Bryant, Jennifer
Summary: "Though not as widely known as other basketball legends, hall-of-famer Elgin Baylor was one of the game's all-time greatest players-an innovative athlete, team player, and quiet force for change. A member of the early, scrappy NBA and one of the first professional African American players, Elgin (b. 1934) played in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers, taking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAYHarrelson, Angela
Summary: Angela Harrelson, George Floyd's aunt and closest relative, tells the behind-the-scenes story of George's family--how he lived and why he died--and how the world can find a solution to racism through his death. This is the story of Angela's lifelong relationship with George Floyd--whom the family called Perry--and how, after being suddenly thrust into the spotlight, she went on a quest to make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 HARSummary: Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. AILEY traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty. Told through Ailey's own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AILSummary: An eclectic group of artists performed selections from the Bob Dylan songbook on October 16, 1992 at Madison Square Garden in New York City to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dylan's debut album.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Records 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BOBSummary: "Elvis by the Presleys is the most revealing and poignant video portrait we will ever see of the artist as husband, father and friend. As never before, Priscilla Presley and Lisa Marie Presley, along with members of Elvis' family and extended family, freely share their own stories, emotions and intimate memories on camera, and they allow us to enjoy home-movie footage of Elvis never before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony BMG Music Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ELVSummary: Presents the first-ever Prairie Home cinecast, shown in movie theaters across the United States and Canada. Guests include Elvis Costello, Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, Heather Masse, Robin and Linda Williams, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Erica Rhodes, Tom Keith, Fred Newman, plus the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, episodes of "Guy Noir" and "Lives of the Cowboys," and the News from Lake Wobegon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Highbridge Co. 2010
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS PRAWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WEIStone, Dan.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: National Endowment for the Arts 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 813 STOSummary: A psychedelic precursor to music videos, in which The Mothers of Invention, a touring musical group, wreak havoc in Centerville, a stereotypical American town. The first color movie made on videotape and then transferred to film, it includes many visual effects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE TWOCarrison, Dan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMACOM 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 CARSelvin, Joel
Summary: In this breathtaking cultural history filled with exclusive, never-before-revealed details, celebrated rock journalist Joel Selvin tells the definitive story of the Rolling Stones' infamous Altamont concert in San Francisco, the disastrous historic event that marked the end of the idealistic 1960s. The product of 20 years of research and dozens of interviews with many key players, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 SELMcDonald, Elvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gramercy Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 McDSummary: "500 Nations is an eight-part documentary that looks back at life in North America before the arrival of the Europeans, then follows the epic struggles of Indian Nations as the continent is reshaped by contact"--Booklet.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FIVHowland, Elvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zosma Pub. 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 HowlaMcDonald, Elvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Meredith Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9344 ORTHarriss, Joseph
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944.081 HARMcDonald, Elvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 635.9312 MCDMcDonald, Elvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gramercy Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 MCDGoodman, Melvin A. (Melvin Allan)
Summary: ""Mel Goodman has spent the last few decades telling us what's gone wrong with American intelligence and the American military. he is also telling us how to save ourselves."--Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker "Whistleblower at the CIA offers a fascinating glimpse into the secret, behind-the-scenes world of U.S. intelligence. Melvin A. Goodman's first-person account of the systematic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOODMAN, MELVIN A GOOHariton, Anca.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Hariton 1995Harbison, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaux Arts Editions 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 914.15 HARBerger, Melvin.
Summary: Explains why oil spills occur and how they are cleaned up and suggests strategies for preventing them in the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1994
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETKonner, Melvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.232 KONHarriss, Edmund
Summary: "A rhyming adventure that helps young learners discover for themselves each number from Zero to Five. For kids who are already counting by rote, this important next step has never been more fun to learn!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2020