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Beauty contests Social aspects Southern States History 20th century Beauty shops Social aspects Southern States History 20th century Beauty, Personal Social aspects Southern States History 20th century Black race Color Social aspects Southern States History 20th century Cosmetics Social aspects Southern States History 20th century Human skin color Psychological aspects Southern States History 20th century Sexual abuse victims Sexual abuse victims Drama Women Suicidal behavior Women Suicidal behavior DramaBlake, Robert J.
Summary: In 1925, Togo, a Siberian husky who loves being a sled dog, leads a team that rushes to bring diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLABlake, Robert J.
Summary: Johnny has wanted to help Pa and their dog Swift hunt for the winter's meat almost since he was born, but when a grizzly's lightning attack mangles Pa's leg, Johnny and Swift have to make their way through the forest and down the river to bring back help--and a wounded bear attacks with no warning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLABlake, Robert J.
Summary: Akiak the sled dog refuses to give up after being injured during the Iditarod sled dog race.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BLASummary: Bait: A tale of deception and seduction, directed by and starring Hugo Haas features three people searching for a lost gold mine: the dangerous Marko, young miner Ray and the comely Peggy. As Marko and Ray search for the mine, Peggy arrives, stirring Ray's passion and igniting Marko's suspicion. As months pass, the three find themselves closing in on the mine, but the tension between them is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY NOITurner, Ann Warren.
Summary: An autumn thunderstorm sweeps across a farm, sending animals scurrying.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1992
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A hard hitting docu-drama about two ex-cons who ruthlessly murder a Kansas family in 1959 in order to steal their non-existent stash of money.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD INSummary: Rin Tin Tin is an amazing dog brought to America after WWI who became a Hollywood star and loved by fans everywhere. He could perform amazing stunts, jumping thirteen feet into the air, scaling fences and climbing trees. Experience Rin Tin Tin in action in these eight stories of heroism and justice that will entertain and delight audiences of all ages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "... follows a musician (Pullman) who begins receiving mysterious VHS tapes of him and his wife (Arquette) in their home. He is suddenly convicted of murder, after which he inexplicably disappears and is replaced by a young mechanic (Getty) leading a different life"--cited from Wikipedia, February 17, 2023.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY LOSBray, Robert
Summary: After private investigator Mike Hammer defends a prostitute from an attacker and later finds her dead, he sets out to find her killer and a mysterious ring she was wearing while alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MYSummary: Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin: A lone trombone playing solo is joined by a trumpet in a duet until a French horn makes it a trio, and so on, as ten instruments, one by one, gather together for a joyous musical performance. Musical Max: When the neighbors start complaining, Max a hippo, stops practicing his trombone, bass, xylophone, flute, harmonica, cymbals and synthesizer, until everyone starts to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods Studios 2006
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD MuSummary: Journalist Cam Harrison and his niece Elle encounter a mermaid at a traveling circus in Mississippi and decide to free her from the grasp of Locke, the circus' evil leader.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Freestyle Digital Media LLC 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LiRoberts, Blain.
Contents: Introduction -- Making up white Southern womanhood : the democratization of the Southern lady -- Shop talk : ritual and space in the Southern black beauty parlor -- Homegrown royalty : white beauty contests in the rural South -- Thrones of their own : body and beauty contests among Southern black women -- Bodies politic : beauty and racial crisis in the civil rights era -- Conclusion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Univ of North Carolina Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 ROBSummary: A complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma. A college student attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic whose kindness, however, soon takes an unsettling turn. Startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological realism, the film represents one of the purest on-screen expressions of the sensibility of the intimate community of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SOMSummary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022