Summary: The rise and fall of chef Charlie Trotter, who revolutionized American cuisine and paved the way for today's celebrity chefs. His eponymous Chicago restaurant was one of the world's top dining destinations. With exclusive access to never-before-seen material, the film reveals Trotter's relentless pursuit of excellence. Featuring Grant Achatz, Emeril Lagasse, and Wolfgang Puck.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOV

Trotter, Charlie.

Contents: Tomatoes -- Potatoes -- Mushrooms -- Salmon -- Scallops -- Tuna -- Rabbit -- Squab -- Lamb -- Varietal meats -- Grains -- Desserts.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 1994

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.5 TRO

Dunea, Melanie.

Contents: Ferran Adria -- Tom Aikens -- Jose Andres -- Elena Arzak and Juan Mari Arzak -- Dan Barber -- Lidia Bastianich -- Mario Batali -- Rick Bayless -- Michelle Bernstein -- Raymond Blanc -- April Bloomfield -- Daniel Boulud -- Anthony Bourdain -- Guillaume Brahimi -- Amit Chowdhury -- Scott Conant -- Gary Danko -- Helene Darroze -- Vimal Dhar -- Alain Ducasse -- Wylie Dufresne -- Tyler Florence --...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2007

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.50922 DUN

Brown, Pam.

Summary: Discusses the life of one of the most famous figures in entertainment history, who was often called "the funniest man in the world."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G. Stevens Children's Books 1989

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CHAPLIN BRO

Eyman, Scott

Summary: In the aftermath of World War Two, Charlie Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAPLIN, CHARLIE EYM

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B CHAPLIN EYM

Summary: Follows the life of Lilias Trotter, from her work as a woman artist in Victorian England to her missionary work with women and children in French Algeria in the late 1800s.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAN

Greenidge, Kerri

Summary: "This long-overdue biography reestablishes William Monroe Trotter's essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and King in the pantheon of American civil rights heroes. William Monroe Trotter (1872- 1934), though still virtually unknown to the wider public, was an unlikely American hero. With the stylistic verve of a newspaperman and the unwavering fearlessness of an emancipator, he galvanized...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Co. 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TROTTER, WILLIAM MONROE GRE

Summary: Peanuts, Charles Schulz's beloved comic strip, has given the world a cast of characters for the ages--Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Lucy among them. Here, in an unprecedented collection of thirty-two essays, artists and writers ranging from Ann Patchett to Chris Ware consider the deeper truths of Peanuts, its influence on their lives and on the culture more broadly, and the lessons it can teach us...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2019

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5973 PEA

Chaplin, Charlie

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 CHA

Epstein, Jerry

Summary: Over 300 photographs with accompanying text describe the personal and professional life of the silent film comedian.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1989

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 791.43 CHAPLIN, CHARLIE EPS

Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe)

Summary: The definitive collection of Charles M. Schulz's timeless masterpiece of comic art presenting, for the very first time, every strip from 1950 to 2000.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC SCH

Chaplin, Charles, 1889.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1964

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAPLIN, CHARLES CHA

Summary: Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin rocketed to fame from the slums of Victorian London and spent decades as one of Hollywood's most famous and beloved stars until his scandalous fall from grace. His stage persona and incendiary media portrayal defined how he was perceived, but his private life has always been shrouded in mystery until now. Never-before-heard recordings, intimate home movies, and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC REA

Summary: "In 1915, African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIR

Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe)

Summary: Collects Thanksgiving stories from the comic strip Peanuts, in which Snoopy is invited to visit his brother Spike, writes a seasonal story, gets his holiday dinner from Charlie Brown, and protects Woodstock from being mistaken for a turkey.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Holiday Schulz

Valdez, Patricia

Summary: Looks at the inspiring story of Joan Procter, a pioneering female scientist who loved reptiles.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PRO

Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WOR
Call number: DVD 709 WOR

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010

Stirling, Jasmine

Summary: "Carrie Chapman Catt mobilized people across the nation to dare to question a woman's right to vote"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square Kids 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CAT

Houts, Michelle

Summary: "When you look at a bird, do you see feathers and a beak? Or do you see circles and triangles? Artist Charley Harper spent his life reducing subjects to their simplest forms, their basic lines and shapes. This resulted in what he called minimal realism and the style that would become easily recognized as Charley Harper's. Art fans and nature lovers around the world fell in love with Harper's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio University Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARPER, CHARLEY HOU

Groc, Isabelle

Summary: "Part of the nonfiction Orca Wild series for middle readers, this book looks at the important role sea otters play in the ecosystem. Readers will learn about the history of sea otters, their recovery from near extinction and how to conserve the species for the future. Illustrated with photos by the photojournalist author."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J 599.769 GRO