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Lyon, George EllaSummary: 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
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Two lovesick sailors on shore leave in Hollywood fall hard for the same beautiful singer. The race for Susie's heart leads them both into a series of comical and musical adventures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2008
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ANCSummary: Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy. The film tracks Tesla's uneasy interactions with his fellow inventor Thomas Edison and his patron George Westinghouse. Another thread traces Tesla's sidewinding courtship of financial titan J.P....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TESCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TeSummary: It's 1968 and Enoch Powell's infamous 'Rivers of Blood' speech creates serious tension in Poplar, especially when a group of dockers march in support of Powell. The midwives welcome a new nun, Sister Veronica, who's an instant hit with everyone, except Nurse Crane. Meanwhile, Trixie's relationship with Matthew goes from strength to strength, while Nurse Crane helps Nancy with her financial...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CALLyon, George Ella
Summary: A child relates some of the wondrous tales told by an old man who once found a falling star and stood at the end of a rainbow.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE MYLyon, George Ella
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal many different--and sometimes silly--items that trucks can haul.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LYOLyon, George Ella
Summary: Follows the changing seasons in a forest as trees and animals are nourished and are dependent on each other.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LYOCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LYOLyon, George Ella
Summary: Ginny's eyes play tricks on her, making her see everything double, but when she goes to vision screening at school and discovers that not everyone sees this way, she learns that her double vision can be cured.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LyonCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LYOLyon, George Ella
Summary: "A mama bird tries to convince a baby bird to leave the nest"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LYOLyon, George Ella
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal different kinds of trains, how they run, and the sounds they make.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LYOLyon, George Ella
Summary: An artist raises sheep, shears them, cards and spins the wool, dyes it, and then weaves a colorful picture of the Kentucky pasture where her lambs were born.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LyoSummary: When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2015
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3 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY CINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CINSummary: Greek fisherman Demetrios guides a lost princess home to Atlantis, but is imprisoned there and must fight for his life, before rescuing the princess again as they flee the doomed realm.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.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
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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: A veteran turns vigilante when he returns home to find his neighborhood besieged with crime and corruption.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie QueenSummary: A Nigerian villager is eager to work as a civil servant for the British authorities, including a sympathetic district officer, in the hopes that it will benefit him in the future. Instead, his ambition leads to his tragic downfall. Mister Johnson, based on a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary, is a graceful, heartfelt drama about the limits of idealism, affectingly acted and handsomely shot.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MISSummary: Shaun Russel's life is thrown into turmoil after her father's unexpected death. She takes her two young children out to his mansion in Malibu in order to attempt to settle his estate. The mansion is designed with state-of-the-art security that ends up trapping her kids inside, along with four criminals who plan to capture her late father's wealth as well. Shaun must now attempt to save her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BRESummary: 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
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Nazi Panzer forces stage a last-ditch Belgian front offensive that could turn the tide of WWII. A spectacular recreation of a crucial campaign.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BATSummary: "It's 1988 in England and a new law stigmatizing gays and lesbians forces Jean, a closeted gym teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new student catalyzes a crisis that will push Jean to the edge."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023