Summary: Examines influential events, athletes, coaches, teams, and personalities from the past three decades of sports history in celebration of ESPN's 30th anniversary.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: ESPN 2010
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD E-TV THISummary: World War II is over, but the Cold War simmers in 1946 London. DCS Christopher Foyle has retired from police work when Britain's secret intelligence service compels him to join its ranks. Reunited with his former colleague, newlywed Sam Wainwright, Foyle faces new-but no less deadly-threats in the world of spies and counterintelligence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FOYSummary: During this exciting pivotal season: Clark faces rogue Kryptonians, Lex Luthor launches a vicious political campaign, the Fortress of Solitude rises, Clark's love for Lana Lang deepens and he and Lois Lane remain friendly adversaries, Clark crosses paths with AC (aka Aquaman), Victor Stone (aka Cyborg) and the mysterious Milton Fine (aka Brainiac).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD Series Smallville 2011 Season 5Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SMASummary: Dedicated insurance investigator Nate Ford becomes disillusioned with his job when the company he works for refuses a claim that allows his 8-year-old son to die. Assembling a team of con artists, professional thieves, and computer hackers, Nate turns his attention to aiding those who have been wronged by corrupt corporations, by stealing their money back for them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV LEVSummary: Officer Tom Hanson goes undercover as a high-school student with the Jump Street Unit, a special division of the police force that uses young cops to fight juvenile crime.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD 21Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy)
Contents: Map of another town -- A considerable town.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944.91 FISFassin, Didier
Summary: "Adapted from the landmark essay Enforcing Order, this striking graphic novel offers an accessible inside look at policing and how it leads to discrimination and violence. What we know about the forces of law and order often comes from dramatic episodes that make the headlines, or from sensationalized versions for film and television. These gripping accounts can obscure a crucial aspect of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2 FASSummary: In the year 1897, Magda hopes to end the werewolf curse she placed on Quentin. She reveals to Barnabas that she has gained possession of the magical hand of Count Petofi. After the Collins family learns that Barnabas is a vampire, he is forced into hiding. When Jamison is possessed with the spirit of the dying David Collins from 1969, Count Petofi promises to save the boy if Barnabas reveals...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 1969
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DARNelson, J. Raleigh (Joseph Raleigh)
Summary: Story of one year in the life of the author's mother - 1862 - when she served as a missionary teacher among the Ojibway Indians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. 1951
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 921 NELSON, REBECCA NELSummary: Eight hundred years ago, Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt met on the bloody battlefields of the Crusades. Based on new research and scholarship about that fateful meeting, The Sultan and The Saint tells one of the great, lost stories from history as two men of faith fought against a century of war and distrust in a search for mutual respect and common ground.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2017
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Summary: "Drawing on new materials, Unlikely Heroes constructs an entirely fresh understanding of FDR and his presidency by spotlighting the powerful, equally wounded figures whom he raised up to confront the Depression, then to beat the Axis. Only four people served at the top echelon of President Franklin Roosevelt's Administration from the frightening early months of spring 1933 until he died in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 LEEButler, Bethonie
Summary: "The first of its kind, this illustrated gift book, written by veteran Washington Post TV reporter Bethonie Butler, is a comprehensive look at the rich history of groundbreaking--and often underappreciated--television shows with leading Black characters from the last fifty years"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog and Leventhal 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 BUTMusso, Guillaume
Summary: Paris, un atelier d'artiste caché au fond d'une allée verdoyante. Madeline l'a loué pour s'y reposer et s'isoler. À la suite d'une méprise, cette jeune flic londonienne y voit débarquer Gaspard, un écrivain misanthrope venu des États-Unis pour écrire dans la solitude. Ces deux écorchés vifs sont contraints de cohabiter quelques jours. L'atelier a appartenu au célèbre peintre Sean Lorenz et...
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Publisher / Publication Date: XO Editions 2017
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 MUS FRENCHBiskind, Peter
Summary: "Bestselling author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Down and Dirty Pictures, cultural critic Peter Biskind turns his eye toward the new golden age of television, sparked by the fall of play-it-safe network TV and the rise of boundary-busting cable followed by streaming, that overturned both-based on exclusive, candid, and colorful interviews with executives, writers, showrunners, directors,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: "The Dead Don’t Need Reminding is a braided story of Julian Randall’s return from the cliff edge of a harrowing depression and his determination to retrace the hustle of a white-passing grandfather to the Mississippi town from which he was driven amid threats of tar and feather. Alternatively wry, lyrical, and heartfelt, Randall transforms pop culture moments into deeply personal explorations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Now is the fateful year 2261, Commander John Sheridan has already declared the station free, breaking the ties between it and the Earth Alliance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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Summary: "In Paris, Julia devoured recipe books, shopped in outdoor markets, consumed all kinds of foods, and whipped through culinary school. And although she wasn't always successful in the kitchen, she was determined to "master the art" of French cooking. Through perseverance and grit, Julia became a chef who shared her passion with the world, making cooking fun, and turning every meal into a special...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB CHILD PRUVargas, Fred
Summary: Si on aime l'insolite tant dans l'intrigue que chez les personnages, voici un roman policier tráes âecrit et rempli de digressions divertissantes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Editions J'ai lu 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 VAR FRENCHSummary: A documentary film chronicling the making of and the legacy of the television special "Star Wars Holiday Special", originally aired on CBS television network the week before Thanksgiving 1978.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: In a story co-written by Hitchhiker's Guide's Douglas Adams, the Doctor and Romana take a holiday in Paris where they unravel a mystery involving six original Mona Lisas!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2005
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: Tom Bodett explores the trails that extended America's frontiers. He follows the footsteps and wagon ruts of rugged pioneers, dauntless homesteaders, reclusive mountain men, and stop-at-nothing gold hunters as they explored, settled, and worked the new land.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2002
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Nesvetailova, Anastasia
Summary: "The fundamental motive for financial innovation is not to make the system work better, but to avoid regulation and oversight. This is not a bug of the financial system, but a built-in feature. The president of the US is not a tax avoider because he is an especially fraudulent financier; he's a tax avoider because he is a wealthy man in a system premised on such deceit. Finance is an industry...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.0973 NESGendrot, Valentin
Summary: "The story of a French journalist who infiltrated the country's police force, revealing a culture of racism and violence in which officers act with impunity."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribe Publications 2023