Summary: Documents the rise of Dalton Trumbo's career in Hollywood and his subsequent public humiliation for being among the 'Hollywood Ten' blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1940s for communist associations. Exiled and penniless, he wrote under various pseudonyms, and even won an Academy Award. Dalton stood for the American value and right of free expression.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TRUWilson, Douglas L.
Summary: Abraham Lincoln now occupies an unparalleled place in American history, but when he was first elected president, literary ability was the last thing the public expected from the folksy, self-educated "rail-splitter." Yet the forceful qualities of Lincoln's writing eventually surprised his supporters and confounded his many critics. In this study, Lincoln scholar Wilson tells how Lincoln...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 WILSummary: Louis Mazzini seeks to avenge his mother's disinheritance by ascending to her family's dukedom. To do this, he must kill eight of his relatives in the d'Ascoyne family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY KINGottman, John Mordechai
Summary: Strengthen and deepen your love with a fun, ingenious program of eight life-changing conversations—on essential topics such as money, sex, and trust—from two of the world’s leading marriage researchers and clinicians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 GOTSummary: The lectures in Part 6 bring the progress of philosophy into the present day, beginning with the work of Nietzsche and the American pragmatists William James and John Dewey. This section explains the work and consequence of modern linguistic and logical analysis in lectures on Ayer and Wittgenstein. Also discussed is the structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss and the attempts to develop rational...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREWagner, Richard
Summary: The four operas of The Ring Cycle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2012
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA RINDalai Lama XIV
Summary: Two leading spiritual masters share their wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity, sharing personal stories and teachings about the science of profound happiness and the daily practices that anchor their emotional and spiritual lives. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 294.3 DALGoodall, Jane
Summary: Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. Drawing on decades of work that has helped expand our understanding of what it means to be human and what we all need to do to help build a better world, the book touches on vital questions, including: How do we stay hopeful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 128 GOOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 GOOCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 GOOTutu, Desmond.
Summary: "Archbishop Desmond Tutu has witnessed some of the world's darkest moments, for decades fighting the racist government policy of apartheid and since then being an ambassador of peace amidst political, diplomatic, and natural disasters. Yet people continue to find him one of the most joyful and hopeful people they have encountered. In Made for Goodness, Tutu shares his source of strength and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 TUTDalai Lama XIV
Summary: Two leading spiritual masters share their wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity, sharing personal stories and teachings about the science of profound happiness and the daily practices that anchor their emotional and spiritual lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 DALCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 DALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help DalaiTutu, Desmond.
Summary: The Nobel Peace Prize-winner joins his daughter, an Anglican minister, to share a powerful vision on why each of us can find hope and joy even in troubled times--because we are all made for goodness.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 170 TUTSummary: Documentary film about the 2007 National Council Auditions grand finalists, Jamie Barton, Kiera Duffy, Michael Fabiano, Disella Larusdottir, Ryan McKinny, Angela Meade, Nicholas Pallesen, Matthew Plenk, Alek Shrader, Ryan Smith, and Amber L. Wagner. Looks at the pressures these young opera singers face as they struggle to succeed in one of the most difficult professions in the performing arts....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Metropolitan Opera 2008
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS AUDWelton, Michele.
Summary: You'll learn all the right things to say and do so that your dog listens to you. You'll learn what to do if you tell him to do something and he doesn't obey. All dogs misbehave at one time or another. How you respond when your dog misbehaves is very, very important. If you respond the wrong way, your dog will keep misbehaving. Respond the right way and he will start listening to you.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Petbridge LLC 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.45 GALWelton, Michele.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 WELDouglass, Frederick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lawrence Hill Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 DOUWelton, Jude.
Summary: Presents the life and art of Claude Monet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Oversized, Call number: J 759.4 WELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759.44 WELWelton, Jude.
Summary: Examines the lives of impressionist painters and the influences that shaped their work through re-created albums of letters, sketches, and photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley in association with the Art Institute of Chicago 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759.054 WELBrown, Alton
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 683.82 BROBrown, Alton
Summary: Contains more than 150 recipes and close to 1,000 photographs and illustrations from the Peabody Award-winning TV show, "Good Eats", along with explanations of techniques, lots of food-science information (of course!) and more food puns, food jokes and food trivia than you can shake a wooden spoon at.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 BRODouglass, Frederick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8092 DOUDouglass, Frederick
Summary: Douglass's autobiography traces his birth into slavery, his escape to the North and the beginnings of the career that was to make him the preeminent spokesman for his people.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.8 DOUDouglass, Merrill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw Hill 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 DOUWalton, Kathryn
Summary: "U.S. Congress was formed concurrently with the United States through the ratification of the Constitution. This unified body of lawmakers, composed of the Senate and House of Representatives, makes legislative decisions for the nation. Readers will learn essential information about this government institution, its historic home, and how its history has affected the operations of the modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023