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African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Alternative rock music Frank, Anne 1929-1945 Gies, Miep 1909- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Netherlands Amsterdam Natural gardens Plants, Ornamental Rock music World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Atlantic OceanSummary: Costa-Gavras puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN STASummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: Commercial motion pictures were invented at the Edison Laboratory between 1888 and 1893. Perhaps none of the component parts were strictly new, but the ability of Edison and his staff to reorganize them for a specific purpose was an extraordinary cultural achievement. In 1894, Edison was the sole producer of motion pictures in the world. Many Edison films continue to be impressive as the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EDIGies, Miep
Summary: An autobiography by the woman who helped hide the Frank family in Amsterdam during World War II.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5315 GIEGies, Miep.
Summary: While most are familiar with Anne Frank's diary, fewer remember the courage of the people who helped her family. Otto Frank's employee, Miep Gies, coordinated the hiding place and worked through her own exhaustion and terror to keep the family safe and supplied with food and company. Barbara Rosenblat speaks with Gies's own voice, bringing an impeccable Dutch flavor to her words and flawlessly...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Oasis Audio, LLC 2009
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Oudolf, Piet
Summary: Before it was restored, the High Line was an untouched, abandoned landscape overgrown with wildflowers. Today it is much more than that; it’s a central plaza, a cultural center, a walkway, and a green retreat in a bustling city that is free for all to enjoy. But above all else, it is a beautiful, dynamic garden with plantings designed by Piet Oudolf, one of the world’s most extraordinary garden...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 712 OUDOudolf, Piet.
Contents: Herfst Garden, Rotterdam, The Netherlands -- Kloos Garden, Voorschoten, The Netherlands -- Hesmerg Garden, Sneek, The Netherlands -- Oudolf Office, Hummelo, The Netherlands -- Vermeer Garden, Barcelona, Spain -- Thews Garden, Fauluck, Germany -- Mahlerplein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands -- Center for Rheumatism and Rehabilitation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands -- Bury Court, Surrey, England -- Boon...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Monacelli Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 633 OudolfGies, Miep
Summary: Hiding Otto Frank and his family in an Amsterdam office building during World War II, Miep Gies shares a remarkable story of courage and devastation along with the special friendship of a young girl whose memory remains in hearts across the world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Springwater 2008
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.53 GIEMondrian, Piet
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cameo/Abrams 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.9492 MONOudolf, Piet.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 712 OUDOudolf, Piet
Summary: "When it was first published, Planting the Natural Garden--the first book by Piet Oufolf--was the start of the now immensely popular New Perennial Movement. Since then, Piet Oudolf has become one of the most iconic and groundbreaking designers of our time, responsible for some of the world's most important gardens, including the High Line, the Lourie Garden, the Battery, and Pottersfield. Fans...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 OUDOlsher, Dean.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.732 OLSHilt
Contents: Birdwatcher -- 950 -- Superhoney -- Way out there -- 222 -- El diablo -- Loudmouth canyon -- Home -- 314 -- Sandy feet -- Never gonna fall again -- Walkin on thunder -- Crazy for you -- Real cool rain -- World's goin down -- The ride.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nettwerk 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HILPigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PIGSummary: After the fall of Saigon, millions were dead and nearly another million were sent to re-education camps. From the jungles of Vietnam to the streets of Southern California, learn what happened to the Vietnamese people after the 21-year civil war ended.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: ImaginAsian Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JOUPhew
Contents: Snow and pollen -- Days nights -- Into the stream -- Feedback tuning -- Flashforward -- Doing nothing.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PHEPitt, Michael
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2020
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DELPaint
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PAIDiet Cig
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DIEPiel, Gerard.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 509.04 PIEBrown, Pieta
Contents: In the light (with Calexico) -- Rosine (with Mike Lewis) -- Once again (with David Mansfield) -- How soon (with Mason Jennings) -- Street tracker (with Mark Knopfler) -- Stopped my horse (with Carrie Rodriguez) -- Station blues (with Chad Cromwell) -- Take me home (with David Lindley) -- On your way (with Eric Heywood & Caitlin Canty) -- All the roads (with The Pines).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BROBelcher, Judy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 731.42 BelcherPincus, Meeg
Summary: When the Frank family and others are found and arrested during World War II, Miep Gies hides young Anne's papers from the Nazis and later is instrumental in having her beloved friend's diary published.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GIEBrown, Pieta.
Contents: I never told -- Nobody's rose -- Blood song -- Going away blues -- Beautiful light -- Wish me luck --Electric fields -- Little sparrow.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: T Records