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Actus Cathon Karcher, Angie Kygo Mingus, Charles Watsky. Watson, Angus Wilson, August Wilson, August.Watson, Angus
Summary: When his settlement is massacred by a hostile empire, Finn and his clan make their escape across an unforgiving land, battling animals and monsters, determined assassins, powerful tribes, and each other to fulfill a prophecy that is their only hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WATSummary: "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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In Fireworks a dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a light and is drawn through the needle's eye to return less empty than before. Puce Moment reflects Anger's concerns with the myths and decline of Hollywood. Rabbit's moon, a fable of the unattainable (the Moon) combining elements of Commedia dell'Arte with Japanese myth. In Inauguration of the pleasure dome, members of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantoma Films 2007
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE FILContents: Disc one. Can the circle be unbroken (bye and bye) (The Carter Family) -- Mule skinner blues (blue yodel no. 8) (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Barbara Allen (Bradley Kincaid) -- I'll fly away (James and Martha Carson) -- If the river was whiskey (Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers) -- Fox chase (DeFord Bailey) -- Blue yodel number 9 (standin' on the corner) (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Wildwood flower...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC COUWilson, August
Summary: The protagonist of Fences (part of Wilsons ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle plays), Troy Maxson, is a strong man, a hard man. He has had to be to survive. Troy Maxson has gone through life in an America where to be proud and black is to face pressures that could crush a man, body and soul. But the 1950s are yielding to the new spirit of liberation in the 1960s, a spirit that is changing the world Troy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812 WILWilson, August.
Contents: Ma Rainey's black bottom -- Fences -- Joe Turner's come and gone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Pittsburgh Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.54 WILWilson, August.
Summary: Explores the life and career of American playwright August Wilson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service. 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AUGKygo
Contents: Intro (2:12) -- Stole the show (featuring Parson James) (3:43) -- Fiction (featuring Tom Odell) (4:03) -- Raging (featuring Kodaline) (3:46) -- Firestone (featuring Conrad Sewell) (4:33) -- Happy birthday (featuring John Legend) (4:10) -- I'm in love (featuring James Vincent McMorrow) (3:31) -- Oasis (featuring Foxes) (3:57) -- Not alone (featuring RHODES) (3:24) -- Serious (featuring Matt...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC KYGMingus, Charles
Contents: Meditation on inner peace -- Ode to Bird and Dizzy -- They trespass the land of the sacred Sioux -- The arts of Tatum and Freddy Webster -- Once upon a time, there was a holding corporation called Old America -- Muscrat ramble -- Don't be afraid, the clown's afraid too -- Don't let it happen here.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charles Mingus Enterprises 1965
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ MINSummary: In the future, after a Third World War has decimated much of the Earth's population, a new nation arose. Believing human emotions and their expression were to blame for the failings of past societies, it is decreed that all citizens must take a daily dose of a drug which levels out the emotional landscape, and that all forms of creative expression are against the law. An elite law enforcement...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EQUSummary: In the future, after a Third World War has decimated much of the Earth's population, a new nation arose. Believing human emotions and their expression were to blame for the failings of past societies, it is decreed that all citizens must take a daily dose of a drug which levels out the emotional landscape, and that all forms of creative expression are against the law. An elite law enforcement...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Follow the sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, on their journey from childhood to adulthood. Under the guidance of their mother Marmee, they navigate what it means to be a young woman: from gender roles to sibling rivalry, first love, loss, and marriage. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott, this story is as relevant and engaging today as it was on its original publication in 1868.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LITCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LITSummary: Presents the story of a victorious Roman general whose rigid code of honor and duty proves to be his downfall. A shocking journey into the depths of the human heart, a place where vengeance and passion reign supreme.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TITSummary: Two of the most distinctive vocalists in modern music have finally put the finishing touches on their new collaborative album, which has a whole new sound due to their entirely different traditions.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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3 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK PLAWatsky.
Contents: All You Can Do (4:07) -- Stand For Something (2:31) -- Bet Against Me (3:09) -- Whoa Whoa Whoa (3:08) -- Ink Don't Bleed (3:35) -- Right Now (3:15) -- My First Stalker (1:31) -- The One (2:56) -- Boomerang (2:51) -- Let's Get High And Watch Planet Earth (3:24) -- Hand Over Hand (4:38) -- Tears To Diamonds (3:24) -- Grass Is Greener (3:45) -- Never Let It Die (5:07) -- Sarajevo (3:44) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Steel Wool Records 2014
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Summary: Originally produced as individual silent motion pictures in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States, these twenty-five short films epitomize the avant garde movement of the 1920's and 1930's. The films are drawn from the collection assembled by Raymond Rohauer, one of the nation's foremost proponents of experimental cinema, founder of the Hollywood Film Society, and longtime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2005
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Summary: "Winter is coming, and Poppy and Sam's tiny garden neighbors are getting ready to hibernate. After stocking their pantries for the colder days ahead, Poppy and Sam settle in for a long winter's nap as well. But what is Poppy doing wrong? She can't sleep and nothing seems to work! Determined to hibernate like her friends, Poppy sets out with Sam to ask the other creatures for their deep-sleep...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Storm of the century: When a murder shakes the island of Little Tall, the local constable must stop the evil that is growing as quickly as the snowstorm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2015
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Summary: After standing around in the afterlife for thousands of years, Noah Vines is all out of patience. So, when the opportunity to steal a second chance at life arises, he doesn't hesitate. Reincarnated into the body of a dying magic school professor, Noah finds that he got more than just a second chance, he got infinite. Every time he dies, his body reforms. With countless variations of runic magic...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD FIC ACTSummary: "October, 1940. Manchester, England. As valiant Jewish RAF pilot David defends the skies against the Luftwaffe, Harry and Kasia finally arrive home. How will Robina cope with another refugee under roof? When yet another house guest arrives -- Sir James, a civil servant on official business -- he looks set to beguile his host, but will Kasia be charmed as well? Meanwhile, in Berlin, teenager...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WORCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV WORKarcher, Angie
Summary: Together a ghost and a girl make it their mission to save the local library that is scheduled for demolition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KARSummary: The six Angulo brothers have grown up in their Manhattan apartment, home schooled by their parents, rarely if ever leaving their apartment. Their only connection to the outside world is television and the movies they watch and act out, complete with homemade costumes, in the apartment. When one of the brothers sneaks out for a few days on his own, the whole family dynamic is changed when he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2015
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WOLCathon
Summary: "It's a beautiful day in the garden when Poppy and her friend Sam (a panda bear) hear a commotion nearby. Basil is crying, for someone has nibbled the leaves of his crown! But not to worry - Poppy is on the case. Putting their detective skills to work, Poppy and Sam try to catch the thief red-handed, but the friends fall asleep during the stakeout. They attempt to trap the culprit by spreading...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 CATSummary: In the 17th century, Father Laforgue, a young Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the Canadian wilderness to convert the Huron Indians. His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires and ideals of the priesthood, Laforgue's faith is tested, and his life and the outcome of the mission imperiled, as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Communications Corp. 2001