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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Summary: "Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it. A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behavior later in life? The world's leading expert on self-control, Walter Mischel has proven that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 MISMischel, Walter.
Summary: Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it. A child sits in front of a tray with one marshmallow on one side and two on the other. He is told he can either eat the one now or wait and get the two later. What will he do? And what are the implications for his behavior later in life?The world's leading expert on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxmoor House 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.75 SCHFay, Martha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxmoor House 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: OVS 747.73 FAYSummary: The two Escobars: "A gripping drama about the intersection of crime, sports and nationalism in 1990's Columbia. At a time when drug money fueled the sport known in the underworld as "narco-soccer", the fates of Andres Escobar, the inspirational captain of Nacional, and Pablo Escobar, the notorious leader of the Medellin cartel, were permanently linked. When Andre was murdered 10 days after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ESPN Films 2011
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Summary: The resident psychology experts on Goop offer a program to reach one's potential by activating aspirations, sparking creativity and resilience, transcending negative thoughts and circumstances, and live a live of meaning and engagement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 MICMichaelis, Arno
Summary: Documents the story of the unlikely and powerful friendship between a Sikh and a former white supremacist in the aftermath of Wade Michael Page's murderous 2012 attack on a Wisconsin Sikh Temple, describing how they launched the Serve 2 Unite organization to promote community inclusion and fight hate crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MICSummary: Documentary film sharing the efforts of two American organizations providing medical aid after the catastrophic 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Project Medishare, which set up clinics for victims, and the Knights of Columbus, which provided prosthetic limbs for the many young people who suffered amputations. The film also follows a small group of earthquake victims who form Team Zaryen, an amputee...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Janson Media 2014
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Summary: "The story of the groundbreaking trans athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who set the stage for today's culture wars"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: The author, a former intelligence officer, turns the spotlight on the case of an American pilot believed to be killed when his plane was shot down over Iraq who may be alive in an Iraqi jail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listen & Live Audio 2002
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 956.7044 YARKrueger, Caryl Waller
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Publisher / Publication Date: Galahad Books 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 793 KruegBany-Winters, Lisa.
Summary: Introduces the concepts of music, dance, and acting, suggesting how to create a musical production through games and role-playing and describing all aspects of a show from auditions to curtain call.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 792.6 BANSummary: Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind since early childhood, was a passionate advocate for change, using her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty. Becoming Helen Keller examines the complex legacy of this author, advocate, lecturer, and human rights pioneer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BECSummary: "Welcome to Leith chronicles the attempted takeover of a small town in North Dakota by notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb. As his behavior becomes more threatening, tensions soar, and the residents desperately look for ways to expel their unwanted neighbor. With access to both longtime residents of Leith and white supremacists, the film examines a small community in the plains struggling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WELSummary: "He's the most deceptive deity in the Marvel-Verse -- whether he's playing the villain, the hero or just an agent of chaos! He's Loki -- and these are some of his legendary stories! In an all-time classic, Loki pits his brother Thor against the Silver Surfer for a cosmic battle royale! Then, take a fresh view of the founding of the accursed Avengers, through the eyes of the God of Lies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LOKWaters, Michael W.
Summary: Pastor, award-winning author, and rising civil rights leader Michael W. Waters (Stakes Is High, For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World) ruminates on the sacred places and spaces he visited as part of a cross-country trek in 2019-2020 through America's racial history. From reflections on the river's edge where Emmit Till's body was recovered in the 1950s, to the spot of Malcolm...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chalice Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 WATSalter, Mary Jo
Summary: "The timeless and timely intersect in poems about our unique historical moment, from the prizewinning poet. In Zoom Rooms, Mary Jo Salter considers the strangeness of our recent existence, together with the enduring constants in our lives. The title poem, a series of sonnet-sized Zoom meetings-a classroom, a memorial service, an encounter with a new baby in the family-finds humor and pathos in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 SALDaly, Michael
Summary: Describes how a circus elephant named Topsy was electrocuted in 1903 with 6,600 volts of alternating current as proof that it was much more dangerous than direct current in an ongoing dispute between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.32 DALWinters, Mary-Frances
Summary: Presents information about the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of African Americans and explains why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 WINLiedtke, Walter A.
Summary: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Mar. 8-May 27, 2001 and the National Gallery, London, June 20-Sept. 16, 2001.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Museum of Art 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.9492 LIESummary: A look at the history and legends of ancient Ireland. Begins in 2000 B.C., when Stone Age farmers built some of the largest and most spectacular Neolithic monuments in Europe, and continues through 1167 A.D, when the Norman invasion placed Ireland under English control.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS DVD Video 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INSummary: An alien being comes to Earth to colonize its water riches but instead becomes head of a large corporation and is gradually destroyed by the pleasures, the technology and the richness of life on earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI MANSummary: One of the most prominent names in magic in the latter half of the 20th century, David Copperfield has been amazing audiences with his grand-scale tricks and sleights of hand. Compiles some of David's greatest magical feats, including the disappearing Statue of Liberty, the vanishing airplane, the "imploding building" and walking through the Great Wall of China.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SRO Entertainment 2004