Lithgow, John

Summary: Actor John Lithgow performs two short stories, and explains the special significance each story holds in his life.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 LITHGOW, JOHN LIT

Summary: Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. AILEY traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty. Told through Ailey's own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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

Summary: A musical comedy based on the life of vaudevillian Eddie Foy. When Eddie's wife dies, leaving him with seven children, he puts the kids into the act and takes the show on the road.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Brentwood Home Video 2000

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Seven 1949

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SEV

Summary: "The Doctor arrives on the paradise planet of Deva Loka to find a colonial mission on the verge of collapse. Several of its members have vanished into the jungle without a trace, leaving the survivors suspicious and paranoid. The mystery deepens as it becomes clear that the planet's native inhabitants, the Kinda, possess hitherto unsuspected powers that challenge human understanding. Meanwhile,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2011

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOC

Summary: Valerie is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011

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

Teatro Alla Scala

Summary: Verdi's opera tells the tragic tale of Violetta, who is dying of consumption and leaves her beloved Alfredo at the request of his father, only to be reunited with him shortly before her death.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Arthaus Musik 2008

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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA TRA

Summary: "The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. As the fate of all human life hangs in the balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for the rest of their lives"--Set container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008

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

Summary: As the public becomes aware of genetic mutants with special powers and prejudice grow against them, Professor Xavier brings them together to harness their powers for the good of mankind and to combat the evil Magneto; When a military leader hatches a plan to eradicate mutants, the X-men form an alliance with their old enemy Magneto to try and stop him; When science announces a cure for mutant...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE X-ME

Summary: After enduring unspeakable torture, Dean escapes from Hell, rescued by an angel who recruits Sam and Dean into Heaven's battle against Hell for the future of humankind. Amid whispers that a certain Fallen Angel will soon be freed from his prison deep in Hell. If Sam and Dean can't stop Lucifer from walking free, he'll bring on the Apocalypse. Meanwhile, the Winchester brothers reunite and hit...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009

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

Coxe, Molly.

Summary: A dog tries to find a way to cool off on a hot summer day on a farm.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books Pub. Co. 1998

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR ORANGE COX

Summary: A look at five extraordinary homes and the people who inhabit them. The movie interweaves their stories in a way that makes a person think about the meaning of home and the place of individuality in society.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2003

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

Coxe, Molly.

Summary: Depicts various things that can be made with six sticks, from a tall mouse to a trapeze for fleas.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green Cox

Summary: The epic conclusion to the adventures of Bilbo Baggins. The dragon Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women, and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo attempts to make him see reason.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FANTASY HOB

Summary: The hobbit: an unexpected journey: Follow Bilbo Baggins, who along with the Wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield - is swept into an epic and treacherous quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kinfdom of Erebor. Runtime:2 hours, 49 minutes.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY HOB

Coxe, Molly.

Summary: A mother hen wakes up one morning to find a gigantic egg among the others in her nest and goes in search of the egg's origin.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1997

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE COX

Coxe, Molly.

Summary: Patricia Pig takes her baby, Louella, to the circus and loses her when Louella wanders off to retrieve her new balloon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1988

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: E COX

Summary: On Christmas Eve, psychologist Marcia Fieldstone asks her radio audience to share their dreams for the holiday season. Eight-year-old Jonah calls in from Seattle, with a wish for his dad to find a new wife. Mom died a year-and-a-half ago. Baltimore Sun reporter Annie Reed also hears the broadcast, when Jonah's architect father Sam gets on the air. Sam talks about the magical moment he met his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Tri-Star Pictures 2003

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

Cone, Molly

Summary: Describes the efforts of the Jackson Elementary School in Everett, Washington, to clean up a nearby stream, stock it with salmon, and preserve it as an unpolluted place where the salmon could return to spawn.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sierra Club Books for Children 1992

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2 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 639.3 CON
Call number: J630.3 CON

Summary: Dancing great Bill Williamson takes a look back on the beginnings of his career and his romance with fellow rising star Selina. Their romance is brief because Selina does not want to settle down.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS STO

Contents: Disc one. Can the circle be unbroken (bye and bye) (The Carter Family) -- Mule skinner blues (blue yodel no. 8) (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Barbara Allen (Bradley Kincaid) -- I'll fly away (James and Martha Carson) -- If the river was whiskey (Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers) -- Fox chase (DeFord Bailey) -- Blue yodel number 9 (standin' on the corner) (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Wildwood flower...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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3 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC COU

Summary: A modern-day movie musical about the making of a network TV special, Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas is the frenetic backstage story and delightful on-camera results of Dolly's desire to uplift an exhausted world's spirits by sharing the unique "mountain magic" she has always found in and around Dollywood at Christmas. Throughout the movie's production numbers and rehearsal chaos, Dolly...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY DOL
2 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD

Contents: Disc 1. Can the circle be unbroken (Bye and bye) (The Carter Family) -- Mule skinner blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Fox chase (DeFord Bailey) -- I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) -- Mountain Dew (Grandpa Jones and His Grandchildren) -- I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart (Patsy Montana and The Prairie Ramblers) -- New San Antonio Rose (Bob Wills and...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy 2019

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW Cou