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Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section History Audiobooks Christian fiction Juvenile sound recordings Motion pictures Sound effects Motown Record Corporation. Radio plays Juvenile sound recordings Radio programs for children Juvenile sound recordings Sound in motion pictures Sound Recording and reproducing Sound recording industryScott, Jonathan
Summary: The story of recorded sound - the technological developments, the people that made them happen and the impact they had on society - from the earliest inventions via the phonograph to LPs, EPs and the recent resurgence of vinyl. While Thomas Edison's phonograph, the first device that could both record and reproduce sound, represented an important turning point in the story of recorded sound, it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 621.389 SCOBakker, Karen J.
Summary: "When we think of animal sound we tend to think about birds or other highly sonic animals. However, scientists are learning that a much wider range of animals, and even plants, use sound, and they are figuring this out with the help of AI and other digital technologies. This book tells the stories of scientists who are using these digital technologies to decode the hidden world of nonhuman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Burroughs, Augusten.
Summary: A true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist. At the age of twelve, Augusten Burroughs found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian in perfect squalor. Co-inhabitants of the doctor's bizarre family included some patients and a pedophile. There were no house rules and no schooling. And the Christmas tree stayed up...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Renaissance 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 813.6 BURCreech, Sharon.
Summary: Two orphaned peasant children discover a mysterious pouch, the contents of which lead them to the majestic Castle Corona, where their lives may be transformed forever.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Children's Audio 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: CD J CRESteig, William
Summary: Shrek, a horrid ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon and, finally a hideous princess who is even uglier than he is!
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2007
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE SHRWitt, Stephen.
Summary: How Music Got Free is a riveting story of obsession, music, crime, and money, featuring visionaries and criminals, moguls and tech-savvy teenagers. It’s about the greatest pirate in history, the most powerful executive in the music business, a revolutionary invention and an illegal website four times the size of the iTunes Music Store.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 WITSheinkin, Steve
Summary: Presents the story of Daniel Ellsberg and his decision to steal and publish secret documents about America's involvement in the Vietnam War.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 959.7 SHESummary: What happens when Whit fires up the Imagination Station for a few lessons about American history? Jimmy Barclay gets slingshot lessons from Abraham Lincoln. Marvin's drumming out orders for the Patriot army. And Curt and Lucy sit in on the composition of our National Anthem at the capture of Fort McHenry.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus on the Family 0000
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Living in the Gray, parts 1 & 2 -- Stubborn streaks -- Called on in class -- The girl in the sink -- Bernard and Saul -- Eggshells -- Nothing but the half truth -- Split ends -- Something's got to change -- No way out -- No way in.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus on the Family 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CDA AdvSummary: Stand by for chaos! Connie and the gang think they're doing another safe, scripted BTV program. But that's before the fire, the okra incident and the renegade nose. Meanwhile, Liz's brother Mark just got engaged. How's she supposed to fit in now that she's second fiddle?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus on the Family 0000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: From the makers of the acclaimed Last Shop Standing, this new film charts the amazing revival of vinyl over the past several years. The film explores the whys and hows with industry pundits, artists, record shop owners, vinyl fans and many more. Directed and produced by Pip Piper, hear from passionate new record shop owners as well the established die-hards still going and thriving. The film...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC VINYandolino, Frank.
Summary: "Frank Yandolino rode the hippie counterculture movement alongside visionaries like Artie Kornfeld and Michael Lang, and he helped put together the Woodstock Festival of 1969. This memoir is an account of his life as a hippie, art director, entrepreneur, manager, and screenwriter (as well as various other hats he wore in the creative industry.)"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 YANJordan, Sara
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sara Jordan Pub. 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 468.3 JORLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Organized by subject: everyday phrases, transportation, shopping, hotels, menu guides and pronunication. Includes cd with book.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.White, Adam.
Summary: "Motown: The Sound of Young America is the definitive, visual history of the Detroit-based independent record company which became a style unto itself, a prolific and hugely successful production line of suave, sassy and sophisticated music through the sixties, seventies and eighties. Featuring extensive, specially commissioned photography of treasures gathered from the archives, this landmark...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson Ltd. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 WHIBell, Cece
Summary: "Cece Bell loves music and collecting old record albums, her introduction explains, especially albums featuring animal artists. The bouncing harmonies of the Barbershop Beagles, the elegant crooning of the elephant Ella Fontaine, the hilarious rhymes of the Hip-Hop Hedgehogs--all are represented in this quirky ABC book that draws on the creator's personal collection of albums, memorabilia, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press 2024
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE BELThomas, Evan
Summary: An account of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 is told through the commands of four naval leaders, including two American commanders and two Japanese admirals, and offers insight into how the war reflected profound cultural differences.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.5426 THOManzano, Sonia
Summary: A coming-of-age memoir by the actress and writer offers a look into the daily lives of a loving, but troubled, Latino family and a girl kept afloat amid the turbulence of her life and times by the dream of becoming an actress.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 MANZANO, SONIA MANEdsel, Robert M.
Summary: "As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 EDSBlackwell, Chris
Summary: "Chris Blackwell, like the paradigm-shifting artists he came to support over his sixty-plus years in the music business, never took the conventional route. He grew up between Jamaica and London, crossing paths with Ian Fleming, Noel Coward, and Errol Flynn. After being expelled from an elite British school for rebellious behavior in 1954 at age seventeen, he moved back to Jamaica, and within...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BLACKWELL, CHRIS BLASummary: Presents a beginning language learning program designed to teach the listener Italian in progressive steps, without the use of reading materials.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2000