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Actors United States Biography Berlin (Allemagne) Histoire 1945-1990 Romans, nouvelles, etc large print books Livres en gros caractères McCarthy, Andrew 1962- Motion pictures United States History 20th century Nineteen eighties Nineteen eighties Comic books, strips, etc Nineteen nineties Pères et filles Romans, nouvelles, etcFilter By Subjects
Actors United States Biography Berlin (Allemagne) Histoire 1945-1990 Romans, nouvelles, etc large print books Livres en gros caractères McCarthy, Andrew 1962- Motion pictures United States History 20th century Nineteen eighties Nineteen eighties Comic books, strips, etc Nineteen nineties Pères et filles Romans, nouvelles, etcSummary: This televised time capsule recounts the incredible events of the past 100 years. Through exclusive interviews and rare film footage you will witness the great wars, devastating disasters, and social changes of this century decade-by-decade.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Passport Video 2004
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV REMHale, Grace Elizabeth
Summary: "In Cool Town, Grace Elizabeth Hale examines the town's flourishing as a Southern alternative culture mecca, emerging out of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s and early 1970s to become home for a set of artistic, social, and political alternatives to northern liberalism or urban punk on the left and Sunbelt Republicanism on the right. In this moment of cultural flourishing, Hale argues, a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 HALSpooner, James
Summary: "Scene: Apple Valley, California, in the late eighties, a thirsty, miserable desert. Teenage James Spooner hates that he and his mom are back in town after years away. The few Black kids here seem to be gangbanging, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of microaggressors to future neo-Nazis. Mixed-race and acutely aware of his Blackness, James doesn't know where he fits until he meets Ty, a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2022
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Summary: "Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at Bernie's, and Less than Zero and as a charter member of Hollywood's Brat Pack. That iconic group of ingenues and heartthrobs included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, and Demi Moore and has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture. In his memoir, Brat: An '80s Story,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 MCCARTHY, ANDREW MCCSummary: Boy George was in the cloak room, admittedly stealing money from club goers' belongings. Bowie, synth beats and a new freedom of sexual identity were in the air. The Blitz Club spell was cast and a hotbed of talent emerged: Spandau Ballet, Visage, Ultravox, Culture Club, Sade and practically everyone else you've ever heard from the era.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BLIBreathed, Berke.
Summary: The second volume in a series that will publish the entire run of the acclaimed 1980s Bloom County comic strip.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: IDW 2010
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Summary: "Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at Bernie's, and Less than Zero, and as a charter member of Hollywood's Brat Pack. That iconic group of ingenues and heartthrobs included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, and Demi Moore, and has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture. In his memoir Brat: An '80s...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCCARTHY, ANDREW MCCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B MCCARTHY MCCBrill, Marlene Targ.
Summary: Explores the political, social, cultural and economic developments that shaped America during the 1980s and highlights the people, inventions, innovations and landmark events that defined the decade.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.927 BRIFrankenstein, Casanova Nobody
Summary: How to Make a Monster is Casanova Frankenstein's unflinching memoir of growing up as a Black INTJ (introverted, intuitive, thinking, and judging)13-year-old in 1980. Conveyed as a bleak first-person narrative with darkly humorous overtones, Casanova Frankenstein reveals how real life experience shaped his hard-bitten, survivalist view of life. His was a world of fear and isolation punctuated by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRANKENSTEIN, CASANOVA NOBODY FRAReay, Katherine
Summary: "From the time she was a young girl, Luisa Voekler has loved solving puzzles and cracking codes. Brilliant and logical, she's expected to quickly climb the career ladder at the CIA. But while her coworkers have moved on to thrilling Cold War assignments -- especially in the exhilarating era of the late 1980s -- Luisa's work remains stuck in the past decoding messages from World War II....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024