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Summary: "An inspiring graphic novel about Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaking pioneer who changed the course of World War II. Nazi spy rings! No-good gangsters! Shakespearian lies! Discover the courageous woman who cracked all these cases and more-with only a pencil and paper. The youngest of ten siblings, Elizebeth Friedman stood out from an early age with brilliant language skills and a passion for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRISummary: Combines elements of analysis, history, biography, performance, and the personal passions of six presenters to tell the stories behind the stories of six Shakespeare plays. Includes interviews with actors, directors, and scholars; visits to key locations; clips from celebrated film and television adaptations; and illustrative excerpts from performances staged at Shakespeare's Globe in London...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SHASummary: Dead last in the ratings, ABC hired two towering public intellectuals to debate each other during the Democratic and Republican national conventions. William F. Buckley Jr. was a leading light of the new conservative movement. A Democrat and cousin to Jackie Onassis, Gore Vidal was a leftist novelist and polemicist. Armed with deep-seated distrust and enmity, Vidal and Buckley believed each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BESBynum, W. F. (William F.)
Summary: "Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they have always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power. From ancient Greek philosophers through Einstein and Watson and Crick to the computer-assisted scientists of today, men and women have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2012
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 BUCBuckley, William F. (William Frank)
Summary: The late William F. Buckley Jr. offers a reminiscence of thirty years of friendship with the man who brought the American conservative movement out of the political wilderness and into the White House. Ronald Reagan and Buckley were political allies and close friends throughout Reagan's political career. They went on vacations together and shared inside jokes. Yet for all the words that have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REAGAN, RONALD BuckleyBuckley, William F.
Summary: "A unique collection of eulogies of the twentieth century's greatest figures, written by conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and compiled by National Review and Fox News chief Washington correspondent James Rosen. In a half-century on the national stage, William F. Buckley Jr. achieved unique stature as a polemicist and the undisputed godfather of modern American conservatism. He knew...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 BUCCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BUCWalsh, Bill (William F.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.027 WALRussell, William F.
Summary: Presents the essential Greek and Roman myths that form the basis of our cultural literary heritage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 292.13 RUSMellberg, William F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plymouth Press, Ltd. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 MELDe Mori, Lori.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxmoor House 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.5945 DEMSummary: "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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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUWilliams, Alicia
Summary: Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey. Now, her mama always told her that if she wanted something, "to jump at de sun", because even though you might not land quite that high, at least you'd get off the ground. So Zora jumped from place to place, from the porch of the general store where she listened to folktales, to Howard University, to Harlem. And everywhere she jumped,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 813.52 WILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HURNoonan, William Sylvester.
Summary: A portrait of the late son of President Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, told by his closest friend, describes the shared loss that bonded their childhoods, John Jr.'s marriage to Carolyn Bessette, and the aftermath of the plane crash that ended their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY JR., JOHN F. NOONoonan, William Sylvester.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F. JR. NOONoonan, William Sylvester.
Summary: For 25 years William Noonan and John F. Kennedy, Jr. were best friends. Sharing an adolescence in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, the two frequented beach bonfires and the Monday-night yacht-club dances, took road trips, shared albums, sneaked cigarettes on the widow's walk of John's house, and scored beer together. And as they grew older, John and Billy never lost the connection they forged in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 NOOSummary: An extensive biography of the American film producer and director William Castle, with a focus on his classic horror films. Castle was famous for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. Includes extensive film clips and commentary by his family, friends and actors, producers, directors and film historians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Automat Pictures 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SPIDUNBAR,WILLIS F.(REV.-MAY,GEO)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1980
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 977.4 DUNSummary: Inspired by She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up, and rose up against the odds. This collection includes the first eight biographies in the series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 920 SHESummary: Presents three television documentaries that provide an in-depth examination of the presidential campaigns of 1960, 1964, and 1968, based on the books by Theodore H. White, and showing archival footage, behind-the-scenes moments, backroom deals, and scenes from the convention floor that took place during the races between Kennedy and Nixon; Johnson and Goldwater; and Humphrey, Nixon and Wallace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2011
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAKGilliam, Terry
Summary: A memoir from the screenwriter, animator, visionary film director, and founding member of Monty Python describes his life through recollections, anecdotes, and never-before-seen photographs and artwork.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperDesign 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GILLIAM, TERRY GILSummary: Featuring live action and animation, this movie examines the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DIRBeckett, I. F. W. (Ian Frederick William)
Summary: Focuses on events from World War I that continue to shape the world today--from the flooding of Belgium's fields to the picture palaces of Britain's cinema, from the idealism of Wilson's Washington to the German Lys offensive of 1918.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.3 BECMori, Kaoru
Summary: "Having reached his destination in Ankara, Smith is not only reunited with his old friend, but also Talas, the woman he briefly stayed with on his journey. An agreement was made, and now Smith must travel back to Amir and Karluk with his new companions and newly acquired camera. However, the roads back are perilous as war approaches..."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2019