Summary: Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, 'Respect' is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2021

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Dyson, Michael Eric.

Summary: Dyson offers a provocative exploration into the meaning of America's first black presidency, and an analysis of how race and blackness shape our understanding of Barack Obama's achievements and failures, and America's racial future.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.8 DYS

Summary: Rock star John Norman Howard has noticed that his career has begun to decline. Too many years of concerts, bad managers and life on the road have made him cynical. Then he meets the innocent, pure and very talented singer Esther Hoffman. John shows Esther the way to stardom while forsaking his own career. As they fall in love, her success only makes his decline even more apparent.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STA

Summary: Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should trust nothing -- including their own search-and-rescue orders.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ESS

Summary: The creators and star of Borat bring you the hilarious comedy about what happens when the world's worst dictator comes to America. Stuck in New York and stripped of his power, Aladeen is finally forced to live his ultimate nightmare, the American dream. Featuring never-before-seen footage, that's outrageous and shamefully funny!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2012

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DIC

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Summary: Ben is a 23-year-old slacker who meets up and coming career girl Alison at a bar. They end up having a one night stand. Eight weeks later, Ben is shocked when Alison meets him and reveals that she is pregnant. Despite having little in common, the two decide that they have to at least try to make some kind of relationship work for the baby's sake.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007

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Summary: Nineteen graduates of the Class of '69 of the all women's Skidmore College discuss what it was like to live through the tumultuous era of the late '60s and how the experience defined and empowered them as women.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WOM

Summary: After the death of her husband, Claire Underwood becomes the first female President of the United States, but faces formidable threats to her legacy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2019

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOU

Summary: Chris Gardner is an intelligent, energetic guy who can't catch a break. In the sluggish Bay Area economy of 1981, he's losing ground, by investing all his family's money in high cost bone-density scanners. His wife leaves him, he loses his apartment, and with his 5-year-old son in tow joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Bounced from shelter to shelter, he finds himself a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007

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Summary: There are no wars to fight. But Gunnery Sgt. Tom Highway, a dog-faced relic of past wars, still has a lot of fight in him. He is a Marine Corps lifer who started his last tour of duty before retirement, and sees the bumpy road his life has taken become more complicated, due to feisty recruits, by-the-book officers, and a salty ex-wife to whom he's still attracted.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE HEA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HEA RATED R

Summary: In the second season after tracking a potentially suspicious shipment of illegal arms in the Venezuelan jungle, CIA Officer Jack Ryan heads down to South America to investigate. As Jack's investigation threatens to uncover a far-reaching conspiracy, the President of Venezuela launches a counter-attack that hits home for Jack, leading him and his fellow operatives on a global mission spanning...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2020

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ja 2

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Paronto, Kris

Summary: The former Ranger and CIA contractor shares stories from the private sector and his military career to reveal how the values of the Ranger Creed can be applied by anyone to achieve personal victories.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 356.167

Aaron, Jason

Summary: "After saving Chewbacca and C-3PO, Han, Leia, and Sana continue their search for Luke as the young Jedi fights for his life in the Arena of Death. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of the ABDO Group 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC AAR

Aaron, Jason

Summary: "With villainous scum running rampant on Tatooine, Ben Kenobi struggles to stay in hiding, but will he risk revealing himself when a certain young boy gets caught up in the middle of the action? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of the ABDO Group 2017

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Aaron, Jason

Summary: "Luke trains for the Arena of Death, Chewbacca and C-3PO search for Luke, and Han and Leia convince Sana to help them rescue their friend. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of the ABDO Group 2017

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Aaron, Jason

Summary: "Luke enters the Arena of Death while his friends rush to find him. Chewbacca and C-3PO are attacked by a mysterious bounty hunter. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of the ABDO Group 2017

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Aaron, Jason

Summary: "Who is Thor? That's the question on everyone's lips. Most especially Prince Odinson of Asgard. This volume, he starts to narrow down the list of suspects. Meanwhile, tensions continue to flare between the All-Mother and All-Father, Malekith forges his most dangerous pact yet, and Thor prepares to face her greatest challenge!"--provided from Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC. 2015

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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 THO

Fankhouser, Kris

Summary: "A biography on the African American abolitionist and civil rights leader Frederick Douglass"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DOU

Summary: Discover the stories, ideas, and methods behind today's most compelling artists; features sixteen artists from North America (Chicago, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Vancouver).

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Fankhouser, Kris

Summary: "A biography on the American women's rights leader Susan B. Anthony"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ANT

Aaron, Jason

Summary: "With the Imperials closing in on them, Han and Leia are confronted by an unexpected foe, and Luke's lightsaber is stolen while he searches for answers about a Jedi Temple. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of the ABDO Group 2017

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Cross, Tiffany D.

Summary: Black voters were critical to the Democrats' 2018 blue wave. In fact, 90 percent of Black voters supported Democratic House candidates, compared to just 53 percent of all voters. Despite media narratives, this was not a fluke. Throughout U.S. history, Black people have played a crucial role in the shaping of the American experiment. Yet still, this powerful voting bloc is often dismissed as...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.6 CRO

Montero, David

Summary: "In his timely historical work The Stolen Wealth of Slavery, Emmy Award-nominated journalist David Montero follows the trail of the massive wealth amassed from the transatlantic slave trade by Northern corporations in America. It has long been maintained by many that the North wasn't complicit in the horrors of slavery, that the forced bondage and exploitation of Black people was primarily a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Lit, Hachette Book Group 2024

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 381.44 MON

Aaron, Jason

Summary: "Luke gets his lightsaber back but is imprisoned by Grakkus the Hutt, while Han, Leia, and Sana escape from the Imperials. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of the ABDO Group 2017

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