Moberg, Julia.

Summary: Fascinating and sometimes mysterious collection of presidential pets combined with fun poetry and facts about the US presidents.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Imagine! Publishing/Charlesbridge 2016

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 MOB

Summary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Little, Elbert L. (Elbert Luther)

Summary: An identification guide to trees of western North America, with 855 color photographs, three identification keys, and detailed descriptive information.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1980

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 582.16 LIT

Rogers, Kate

Summary: Provides information on gun control, the Second Amendment, changes in weapons and the laws they inspire, mass shootings, background checks, assault weapons, the issue in other countries, possible effects on freedom, and opposition views.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Publishing 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.33 ROG

Rogers, Kim

Summary: "A biographical picture book about Clarence Tinker, a member of the Osage Nation, who endured abuse growing up at the hands of a boarding school and went on to serve in the United States Air Force in World War II"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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

Rogers, Katie

Summary: "The first definitive exploration of the role of the twenty-first century First Lady, painting a comprehensive portrait of Jill Biden and the evolution of the First Lady's role from ceremonial figurehead to political operative--from a White House correspondent for The New York Times. Since the Clinton era, tectonic shifts in media, politics, and pop culture have all redefined expectations of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2024

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.934 ROG

Rogers, Sally

Contents: Be gone dull care (2:00) -- Are you tired of me, my darling? (3:39) -- The gentlemen of distinction in the army (2:54) -- Come thou fount of every blessing ; Mountain field (4:45) -- Come take a trip in my airship (4:16) -- Quetico (3:33) -- Ezekiel saw the wheel (2:08) -- Blessing (4:15) -- Appalachian round (2:50) -- Mama, I miss you tonight (4:15) -- Lovely Agnes (3:02) -- Hey hey watenay ;...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Fish 1987

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL ROG

Contents: Disc 1. Tom Dooley (The Kingston Trio) -- Banana boat (Day-o) / Belafonte, Burgess, Attaway (Harry Belafonte) -- Marianne / Gilkyson, Miller, Dehr (Terry Gilkyson and the Easy Riders) -- Michael / Dave Fisher (The Highwaymen) -- Green green / McGuire, Sparks (New Christy Minstrels featuring Barry McGuire) -- Kumbaya (The Seekers) -- Baby the rain must fall / Sheldon, Bernstein (Glenn Yarbrough)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1996

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK TIM

Summary: A frustrated city girl decides to disguise herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Kirby and he insists on taking her to his military academy after the train is stalled.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2008

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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE MAJ

Summary: Presents three television documentaries that provide an in-depth examination of the presidential campaigns of 1960, 1964, and 1968, based on the books by Theodore H. White, and showing archival footage, behind-the-scenes moments, backroom deals, and scenes from the convention floor that took place during the races between Kennedy and Nixon; Johnson and Goldwater; and Humphrey, Nixon and Wallace.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2011

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAK

Summary: "In 1970, Twentieth Century-Fox, impressed by the visual zing 'King of the Nudies' Russ Meyer had been bringing to bargain-basement exploitation fare, handed the director a studio budget and the title to one of its biggest hits, Valley of the Dolls. With a satirical screenplay by Roger Ebert, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls follows three young female rockers going Hollywood, in hell-bent sixties...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: The captivating documentary chronicles the life of one of the best-selling solo artists of all time, from his childhood through the height of his career as a country music star, actor, and pop-culture icon.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC KEN

Summary: Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLI

Edwards, Gavin

Summary: Looking back at the history of the Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood television show and the creative visionary behind it, Edwards reminds us of the indelible lessons and insights that they conveyed and why they matter. With dozens of interviews of people whose lives were touched by Fred Rogers, this book is a love letter to this unforgettable cultural hero and role model and to the beautiful...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 ROGERS, FRED

Fain, Sammy

Format: notated music

Publisher / Publication Date: 1945

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2 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHM

King, Maxwell

Summary: Maxwell King delivers the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, telling the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, he traces Rogers's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including a surprising decision to walk away from the show to make television for adults, only to...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 ROGERS, FRED KIN

Schenck, Robert L.

Summary: The author recalls his life as a controversial Washington, D.C. evangelical minister and spiritual advisor to America's political class. He begins with his conversion from Judaism to born-again Christianity, and then finding his calling in public ministry. He chronicles his years as an activist leader of the most extreme wing of the anti-abortion movement, brazenly mixing ministry with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHENCK, ROBERT SCH

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B SCHENCK SCH

Summary: In 1960, a filmmaking group was granted direct access to John F. Kennedy, filming him on the campaign trail and eventually in the Oval Office. This resulted in three films of remarkable, behind-closed-doors intimacy, Primary, Adventures on the New Frontier, and Crisis, and, following the president's assassination, the poetic short Faces of November. Collected here are all four of these titles,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Moore, Darnell L.

Summary: As a teenager, Moore was tall and awkward and constantly bullied for being gay. And one afternoon three boys from his neighborhood doused him with gasoline and tried lighting a match. What happens to the black boys who come of age in neglected, poor, heavily policed, and economically desperate cities that the War on Drugs and mass incarceration have created? It wasn't until Darnell was pushed...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books, an imprint of Perseus Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOORE, DARNELL L MOO

Summary: "Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to the public library: the unmistakable, slightly musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly-discovered books. Today's libraries also function as de facto community centers, and offer free access to the Internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter along with the endless possibilities that spark your...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.7 DAW

Summary: Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MER NOT RATED

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Mercy 2016