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 MIDOtter, Jack.
Contents: Introduction: how dare we have fun with the dismal science -- Section 1: Getting started -- My own personal hot tub time machine -- Credit vs. debit -- Student loan vs. skipping college -- See the world vs. get a job -- Spend it vs. save it -- Credit union vs. bank -- The rule of 72 -- Date the cutie in the next cubicle vs. anyone else -- Live with mom and dad vs. go solo in squalor -- YMCA vs....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Business Plus 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 OTTSummary: "Paul Hegeman highlights the music of renowned Estonian composer Arvo Pärt while attempting to unveil the mystery around the purportedly reclusive writer of such famed works as "Tabula Rasa," "Fratres," "Trivium" and "Für Alina," all stirringly performed here. But Hegeman, who also shot the film (with Auke Dijkstra), eschews a typical biographical recounting of the 83-year-old maestro's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THASummary: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, aka "Jazz Fest," is the signature annual music and cultural event of the city and has been called America's greatest festival. Celebrating the music, food, and arts and crafts of all of Louisiana since 1970, Jazz Fest is an essential showcase of the rich heritage of the region, and hundreds of thousands attend the event each year....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF JAZSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
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 2010Summary: Through the lens of auteur Peter Jackson, anything can become magical. Although the First World War took place a century ago, Jackson's determination has brought it back to life once again. With brilliant cinematic techniques, as well as an appreciation for those who fought these unbelievably difficult battles, Jackson brings this forgotten world into bold relief. His extraordinary talent...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DOC THECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc ThRaymond, Henry N.
Summary: Audio based teaching. Includes pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Level one focuses on essential travel needs; levels two and three provide more everyday conversation as well as more comprehensive grammar and vocabulary skills. Includes 3 phrase books for each level.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.68 JAPSummary: One hundred years after the destruction of the Black-owned Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, residents and descendants examine the history of the 1921 tragedy and its aftermath. Through the historical lens of white violence and Black resistance, the film explores vital issues of atonement, reconciliation and reparation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A film that seamlessly blends mission audio from Apollo 11's historic journey featuring conversations among Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins with new footage, NASA archive, and stunning CGI to recreate the first moon landing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EIGSummary: "This portrait of Washington super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, from his early years as a gung-ho member of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as a disgraced, imprisoned pariah, confirms the adage that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. A tale of international intrigue involving Indian casinos, spies, sweatshops, and a mob-style killings, this is a story of the way money corrupts...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CASSummary: Profiles American photographer Dorothea Lange, who came to the the attention of the world with her photographs documenting the Great Depression, and achieved lasting fame in the post-War years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DORSummary: ""In almost any culture, at any time, you can find food writing," writes guest editor Mark Bittman in his introduction. "Food means growing and hardship, and health and medicine, and work and holiday. In its abundance it is a gift and a joy, and in its absence a curse and a tragedy. If a culture has writing, that culture has food writing." The stories in this year's Best American Food Writing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 BESSummary: "In the days immediately following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed seventeen people, filmmakers Emily Taguchi and Jake Lefferman began filming with students and families whose lives were forever altered"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AFT1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF AFT
Summary: Told through the eyes and hands of acclaimed artists across the world, the film explores the surprising world of taxidermy, where sculptors must also be scientists. From a studio in Los Angeles that has elevated taxidermy to the forefront of fashion to fine artists in the Netherlands, these passionate experts push creative boundaries while revealing the importance of preserving nature.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STUSummary: A fly-on-the-wall glimpse of one of the most influential musicians of all time. Deluxe edition includes over 20 hours of never-before-seen footage of Dylan's 1965 English tour and new commentary from director D.A. Pennebaker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2006