Weber, Frank
Summary: "A dung beetle sets off on a quest for more and more dung"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Based on real events, this is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keep his spirit alive.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HIDSummary: Georg, a German refugee, flees to Marseille assuming the identity of a recently deceased writer whose papers he is carrying. There he delves into the delicate and complex culture of the refugee community, becoming enmeshed in the lives of a young mother and son and falling for a mysterious woman named Marie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On the night of the dedication ceremony of the world's tallest skyscraper, a raging blaze breaks out, threatening the party-goers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE TOWFrank, Julie Ferber
Summary: "With candor, humor, and tons of tips, [this book] leads you step by step through the entire process of crafting a killer college application essay. See how to brainstorm ideas, use easy-to-understand examples as a model, and read inspiring real-life admissions success stories"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Publishing Co. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378 FRASummary: The Grande Chartreuse, considered one of the world's most ascetic monasteries is based in the French Alps. In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back with him. Sixteen years later, they were ready. Gröning, sans crew or artificial lighting, lived in the monks' quarters for six months -...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF INTMeyer, Franz Sales
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 729 MEYSummary: Rachel, a young Jewish girl hiding from the Nazi's during World War II in The Netherlands, sees her hiding place blown up. She escapes with her rescuer, a young sailor, but the boat sails into a trap set by the Germans. She escapes and joins the resistance, and under the false name Ellis de Vries she meets SS-hauptsturmf┬⌐╞´hrer Ludwig Muntze on a train smuggling weapons. She goes to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLALeber, Marlene F. Weaber.
Summary: Johan Henrich Weber was born in 1735 in Hochstadt, Germany. He emigrated in 1749. He married Anna Elisabetha Filbert, daughter of Johann Samuel Filbert (1710-1786) and Maria Suzanna, in 1763. They had seven children. He died in 1815 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Masthof Press 2005
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.2 WEBER LeberSchubert, Franz
Contents: An die Entfernte, D. 765 / Goethe (3:14) -- Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774 / Stolberg (3:24) -- Der Schiffer, D. 536 / Mayrhofer (1:49) -- Der Wanderer, D. 649 / von Schlegel (3:46) -- Nachtgesang, D. 314 / Kosegarten (3:56) -- Das Zügenglöcklein, D. 871 / Seidl (3:54) -- Der Jüngling und der Tod, D. 545 / von Spaun (4:08) -- Das Heimweh, D. 456 / Hell (1:23) -- Das Lied im Grünen, D. 917 /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL SchubSummary: Trapped in a Polish ghetto with thousands of other Jews facing starvation or deportation to the death camps, Jacob is detained one evening at the local Gestapo headquarters. Eavesdropping, he overhears a radio report about a nearby Russian victory. At first he is silent, but circumstances compel him to pass on the good news of hope. A simple, somewhat dour man, the stubble-bearded Jacob...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Icestorm International 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JACSummary: Afloat: From the intimate vantage point of a senior community swimming pool, water and time suspend both body and memory. The angelmakers: Tells the forgotten story of a large group of Hungarian women who killed their husbands with arsenic in 1929. High Plains winter: This short film captures the lunar quality of the western winter landscape. Send me somewhere special: What happens when you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FULFalk, Peter
Summary: When Nicky goes on the run from the mob, he calls his old friend Mikey and the two men reminisce about old times while hiding out from gangsters in the streets of Philadelphia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection Inc 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MIKSummary: Henry, now forty-five, marries Jane Seymour. Jane helps to reconcile Mary with her father, but only after Mary signs a paper admitting that she is illegitimate. Jane gives birth to a son, but dies shortly thereafter. Devastated by Jane's death, Henry locks himself away, drawing fantasy palaces, with caustic court jester Will Sommers as his sole companion. Henry then marries Anne of Cleves, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TUDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TudorsSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Cara longs to be a part of the in-crowd at her new school. In an effort to impress town hottie Brandon, she befriends Grace, a girl with Down Syndrome, a friendship she tries to hide when she meets popular girls Skylar and Quinn. When Skylar loses her bid to be on the Homecoming Court, she sets it up for Grace to win Homecoming Queen, as the Senior Prank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stonetable Films 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ToSummary: Originally produced as individual silent motion pictures in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States, these twenty-five short films epitomize the avant garde movement of the 1920's and 1930's. The films are drawn from the collection assembled by Raymond Rohauer, one of the nation's foremost proponents of experimental cinema, founder of the Hollywood Film Society, and longtime...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2005
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE AVALehár, Franz
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Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 1975
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA LANSummary: "A ripped-from-the-headlines social-problem picture about inmates' rights that was inspired by a recent spate of uprisings in American prisons ... shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY RIOSummary: Costa-Gavras puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN STASummary: Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Otto Frank and his family have decided to go into hiding due to the increasing persecutions against Jews. Businessman Kraler and his assistant Miep prepare a hiding place in the attic rooms above their place of business. They arrange for the Frank and Van Daan families to stay there. Later on, they are joined by the dentist Dussel. Anne Frank is Otto's 13-year-old...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DIAWeber, Carl Maria von
Contents: Peter Schmoll. Overture, J8 (op. 8) (9:37) -- Turandot. Overture and march, J75 (6:02) -- Silvana. Overture, J87 (5:30) -- Abu Hassan. Overture, J106 (3:32) -- Der Beherrscher der Geister = Ruler of the spirits, concert overture, J122 (6:17) -- Jubel-Ouvertüre = Jubilee overture, J245 (op. 59) (7:41) -- Der Freischütz. Overture, J277 (op. 77) (9:31) -- Preciosa. Overture, J279 (op. 78) (7:43)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Chandos 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL WEBSummary: The true-story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau and a celebration of friendship and dreams pursued against insurmountable odds. When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true. Based on the best-selling tell-all about...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DISCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DIS RATED RSchubert, Franz
Contents: Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III) (6:18) -- Ganymed (4:16) -- Mignon-Lieder. Kennst du das Land (4:25) ; Heiss mich nicht reden (3:54) ; So lasst mich scheinen (3:25) ; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (3:23) -- Liebhaber in allen Gestalten (1:58) -- Heidenrs̲lein (1:51) -- Nh̃e des Geliebten (3:40) -- Die Forelle (2:17) -- Auf dem Wasser zu singen (3:39) -- Im Abendrot (4:01) -- Horch, horch die Lerch...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teldec 1994