Summary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England, Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Ever the victor on the battlefield, Devereux returns to London after defeating Spanish forces at Cadiz. Middle-aged Elizabeth, so attracted to the younger Devereux but fearful of his influence and popularity, sends him on a new mission: a doomed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE PRIForeman, L. L. (Leonard London)
Summary: Rogue Bishop was a gambler and a freelance troubleshooter. He attracted trouble like a magnet. This time the trouble started with a brawl in a small border town in Mexico -- and continued with Shamrock O'Terran, who was half child, half woman and all spitfire. Shamrock was a blossoming young beauty who just couldn't possibly fit in with Rogue Bishop's plans. Plain and simple, he was a loner....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FORKorman, Gordon
Summary: From Gordon Korman, the New York Times bestselling author of Restart, comes a hilarious new story about a group of underdogs who come together when they are forced to attend summer school--for failing PE. Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School--so good, in fact, that he's already playing on the high schools JV sports teams. Imagine his shock when he learns that his JV practices...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC KORBiren, Sara L.
Summary: Holland Delviss, the only girl on the boys' high school hockey team, is forced to confront gender role expectations and her self-doubts when she is selected to be featured during HockeyFest and finds herself falling for her bossy team co-captain.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BIRSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWIDorgan, Byron L.
Summary: When a top-secret research team is hired to develop a clean energy source to minimize America's dependence on foreign oil, Sheriff Nate Osborne and journalist Ashley Borden investigate a saboteur's attack on the experimental power station.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DORDorgan, Byron L.
Summary: When covert agents acquire a computer virus capable of shutting down an entire country's power systems, an ensuing attack unleashes chaos throughout the U.S., pitting North Dakota sheriff Nate Osborne and journalist Ashley Borden against an elite terrorist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DORSummary: Born to dance: "A break-a-leg tale of an understudy turned Broadway star"--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Foreman, L. L. (Leonard London)
Summary: Texas wasn't big enough for gambler and gunfighter Rogate "Rogue" Bishop. He'd been invited to come to Cedar Valley to help settle the range war. But once it was over, the gunhands and hardcases were no longer welcome. Rogue figured that Mexico, some three hundred miles away, was his best bet - and that Ceder Valley would be his last troubleshooting job. Despite the fact that he was on the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP W FORForeman, L. L. (Leonard London)
Summary: In the first short story, "Last Stand Mesa," from the San Saba to Dodge City, and many places in between, there were men who remembered Mike McLean -- too many of them. That's why his long dodge is finally over -- and why he now has to make his last stand. "Powdersmoke Empire" sees a wild town -- a hangout for gunmen, thieves, and outlaws -- under the protection of Big Mac. And the ramrod of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FORJensen, Danielle L.
Summary: Her life in danger for meddling in the plots of the most powerful man in the Celendor Empire, Lydia flees to the far side of the Endless Seas. Killian is Marked by the God of War, but his gifts fail him when the realm under the dominion of the Corrupter invades Mudamora. With Mudamora falling beneath the armies of the Corrupter, Lydia and Killian strike a bargain to save those they love most....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen, a Tom Doherty Associates Book 2020
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Captain Jonathan Archer leads the crew of the starship Enterprise in humanity's first contact with a myriad of alien species.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STASummary: Darby O'Gill and the little people (1959, 91 min., full screen): An old storyteller falls into a well and meets a group of leprechauns. The leprechauns give him three wishes to get his life together.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 2012
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Offers science fiction and fantasy stories from American authors, including Kelly Link, Karen Russell, and Rich Larson.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Jensen, Danielle L.
Summary: In a world divided by meddlesome gods and treacherous oceans, only the Maarin possess the knowledge to cross the Endless Seas. But they have one mandate: East must never meet West.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen, A Tom Doherty Associates Book 2019
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Jensen, Danielle L.
Summary: "Their battles ended in victory. Lydia returns to Mudaire to enter training at the healing temple. But instead of fighting to save lives, she's convinced she is doing more harm than good. She delves into the history of the gods only to discover a truth that will change her life forever. His birthright as commander of the Royal Army is finally in his grasp, but Killian feels anything but...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JENSummary: Anastasia has broken off her relationship with the troubled Christian to pursue a new career in a Seattle publishing house. While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIFCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIF RATED RCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FIFRosen, Jane L.
Summary: "A book editor spends one last summer on Fire Island in this sparkling and surprising new novel from the author of A Shoe Story. As a book editor, Julia Morse lived and breathed stories. Whether with her pen to a manuscript or curled up with a book while at her beloved Fire Island cottage, her imagination alight with a good tale, she could anticipate practically any ending. The ending she'd...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2023
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSRosen, Jane L.
Summary: "From the author of Eliza Starts a Rumor and Nine Women, One Dress comes a captivating novel about a young woman who has one month and a closetful of shoes to discover the future she thought she'd left behind. Boxes packed and graduation gown on, Esme Nash is ready to sprint down the path to start her life: a move to New York City, an apartment with her loving college boyfriend, and a fancy job...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSSummary: "Nicolas Case plays... Nick Cage! Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage accepts a million-dollar offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take an unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and he must use his legendary acting skills, channeling his most iconic and beloved characters to become a real-life action...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY UNBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE UNBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie UnbearableCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNBCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNBRosen, Jane L.
Summary: "A charming, hilarious, irresistible romp of a novel that brings together nine unrelated women, each touched by the same little black dress that weaves through their lives, bringing a little magic with it. Natalie is a Bloomingdale's salesgirl mooning over her lawyer ex-boyfriend who's engaged to someone else after just two months. Felicia has been quietly in love with her boss for seventeen...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROS1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE