Summary: "A close-knit team of six young men sailed away from Ireland in 1977 with dreams of a better life. Thirty years later, they reunite at the wake after one of them suddenly dies. Hardened by years of disappointment and drink, they quickly realize that their bonds of friendship have weakened, provoking regret, jealousy and tension. As they reveal their guilty feelings about their dead friend and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd. 2008

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN KIN

Summary: In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcedent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009

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

Summary: After being abused by their dysfunctional families, pre-teen neighbors Dylan and Kylie decide to run away from home on Christmas Eve. The two set off in search of Dylan's brother who had made his own escape two years prior. At first Dublin is a colorful kaleidoscope of wonder and mystery, but as the night wears on, the city takes on a darker character, and the two must rely on the kindness of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2010

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

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 1976

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3748 Sim

Summary: Everyone has a unique father story. Whether positive or painful, it's always personal and can deeply affect the core of identity and direction of life. This is the first documentary film from the creators of War Room, Overcomer, Fireproof, and Courageous Legacy. Featuring a variety of amazing true stories, this captivating movie takes audiences of all ages on an inspiring and emotionally...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Affirm Films/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2021

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

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 1980

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1

Contents: Come on let's go (Broadcast) -- Free will and testament (Robert Wyatt) -- Young bride (Midlake) -- Isabel (Baxter Dury) -- The ride (Joan as Police Woman) -- Night all night (Diagrams) -- Map of an Englishman (Erland & The Carnival) -- Sarah (Last night in a dream) (Declan O'Rourke) -- Black harvest (Cow) -- White winter hymnal (Fleet Foxes) -- Alter ego (Tame Impala) -- Colleen (Joanna Newsom)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Mojo 2012

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

Summary: Powers of ten ... illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. A rough sketch ... is an earlier version of the same concept illustrated in Powers of ten. 901, after 45 years of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000

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

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 1980

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1

Island of Love (Musical group)

Contents: Big whale -- Fed rock -- Grow -- Blues 2000 -- Sweet loaf -- I've got the secret -- Losing streak -- Weekend at Clive's -- Charles -- Never understand -- It was all Ok forever.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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

Song of the Lakes (Musical group)

Summary: "This musical yarn is based on the 20th century masterpiece by Holling Clancy Holling of an adventurous little paddle-man who makes his winding way through the Great Lakes to the salt water sea." -- container.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Frontier Recording 2004

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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL SON

Summary: Told from the perspectives of eight different Pacific Island cultures, directed by eight different female Pacific filmmakers, and starring eight different indigenous actresses as the title character, this portmanteau film about female empowerment tells the story of one fictitious woman's life in eight separate vignettes, each segment advancing a decade or so forward, deploying a single...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VAI

Gardiner, William H.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mackinac State Historic Parks 2005

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.4 GAR

Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners

Summary: 1975-1976 directory of Grand Traverse County officials at the State, District, County, City, Village, and Township levels, as well as local public agencies and various services and organizations. Compiled by the County Clerk and published by the Bicentennial Commission of Grand Traverse County, Mich.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bicentennial Commission of Grand Traverse County, Mich. 0000

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 352 DIR

Summary: Marcus Aurelius Antonius is philosopher-emperor of Rome who summons his empire's governors and princes to his German war headquarters for a Pax Romanus. He confides to his daughter, Lucilla, that his adopted son, Livius, will succeed him instead of his more unstable heir, Commodus. Overhearing this, Cleander, a blind prophet loyal to Commodus, presents Marcus with a poisoned apple. After the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2008

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

Summary: Based on a true story, twelve-year-old Tom and his misfit friends fight to save Buster the baby elephant during the air raids on Belfast in 1941.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Samuel Goldwyn Films 2018

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

Summary: An exploration of Sinead O'Connor's rise and fall and her enduring cultural impact. By the age of 20, O'Connor was one of Ireland's brightest rising stars but her decision to use her fame as a platform to speak out on several controversial issues shifted her narrative from global stardom to worldwide condemnation. In a new interview, O'Connor reveals the abusive upbringing that left her feeling...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC NOT

Contents: It's time / Marvin Winans ... [et al.] (the Winans) -- Jesus is my help / Melvin Crispell (Hezekiah Walker & the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir) -- Worthy / Debbie Winans, Tommy Greer (Helen Baylor) -- I believe / James Harris III ... [et al.] (Sounds of Blackness) -- Cry on / Parks Stewart, Mitchell Jones (Commissioned) -- The call / Denise Walls ... [et al.] (Anointed) -- Heaven / Keith...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1999

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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS BIL
Call number: CD RELIGIOUS BILL

Gaiman, Neil

Summary: During the coldest season, when the world feels scary -- what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE GAI

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GAI

Summary: The Whangara people of New Zealand, believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea. But then a young mother dies in childbirth along with her newborn male son. His twin sister survives and the little girl, Pai, is brought up by...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003

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

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

Kean, Thomas H.

Contents: Kean: September 11, 2001 -- Hamilton: September 11, 2001 -- Set up to fail: approaching an impossible task -- A start-up: setting up on a shoestring -- Cooperate or confront? : what to ask for and how to get it -- Finding the facts: negotiations, subpoenas, and more negotiations -- Getting the story: from field officers to cabinet offices, distant lands to detainees -- Finding a voice: public...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 KEA

Summary: "In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers to one another before this day. As events cause their journeys to intertwine, they discover the challenges of friendship, the perils of younger siblings, the power or words, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar. Twelve virtuoso authors draw from their own...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Allida, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC YOU