Summary: Possibly the biggest star that television has ever produced, Johnny Carson was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Over the course of his 30-year run on The Tonight Show, Carson interviewed 23,000 guests in 4,531 episodes. Watch as the life and career of one of the most beloved yet enigmatic icons in American entertainment history is explored.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD JOHSummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATTopouzian, Ara.
Contents: Disc one. Nihavent theme (Mid East traditional) -- Armenian medley (traditional) -- Tamzara (traditional) -- Agh anous (Armenian traditional) -- Haleh (Armenian traditional) -- Sepastia bar (Armenian traditional) -- Korodig morodig (Armenian traditional) -- Hayde kaleh (Armenian traditional) -- Poploma (Greek traditional) -- Misirlou.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: American Recording Productions 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST TopMEN AT WORK.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1981
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MENWise, Beau
Summary: "From Beau Wise and Tom Sileo comes Three Wise Men, an incredible memoir of family, service and sacrifice by a Marine who lost both his brothers in combat--becoming the only "Sole Survivor" during the war in Afghanistan. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, three brothers by blood became brothers in arms when each volunteered to defend their country. No military family has sacrificed more during the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WISMasters At Work.
Contents: Thank you [maw mix] [mix] -- Boss [maw remix] -- Lean on me [maw mix] [mix] -- Backfired -- Voices in my mind [maw mix] [mix] -- Release [masters at work main mix] [mix] -- Nights over egypt [masters at work main mix] [mix] -- Runaway [original flava 12"] [version] -- Helpless (I don't know what to do without you] [the kenlou remix] -- Vip [masters at work vocal mix] [mix] -- I can't get no...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Imports 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MASPeacock, Amy Rupertus
Summary: "This book is the biography of Marine General William Rupertus, who led his troops in a series of blistering battles in the Pacific that paved the way for the ultimate American victory there. This is an American story of love, loss, shock, horror, tragedy, and triumph that focuses on Rupertus and the 1st Marine Division in World War II"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUPERTUS, W. H. PEARooks, A.E.
Summary: Chronicles the history of the Black Joke, a ship in the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery squadron, and its quest to liberate as many enslaved people as possible.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 326 ROODrury, Bob.
Summary: November, 1950. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is through the Toktong Pass, which will need to be held open at all costs. The mission fell to Captain William...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 951.904 DRUContents: Reflections (Sona Jobarteh) -- 1977 (Quentin Dujardin) -- Om asatoma (Deva Premal & Miten) -- Ong namo : Putumayo version (Mirabai Ceiba) -- Floating sweetness (DJ Drez) -- Cariad cyntaf (9Bach) -- Saya (Sona Jobarteh) -- Moon magic : Chandra. Part 2, Gat (Steven McNamara) -- Yarabi (Balla Tounkara) -- Exala (Sara Tavares) -- Ramachandra (Sean Johnson & the Wild Lotus Band) -- Offering (Ara...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2012
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE PUTSummary: In this coming of age documentary, four friends on the autism spectrum who have bonded through humor and performed as the comedy troupe "Asperger's Are Us" will prepare for one final, ambitious show before going their separate ways.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ASPSummary: Only Trudi knows that her husband Rudi is suffering from a terminal illness. She decides not to tell him and convinces him to visit their family in Berlin. When Trudi dies suddenly, Rudi vows to make up for her lost life and takes his last journey to Tokyo in the midst of the cherry blossom festival.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CHEMartini, Steve/ Woren, Dan (NRT)
Summary: Defense attorney Paul Madriani is embroiled in a case as perilous as any he has ever faced-one that involves an angry killer who will stop at nothing short of vengeance and two missing NASA scientists who are holding secrets that a hostile government desperately wants to purchase-in blood if they must.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harperaudio 0000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MARVarious Artists
Contents: 1. Walking on sunshine / Katrina & The Waves -- 2. Head over heels / Tears for Fears -- 3. It's a mistake / Men at Work -- 4. Life in a northern town / The Dream Academy -- 5. Beat's so lonely / Charlie Sexton - - 6. Guitar, talk, love & drums / Gary Myrick -- 7. Since yesterday / Strawberry Switchblade -- 8. Obsession / Animotion -- 9. Endicott / Kid Creole & The Coconuts -- 10. Perfect way /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Records 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NEWVarious Artists
Contents: Who can it be now? (Men at Work) -- Twilight zone (Golden Earring) -- Talk talk (Talk Talk) -- Johnny, are you queer? (Josie Cotton) -- White girl (X) -- People who died (The Jim Carroll Band) -- Face to face (Code Blue) -- Wot (Captain Sensible) -- Numbers with wings (The Bongos) -- The Look of love (Part one) (ABC) -- Do you really want to hurt me (Culture Club) -- Never say never (Romeo...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NEWSummary: Examines Trotsky, the revolutionary, venerated and reviled, loved, hated, feared. Archive material compiled from all over the world, citations and new shoots create an electrifying proximity to the historical person and to the man Leon Trotsky.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TROWilliams, A.A.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WILSummary: A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives, which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith, abruptly disturbed when they are forced to follow the new laws of their foreign occupants.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cohen Media Group 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TIMRaden, Aja
Summary: An account of how eight jewels shaped the course of history shares insights into the role of precious gemstones in triggering cultural movements, political dynasties, and wars, while exploring how jewels reflect darker aspects of human nature.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.59 RADWilliams, A.A.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WILGabel, Aja
Summary: Brit is the second violinist, a beautiful and quiet orphan; the viola is Henry, a prodigy who’s always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel, the oldest, the angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana, their flinty, resilient leader. Together, they are the Van Ness String Quartet. In The Ensemble, each character picks up the melody, from the group’s youthful rocky start through...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GABCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Display, Call number: FIC GABWasek, A.A.
Summary: One of America's most famous - and most deadly - labor strikes occurred in The Copper Country of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula in 1913, and its major events are described through the eyes of sixteen-year old Emilia Rytilahti. Emilia and her younger sister Heli are first-generation American born Finns, who see and personally experience the prejudice of the era against their family and their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Wasek,] 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WASSummary: The tragedy and horror of the 9/11 attacks triggered a host of changes in America, including a reassessment of the role of sports and its accompanying hero-worship. Batting averages and home run totals were no longer paramount, particularly in New York, but in the Fall of 2001 baseball played a significant role in the city's recovery efforts. Revisits that remarkable and inspiring phenomenon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2005