to groom them so that they can find brides of their own.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2000
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Seven 2000Summary: In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogota, Colombia, and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's speaker system to participate in a series of murderous moral decisions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BELBlunt, James.
Summary: James Blunt's first album, "Back to Bedlam," catapulted him into worldwide superstardom on the strength of such massive songs as "You're Beautiful," "High" and "Goodbye My Lover." In Australia the album is ARIA 8 x platinum certified, achieved 12 ARIA No. 1 album chart results and spent an astonishingly 42 weeks charting inside the ARIA Top 10. His second album, 2007's "All the Lost Souls,"...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Recording Corp. 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BLUBlunt, James
Contents: High (4:03) -- You're beautiful (3:36) -- Wisemen (3:46) -- Goodbye my lover (4:23) -- Tears and rain (4:07) -- Out of my mind (3:38) -- So long, Jimmy (4:35) -- Billy (3:38) -- Cry (4:19) -- No bravery (4:02).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Custard Records 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BLUSummary: Scooby-Doo and the cyber chase: Scooby-Doo and the gang are zapped into a computer game based on their own adventures. There they must play the game through to its end to find and capture the Phantom Virus.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SCOContents: Trifle: One way glass -- Colosseum: Elegy -- Curtiss Maldoon: man from Afghanistan -- Brett, Paul: 3D Mona Lisa / Paul Brett Sage -- Quicksand (Port Talbot): Home is where I belong -- Second Hand: Somethin' you got -- Paladin: Get one together -- Fat Mattress: Cold wall of stone -- Hard Stuff: Libel -- Gravy Train: Sanctuary -- The Web (England): City of darkness -- Campbell-Lyons, Patrick: Out...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RPM Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ONESummary: A mysterious woman is perched between the harsh legacy of World War II and the hope of a new life in Australia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD PLA NOT RATEDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Pl 2Summary: Charlotte's web: When Wilbur the pig is terrified that he'll end up on the dinner table, his friend Charlotte the spider weaves words into her web to try and convince the farmer that Wilbur is too special a pig to kill.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017