Baker, Calvin

Summary: "For four centuries, Americans have found ways to live in a system of racial tyranny and apartheid. We tell ourselves that we know better, but with each generation, too many of us have been satisfied with doing just a little, deciding that the rest is a question for the future. But as acclaimed, award-winning writer Calvin Baker argues in this bracing, necessary book, we are now in that future:...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 BAK

Lin-Greenberg, Karin

Summary: Albany, N.Y. A once-bustling mall prepares to shut its doors for the final time. The people inside it dream of something different, something more. As the diverse group prepare for the mall to close, connections are created and completed-- until a shocking act forces them to reevaluate who they are and what they want.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIN

Summary: Creed: Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: SDS 2023

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

Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Icestorm International 1999

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JAC

Canin, Ethan

Summary: In this mesmerizing novel, Ethan Canin, the New York Times bestselling author of America America and other acclaimed works of fiction, explores the mysteries of a father, a son, and a family, as well as the nature of genius, jealousy, ambition, and love.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Becker, Aaron

Summary: Failing to get the attention of her busy father, a lonely girl turns back to a fantastic world for friendship and adventure. It’s her third journey into the enticing realm of kings and emperors, castles and canals, exotic creatures and enchanting landscapes. This time, it will take something truly powerful to persuade her to return home, as a gripping backstory is revealed that will hold...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BEC

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BEC

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BEC

Becker, Aaron

Summary: Using a red marker, a young girl draws a door on her bedroom wall and through it enters another world where she experiences many adventures, including being captured by an evil emperor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E Bec

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BEC

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BEC

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Caldecott Becker

Becker, Aaron

Summary: A master of the wordless form imagines a futuristic Noah's Ark in a luminous sci-fi parable for our changing world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BEC

Becker, Aaron

Summary: In the Caldecott Honor-winning Journey, much of Becker's energy was devoted to the story's exquisite backdrops. Now, in the second wordless book of his planned trilogy, the focus is on his characters. On a rainy day in a city park, the girl who starred in Journey and the boy introduced at the end take refuge by a doorway under a bridge. To their surprise, a king emerges from the door just long...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BEC

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BEC

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BEC

Becker, Aaron

Summary: "In an alternate past--or possible future--a mighty tree stands on the banks of a winding river, bearing silent witness to the flow of time and change. A family farms the fertile valley. Soon, a village sprouts, and not long after, a town. Residents learn to harness the water, the wind, and the animals in order to survive and thrive. The growing population becomes ever more industrious and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BEC

Summary: The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE MEL

Summary: A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, reuniting with his estranged family, that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he's escaping.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018

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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SNE

Barber, Samuel

Contents: The school for scandal overture : op. 5 -- Symphony no. 1, op. 9 : (in one movement) -- First essay : for orchestra, op. 12 -- Symphony no. 2, op. 19.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Naxos 2000

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BAR

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jewish Museum under the auspices of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America 2008

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.73 ACT

Bakar

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music 2022

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BAK

Summary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009

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

Maker

Contents: Say I won't -- Sangria -- New Jack shake -- Monument -- Fly high -- What a day -- Sleepy eyes -- The elevens -- Baby -- Look of love, pt. 1 -- Look of love, pt. 2 -- Africumbia -- Things cannot stop forever remix -- Sundancer -- Body bash -- Break bread -- Drop dead -- The backroads -- Sleep walk.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Now-Again Records 2012

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES MAK

Maker

Contents: A new breed -- King fortune -- Stones -- Aquatic -- Good woman -- Savage fuzz-- Kush -- Love is moving -- Gangster world -- Life lesson -- Burning on -- Dead or alive -- Survivor -- Mercy -- Circle of success -- Hot box

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Now-Again Records 2016

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES MAK

Summary: Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family's past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2019

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CRE

Summary: A series of presentations addressing various aspects of divorce, offering practical advice in the areas of: legal matters; helping children through divorce; financial and real estate matters; emotional aspects. Recorded live at "D"aisy (Divorce) Camp.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Films 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.89 DIV

Summary: This biography explores whether Americans should celebrate Jackson or apologize for him. The program reveals the world of America's 7th president, who founded the Democratic Party, yet was viewed by his enemies as an American Napoleon. The film contains reenactments, lithographs, letters and the insights of distinguished scholars.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2007

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AND