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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Edwards, Roberta.
Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Harvard Law School graduate, legislator, and civil rights lawyer who became the forty-fourth president of the United States.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OBAEdwards, Roberta
Summary: "Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served as a temple for a couple hundred years. It then became a church, then a mosque, and by the end of the 1600s served as a storehouse for munitions. When an enemy army fired hundreds of cannon balls at the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHEEdwards, Roberta.
Summary: Presents the life and accomplishments of the famous artist, scientist, engineer, and inventor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEOEdwards, Roberta.
Summary: "In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian Warand the American Revolution"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2009
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Edwards, Roberta
Summary: While the coronavirus COVID-19 changed the world in 2020, it still isn't the largest and deadliest pandemic in history. That title is held by the Plague.--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Wld Hist What EdwardsEdwards, Roberta.
Summary: A short biography of Barack Obama, the first African-American president-elect.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2009
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB Obama EdwEdwards, Roberta.
Summary: Explains the life and times of this ancient Egyptian ruler, covering the story of the tomb's discovery, as well as myths and stories of mummy curses.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2006
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET TUTEdwards, Roberta.
Summary: A biography that introduces youngsters to Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the Moon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ARMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET ARMSTRONGHorton, Roberta.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: C & T Publishing 1998
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Bassett Corson, Roberta
Summary: Medial women are highly intuitive and perceive what most do not. They gain insight from the unconscious through irrational channels such as visions, voices, dreams, images, and bodily perceptions. The medial tends to live between worlds: between the unconscious and the conscious; between the past, the present, and the future; between the spiritual and material realms; and between life and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mandorla Books 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Edwards, Roger
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arms and Armour 1989
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5413 EDWEdwards, Robert
Summary: On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union's Red Army invaded the young nation-state of Finland, in the full expectation of routing the small, ill-equipped Finnish army and annexing the former Russian territory by the end of the year. But Finland held out for 105 bitterly cold, fiercely combative days, until March 15, 1940, when a peace agreement ended the short, savage Winter War. At the stirring...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 EDWGordon-Smith, Roberta.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 1998
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.7 Gordon-SmithGorman, Edward.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2007
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS GormaRomero, Jordan
Summary: "The story of Jordan Romero, who at the age of 13 became the youngest person ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest. At age 15, he reached the summits of the world's 7 highest mountains"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 ROMBruchac, Joseph
Summary: "Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BRUGordon, Robert
Summary: Offers an authoritative biography of the father of modern blues, detailing his turbulent life, from the cotton fields of rural Mississippi to his extraordinary rise to success, forever changing the music industry.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATERS, MUDDY GORSummary: Much ado about nothing ... contrasts the happiness of lovers Claudio and Hero and the cynicism of sparring partners Beatrice and Benedick, who are united in their scorn for love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Opus Arte 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS MUCGordon, Robert
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 1983
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.4 GORGoodin, Robert E.
Contents: Introduction -- Modes of settling: where this is heading, settling down, settling in, settling up, settling for, settling one's affairs, settling on: the master notion -- The value of settling: settling as an aid to planning and agency, settling, commitment, trust, and confidence, settling the social fabric -- What settling is not: settling is not just compromising, settling is not just...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 172 GOOGordon, Robert
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abradale Press/Harry N. Abrams 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.4 GORSummary: This spoof of documentary films stars Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, the famous "Chameleon Man" of the 1920's, whose personality was so vague he would assume the characteristics of whomever he came into contact with. Filmed in black-and-white, the movie simulates the look of a newsreel, complete with stentorian narration.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ZELSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014