Summary: Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent family who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Looks at the mystique surrounding chef and restaurateur Georges Perrier at the time leading up to the closing of his iconic Philadelphia restaurant Le Bec-Fin, which in Perrier's own estimation was the last true French restaurant in the U.S.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF KINEinhorn, Richard
Contents: Exclamavit (3:07) -- Victory at Orleans (5:04) -- Interrogation (6:43) -- The jailers (2:58) -- Pater Noster (9:06) -- Torture (5:22) -- Illness (4:17) -- Sacrament (5:09) -- Abjuration (7:38) -- Relapse (3:44) -- Karitas (2:05) -- Anima (5:28) -- The final walk (3:01) -- The burning (3:03) -- The fire of the dove ; Epilogue (3:54).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL EINSummary: 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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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA TODSummary: A documentary-style drama chronicling the rise and fall of the title character, a real-life Mob chieftain who rose to prominence in post-WWII Sicily.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SALSummary: A humble draper's clerk, Polly is profoundly affected by a variety of personal relationships, most notably with colorful Uncle Jim and his nagging wife Miriam. Ultimately, he finds happiness in an even humbler pursuit than the drapery business.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: VCI Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HISBurnier & Cartier
Contents: Só tem lugar pra você -- Aldeia global -- Lejos de mi -- Lembrando Ed Kleiger -- Deixa mudar -- Parte capital -- Mirandolina -- Aí é que tá -- Aventura espacial -- Barranco -- Europanema -- Marcante.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mr Bongo 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BURLevel, Brian
Summary: "When Beth Wills comes to Silk Hills, a small Appalachian town that's seen better days since the mines were abandoned, she expected a bit of culture shock... But not like this! Beth is someone who has a talent for finding people who don't want to be found, and when she's called to Silk Hills by a local titan of industry, she can tell that something's not right. Little does she know... Silk...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Schubert, Franz
Contents: An die Entfernte, D. 765 / Goethe (3:14) -- Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774 / Stolberg (3:24) -- Der Schiffer, D. 536 / Mayrhofer (1:49) -- Der Wanderer, D. 649 / von Schlegel (3:46) -- Nachtgesang, D. 314 / Kosegarten (3:56) -- Das Zügenglöcklein, D. 871 / Seidl (3:54) -- Der Jüngling und der Tod, D. 545 / von Spaun (4:08) -- Das Heimweh, D. 456 / Hell (1:23) -- Das Lied im Grünen, D. 917 /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL SchubContents: Baby scratch my back (Slim Harpo) -- I hear you knockin' (Lazy Lester) -- Everybody needs somebody (Silas Hogan) -- Prisoner song (Warren Storm) -- One more chance (Carol Fran) -- My home is a prison (Lonesome Sundown) -- Wild cherry (Leroy Washington) -- Rooster blues (Lightnin' Slim) -- This should go on forever (Guitar Gable) -- I would be a sinner (Charles Sheffield) -- Hey! Baby (Al...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES EXCSummary: Thomas and Alfred were born around the same time; a fire in the nursery had nurses scrambling to save the newborns. Because he felt that he deserved Alfred's good fortune at being born into a wealthy family, Thomas conceives the idea that he and Alfred were switched at birth, and he can't help seeing that his unhappiness should be Alfred's, from the loss of his sister to his inability to have a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arrow Academy 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN TOTSummary: "Inspired by the title Dorothea Benton Frank planned for her next book--Reunion Beach--these close friends and colleagues channeled their creativity, admiration, and grief into stories and poems that celebrate this ... woman and her abiding love for the Lowcountry of her native South Carolina--a land of beauty, history, charm, and Gullah magic she ... brought to life in her acclaimed novels"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC REUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: LP FIC REUSnodgress, Carrie
Summary: A housewife dissatisfied with her domestic life begins an affair with a writer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DIASchubert, Franz
Contents: Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III) (6:18) -- Ganymed (4:16) -- Mignon-Lieder. Kennst du das Land (4:25) ; Heiss mich nicht reden (3:54) ; So lasst mich scheinen (3:25) ; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (3:23) -- Liebhaber in allen Gestalten (1:58) -- Heidenrs̲lein (1:51) -- Nh̃e des Geliebten (3:40) -- Die Forelle (2:17) -- Auf dem Wasser zu singen (3:39) -- Im Abendrot (4:01) -- Horch, horch die Lerch...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teldec 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL SCHSummary: For best friends Becky and Hunter, life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD FALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER FALWebb, Jimmy.
Contents: Sleepin' in the daytime (featuring Lyle Lovett) -- Easy for you to day (featuring Carly Simon) -- Elvis and me (featuring the Jordanaires) -- Where's the playground, Susie? (featuring Keith Urban) -- Still within the sound of my voice (featuring Rumor) -- If these walls could speak (featuring David Crosby and Graham Nash) -- Moon's a harsh mistress (featuring Joe Cocker) -- Another lullaby...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Entertainment One 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY WEBBhadra, Sangeeta
Summary: "This is the house where Jill plays. This is the oak that holds the house where Jill plays. This is the nut that fell from the oak that holds the house where Jill plays ... So begins Sangeeta Bhadra's The Nut that Fell from the Tree, a cumulative tale that pays homage to "The House that Jack Built," and a playful account of how difficult it is for an acorn to grow up into an oak! The story...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BHARich, Carrie
Summary: "A citizen statesperson is a superpowered individual who is committed to improving his or her community and the world through values and activism. Two dynamics drive the need for citizen statespeople at this moment: 1) loss of confidence in traditional institutions of power, and 2) the technology that contributes to the superpowered individual. Being a citizen statesperson starts at a local...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.4 RICSummary: Carla works in a real estate office and has a hearing problem. Carla makes the acquaintance of Paul, a small-time criminal who has just been released from prison on parole. Before long, it becomes obvious that Paul is having an influence on Carla's normally stable nature. Carla and Paul's actions go from malicious to seriously criminal when Paul hatches a scheme to rob a nightclub owner to whom...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN REAVo, Minh-Tri
Summary: "Create delicious dishes from My Neighbor Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, and more with this cookbook inspired by the stunning worlds of Studio Ghibli! Whether they offer a moment of family bonding, comfort in difficult situations, or pesky temptations, the kitchen scenes are always of central importance in Studio Ghibli films. Now, with Studio Ghibli: The Unofficial Cookbook, you can recreate...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Editions 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A group of bestselling authors pays tribute to legendary New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank and her literary legacy, capturing her unforgettable spirit, joy, and humor in stories of reunions and love.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REUCourrier, Kevin
Summary: In the spring of 1969, the inauspicious release of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's Trout Mask Replica, a double-album featuring 28 stream-of-consciousness songs filled with abstract rhythms and guttural bellows, dramatically altered the pop landscape. Yet even if the album did cast its radical vision over the future of music, much of the record's artistic strength is actually drawn from...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 COUCarrier, Chubby.
Contents: Too hot to handle 3:57. -- Who stole the hot sauce? 4:25. -- Turn on your lovelight 5:24. -- Cisco Kid 7:03. -- Wasting time 5:25. -- Fire on the mountain 6:58. -- Will it go round in circles 3:28. -- Band intro/creole music 7:22. -- Rock me baby 10:04.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Louisiana Red Hot Records 1998