Summary: Arriving in 1924, Pesachʹke Burstein, the dancing-singing comedian, quickly became a leading figure in the Golden Era of Yiddish theater. On stage, he would meet, fall in love with and eventually marry raising star Lillian Lux. Embarking together on triumphant overseas tours as a couple, they soon became the parents of twins. Before long the children, Mike and Susan, were given stage names and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KOMBeard, Lina
Summary: Each summer, millions of children complain, "There's nothing to do." Originally published in 1889, The American Girl's Handy Book resoundingly challenges this age-old dilemma by providing a huge number of ideas for fun and instructional projects for young girls. It includes plans for April Fool's parties and jokes, transplanting wildflowers and preserving or pressing them, Easter games and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 796.5 BEAContents: Sucker (Jonas Brothers) (3:01) -- If I can't have you (Shawn Mendes) (3:10) -- Break up with your girlfriend, I'm bored (Ariana Grande) (3:08) -- Sweet but psycho (Ava Max) (3:07) -- Bad guy (Billie Eilish) (3:14) -- Wow. (remix) (Post Malone, featuring Roddy Ricch & Tyga) (2:47) -- Old town road (remix) (Lil Nas X, featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) (2:37) -- Talk (Khalid) (3:17) -- Never really over...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Now! Music 2019
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NowHartman, Bena.
Summary: When a second grader takes a chance in class, her confidence level soars.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ferne Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Social Emo Hartman 2011Beck, Miya T.
Summary: Kai and Kishi share the same futon, the same face, and the same talent for pearl diving. But Kishi is the obedient daughter, while Kai tries to push boundaries, and sometimes they fight as fiercely as only the closest of twin sisters can. Still, when Kishi is stolen by the legendary ghost whale, nothing will stop Kai from searching deep in the ocean to bring her home. But such a rescue is...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "When Kai's twin sister, Kishi, is stolen and killed by the legendary Ghost Whale, Kai sets out a long and dangerous adventure to bring her back to life"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BECKolata, Gina Bari
Summary: "Unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. Kolata tracks the race to recover the live pathogen and probes the fear that has impelled government policy. She delves into the history of the flu and previous epidemics, profiles the experts hot on the trail and the amateurs woefully misguided, and details the science and the latest understanding of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.518 KOLSummary: Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. Towards zero: Eyebrows arch when the dashing Wimbledon tennis star Nevile Strange arrives with his attractive new wife, even though the first wife is also attending. Miss Marple observes the tightly wound group as they holiday by the sea, sensing the sexual tensions and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The creators and star of Borat bring you the hilarious comedy about what happens when the world's worst dictator comes to America. Stuck in New York and stripped of his power, Aladeen is finally forced to live his ultimate nightmare, the American dream. Featuring never-before-seen footage, that's outrageous and shamefully funny!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2012
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DICCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DICSummary: Frank Underwood is a cunning career politician. Zoe Barnes is an ambitious young journalist. Together they forge a partnership that trades powerful secrets for political access, and so much more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOU(BERT, DIANA, ET. AL.)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1984
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the small town of Dillon, Texas, only one night matters: Friday night. Eric Taylor is the head football coach for the Dillon High School Panthers, the town's pride and joy. Still stressing that the football players win. The town is counting that the team gives them victories. The close-knit residents face new challenges and uncertainties as they deal with the day-by-day pressures of life in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD FRISummary: Jesse Stone is a down-and-out former L.A. police detective whose biggest battle is now against the bottle, as the demons of his past rise to haunt him while he drives himself to distraction by pursuing a decade-old murder case. Finding refuge in the small town of Paradise, Chief Stone reopens an unsolved murder case, digging up clues in an old grave and pursuing the ghosts of a forgotten crime....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Je 4Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE JESSummary: In the small town of Dillon, Texas, everyone comes together on Friday nights when the Dillon High Panthers play. But life is not a game and the charismatic football players, their new coach Eric Taylor, and the passionate fans find that their biggest challenges and obstacles come off the field.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Contents: Girl from the gutter -- I love you -- Have a cry -- Stop -- Give and take -- Me -- U don't know -- Loser -- Hurt so bad -- Insanity -- Still here.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamworks 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES KINAMana
Contents: disc 1. De pies a cabeza (5:40) -- Oye mi amor (4:54) -- Refrigerador (3:59) -- Donde jugaran los niños (Obertura) (6:30) -- Soledad (6:12) -- Huele a tristeza (7:12) -- Te llore un rio (6:34) -- Estoy agotado (4:16) -- Perdido en un barco (4:19) -- Buscandola (4:11) --
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: WEA Latina 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN MANSummary: In the small town of Dillon, Texas, everyone comes together on Friday nights when the Dillon High Panthers play. But life is not a game and the town finds their biggest challenges and obstacles come off the field.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD FRISummary: Season six introduces several jarring storylines. As "Billith" comes to terms with his newfound powers after emerging from a pool of blood at the end of season five, Louisiana governor Truman Burrell declares open season on vampires, replete with novel anti-vamp weapons and high-tech internment camp. Sookie and Jason steel themselves for an encounter with the killer of their parents; the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TRUTran, Thi Minh Phuoc
Summary: Collects fifteen Vietnamese folktales, including "Mai An Tiem and the watermelon seeds," which tells the story about orphan Mai An Tiem who is banished to a remote island by the king despite his loyalty.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 TRASummary: Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROMSummary: Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE JUPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Jupiter 2015Muna
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Inspired by the legend of Shields 'Emperor' Green, a descendant of African kings turned outlaw slave in the pre-Civil War South. Seeking freedom for his family, Emperor fights his way north, joining the daring raid on Harper's Ferry and helping alter the course of American history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2020