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Johnson, D. B. (Donald B.) MacDonald, John D MACDONALD, JOHN D. Pinkwater, Daniel ManusSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess....
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROMJohnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: Young Henry Thoreau appears frugal to his friends as he sets about building a cabin. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E JOHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JohnsJohnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: After Eddie draws a picture of his apartment building neighbors, they all begin to get along with each other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHJohnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, young Henry Thoreau walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHJohnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: On a misty morning, Henry, a bear modeled after Henry David Thoreau, shows his awareness of nature as he helps neighbors during his walk to work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Johnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: While all of the other animals on a tumbledown farm wait on Farmer Orvie, a pig, who spends a great deal of time sleeping, an unhappy Duck decides that she would be a better farmer and sets out to convince Orvie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Johnson 2007Johnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: When painter Magritte buys a playful--and magical--hat, his painting enjoys a burst of creativity. Inspired by the art of French surrealist painter René Magritte.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Johnson 2012Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHSummary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOContents: Corduroy-- and more stories about caring. Corduroy (live action) -- The happy lion / by Louise Fatio ; illustrated by Roger Duvoisin -- Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel / written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton -- I love you like crazy cakes / by Rose Lewis ; illustrated by Jane Dyer -- Smile for Auntie / written and illustrated by Diane Paterson -- The happy owls / written and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods Studios 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CORSummary: "Meet the Sweathogs. They're the rowdiest, goofiest bunch of students to ever step foot inside a high school. But if they think they're too unruly for a good teacher to handle, they're in for a rude awakening when they meet Mr. Kotter -- a former Sweathog who's returned to his alma mater to shape the minds of these remedial students as their new teacher! With the hilarious talents of comedian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WELSummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: "A ripped-from-the-headlines social-problem picture about inmates' rights that was inspired by a recent spate of uprisings in American prisons ... shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY RIOSummary: Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FaPinkwater, Daniel Manus
Summary: A bear continues to paint what he likes despite criticism from two passing gentlemen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Pinkwater 2008Summary: A housewife who, with the help of a wily nanny, turns the tables on her tyrannical husband.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An FBI agent teams with a town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WINCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: WIN RATED RSummary: When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE JURCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JURCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JURCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JuCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE JURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Jurassic 2018Summary: "Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY KILMacDonald, John D
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1985
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M MACDSummary: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BLACopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BLASummary: Toby is a disillusioned director, currently heading commericals, who becomes pulled into a world of fantasy and memory when he's reunited with a Spanish cobbler he cast as Don Quixote in a student film years earlier. The old man now believes himself to be the legendary character, and Toby to be Sancho Panza, who must play along with the delusion as he also attempts to fulfill his professional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MANMACDONALD, JOHN D.
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