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 MIDBagieu, Pénélope
Summary: With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 920 BAGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 BagieuDelta Entertainment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delta Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BROSummary: A groundbreaking documentary series sheds new light on real-estate icon, Robert Durst, while unraveling one of the most notorious unsolved crimes in New York history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JINGrout, Pam.
Summary: Travelers are showing a huge interest in the fast-growing sector known as experiential tourism--vacations that encompass heritage, culture, nature, ecology, and soft adventure. In the footsteps of the briskly selling The 100 Best Vacations to Enrich Your Life featuring North American destinations, our new title extends these ardent travelers' sights to global scale. From helping to build a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.25 GROSummary: Documents the stories of American men and women who heeded the call for military service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the challenges they faced upon their return home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GROTroup, Roxanne
Summary: Take a trip around the world to see amazing lakes that have formed on Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2019
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 551.48 TROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.48 TROSummary: In 1970, such names as Janis Joplin, The Band, and The Grateful Dead traveled by a customized train for five days to Toronto, Calgary, and Winnipeg for a mega-concert at each stop. This experience was filmed and some footage was locked away, until now.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC FESSummary: "Tracing the steps of grunge from its subversive inception in neighborhood basements to its global rise to the multimillion dollar pop culture phenomenon, Hype! incorporates hilarious interviews with rare concert footage of bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and The Melvins"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Republic Pictures 2004
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC HYPGrout, Pam.
Summary: Provides a broad spectrum of volunteering possibilities, spanning six continents and a hundred different opportunities ranging from archaeology and tourism to humanitarian aid and conservation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.202 GRODelta Entertainment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delta Entertainment 1998
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD MOVIE BROMitchum Entertainment.
Summary: In this humorous and heartwarming story based on Clyde Edgerton's acclaimed novel, a feisty 78-year old widow and an unloved, troubled teenager from a youth rehabilitation center forge a special kind of bond, despite their tremendous differences, and discover what it takes to earn the trust and love of another.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchum Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DVD MovieCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Walking 2000Summary: Documentary about the 1970s rock band Big Star (Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Andy Hummel, Jody Stephens), together less than four years and without mainstream success, but producing a body of work that influenced many other musicians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BIGSony Pictures Entertaiment.
Summary: Two junior executives callously plan to date, then dump a vulnerable young secretary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Entertaiment 1997
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD COMLion Gate Entertainment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lion Gate Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WOOShenk, David
Summary: Skeleton Key puts the reader on the Merry Pranksters' bus behind the real Cowboy Neal, uncovers the origins of Cherry Garcia, follows the dancing bear on its trip from psychedelic artifact to trademarked icon, and unlocks the Dead's own tape vault.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 SHESaban Home Entertainment
Summary: It's fire safety week and Aisha is chosen to be fire captain. Lord Zedd creates Flame Head Monster to attempt to destroy the Power Rangers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in VideoCassettes, Call number: VHS FIC POWSummary: Inside the Black Box spotlights the world's greatest Black artists within the entertainment industry. A 2022 Television Series. With ten-hour-long episodes with hosts Joe Morton and Tracey Moore. Reminiscent of "Inside the Actor's Studio with Robert Lipton." Features prominent actors, directors, writers, and producers of color and helps to further the never-ending dialectic on race in American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INSSummary: "Indie folk heroes Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Tennesee's Old Crow Medicine Show, and Britain's acclaimed Mumford & Sons hopped on a beautiful vintage train and set out across America on a 'tour of dreams.' With poignancy and beauty, Malloy documents these incredible musicians as they ride the rails and wow the crowds from Oakland to New Orleans"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: S2BN Films 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BIGSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Records 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Music has been a constant in human history, an intermingling of voice and instrument that for all its local variation and increasing sophistication nevertheless endured in more or less the same form for centuries. Then came recording--and music was forever transformed. Soundbreaking, an eight-part event television series, traces this ongoing sonic revolution, and explores the nexus of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SOUTroup, Roxanne
Summary: Robots and AI is a beautifully designed reader all about robots that work, explore, help and rescue humans, and some of the amazing scientists who have created them. The engaging text has been carefully leveled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about microbots, mega bots...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2023