Summary: "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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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUSummary: When punk rock erupted in Washington DC, it was a mighty convergence of powerful music, friendships, and clear minds. This film is the first to explore the incredible challenges that this subculture faced when it took root in the Nation's Capital in the late '70s. Punk the Capital situates DC punk within the larger narratives of rock n' roll, working as a powerful multi-layered story for both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PUNYan, Lan
Summary: "In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country. In telling her and her family's story, she serves up an intimate account of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 YANSummary: Documentary on the avant-garde music and video collective, the Residents, based on the group's archival materials and their recent 40th anniversary world tour.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THESummary: The Pacific Ocean covers one third of the Earth's surface, holds half of the world's water, and hides the deepest place on the planet. It is a place where huge and iconic, rare and dazzling creatures live, and where creatures yet to be discovered lurk. Filmed in cinematic 4K, the program breaks the boundaries between land and sea to present the Pacific Ocean in a way never seen before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIGBishop, Chris.
Summary: Comprehensive guide to all the major aircraft cariers built since World War I, full color artworks of each class of carrier featured, each entry is accompanied by detailed technical specifications.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MBI 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.825 BISBishop, Jim
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1960
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 232.9 BISBishop, Jim
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.923 BISBishop, Sheila.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1991
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BISBishop, Stephen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 BISAbramitzky, Ran
Summary: "Through this authoritative account of the historical record and important new findings, Abramitzky and Boustan will help shape our thinking and policies about the fraught topic of immigration with findings such as: Where you come from doesn't matter. The children of immigrants from El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala today are as likely to be as successful as the children of immigrants from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.6 ABRWilliams, Dar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK WILBishop, Elizabeth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 BISBishop, Jim
Summary: Describes the last twenty-four hours of President Lincoln's life and how his assassin spent those hours.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gramercy Books 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 BISBisher, Patrick
Summary: Patrick Bisher’s career as a Navy SEAL should have ended after a parachuting accident nearly crippled him. But overcoming adversity, even an injury as serious as a broken hip, was nothing new for him. He’d spent a portion of his childhood in leg braces. Doctors told him he’d never walk again thanks to a degenerative hip condition. He wasn’t about to give up then, any more than he was in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 BISBiskup, Agnieszka
Summary: "Team up with Max Axiom to learn all about global warming and its effects on the Earth. From melting glaciers to wacky weather patterns, heating up our planet wreaks havoc on its resources and inhabitants. Young readers will understand global warming and harness the power to help make a difference! Download the free Capstone 4D app for an augmented reality experience that goes beyond the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.738 BISCooke, Pan
Summary: "A memoir of living with OCD before and after diagnosis"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stanley Paul 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5423 MCGSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Cao, Lan
Summary: "A mother-daughter memoir exploring loss, love, and healing, told in two alternating voices, from the critically acclaimed novelist and her teenage daughter"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CAOPerry, Dayn
Summary: Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson earned the nickname "Mr. October" for the crucial clutch hitting that led his teams to the World Series six times and won him two series MVP awards, and this skill at the plate is perhaps what he is best remembered for. But behind the bat was a man many don't know--a man struggling to find his place in the world, at home, and in the sport that made him a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 JACKSON, REGGIE PERSheldon, Dyan
Summary: No one else in Dan's class believes him when he says that he has seen a unicorn, until his story captures their imaginations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SHEVarley, Dax
Summary: In the four months since his mother was taken by demons, Max has been studying and perfecting a means of killing them with a slingshot, witch hazel, and an arcade token with a sunburst emblem--but now other women have been disappearing and finding out what the demons are up to has become a matter of increasing urgency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC VARLanning, Michael Lee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fawcett Columbine 1992