Summary: Perl spent WWII in charge of the woman's infirmary at Auschwitz. Hoping to leave her nightmares behind her after the liberation, she applies for American citizenship in 1946. However, she is hauled into military court to explain how much she "collaborated" with the Nazis during the war. The U.S. officials are especially disturbed by the number of illegal abortions Perl performed at the camp....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA OUTSummary: Set in French Indochina in the 1930s as the Vietnamese begin to rebel against French colonialism. Dramatizes the last years of French rule through the relationship between plantation owner Éliane, French by birth but born and raised in Indochina, and her adopted daughter Camille, an orphaned Annamese princess who becomes a Vietnamese revolutionary and representative at the Geneva Conference...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN INDSummary: Told in fourteen fixed-angle, single shot, individual tableaus that parallel Christ's journey to his own crucifixion, this film is both an indictment of fundamentalist faith and the articulation of an impressionable teen's struggle to find her own path in life. Though from the outside Maria lives in the modern world, her family and her heart are faithful to a Catholic radicalism that requires...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STAContents: Disc 1. The camp meeting jubilee (Unknown) -- My man rocks me (Trixie Smith) -- Kansas city blues (Jim Jackson) -- Going to move to Alabama (Charley Patton) -- Move it on over (Hank Williams) -- It's tight like that (Tampa Red) -- Pinetop's boogie woogie (Clarence "Pinetop" Smith) -- Jimmy's blues (Jimmy Blythe) -- Crazy about my baby (Blind Roosevelt Graves) -- Tiger rag (Washboard Rhythm...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Famous Flames Recording 2011
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES FIRCano-Murillo, Kathy
Summary: "The Queen of Latina Style, Kathy Cano Murillo, is back with fantastic art and craft projects-including brand-new ideas and previous favorites-in The New Crafty Chica Collection"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2021
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Summary: Kathy Cano-Murillo, the Crafty Chica, is not a seamstress--she is a thread artist. Here, she shows how to harness the power of her fearless kamikaze sewing style--just dive in and give it 100 percent. Here you'll not only find out the nuts and bolts of sewing, but learn to have confidence to blaze your own sewing trail with confidence and flair. (And glitter!) The Crafty Chica is here to bring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Potter Craft 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746 CANContents: Gonna make you sweat (everybody dance now) (C+C Music Factory) -- C'mon n' ride it (the train) (Quad City DJ's) -- It takes two (Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock) -- Bust a move (Young MC) -- U can't touch this (MC Hammer) -- Push it (Salt-n-Pepa) -- Rumpshaker (Wreckx-n-Effect) -- Humpin' around (Bobby Brown) -- Real love (Jody Watley) -- You dropped a bomb on me (Gap Band) -- Word up! (Cameo) -- Shake...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Contents: El súchil = The marigold -- Yo = I -- Parranda larga = The long binge -- La petenera : medley. La peternera ; Tata Dios ; La Cecilia -- A los cuatro vientos = To the four winds -- El framboyán = The flamboyant tree -- La morena = The dark woman -- Nuestro gran amor = Our great love -- El silencio de la noche = The silence of the night -- El arreo = The roundup -- Sones de antaño = Songs from...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN MARMariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Contents: Llegaron los camperos = The countrymen arrived (3:32) -- Jalisco (8:47) -- Las ciudades = Cities (3:22) -- Jarocho II (6:23) -- José Alfred Jiménez (6:19) -- Los dos amantes = The two lovers (2:26) -- Michoacán (10:07) -- La noche de mi mal = The night of my bad fortune (3:54) -- Jarocho I (7:48) -- México lindo = Pretty Mexico (2:48).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN MARSummary: Julie loves the glorious colors associated with the sound of a rooster crowing, while Mandi remembers phone numbers by their hues. Until John read a newspaper article about synesthesia in later life, he thought that everyone saw the days of the week as various shades of blue. In this program people with synesthesia describe their experiences and perceptions, and the benefits and drawbacks of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Contents: Disc 1: Magnificent obession / Steven Curtis Chapman -- Above all (studio version) / Michael W. Smith -- Say a prayer / CeCe Winans -- You will never walk alone / Point of Grace -- Talk about it / Nicole C. Mullen -- Open up the sky / FFH -- I have been there / Mark Schultz -- Who you are / Caedmon's Call -- It is well with my soul / The river's gonna keep on rolling / Amy Grant -- Holy /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Christian/Provident Music/Sparrow Records 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS WOWSummary: André is forced to leave his secret love, Barbe, to serve as a soldier. On his last night of freedom, he witnesses Barbe and another local sleeping together in a parking lot. A twist of fate forces the two men to fight side by side.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FLASummary: "A collection of thirty heartfelt, witty, and hopeful thought pieces on the experience of growing up Asian American, for fans of Minor Feelings."--Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MTV Entertainment Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.895 MYMariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Summary: Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano breathes new life into the classic mariachi sound with their 2008 release.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN MARSummary: Josephine Chesterfield is a glamorous, seductive Brit who defrauds gullible wealthy men. Penny amasses wads of cash by ripping off her marks in neighborhood bars. Despite their different methods, both are masters of the art of the fleece, so they combine talents for their next mark: a naive tech billionaire.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HUSCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HUSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Hustle 2019Assil, Reem
Summary: "Arabiyya celebrates the alluring aromas and flavors of Arab food and the welcoming spirit with which they are shared. Written from her point of view as an Arab in diaspora, Reem takes readers on a journey through her Palestinian and Syrian roots, showing how her heritage has inspired her recipes for flatbreads, dips, snacks, platters to share, and more. With a section specializing in breads of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2022
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Duke University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 CAMSummary: Two of French cinema's biggest stars shine in this bittersweet drama about the unlikely friendship that develops between Claire, a talented but tightly wound midwife, and Beatrice, the estranged, free-spirited mistress of Claire's late father. Though polar opposites in almost every way, the two come to rely on each other as they cope with the unusual circumstance that brought them together.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MIDSummary: In an unidentified French-speaking West African country, chaos reigns as civil war erupts. For the rebels, it's time to banish the 'white material' -- white folk and the trappings of white life. Among these is the Vial coffee plantation inhabited by Maria, her ex-husband Andre, their son Manuel, and his grandfather Bernard, a white family of French origin. Their terrified workers have fled,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WHISummary: Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman's life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CLESampa
Contents: Mwana (ft. Mwanje Tembo, Theresa Mutale Tembo, Sunburnt Soul Choir) -- Freedom -- Wake up (interlude) -- Time's up (ft. Krown) -- Grass is greener -- Dare to fly (ft. Ecca Vandal) -- Any day (ft. Whosane) -- OMG -- Light it up (interlude) -- Final form -- Heaven (ft. Whosane) -- Diamond in the ruff (ft. Thando, Krown) -- Leading us home -- Summer (ft. Steam Down) -- Brand new (ft. Silent Jay)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP SAMSampa
Contents: Shadows -- Lane (ft. Denzel Curry) -- Never forget (ft. Chef 187, Tio Nason and Mwanjé) -- Mask on (ft. Joey Bada$$) -- Bona -- Can I live? (ft. W.I.T.C.H.) -- Imposter syndrome (ft. James Sakala) -- Tilibobo -- Lo rain (ft. Mwanjé) -- IDGAF (ft. Kojey Radical) -- Let me be great (ft. Angélique Kidjo).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022