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 PIO
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO

Summary: Inspiring tale about Rocky Graziano's rise from poverty and rage to the middleweight title.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SOM

Summary: In the most dazzling debut feature in cinema history, twenty-five-year-old writer-producer-director-star Orson Welles synthesized the possibilities of sound-era filmmaking into what could be called the first truly modern movie. In telling the story of the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of a William Randolph Hearst-like newspaper magnate named Charles Foster Kane, Welles not only created the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA CIT

Summary: "This is the way it was--the story of the battle that was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, told wherever possible with actual film shot during combat. It exemplifies the combination of planning, courage, error and pure chance by which great events are often decided."--Title screens. In June of 1942, quite possibly the most important naval encounter of WWII took place in the middle...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2001

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MID

Summary: Seventeen, angry, and alienated from her estranged father, Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller's life gets turned inside out when her mother forces her to spend the summer with him in the small Georgia beach town where he lives. Here, Ronnie finds salvation, friendship, second chances, and first love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LAS RATED PG

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2 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE LAS

Summary: Set in the world of newspapers in London, it's past riven by hacking scandals, it's present at the mercy of the digital age and the 24-hour news cycle, it's future uncertain, this razor sharp and observant drama explores the current, turbulent media landscape and the ethical dilemmas that journalists and editors face each day.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PRE

Wish, Katia

Summary: After perfecting the art of snowman-building, Raccoon coaches his friends to build their own but their imperfect creations make everyone unhappy until they try again, working together.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WIS

McDermid, Val

Summary: "Journalist Zoe Meadows is on a break from hard-hitting investigative reporting to spend more time with her family, which is how she finds herself doing celebrity Q&As at an outdoor music festival. She and her friends, who run a food truck, head north, along with 150,000 festival-goers for a weekend of music and camping. When some of the revelers fall ill, many point to food poisoning. But...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Black Cat 2021

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MCD

Summary: Set in Argentina during the Dirty War of the mid-seventies, on the eve of the nation's descent into a military dictatorship, ... follows Claudio, a renowned lawyer living a seemingly picture-perfect life in a deceptively quiet provincial city. One night, a stranger starts insulting Claudio in a restaurant for no apparent reason. Later that night, the stranger intercepts Claudio and his wife...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ROJ

Summary: In the late 1980s, 61-year-old former pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian launched a crusade to provide what he considered a humane and dignified option for the terminally ill--assisted suicide. Aided by his loyal friend Neal Nicol, and his older sister Margo Janus, Kevorkian begins offering his "death counseling" services to a grateful and burgeoning clientele. He earns the support of Hemlock...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Films 2010

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA YOU

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie You 2010

Van Allen, Lisa

Summary: "In the Pennywort [farm], there is a garden of edible flowers, a garden meant for touching, and one in which the flowers only bloom at night ... Since her mother's death 5 years ago, Olivia has been carrying on her legacy, caring for Pennywort Gardens and running an informal program that provides safe haven to women in exchange for their help with the lush gardens. The townspeople hate having...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAN

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION VAN

Van Allen, Lisa.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014

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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC ALL

McDermid, Val

Summary: "Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novels have captivated readers for over three decades. In her new novel 1979, she returns to the past with the story of an investigative journalist whose work leads her into a world of corruption, terror, and murder. It's only January, and the year has already brought blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest. But for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MCD

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCD

Sise, Katie

Summary: "A brilliant, twisty novel about a missing woman, an unfaithful husband, and the dark secrets that will destroy two perfect families. A scandalous revelation is about to devastate a picturesque town where the houses are immaculate and the neighborhoods are tightly knit. Devoted mother Cora O'Connell has found the journal of her friend Laurel's daughter--a beautiful college student who lives...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIS

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Sis

Andrews, Val.

Summary: Holmes has fallen into a state of deep depression, and Watson is trying his best to help. Whilst walking through Regent's Park, Watson witnesses a heavily veiled woman drop a ticket for property lodged at Victoria Station. Unable to return the ticket to her, Watson claims the property and appeals to Holmes to trace the owner, hoping that the stimulation of a fresh investigation will rouse his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Linford 2007

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M AND

Brelinski, Val

Summary: "Set in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski's powerfully affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances, gregarious and strong-willed Jory, and moral-minded Grace. Their father, Oren, is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local college. Yet their mother's depression and Grace's religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family, whose...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRE

Emmich, Val

Summary: "What happens when a girl who can't forget befriends a man who's desparate to remember?"--Dust jacket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EMM

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EMM

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Emmich 2017

McDermid, Val

Summary: "In Insidious Intent, Tony and Carol are on the hunt for a serial killer who forces the duo to confront their most haunting moral dilemma so far. In the north of England, single women are beginning to disappear from weddings. A pattern soon becomes clear: someone is crashing the festivities and luring the women away--only to leave the victims' bodies in their own burned-out cars in remote...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCD

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCD

McDermid, Val

Summary: "When a teenage joyrider crashes a stolen car and ends up in a coma, a routine DNA test reveals a connection to an unsolved murder from twenty-two years before. It's a cold case that should be straightforward. But it's as twisted as the DNA helix itself. Meanwhile, Karen is mired in grief and guilt after the death of her partner. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to another mystery that she...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCD

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M MCD