Summary: 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: "In this chilling adaptation of the best-selling novel by Thomas Harris, the astonishingly versatile director Jonathan Demme crafted a taut psychological thriller about an American obsession: serial murder. As Clarice Sterling, an FBI trainee who enlists the help of the infamous Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter to gain insight into the mind of another killer, Jodie Foster subverts classic gender...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY THRILLER SILSummary: The Carol Burnett Show ran for 11 straight years, between 1967-1978. It was the ultimate variety show with music, acting, larger-than-life guest stars, and of course, comedy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Distributed by] Time Life 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CARDorgan, Byron L
Summary: "Through the story of Tamara, an abused Native American girl, North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan tells the story of the many children living on Indian reservations. On a winter morning in 1990, Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota picked up the Bismarck Tribune. On the front page, a small girl gazed into the distance, shedding a tear. The headline: "Foster home children beaten--and nobody's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.04 DORDorgan, Byron L.
Summary: When a top-secret research team is hired to develop a clean energy source to minimize America's dependence on foreign oil, Sheriff Nate Osborne and journalist Ashley Borden investigate a saboteur's attack on the experimental power station.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DORDorgan, Byron L.
Summary: When covert agents acquire a computer virus capable of shutting down an entire country's power systems, an ensuing attack unleashes chaos throughout the U.S., pitting North Dakota sheriff Nate Osborne and journalist Ashley Borden against an elite terrorist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DORSummary: Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pluto Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.70443 DORClare, Cassandra
Summary: Follow Jem and see - against the backdrop of the Shadow Market's dark dealings and festival - Anna Lightwood's doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild's great sin, and Tessa Gray as she is plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland's soul finds safe harbor. In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no one can be saved one...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CLAForeman, L. L. (Leonard London)
Summary: Rogue Bishop was a gambler and a freelance troubleshooter. He attracted trouble like a magnet. This time the trouble started with a brawl in a small border town in Mexico -- and continued with Shamrock O'Terran, who was half child, half woman and all spitfire. Shamrock was a blossoming young beauty who just couldn't possibly fit in with Rogue Bishop's plans. Plain and simple, he was a loner....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FORForeman, L. L. (Leonard London)
Summary: Texas wasn't big enough for gambler and gunfighter Rogate "Rogue" Bishop. He'd been invited to come to Cedar Valley to help settle the range war. But once it was over, the gunhands and hardcases were no longer welcome. Rogue figured that Mexico, some three hundred miles away, was his best bet - and that Ceder Valley would be his last troubleshooting job. Despite the fact that he was on the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP W FORCommon
Contents: Joy and peace (feat. Bilal) (2:40) -- Home (feat. Bilbal) (3:31) -- Word from moe luv interlude (:40) -- Black America again (feat. Stevie Wonder) (6:09) -- Love star (feat. Marsha Ambrosius) (5:09) -- On a whim interlude (:41) -- Red wine (feat. Syd the Kid) (4:35) -- Pyramids (3:30) -- A moment in the sun interlude (:51) -- Unfamiliar (feat. PJ) (3:58) -- A bigger picture called free (feat....
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Def Jam 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP COMSummary: He has the appearance and manner of the king, yet he's really a lookalike ... and on his shoulders rests all hope of foiling a blackguard's plot to usurp the throne. Adventure, pageantry and royal intrigue are forged at sword point.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE PRICommon
Contents: Time travelin' (a tribute to Fela) -- Heat -- Coldblooded -- Dooinit -- The light -- Funky for you -- The questions -- Time travelin' reprise -- The 6th sense -- A film called (Pimp) -- NAG champa (Afrodisiac for the world) -- Thelonius -- Payback is a grandmother -- Geto heaven part two -- A song for Assata -- Pops Rap III...all my children.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP COMCommon
Summary: Common's 2014 album, his tenth studio album overall, is inspired by the events taking place in his native Chicago. With tracks like Kingdom, he hopes that this music will serve as a call to action.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Def Jam 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP COMDorham, Kenny
Contents: Disc one K.D.'s blues (10:41) -- Autumn in New York (4:38) -- Monaco (5:33) -- N.Y theme (5:36) -- K.D.'s blues (9:30) -- Hill's edge (8:16) -- A night in Tunisia (9:31) -- Who cares? (4:59) -- Royal roost (8:41). Disc two Mexico City (6:02) -- 'Round about midnight (7:44) -- Monaco (6:37) -- Who cares? (6:21) -- My heart stood still (7:49) -- Riffin' (7:50) -- Mexico City (6:33) -- The Prophet...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Note Records 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ DORForeman, L. L. (Leonard London)
Summary: In the first short story, "Last Stand Mesa," from the San Saba to Dodge City, and many places in between, there were men who remembered Mike McLean -- too many of them. That's why his long dodge is finally over -- and why he now has to make his last stand. "Powdersmoke Empire" sees a wild town -- a hangout for gunmen, thieves, and outlaws -- under the protection of Big Mac. And the ramrod of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FORSummary: Anastasia has broken off her relationship with the troubled Christian to pursue a new career in a Seattle publishing house. While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIFCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIF RATED RCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FIFCommon
Summary: The continuation of Common's movement music. Part two recognizes there is much work to be done while acknowledging progress and starting to live our dreams.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP COMCommon
Contents: Good morning love / (feat. Samora Pinderhughes) (5:31) -- Her love / (feat. Daniel Caesar w/ special guest Dwele) (4:29) -- Dwele's interlude (1:09) -- Hercules / (feat. Swizz Beatz) (2:54) -- Fifth story / (feat. Leikeli47) (5:18) -- Forever your love / (feat. BJ The Chicago Kid) (3:39) -- Leaders (crib love) / (feat. A-Track) (3:41) -- Memories of home / (feat. BJ The Chicago Kid and Samora...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES COMEuday L Bowman
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Jenkins Music 1914
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: In a desert zone in California, a civilian tribunal sentences groups of dissidents and gives them the option of participating in law enforcement exercises in the Bear Montain National Punishment Park. Now these prisoners have to fight for their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PUNSummary: Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson return as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades Freed, the climactic chapter based on the worldwide bestselling Fifty Shades phenomenon. Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018