Summary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MIDBall, W. W. Rouse
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Main Street 1960
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510.9 BALSummary: Viewers will see the nail-biting behind-the-scenes story that traces the marriage equality movement's historic progress and reveals the masterminds who fought.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FRESoule, Charles.
Summary: Needing a revolutionary idea to complete his thesis, mathematics student Heller Wilson tracks down the possibly insane Dr. Spencer Brownfield, who claims he's been controlling New York City for decades with the butterfly effect.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Archaia Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SOUSummary: Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin rocketed to fame from the slums of Victorian London and spent decades as one of Hollywood's most famous and beloved stars until his scandalous fall from grace. His stage persona and incendiary media portrayal defined how he was perceived, but his private life has always been shrouded in mystery until now. Never-before-heard recordings, intimate home movies, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC REASchulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe)
Summary: The entire gang has a chance to shine in this brand new volume of all-new PEANUTS adventures and classic Charles Schulz strips. Featuring stories starring the Flying Ace, Linus, Lucy, Pig-Pen, Schroeder, Sally, Marcie, Franklin, Peppermint Patty, Rerun, and of course, Good Ol' Charlie Brown.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boom! 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SCHMoose, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 MOOBissonette, Aimée M.
Summary: "Hallie Morse Daggett loved spending time outdoors, hiking among the tall trees of the forests in California's Siskiyou Mountains. She wasn't afraid of the bears, coyotes, and wildcats. But Hallie was afraid of fire and understood the threat it posed to the forests, wildlife, and people. And more than anything, she wanted to devote her life to protecting her beloved outdoors; she decided she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DAGSummary: Recounts how, on the streets of the Bronx in the summer of 1973, DJ Herc took the percussion breaks from an obscure album by the Incredible Bongo Band and extended them by playing them back to back.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SAMSummary: Martin Scorsese's pseudo-documentary film, composed of both fictional and non-fictional material, about Bob Dylan's legendary 1975 tour, which featured a band of troubadours including Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and Joni Mitchell, and blends behind-the-scenes archival footage, interviews, and narrative mischief.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROLSummary: In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager missions as a way of exploring the solar system's outermost planets, capturing images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and their moons. "The farthest" documents Voyager's journey, including first-hand accounts of the men and women who built the ships and guided their missions. Bonus film "Second genesis" explores the scientific quest to find life, or...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 919.9 FARHand, Charles R.
Summary: Try your hand at contemporary fretwork scroll saw projects! Featuring how-to tips, three complete step-by-step tutorials, and 27 scroll saw patterns, this exciting project guide offers a modern twist to a traditional artform. Learn everything you need to know to accomplish intricate trivets, coasters, and wall plaques filled with peace signs, butterflies, flowers, mandalas, and other fresh...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Craft Wood HandSummary: "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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: Shares the story of how George Washington had a home built for the future presidents.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.3 SLAChaplin, Charlie
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1993
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 CHASummary: Strives to break through the myths and explain what addiction really is, what causes it, and how to get the best available treatments.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.29 ADDPennington, Rochelle
Summary: Every year Captain Herman Schuenemann and his 'Christmas Tree Ship' would bring a load of fresh Christmas trees from Michigan to Chicago. But in 1912, the fully loaded ship was unable to withstand a winter storm and sank in Lake Michigan near Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Guest Cottage/Amherst Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Holiday PenningtonDaynes, Katie
Summary: Join a cast of entertaining bugs as they explore math through everyday examples, from handling numbers and times tables to weighing ingredients and telling the time. Fun puzzles allow readers to practice what they've learned.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 510 DAYBaird, Charles W. (Charles Washington)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1973
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 284.5 BairdFreedman, Russell.
Summary: A biography of the Oglala leader who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempt to take over Indian lands.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1996
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CRAZYHORS FREBanks, Charles Edward
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1997
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.3 BANSummary: "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EAMJohnston, Johanna.
Summary: Presents portraits of fourteen American women who played important roles in American history, including Emma Willard, Abigail Adams, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2004