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Steinhauer, Olen.

Summary: Nine years ago, terrorists hijacked a plane in Vienna. Somehow, a rescue attempt staged from the inside went terribly wrong and everyone on board was killed.Members of the CIA stationed in Vienna during that time were witness to this terrible tragedy, gathering intel from their sources during those tense hours, assimilating facts from the ground with a series of texts coming from one of their...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC STE

Owen, Anita.

Format: notated music

Publisher / Publication Date: Jones Music Co. 1920

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHM

Owen, Mark

Summary: An account of the most personally meaningful missions from Owen's thirteen years as a SEAL, including the moments in which he learned the most about himself and his teammates, in both success and failure.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 359.009 Owen 2014

Lake, Theia

Summary: "Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the civil rights movement transformed American and world history. In this educational text, readers will come to understand the significance of King's leadership and his lasting legacy. Historical photographs bring the information to life and sidebars feature interesting information, which adds dimension to the text. An informative timeline highlights key...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024

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

Lake, Theia

Summary: "Born into slavery in 1797, Sojourner Truth escaped to freedom with her baby daughter by 1826. For the rest of her life, this extraordinary woman continued to fight for rights for black people, women, and other disenfranchised populations. This in-depth account explores Truth's fascinating life as an abolitionist leader. Photographs bring the information to life and sidebars add dimension to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: Based on the true story of Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., who rises from complete obscurity to become a golfing legend. Jones overcomes his own fierce temper, intense passion, and perfectionist tendencies to master the game and wins the Grand Slam, the U.S., British, and Amateur Opens in golf, a feat unequaled even today. But it is Jones's style, personality, and character that separate him from the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Lake, Theia

Summary: "The first African American flying unit in the U.S. military were called the Tuskegee Airmen. They trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama and flew more than 1,500 missions. During World War II, these men became some of the most decorated servicemen of the Army Air Forces. In this informative book, readers will learn about all about the Tuskegee Airmen, the missions they accomplished,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 LAK

Moses, Shelia P.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022

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

Summary: Show Boat: When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GRE

Deen, Natasha

Summary: In 1935, dust storms are sweeping across the southern plains of the United States, including Oklahoma. Twelve-year-old Millie is worried about her family's survival. The Dust Bowl is getting worse, and they're running out of food and money. Despite the hardships, Pa doesn't want to abandon the farm, which has been in the family for generations. But when the worst "black blizzard" yet hists,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DEE

Summary: The riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost, on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself; of one of the most dangerous...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIR

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Fi

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FIR

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie First 2019

Chandler, Owen R.

Summary: "Experience the battlefields of Iraq through the eyes of an army chaplain. Army chaplain Owen Chandler tells the stories of the men and women serving our country in combat zones around the world -- a life few of us know, but thousands of Americans experience every day. As an "embedded presence of hope" Chandler candidly describes the struggle to hold onto faith and hope amid the brutalities of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chalice Press 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHANDLER, OWEN CHA

Bowen, Fred

Summary: "The story of the National Basketball Association from its origins through the major events and players who made basketball what it is today"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.323 BOW

Shadmi, Koren

Summary: "Lugosi, the tragic life story of one of horror's most iconic film stars, tells of a young Hungarian activist forced to flee his homeland after the failed Communist revolution in 1919. Reinventing himself in the U.S., first on stage and then in movies, he landed the unforgettable role of Count Dracula in what would become a series of classic feature films. From that point forward, Lugosi's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Life Drawn by Humanoids 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUGOSI, BELA SHA

Summary: Bob Fosse is a visionary filmmaker and one of theater's most influential choreographers and directors. Gwen Verdon is the greatest Broadway dancer of all time. Fosse/Verdon will tell the story of these two brilliant, complicated individuals and the love they shared, the art they created, and the price they paid in the pursuit of greatness.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: Based on the 1913 U.S. Open golf championship - at which two equally sympathetic young men, both of whom grew up economically and socially disadvantaged, go club to club in one of the most exciting and dramatic athletic events of the 20th century.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

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Summary: Pillow talk: Two single professionals find themselves sharing a party line - and a whole lot more - when they get their lines crossed.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Ahbez, Eden

Contents: Eden's island -- The wanderer -- Myna bird -- Eden's cove -- Trade wind -- Full moon -- Mongoose -- Market place -- Banana boy -- The old boat -- island girl -- La mar.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Del-fi 1987

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK AHB

Ahbez, Eden

Contents: Nature boy -- Child of nature -- Anna was mine -- Land of love -- Hey Jacque -- Nature boy -- Palm springs -- Umgowah -- Wild boy -- Surfer John -- Eden's island -- Monterey -- Pvercomers of the world -- The clam man

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL POP/ROCK AHB

Summary: An extensive biography of the American film producer and director William Castle, with a focus on his classic horror films. Castle was famous for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. Includes extensive film clips and commentary by his family, friends and actors, producers, directors and film historians.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Automat Pictures 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Bowen, Catherine Drinker

Summary: This book is a history of the Federal Convention in Philadelphia that resulted in the Constitution of the United States. A review of the events and personalities surrounding the Constitutional Convention of 1787 concluding with the debate and the final product.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little,Brown and Company 1986

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: 342.73 Bowen

Farwell, Matt

Summary: "The explosive narrative of the life, captivity, and trial of Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who was abducted by the Taliban and whose story has served as a symbol for America's foundering war in Afghanistan"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BERGDAHL, BOWE FAR

Bowden, Mark

Summary: "In the sixty-four days between November 3 and January 6, President Donald Trump and his allies fought to reverse the outcome of the vote. Focusing on six states--Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin-- Trump's supporters claimed widespread voter fraud. It was not a well-orchestrated matter. There was no guiding genius pulling the strings in key states for the defeated...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.973 BOW

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.973 BOW

Chen, Nathan

Summary: The three-time World Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and the first Asian American man to stand at the highest podium in figure skating reflects on the events that led him to where he is today, in this testament to the love of family and the power of persistence, grit, and passion.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHEN, NATHAN CHE

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