Summary: "With historic reenactments, expert interviews, and first-hand accounts, learn about the people, bloody wars, and undenieable truths that have brought us up from slavery to emancipation road on the march to freedom"--container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MARSummary: Queen Elizabeth's realm is divided, politically unstable and dangerous. We see her troubled reign through the eyes of her spymasters, Willian and Robert Cecil, a father and son team in charge of counter terrorism and the protection of the fragile life of the one woman on whom everything depends. Looks at the entrapment and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, the capture and escape of Catholic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV QUESummary: In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in the United States, and almost four million slaves. The nation was founded upon the idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The nation would pay a bloody...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Corporation charts the spectacular rise of the corporation as a dramatic, pervasive presence in our everyday lives. With a deft mix of humor, visual panache and seriousness, this documentary is a timely, entertaining critique of global conglomerates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CORSummary: Scientist Bruce Banner has been living in the shadows, scouring the earth for an antidote. Warmongers dream of abusing his powers and won't leave Bruce alone. He suffers from his constant need to be with the only woman he has ever love, Betty Ross, and Bruce knows that he must return to civilization. The brilliant doctor is ruthlessly pursued by a nightmarish beast of pure adrenaline and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD INCCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE INCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie IncredibleSummary: Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSummary: Features Holly Near in live concert footage, backstage interview segments, and reading from her autobiography. New interviews with Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC HOLSummary: Balto, a sled dog in Alaska, makes an arduous journey to bring life-saving medicine to a town during a diphtheria epidemic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Video 2001
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BALSummary: A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010. The influence the magazine has had on our culture through turbulent times, morphing into Second City, Saturday Night Live, and the movies, and the stars and sorrows it has produced.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DRUBakst, Dina
Summary: Provides practical tips for navigating the workplace while pregnant or being a new parent, covering such topics as morning sickness, maternity leave, and discrimination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BAKCanot, Theodore
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dover 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 382.44 CANKazin, Alfred
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Publisher / Publication Date: MJF Books 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5 KazinKumin, Maxine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 KUMKunin, Vladimir.
Summary: This book is an autobiographical prose work by the well known Russian modern writer Vladimir Kunin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bereg 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.7 FIC KUNRovin, Jeff.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 809.3876 ROVSummary: The draught of 1931 brought financial and emotional ruin to thousands of families in the Southern Plains. Dust Bowl was America's worst ecological disaster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SURAbazov, Rafis
Summary: "Dominated by mountains, the rugged nation of Tajikistan has a striking landscape that readers are able to examine in beautiful detail in the pages of this informative guide to one of Central Asia's most unique countries. Stunning photographs and helpful maps accompany main text and sidebars that highlight Tajikistan's government, history, geography, and culture. As readers discover what life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 958.6 ABAKatin, Miriam
Summary: "A stunning memoir of a mother and daughter's survival in WWII and their subsequent lifelong struggle with faith. In this captivating and elegantly illustrated graphic memoir, Miriam Katin retells the story of her and her mother's escape on foot from the Nazi invasion of Budapest. With her father off fighting for the Hungarian army and the German troops quickly approaching, Katin and her mother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn and Quarterly 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KATKazin, Michael
Summary: "A history of the Democratic Party from Andrew Jackson to Joe Biden"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.2736 KAZKoven, Suzanne
Summary: "A poignant, funny, personal exploration of authenticity in work and life by a woman doctor. In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by women doctors, including her own personal struggle with "imposter syndrome"-a long-held, secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a "real" doctor. Accessed nearly 300,000 times by readers around the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KOVEN, SUZANNE KOVPépin, Jacques.
Summary: From legendary chef Jacques Pepin, a book celebrating his lifelong love of chickens, featuring dozens of his celebrated paintings and more than 50 recipes, along with a treasure trove of poignant and often humorous stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.665 PEPBator, Ulan.
Contents: Hemisphere.--Santa Lucia.--Etoile Astre.--Let go ego.--Hiver.--Selva.--La joueuse de tambour.--Soeur violence.--Echo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: sn 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ULAKazin, Alfred
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Publisher / Publication Date: Syracuse University Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5 KAZLavin, Talia
Summary: The unapologetic journalist and anti-discrimination activist recounts her immersive investigation into white supremacy to reveal how it proliferates online, exposing a rampant Web subculture of religious extremism, misogyny, racism and anti-Semitism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020