Summary: Journey through the heart of the American South with its rich tapestry of past and present textured with legendary Southern hospitality. You'll explore the sultry charms of New Orleans before boarding the luxuriously restored Pullman cars of the American Orient Express. You'll enjoy the azalea blossoms of Bellingrath Gardens near Mobile, walk beneath moss-draped oaks on the streets of Savannah,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GoodTimes Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.5 AMEOffspring (Musical group)
Contents: Welcome -- Have you ever -- Staring at the sun -- Pretty fly (for a white guy) -- The kids aren't alright -- Feelings -- She's got issues -- Walla walla -- The end of the line -- No brakes -- Why don't you get a job? -- Americana -- Pay the man.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OFFSummary: In An American Tail, a Russian mouse lands in New York in the 1880s, only to be separated from his family. The courageous little mouse braves the strange new world in a thrilling adventure to find his family. In Fievel Goes West, the fun continues when Fievel joins forces with famed lawdog Wylie Burp to thwart a plot to transform unsuspecting settlers into mouseburgers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Universal Home Video 2005
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY AMEAll-American Rejects (Musical group)
Contents: My paper heart -- Your star -- Swing, swing -- Time stands still -- One more sad song -- Why worry -- Don't leave me -- Too far gone -- Drive away -- Happy endings -- Last song.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamworks Records 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ALLSummary: It is often observed that American national identity is less a condition than an idea. And, as profiled in this program, no one is better positioned to express that idea than the president himself. What we have come to refer to, as “the vision thing” is an expectation that our presidents will bring to office a particularly strong sense of national mission. The four presidents chronicled is this...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Contents: Introduction / by Tara Herivel -- The political economy of prisons -- Banking on the prison boom / Judith Greene -- Million-dollar blocks: the neighborhood costs of America's prison boom / Jennifer Gonnerman -- Doing borrowed time: the high cost of backdoor prison finance / Kevin Pranis -- Making the "bad guy" pay: growing use of cost shifting as an economic sanction / Kirsten D. Levingston --...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365.973 PRIRodriguez, Peter Louis
Contents: Pt. 1. lecture 1. From free markets to state economies -- lecture 2. A brief history of economic growth -- lecture 3. Economic growth and human behavior -- lecture 4. The birth of the western free market -- lecture 5. American economic strategies -- lecture 6. America and Europe -- divergent approaches -- lecture 7. State-led theories of economic growth -- lecture 8. The secrets of rapid growth...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Quart, Alissa
Summary: "Squeezed" weaves together intimate reporting with sharp and lively critique to show how the high cost of parenthood and our increasingly unstable job market have imploded the middle-class American Dream for many families, and offers surprising solutionsfor how we might change things. Families today are squeezed on every side--from high childcare costs and harsh employment policies to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 QUACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 QUASummary: An American tail: While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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Summary: "Thirty years after she first asked, "Why do women fall in love with convicted murderers?," Sheila Isenberg answers the question anew in the age of smartphones, mass shootings, celebrity worship of murderers, and modern prison dating. Through research and interviews with women who seek relationships with convicted killers via snail and email, and through conversations with psychiatrists, social...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.8 ISEEisenmann, Thomas R.
Summary: Presents information how to spot and sidestep roadblocks on the entrepreneurial journey and sets readers on a path to startup success.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Currency 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 658.1 EISCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.1 EISCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business EisenmannNocera, Joseph
Summary: "From the collaborators behind the modern business classic All the Devils are Here comes a damning indictment of American capitalism--and the leaders that left us brutally unprepared for a global pandemic In 2020, the novel coronavirus pandemic made it painfully clear that the U.S. could not adequately protect its citizens. Millions of Americans suffered--and over a million died--in less than...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In 1993, Mohammed Aideed's militia triumphantly paraded U.S. corpses through the streets of Mogadishu. In stunning irony, Mohammed's son, Hussein, though not a representative of Somalia's official government, now offers the U.S. strategic bases. This program presents a candid interview with Somalia's de facto leader, a warlord with unusual credentials: American citizen, former Marine, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Levy, Matthys.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690.21 LEVSummary: From Denver to D.C., this DVD collection explores the heart of America's scenic beauty and legendary trains.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Topics Entertainment 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Reed, Francine.
Summary: "Francine Reed utilizes her many years of experience as Lyle Lovett's backup singer and adds her many Jazz and Gospel influences to create a unique Blues style"--Container.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ichiban Blues 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES ReedSummary: "From the Newark Rebellion of 1967 to current day, the city's narrative has been one of revolution with each generation picking up where the previous had left off. WHY IS WE AMERICANS? weighs in on Newark's struggle against oppression through the personal triumphs and tragedies of the Baraka family -- from Amiri's civil rights leadership and ultimate artistic marginalization, to the horrific...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHYBergsman, Steve
Summary: "In What a Difference a Day Makes: Women Who Conquered 1950s Music, Steve Bergsman highlights the Black female artists of the 1950s, a time that predated the chart-topping girl groups of the early 1960s. Many of the singers of this era became wildly famous and respected, and even made it into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. However, there were many others, such as Margie Day, Helen Humes,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 782.42 BERSummary: In the aftermath of September 11th, George W. Bush made an ultimatum to the world: "Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists." But for many followers of Islam-a global community that includes more than a billion devotees-the choice is not that simple. This timely ABC News program explores the mixed emotions felt by many Muslims toward the U.S. Topics on the agenda include American...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Beckner, Chrisanne.
Contents: Crispus Attucks -- Benjamin Banneker -- Elizabeth Freeman -- Phillis Wheatley -- Paul Cuffe -- Richard Allen -- James Forten -- Samuel E. Cornish and John Russwurm -- Dred Scott -- Sojourner Truth -- Nat Turner -- Martin R. Delany -- Henry H. Garnet -- Frederick Douglass -- Harriet Tubman -- Henry McNeal Turner -- P.B.S. Pinchback -- Robert Smalls -- Elijah McCoy -- Lewis Howard Latimer --...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bluewood Books 1995
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J 973.04Summary: The Monster High ghouls are back in a freaky, fabulous double feature! When the boys can't compete in the Skulltimate Roller Maze Championships, Frankie Stein convinces her friends that some 'ghoul power' is needed to save the day in the creeptastic movie, 'Friday Night Frights.' Then, as the epic Sweet 1600th of Draculara approaches, she's got two crush-worthy guys out to steal her heart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD Monster Friday 2013Hoobler, Dorothy
Summary: Describes the often heroic stories of Mexican American immigrants, largely through their own words and pictures. Includes original documents such as selections from letters, memoirs, and newspapers to relate their experiences.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0468 HOOPolenova, Elena Dmitrievna
Summary: Presents eight Russian folktales, including "Ivan the Fool and the Firebird," "How the Cat Outwitted the Fox," and "The Nanny Goat and her Family" as retold and illustrated with watercolors by a late nineteenth-century artist and designer.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fontanka with the Vassily Polenov Association 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 POLDavies, Ray
Contents: Americana (4:02) -- The deal (5:03) -- Poetry (5:05) -- Message from the road (2:57) -- A place in your heart (5:03) -- The mystery room (3:51) -- Silent movie (1:11) -- Rock 'n' roll cowboys (4:21) -- Change for change (3:23) -- The man upstairs (1:37) -- I've heard that beat before (4:03) -- A long drive home to Tarzana (4:59) -- The great highway (4:43) -- The invaders (3:47) -- Wings of...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Recordings 2017