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: "Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BRUHatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cranbrook Institute of Science 1948
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Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1948
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 HATLawson, Robert
Summary: Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Viking press 1940
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 LAWCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 929 LAWLawson, Robert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little,Brown and Company 1988
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC LawsoSummary: How did the Earth transform from a hot ball of molten rock and metal into the planet that we call home? How did our continents and oceans grow? Where did our great mountain ranges come from? The geological processes that have shaped our world have also influenced the way humans have populated the planet. From the Great Lakes to Iceland, the San Andreas Fault to Krakatoa, this series reveals the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arts and Entertainment Network 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HOWSummary: Unable to purchase a $50,000 digital projector, a group of quirky film fanatics in rural Pennsylvania fight to keep a dying drive-in theater alive by screening only vintage 35mm film prints and working entirely for free. The film is an award-winning underdog story about The Mahoning Drive-in Theater.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MVD Visual 2019
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ATRoberts, Matt
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 ROBSummary: "Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger was a devoted Marine for nearly twenty-five years... As a drill instructor he lived and breathed the 'Corps' and was responsible for indoctrinating thousands of new recruits with its motto Semper Fidelis or 'Always Faithful.' When Jerry's nine-year old daughter Janey died of a rare type of leukemia, his world collapsed. As a grief-stricken father, he...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tied to the Tracks Films, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SEM1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SEM
Summary: Starship troopers: Charts the lives of elite members of the Mobile Infantry, a corps of dedicated young men and women soldiers fighting side by side in the ultimate intergalactic war ... the battle to save humankind. The enemy is mysterious and incredibly powerful with only one mission: survival of their species no matter what the human cost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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Summary: They were legalized pirates empowered by the Continental Congress to raid and plunder, at their own considerable risk, as much enemy trade as they could successfully haul back to America's shores; they played a central role in America's struggle for independence and later turned their seafaring talents to the slave trade; embodying the conflict between enterprise and morality central to the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2008
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 973.3 PATPatton, Robert H. (Robert Holbrook)
Summary: Presents a tribute to America's lesser-known war correspondents, sharing insights into their witnessing of history, the sense of adventure that shaped their careers, and their roles in inspiring generations of storytellers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4333 PATWalton, Richard K.
Summary: Designed to help birders recognize the songs and calls of ninety species of birds found in eastern and central North America, including virtually all of the warblers, many finches and sparrows, waders, gulls, terns, and others.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.259 WALSolti, Georg Sir
Summary: Performance of the opera about the complex medieval Doge of Genoa whose life was ruled by love of family and devotion to country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca 2007
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA SIMNeill, Robert Hitt.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mississippi River Pub. Co. 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 NEIHeinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1980
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEIHeinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson)
Contents: Gulf.--Elsewhen.--Lost legacy.--Jerry was a man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baen 1981
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEIHeinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stealth Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEIRoberts, Jason
Summary: "In the 18th century, two men dedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Their approaches could not have been more different. Carl Linnaeus, a pious Swedish doctor with a huckster's flair, believed that life belonged in tidy, static categories. Georges-Louis de Buffon, an aristocratic polymath and keeper of France's royal garden, viewed life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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Summary: Verdi's opera tells the tragic tale of Violetta, who is dying of consumption and leaves her beloved Alfredo at the request of his father, only to be reunited with him shortly before her death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthaus Musik 2008
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA TRAAlexander-Roberts, Colleen.
Summary: Offers parents practical suggestions and strategies for helping their ADHD child cope with the daily challenges of life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taylor Pub. Co. 1994
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.92 ALERyberg, Roben.
Summary: "This book is a friendly yet authoritative cookbook that simplifies the challenges of a gluten-free diet. It's a common-sense approach to the sensitive immune system of the reader"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5632 RYBRogers, Kate
Summary: Provides information on gun control, the Second Amendment, changes in weapons and the laws they inspire, mass shootings, background checks, assault weapons, the issue in other countries, possible effects on freedom, and opposition views.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Publishing 2018