Summary: Acclaimed director Sacha Jenkins shines a spotlight on the life and rhymes of the 'clown prince of hip-hop', Biz Markie, best known for his Top 40 hit, "Just a Friend." A who's who of legends like rappers Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Doug E Fresh, and actor/comedian Tracy Morgan shares how Markie's playful approach to the genre made him a hip-hop icon and left an indelible mark in the world of music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of the time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable awards between them. They are also longtime friends who invite viewers to join them for a weekend in the country as they catch up with one another, reminisce, and share their candid,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD TEACopies Available at Woodmere
6 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TEACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TeAtkins, Marcie Flinchum
Summary: Captivating photos of animals accompany simple, engaging text to explain dormancy in nature. This highly curricular book teaches young readers about different kinds of dormancy and which animals do what. Featuring creatures like ladybugs, chickadees, squirrels, and even alligators, this book won't put curious kids to sleep!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.7 ATKSummary: Your source for U.S. currency! For more than three decades, the Standard Catalog of United States Paper Money has been the essential annual guide to U.S. currency, providing complete coverage in an easy-to-use format. The color catalog offers more than 1,000 photographs, concise descriptions and completely vetted values in up to four grades. No other U.S. paper money reference contains that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Krause Publications, a division of F+W Media, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 769.5 STASummary: Instant Dreams brings viewers into the lives of Polaroid enthusiasts to create a portrait of Dr. Edwin Land, a pioneer in American technology. When Polaroid announced the end of instant film in 2008, a small group of enthusiasts bought the last operational factory in the Netherlands. Although they have the factory, a house fire destroyed all of Dr. Land's private notes, including the chemical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INSSpence, William Perkins
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690.1823 SPESchwartz, Marie Jenkins
Summary: Behind every great man stands a great woman. And behind that great woman stands a slave. Or so it was in the households of the Founding Fathers from Virginia where slaves worked and suffered throughout the domestic environments of the era, from Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Montpelier to the nation's capital. American icons like Martha Washington, Martha Jefferson, and Dolley Madison were all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 SCHPerkins, Bill (William O.)
Summary: "A startling new philosophy and practical guide to getting the most out of your money-and out of life-for those who value memorable experiences as much as their earnings"-- Perkins presents a startling new and provocative philosophy on how to get the most out of your money-- and out of your life. In order to rescue yourself from over-saving and under-living, you need to optimize your life,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Interviews, performances, and footage from church services illustrate the story of soul singer Al Green, who gave up a successful singing career to become a gospel singer and Pentecostal preacher.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GOSStahr, Walter
Summary: "Walter Stahr, author of the ... bestseller Seward, now tells the amazing story of Lincoln's secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, the most powerful and controversial of the men close to the president. Stanton raised an army of a million men and directed it from his Washington telegraph office, with Lincoln often at his side. He arrested and imprisoned thousands for "war crimes," some serious and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 STANTON, EDWIN StaSummary: Eric Clapton headlines a festival featuring some of the world's greatest guitar players including Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRODaynes, Katie
Summary: The creative writer's handbook is divided into sections covering different aspects of the writing process - coming up with ideas, planning, punctuation and grammar - as well as advice on different forms of writing, including stories, blogs, non-fiction and poetry. Throughout, there are helpful tips and suggestions, internet links and quotations from well known authors to illustrate different...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Ltd. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808 DAYSummary: After being bitten by a radioactive spider on a school field trip, Peter Parker finds himself gaining spider-like qualities. Adopting the name Spider-Man, Peter first uses his new skills to make money, but when the Green Goblin, another altered super-human, kills Peter's uncle, he swears to use his "spider-skills" to fight evil. Along the way he has to juggle a new job as a local reporter, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SPICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SPIAtkins, P. W. (Peter William)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 111.1 ATKWilliams, Ann-Marie
Summary: Exposes every aspect of the world of dance -- from different dance styles from around the world to tips on choreography, costume design, performance, staging, and even managing a potential career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 792.8 WILWilliams, Rachel Marie-Crane
Summary: "In the heat of June in 1943, a wave of destructive and deadly civil unrest took place in the streets of Detroit. The city was under the pressures of both war-time industrial production and the nascent civil rights movement - a powder keg waiting to go off. Thirty-four people were killed, most were Black, and over half were killed by police. Two thousand people were arrested and over 700...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 WILSummary: 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...
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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 2010Atkins, P. W. (Peter William)
Summary: The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at the same time is simple, elegant, and beautiful. Where did these laws and these constants come from? And why are the laws so fruitful when written in the language of mathematics? Peter Atkins...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 ATKBillis, Stacie
Summary: "Cooking doesn't have to be a chore. Why make it difficult--when it can be easy? When you’re juggling a job, kids, pet, house, spouse, you-name-it—it can be tough to resist the urge to toss a frozen meal in the oven and call it a day. Stacie Billis knows the challenge of feeding your family well, without stress. Make It Easy’s 120 recipes prove that you don’t have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong Books, a Member of the Perseus Books Group 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 BILMaggio, Rosalie.
Contents: ch. 1. Acceptances -- ch. 2. Acknowledgements -- ch. 3. Adjustment, letters of -- ch. 4. Advice, letters of -- ch. 5. Announcements -- ch. 6. Apologies -- ch. 7. Appointments and interviews, letters about -- ch. 8. Appreciation, letters of -- ch. 9. Collection letters -- ch. 10. Complaints -- ch. 11. Confirmation, letters of -- ch. 12. Congratulations -- ch. 13. Contracts, letters about -- ch....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.6 MAGMeinck, Willi.
Summary: Salvatori, a young boy who can swim like a dolphin, has some adventures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Der Kinderbuchverlag. 1966
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 438.4 FIC MEIMaggio, Rosalie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 1989