Summary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PACSummary: A biography of the man who made public parks an essential part of American life. He made enormous contributions to the American landscape, believing a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted's efforts to preserve nature created an "environmental ethic" decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.0237 FRESummary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TV PACSummary: Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent family who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the early 1930's, before Hollywood began enforcing a self-imposed Production Code, many films allowed for extraordinary frankness including nudity, adultery and prostitution. In this restored and remastered three-movie collection, three daring young actresses are featured in racy, riveting star vehicles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FORSummary: This 1949 movie lavishly takes us on the journey of Jay Gatsby (Alan Ladd) who worked his way from poor fisherman to extravagant millionaire. Travel back in time to the roaring 20s, a time of flappers, bootlegging, art deco architecture, and jazz music, through this classic tale of love and betrayal, deception and mystery. This is the second film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GREBeatty, Scott
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 741 BEABeatty, Scott
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.5 BEABeatty, Scott
Summary: Surveys the nature and history of the hero Superman, discussing his birth, career, secrets, equipment, and enemies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2002
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Rec BeattySummary: One man's ruthless pursuit of justice plays out against the darkest chapter of Irish history in this riveting revenge thriller. In 1847, battle-hardened soldier Feeney deserts the British army to return home to Ireland, where he finds his country ravaged beyond recognition by the Great Famine. When he discovers that his mother has died of starvation and his brother has been hanged by the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout Factory 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Baty, Chris.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 BatySummary: A forest dweller is chosen to save a beautiful princess and defeat the Lord of Darkness in this visually stunning fantasy-adventure.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Sigmund and the Sea Monsters was an American children's television series that ran from 1973 to 1975, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft and aired on Saturday Mornings. The show centered on two brothers, Johnny and Scott Stuart, who discover Sigmund, a friendly young sea monster who has been thrown out by his comically dysfunctional undersea family for refusing to frighten people. The boys hide...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: SMK Pictures 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SIGBaty, Chris.
Summary: Chris Baty, founder of the wildly successful literary marathon known as National Novel Writing Month, has completely revised and expanded his definitive handbook for extreme noveling. Chris pulls from over 15 years of results-oriented writing experience to pack this compendium with new tips and tricks, ranging from week-by-week quick reference guides to encouraging advice from authors, and much...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Soto, Gary.
Summary: Book Description: For over two decades, the award-winning poet and author Gary Soto has been offering his readers a vision that transcends the ordinary, making him one of today's most celebrated Chicano writers. New and Selected Poems includes the best of his seven full-length collections, plus over 23 new poems previously unpublished in book form. From the charged, short-lined poems of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 SOTSoto, Gary
Summary: After saving a drowning puppy while dealing with a huge crush on his classmate Sierra, thirteen-year-old Jordan Mendoza nurses the abandoned puppy back to health and wonders who threw her into the canal and if there are more puppies needing rescue.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SOTSoto, Gary.
Summary: Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get-together. Panic ensues when hours later, she realizes the ring is missing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOTSoto, Gary.
Summary: Meet Marisol Luna, a girl who was born to dance. The family is moving to the Chicago suburbs, and Marisol learns that her new neighborhood doesn't have a dance studio. Instead of giving up, resourceful Marisol is determined to keep dancing. With the help of two friends, she figures out a way to combine her old world with a renewed commitment to stretch and try her hardest.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company 2005
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC SOTContents: The time of the cuckoo / by Arthur Laurents -- Bernardine / by Mary Chase -- Dial "M" for murder / by Frederick Knott -- The climate of Eden / by Moss Hart -- The love of four colonels / by Peter Ustinov -- The crucible / by Arthur Miller -- The emperor's clothes / by George Tabori -- Picnic / by William Inge -- Wonderful town / book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov ; music by Leonard...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dodd, Mead and Co. 1953
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.5 BESContents: Dreamin' (Johnny Burnette) (2:20) -- A hundred pounds of clay (Gene McDaniels) (2:20) -- Tonight (could be the night) (The Velvets) (2:07) -- Village of love (Nathaniel Mayer & The Fabulous Twilights) (2:04) -- Once in awhile (The Chimes) (2:30) -- I understand (just how you feel) (The G-Clefs) (2:46) -- Close to Cathy (Mike Clifford) (2:54) -- White on white (Danny Williams) (2:19) -- Look for...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Eric Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HARBaty, Charlie.
Contents: The big break (3:19) -- Don't do it (4:26) -- Dump that chump (3:22) -- I beg your pardon (4:48) -- Kansas City woman (3:26) -- Hurry up and wait (3:46) -- That's O.K. (3:36) -- Jump start (2:54) -- Side stuff (3:33) -- Some nerve (3:28) -- Lottery (3:28) -- Me and Miss Ann (2:39).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alligator 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES LITBaty, Chris.
Summary: Chris Baty, founder of the wildly successful literary marathon known as National Novel Writing Month, has completely revised and expanded his definitive handbook for extreme noveling. Chris pulls from over 15 years of results-oriented writing experience to pack this compendium with new tips and tricks, ranging from week-by-week quick reference guides to encouraging advice from authors, and much...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 BATBaty, Kathleen.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2003