Abraham, David S.
Summary: Our future hinges on a set of rare metals that few of us have even heard of. In this eye-opening book, a natural resource strategist reveals the critical importance of these transformative elements to our technological lifestyle and the consequences of our reliance upon them, including geopolitical instability and environmental degradation. To see our growing dependency, you need only look at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 330 ABRSummary: A story of the young Americans who volunteered to be part of the French military prior to the United States involvement in WWI, also known as Lafayette Escadrille, and how they became the country's first fighter pilots.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Flyboys 2007Summary: Examines the history, science, and business of fireworks. Covers the origin of fireworks in China and their further development in England and Italy. Visits the "fireworks capital of the U.S.", New Castle, Pennsylvania, home of the Zambellis, the self-proclaimed "first family of fireworks."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FIRGraham, Davey.
Contents: Disc 1-Angi--Sermonette--Don't stop the carnival--She moved through the fair--Take five--Blues for Betty--Davy's train blues--Better git it in your soul--Ain't nobody's business what I do--Don't think twice it's alright--Rock me baby--Maajan (A taste of tangier)--Grooveyard--Nottamun Town--Rif mountain--Blue monk--Reynardine--She moved thru' the bizarre/Blue raga
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca Records 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK GRAAbram, David
Summary: [In this book, the author] draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which - even at its most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 ABRGraham, Davey.
Contents: Leavin' blues -- Cocaine -- Sally free and easy -- Black is the colour of my true love's hair -- Rock me baby -- Seven gypsies -- Ballad of the sad young men -- Moanin' -- Skillet (good 'n greasy) -- Ain't nobody's business what I do -- Maajun -- I can't keep from cryin' sometimes -- Don't think twice, it's alright -- My babe -- Goin' down slow -- Better git it in your soul -- She moved through...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Les Cousins 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK GRAGraham, Davy.
Contents: No preacher blues -- The fakir -- Watermelon man -- Money honey -- Fire in my soul -- Neighbour, neighbour -- Jubilation -- Angi -- Bad boy blues -- Tristano -- Babe , it ain't no lie -- Bruton town -- Jenra -- I'm ready -- Buhaina chant -- Hornpipe for harpsichord played upon guitar -- Down along the cove -- Stan's guitar -- Pretty Polly -- Bulgarian dance -- Oliver -- Blues at Gino's -- Sunny...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Topic Records Limited 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK GRADavey, Graham
Summary: "Do you turn all your molehills into insurmountable mountains? This accessible and engaging book will guide you along the path to stop catastrophizing so that you can reclaim control, achieve your goals, and live a happier life.Is your worrying keeping you up all night, eroding your self-confidence, paralyzing your ability to make decisions, and harming your physical health? Excessive worrying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2023
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Summary: Three CD compilation of "lost" recordings made throughout the British Folk guitarist's career.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 101 DISTRIBUTION 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK GRASummary: A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AMESummary: The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ChSummary: A moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland who, on the verge of taking her vows, discovers a dark family secret dating from the terrible years of the Nazi occupation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IDASummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: In a remote Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become entangled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to horrifying encounters with a legendary ancestral creature who came before them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR ANTSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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Summary: Guided by the spirit of his legendary Mesopotamian ancestor, Jalal, Varjak Paw, a pure-bred cat, leaves his home and pampered existence and sets out to save his family from the evil Gentleman who took their owner, the Contessa, away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The journey of a lifetime for young Lily Strickland begins not out of her love for adventure but out of heartache. Longing for the father she lost to the ocean and having no way to say goodbye, Lily strikes out on her own. Leaving behind a safe, loving environment with her grandparents and loving mother, she faces not only her fears but the obstacles the wilderness presents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Monterey Video 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY WHES Lewis,J Young M Abraham
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Waterson,Berlin, Snyder 1919
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: Brides of Dracula: "Marianne is traveling to Eastern Europe from Paris for a teaching post. She gets stranded at an inn after her stagecoach mysteriously leaves her. She is persuaded to stay at Baroness Meinster's chateau. During her stay Marianne meets the Baroness's son who is chained to a wall. Feeling bad for the son, Marianne frees him, only to discover that he is a vampire. Luckily for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln was hired to defend him. This was to be his last great case as a lawyer. The case posed painful personal challenges for Lincoln. The murder victim had trained for the law in his office, and Lincoln had been his friend and his mentor. His accused killer,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.7 ABRContents: CD 1. I'm the face / The High Numbers -- Bo Street runner / The Bo Street Runners -- Country line special / Cyril Davies & his R&B All Stars -- Chills and fever / Tom Jones -- Crawling up a hill / John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers -- You'd better make up your mind / The Koobas -- Desdemona / John's Children -- Tick tock / Shyster -- Wasn't it you / Billie Davis -- Bus stop / The Hollies -- Tell...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "In The Pride, Fabman is sick of being seen as a joke. Tired of the LGBTQ+ community being seen as inferior to straight heroes, he thinks it's about damn time he did something about it. Bringing together some of the world's greatest LGBTQ+ superheroes, the Pride is born to protect the world and fight prejudice, misrepresentation, and injustice--not to mention a pesky supervillain or two. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GLASummary: Weaves the lives of Abraham and Mary Lincoln; Abraham, the dirt-farmer's son turned Great Emancipator, and Mary, the emotionally fragile daughter of wealthy Southern slave-owners. Together, they ascended to the pinnacle of power at a crucial time in the nation's history. Abraham Lincoln's legacy reshaped the nation while the tragedy of his death left Mary reclusive and forgotten.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ABRCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ABRS Lewis J Young M Abrahams
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Shapiro Bernstein 1926