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(Fictitious character) Spider-Man African American women journalists Michigan Detroit Comic books, strips, etc Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Comic books, strips, etc Feature films Feminism Social aspects New York (State) New York Brooklyn Radicalism Social change Superheroes Superheroes Comic books, strips, etcSummary: A trio of British Muslims, known as the Tipton Three, were held in Guantánamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ROASummary: Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of an alien symbiote that gives him a violent super alter-ego. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE VENCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VENCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VeSummary: "Wesley Snipes stars as the tortured soul Blade -- half man, half immortal. Blade sharpens his lethal skills under the guidance of Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), his mentor, guardian, and fellow hunter of the night. When the bloodthirsty Immortals' lord, Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), declares war on the human race, Blade is humanity's last hope for survival." -- Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR BLASummary: Blade : "Wesley Snipes stars as the tortured soul Blade -- half man, half immortal. Blade sharpens his lethal skills under the guidance of Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), his mentor, guardian, and fellow hunter of the night. When the bloodthirsty Immortals' lord, Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), declares war on the human race, Blade is humanity's last hope for survival." -- Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video, 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Rose, a demure and prim governess, arrives in Marrakesh, Morocco to begin a new job as a paid companion to a wealthy English expatriate. As she explores the exotic environs of her new home, she is seduced by the men, music, and mystery of Morocco.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2007
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE ANOSummary: "All five Bourne films are available together in The Bourne Complete Collection! Matt Damon is Jason Bourne, an elite government agent determined to outwit and outmaneuver anyone who stands in the way of his mission to discover the secrets of his mysterious past. As part of the next generation of genetically-engineered agents, Jeremy Renner as Aaron Cross attempts to finish what Bourne started....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Germany 1967: murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism, and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the still-fragile German democracy. The radicalized children of the Nazi generation, led by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, and Gudrun Ensslin, are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism. The man who understands them is also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BAARumer
Contents: Slow -- Come to me high -- Am I forgiven -- Aretha -- Blackbird -- Healer -- Saving grace -- Take me as I am -- Thankful -- On my way home -- Goodbye girl.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RUMSummary: Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARRumer
Contents: P.F. Sloan -- It could be the first day -- Be nice to me -- Travelin' boy -- Soulsville -- Same old tears on a new background -- Sara smile -- Flyin' shoes -- Home thoughts from abroad -- Just for a moment -- Brave awakening -- We will.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RUMAhamed, Liaquat.
Summary: "With penetrating insights for today, this history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s presents unforgettable portraits of the four men whose personal and professional actions as heads of their respective central banks changed the course of the twentieth century." "In Lords of Finance, we meet the neurotic and enigmatic Montagu Norman of the Bank of England; the xenophobic and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 332.1 AHAAhamed, Liaquat.
Summary: Argues that the stock market crash of 1929 and subsequent Depression occurred as a result of poor decisions on the part of four central bankers who jointly attempted to reconstruct international finance by reinstating the gold standard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 332.1092 AhaCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 AHAAhmedi, Farah.
Summary: Ahmedi was born just as the war between the mujahideen and the Soviets reaches its peak in Afghanistan. The sounds of gunfire and fighter planes were as normal to her as the sounds of traffic or children playing are to a schoolgirl in America. When she stepped on a land mine on her way to school, she began to learn--slowly--that ordinary people, often strangers, have immense power to save lives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AHMEDI, FARAH AHMRubel, David.
Summary: In Depression-era New York City, construction workers at the Rockefeller Center site help a family in need--a gift that is repaid years later in the donation of an enormous Christmas tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E RUBRubel, David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.39 RUBAhmed, Azam
Summary: "This unputdownable book weaves together two stories: the story of a courageous mother, and the story of the rise of drug cartels and of violence in Mexico. The story begins on an international bridge between Mexico and the U.S. Miriam Rodriguez is stalking one of the men who murdered her daughter. He is a member of the Zeta drug cartel that now controls what was once Miriam's quiet hometown of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 AHMAhmed, Saladin
Summary: "Miles Morales swings back into the spotlight! When the rampaging Rhino and a cadre of mysterious criminals start plaguing Brooklyn, things take a dark turn for the young Spider-Man! What mystery lurks under the surface of this newest villainous uprising? Why does the Rhino have minions? And who is the new antagonist who may just become Miles' most dangerous foe? Maybe Captain America has the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2023
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Summary: "Amira and Hamza must race against time to stop an ancient evil from obtaining a ring of power"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AHMRubel, David.
Summary: Presents a timeline of events that occured in America during the 1800s, divided into four categories: politics; life; arts and entertainment; and science and technology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Reference 1996
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.5 RUBRubel, Nicole.
Summary: Ernestine O'Reilly comes from Ireland to Texas as a mail-order bride, but when she meets the man she is supposed to marry, she ends up deciding to be a cowboy instead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC RubelAhmed, Roda
Summary: When young Mae Jemison is asked by her teacher what she wants to be when she grows up, African American Mae tells her mostly white classmates that she wants to be an astronaut, a dream that her parents wholeheartedly support.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AHMAhmed, Saladin
Summary: While investigating police brutality and corruption in 1970s Detroit, journalist Elena Abbott uncovers supernatural forces being controlled by a secret society of the city's elite. In the uncertain social and political climate of 1972 Detroit, hard-nosed, chain-smoking tabloid reporter Elena Abbott investigates a series of grisly crimes that the police have ignored. Crimes she knows to be the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boom! Studios, a division of Boom Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 AHMAhmed, Saladin
Summary: "A WAR FOR THE SOUL OF DETROIT. Elena Abbott is one of Detroit's toughest reporters--and after defeating the dark forces that murdered her husband, she's focused on the most important election in the city's history. But when someone uses dark magic to sabotage the campaign of the prospective first Black mayor of Detroit, it becomes clear to Abbott that the supernatural conspiracy in her city is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boom! Studios, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 AHMAhmed, Saladin
Summary: "When the rampaging Rhino and a cadre of mysterious criminals start plaguing Brooklyn, things take a dark turn for the young Spider-Man! What mystery lurks under the surface of this newest villainous uprising? Why does the Rhino have minions? And who is the new antagonist who may just become Miles' most dangerous foe? Maybe Captain America has the answers! Then, get ready for ... Miles Morales'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2023