Walsh, Alison
Summary: "Some of the most famous instances of fictional fare have become synonymous with the holidays. Who can forget the plentiful food surrounding the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol? The simple but generous and joy-filled Christmas gatherings at the Marchs' in Little Women? Or the Van Tassel's autumnal feast in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? Finally, these literary meals can become a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2020
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1 available in Holiday Non-fiction, Call number: 641.568 WALSummary: Set in the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. After returning to New York he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CAF RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CAFCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CAFCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Cafe 2016Summary: On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator and his beleaguered wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WONCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WoSummary: Set in the 1920s, Stanley, an Englishman posing as an Asian magician, attempts to debunk fake spiritualists. He then travels to the south of France to unmask a supposed medium named Sophie as a good-looking fake, but he ends up falling for her real-world charms instead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MAGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Magic 2014Ellison, Ralph.
Contents: Tuskeegee and New York, 1950-1955 -- Rome, Casablanca, and New York, 1955-1958 -- Los Angeles and New York, 1958-1960.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.54 ELLEllison, Ralph.
Summary: In the course of his wanderings from a Southern Negro college to New York's Harlem, an American black man becomes involved in a series of adventures. Introduction explains circumstances under which the book was written. Ellison won the National Book Award for this searing record of a black man's journey through contemporary America. Unquestionably, Ellison's book is a work of extraordinary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1994
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Place a hold to request this item.Ellison, Ralph
Summary: "An autobiography through the previously unpublished letters of the renowned author of Invisible Man, with insights into the riddle of American identity, the writer's craft, and his own life and work. Over six decades (1933 to 1993), Ralph Ellison's extensive and revealing correspondence remarkably details his aspirations and anxieties, confidence and uncertainties throughout his personal and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELLISON, RALPH ELLEllison, Ralph.
Summary: Twelve stories by the author of Invisible Man. In I Did Not Learn Their Names, an elderly couple with no money rides the rails to visit a son, A Party Down at the Square is on a lynching, while In a Strange Country is on a black sailor who feels at home in Wales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELLEllison, Ralph.
Summary: Unabridged.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ELLEllison, Ralph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 ELLSummary: While fourteen year old Duncan is being dragged on a family trip with his mom and her overbearing boyfriend, he finds a gregarious friend at a local water park. The two form a powerful bond as Duncan learns to swim through the challenges of life, love, family and friendship, resulting in a vacation he'll never forget.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie WayCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WAY RATED PG-13Summary: In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcedent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HUNContents: Disc one: Let no man steal your thyme / The Pentangle -- Willow's song (from The Wicker Man) / Magnet -- Come all your travellers / Wight -- Love is a funny thing / Spirogyra -- Images of passing clouds / Garry Farr -- Peek strangely and worried evening / Synanthesia -- Glass of water / Bob and Carole Pegg -- Winter is blue / Vashti Bunyan -- Winter is a coloured bird / Comus -- The Seagulls...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grapefruit Records 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK DUSContents: Killing the blues (Robert Plant with Alison Krauss) -- Sunken waltz (Calexico) -- Steal your heart away (Bobby Parker) -- I want to be with you always (Left Frizzell) -- I wonder if I care as much (Everly Brothers) -- Poison (Bert Jansch) -- Everybody's song (Low) -- My epitaph (Ola Belle Reed) -- I'm willing to try (Ralph Stanley) -- Little girl in Rome (Otto Virgial) -- Alabama (Louvin...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJSummary: In Australia's red heart with all of its precarious beauty, the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart-stopping emergencies they attend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ROYSummary: A musical biography portrayal concerning the life and music of composer, Jerome Kern. Incorporates excerpts from several of his popular musicals including Showboat.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Diamond Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS TILSummary: Backdraft: Two feuding firefighter brothers must set aside their personal differences in order to survive the burning infernos set by a maniacal arsonist.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BACSummary: Humanity has been all but destroyed by a fungal disease that eradicates free will and turns its victims into flesh-eating 'hungries'. Only a small group of children seem to be immune to its effects. At an army base in rural England, these unique children are being studied and subjected to cruel experiments. When the base falls, one little girl escapes and must discover what she is, ultimately...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GIRSummary: A parody of reality dating shows in the vein of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette". He's ready to settle down.. with a stranger! Follow firefighter Mark Orlando through champagne toasts, candles, heartbreak, bubble baths, chocolate, hair extensions, roller skating, betrayal, and spray tans as he looks for the perfect someone to give his hose to.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BURContents: Cattle call (Dwight Yoakam) (3:24) -- A soft place to fall (Allison Moorer) (3:53) -- South wind of summer (the Flatlanders) (4:39) -- Still I long for your kiss (Lucinda Williams) (5:01) -- Dream river (the Mavericks) (3:48) -- Slow surprise (Emmylou Harris) (3:55) -- Big Ball's in Cowtown (Don Walser) (3:05) -- Leaving train (Gillian Welch) (3:46) -- Cowboy love song (Don Edwards) (3:15) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Nashville 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC HORContents: Bottoms up (Dan Hicks) -- Your mind's on vacation (Mose Allison) -- Anytime, anyplace, anywhere (Hadda Brooks) -- Lover man (Bob Thompson) -- Lonely at the top (The Bobs) -- Rock candy (The Winston Walls Trio) -- Nature boy (Jane Siberry) -- Where were you last night (Dave Van Ronk) -- (Theme from) The girl in the affair (Jill Sobule) -- Yes, yes, yes (NRBQ) -- Jersey girl (Holly Cole) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Plate Music 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LIVSummary: A bemused would-be poet gets entangled with an unctuous cemetery entrepreneur, a mom-obsessed mortician and other bizarre characters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2015
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY CINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CINStephens, Toby
Summary: Two London detectives with opposite personalities argue their way through murder investigations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2013