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Summary: "Simple text and photographs present an introduction to the boxer breed, its growth from puppy to adult, and pet care information"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J636.73 RAKYang, Gene Luen
Summary: In 1898 China, Little Bao has had enough of foreign missionaries and soldiers robbing peasants, and he recruits an army of Boxers to fight to free China from its oppressors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Yang 2013Meister, Cari.
Summary: Describes the history, physical characteristics, and personality of the boxer, and discusses how to care for them as pets.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Pub. 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.73 MEISummary: "A riveting behind-the-scenes look at women's boxing, focusing on the inspirational rise of undefeated boxing sensation Lucia Rijker."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Swerve Films 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SHASussman, Jeffrey
Summary: "This book shares the remarkable stories of boxers who had to fight for their lives while incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps. Alongside their stories are accounts of prisoners who resisted their captors and escaped the camps and those who sought revenge against the Nazis, creating a well-rounded portrait of those who fought against Nazi rule"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 SUSSummary: A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROCSummary: When Danny Flynn returns to his Belfast neighborhood after 14 years in prison, all he wants is to find peace, resume his career, and reclaim the love of the woman who has remained etched in his mind. As they slowly embrace the possibilities of renewed romance, they realize cultural taboos stand in the way and fighting for love could cost them their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOXContents: Mickey / Toni Basil -- Get it on / Bang a gong, The Power Station -- Lay your hands on me / Thompson Twins -- Let me go / Heaven 17 -- Love plus one / Haircut One Hundred -- Heart and soul / T'Pau -- Just got lucky / Jo Boxers -- It ain't what you do / it's the way that you do it, The Fun Boy Three with Bananarama -- The jam was moving / Debbie Harry -- Love missile F1-11 / Sigue Sigue Sputnik...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Records 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LIVVlautin, Willy
Summary: Determined to prove his worth, a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who was abandoned by his parents leaves his aging guardians to become a champion boxer before matches organized in Mexico and Las Vegas lead to his realization that he cannot change his identity or outrun his destiny.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VLANational (Musical group)
Summary: The fourth album from the National sees the band using lush arrangements and incorporating new instrumentation into their sound.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Beggars Banquet Records 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Pilkey, Dav
Summary: George and Harold have been turned into evil zombie nerds. Unfortunately, the boys can't count on Captain Underpants for help because Tippy Tinkletrousers and his time-traveling hijinks prevented George and Harold from creating him in the first place. With Tippy having changed the course of human history forever, George and Harold will have to figure out a way to change it back.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC PILAli, Rahaman
Summary: "More words have been written about Muhammad Ali than almost anyone else. He was, without doubt, the world's most-loved sportsman. At the height of his celebrity he was the most famous person in the world. And yet, until now, the one voice missing belonged to the man who knew him best--his only sibling, and best friend, Rahaman Ali. No one was closer to Ali than Rahaman. Born Cassius and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALI, MUHAMMAD ALISummary: Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political postions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MUHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUHPilkey, Dav
Summary: George and Harold are forced to contemplate a world without Captain Underpants.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2013
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC PILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Fiction PilCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PILFlorio, John
Summary: "...recount[s] the politically and racially charged rivalry between African-American boxing champion Joe Louis and white German boxer Max Schmeling, which grew between their 1936 and 1938 matches. Tracing both men's careers from inception until they hung up their gloves, the authors illuminate how emblematic each was to his country while exploring the social issues of the day."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.83 FLOSummary: After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CRESummary: Based on the true story of Thailand's famed transvestite kickboxer, Beautiful Boxer is an action drama that punches straight into the heart and mind of a boy who fights like a man so he can become a woman. Believing he's a girl trapped in a boy's body since childhood, Parinya Charoenphol (affectionately known as Nong Toom in Thailand) sets out to master the most masculine and lethal sport of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Here! Films 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BEABuckley, James
Summary: Presents the life of the legendary boxer who began his career as Cassius Clay, discussing his prowess in the ring, his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War, and his life after boxing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET ALISummary: Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother Joey falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, while fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's wife and most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2005
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Summary: A biography of boxer Muhammad Ali.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am AliAdler, David A.
Summary: The life story of Joe Louis, heavyweight champion boxer, with the complete history of his career in the ring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gulliver Books 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A noir-tinged yakuza film blending genres in the story of a young boxer and a call girl, who fall passionately in love while getting innocently caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go Usa 2020
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN FIREig, Jonathan
Summary: "The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle. He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us over and over again). Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth century's greatest radicals and most compelling figures. At his funeral in 2016, eulogists said...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017