Summary: Ricky Jay is a world-renowned magician, author, historian and actor, as well as a performer who regularly provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. Trace Jay's achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age four with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller. Featuring rare...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEC

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 KOM

Shulman, Mark

Summary: By any measure, Albert Einstein changed the ways we understand--and measure--space and time. At first his ideas were ridiculed, but soon they were idolized. Prior to World War II, Einstein was a celebrated figure in Germany, but when the Nazi Party rose to power in the 1930s, he fled for his life and eventually settled in the United States. [This book] recounts the life of the world's most...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Portable Press 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 EIN

Summary: The show offers an extraordinary look into the life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein. Beyond his groundbreaking theories of relativity, witness Einstein's struggles to be a good husband and father, and a man of principle during a time of global unrest. A ten-episode journey of discovery guided by Einstein's wit, wisdom and insatiable thirst for knowledge.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2018

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ge 1

Summary: Bob Ho is an undercover CIA superspy who decides to give up his career in espionage to settle down with his next-door neighbor and girlfriend, Gillian. But Bob has one more mission to complete before Gillian agrees to marry him; he has to win over her three opinionated kids. When Gillian suddenly has to leave town, Bob volunteers to babysit the children so he can earn their approval.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2010

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

Haydn, Joseph

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 1987

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

Summary: An ancient rivalry is rekindled when a Hollow Earth scholar receives private funding and wants to use Kong to discover the origin of the Titans. Protected inside a biodome since his discovery in the 70s, Kong was the only kaiju who did not participate in the epic battle against King Gidorah, and Godzilla is determined to become the final apex predator. Meanwhile, the humans begin to suspect...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE GOD

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GOD

Summary: A crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws are about to attempt their most challenging con yet: becoming model citizens. Never have there been five friends as infamous as these guys: dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf, seen-it-all safecracker Mr. Snake, chill master of disguise Mr. Shark, short-fused 'muscle' Mr. Piranha, and sharp-tongued expert hacker Ms. Tarantula, aka 'Webs.' But when, after...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2022

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

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

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

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BAD

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BAD

Summary: "Your Future Is Bright! After all, your mother is a robot, your father has joined the alien hive mind, and your dinner will be counterfeit 3D-printed steak. Even though your worker bots have staged a mutiny, and your tour guide speaks only in memes, you can always sell your native language if you need some extra cash." --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tachyon Publications 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEW

Dilly Dally (Musical group)

Contents: I feel free -- Doom -- Believe -- Sober motel -- Sorry ur mad -- Marijuana -- Pretty cold -- Bad biology -- Heaven.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Partisan Records 2018

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DIL

Summary: Willie is a thief who teams up with his dwarf friend Marcus, for a very special Christmas scam. Willie gets a job as Santa Claus at a shopping mall, Marcus tags along as an elf, and they use their employee status to rob stores blind just before Christmas. But Willie is a bitter and foul-mouthed alcoholic who doesn't care much for kids. A mall's manager is certain something's wrong, so he asks...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2004

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BAD

Summary: Complete 4th season of the television crime drama about a squad of youthful looking undercover police officers who specialize in youth crime.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD 21

Mocky

Summary: Singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Mocky has collaborated in the past with such artists as Peaches, Jamie Lidell, and Feist. He adds to his list of acclaimed albums with his latest, which includes the track Living in the Snow.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Heavy Sheet Productions 2015

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ MOC

Summary: In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking viewers back to where it all began, the film tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA STR

Summary: This is the shocking true story of the Battle of Isandlwana: in January 1879, arrogant officials of the British colony of Natal, Africa issued a list of unauthorized ultimatums to the Zulu Nation. When the Zulu king refused their demands, the empire declared war. And in a series of grave tactical blunders, a garrison of 1,500 British soldiers faced an army of 25,000 enraged Zulu warriors in...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Severin Films 2013

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA ZUL

Lowly.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Bella Union 2019

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LOW

Bornstein, Michael

Summary: "The incredible true story of Michael Bornstein--who at age 4 was one of the youngest children to be liberated from Auschwitz--and of his family"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2017

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 BOR

Bornstein, Michael

Summary: In 1945, in a now-famous piece of World War II archival footage, four-year-old Michael Bornstein was filmed by Soviet soldiers as he was carried out of Auschwitz in his grandmother's arms. Here is the unforgettable story of how a father's courageous wit, a mother's fierce love, and one perfectly timed illness saved Michael's life, and how others in his family from Zarki, Poland, dodged death at...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2017

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 BOR

Summary: See 1980s Dublin through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Conor, who is looking for a break from a home strained by his parents' relationship and money troubles while trying to adjust to his new inner-city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher. He finds a glimmer of hope in the mysterious, über-cool Raphina. With the aim of winning her heart he invites her to star in...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: the Weinstein Company Home Entertainment 2016

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

Molly

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOL

Summary: The 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in a Los Angeles hotel kitchen. We see Kennedy's acceptance speech after winning the California Democratic presidential primary, his death at the hands of gunman Sirhan Sirhan, and the chaos and despair that ensued. The people at the hotel don't know what is coming. Our grief at hearing RFK's own words, so eloquent, so hopeful and inspiring. Watch the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOB

Bergstein, Rachelle

Summary: "Sheds new light on the enticing, often surprising, story of our society?s enduring obsession with the hardest gemstone, offering a fascinating history of its origins and revealing its greatest champions and most colorful enthusiasts. 25,000 first printing,"--NoveList.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 553 BER

Money.

Summary: 2013 debut album from the British band. Hailing from Manchester, Money released their debut single 'Who's Going to Love You Now' last year. Simon Raymonde was immediately enraptured, and promptly tracked the band down to see if they had anything else in their locker. As it turns out, they did. Promptly signing to Bella Union, the band recently sealed off work in the studio. 'Bluebell Fields'...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Bella Union 2013

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MON

Bornstein, Ruth

Summary: Little Gorilla's family and friends try to help him overcome his special growing pains.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018

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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE board Bornstein