D O Connor R Hartley

Format: notated music

Publisher / Publication Date: Robbins 1950

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Summary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007

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Summary: A fifteen-foot-tall Central African gorilla is brought to America to save him from poachers. But his notoriety makes him a target for an enemy from his past.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 1999

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Summary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: Presents a collection of stories by popular authors whose work inside and outside of the mystery genre has been influenced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2018

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Summary: The documentary uses Graham Greene's own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and clips from his many films, to reveal the fascinating life of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. The cast includes John Le Carre, psychologist Kay Jamison, critic David Lodge, Time correspondent Bernard Diederich, former CIA Inspector General Fredrick Hitz, and Greene's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013

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Porter, Cole

Contents: I've got u under my skin -- In the still of the night -- You do something to me -- Begin the beguine -- Love for sale -- Well, did you evah! -- Miss Otis regrets/Just one of those things -- Don't fence me in -- It's all right with me -- Ev'ry time we say goodbye -- Night and day -- I love Paris -- So in love -- Who wants to be a millionaire? -- Too darn hot -- I get a kick out of you -- Down in...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: King Cole, Inc. 1990

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O'Connor, Varley.

Summary: A fictional account of the marriage of ballet master George Balanchine and Tanaquil Le Clercq describes how polio ended Tanny's dancing career, the rehabilitation that deepened their relationship, and how Balanchine's return to ballet tested their marriage.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2012

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Summary: Ebenezer Scrooge, London's meanest old miser and hater of Christmas, is visited by, first, the ghost of his late associate Jacob Marley (who died just seven years ago that day), then by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and of Christmases Yet to Come, who all show him the error of his ways. All this takes place on Christmas Eve, and, the next morning (Christmas Day), Scrooge...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 1995

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Summary: At first, miserable, greedy old Scrooge can't tolerate the revelry of Christmas, much less comprehend its meaning. But visits from his former business partner's ghost and three cautionary specters from the past, present and future force the man to soul-search.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009

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Summary: When a dangerous and powerful magic ring falls into his hands, a hobbit named Frodo gets caught up in an adventure. The mighty wizard Gandalf and a daring band of elves, dwarfs and warriors defend their enchanted land from the wicked sorcerer who would see it destroyed.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2001

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Summary: Captain Jonathan Archer leads the crew of the starship Enterprise NX-01 in humanity's first contact with a myriad of alien species.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2005

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Bartley, D. A.

Summary: Detective Abish Taylor left Utah for a reason, but with her husband's passing she's come home to reconnect with her family. Now she's serving as the sole police detective in the small town of Pleasant View. When the quiet Mormon suburb in the Wasatch Mountains is shaken by a macabre death-- with the hallmarks of a sacred ritual dating back to the days of Brigham Young-- Abbie uncovers the dark...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2018

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Summary: Lucas Jackson is a man who refuses to be nailed down, conform to rules and regulations, or fit into society, and now, he's on a chain gang. He's a likable enough guy, always smiling, always ready for a little fun. He eats 50 hard-boiled eggs on a bet and collects all the money in the camp. He's more or less like the people he hangs around with, except he won't be pushed. He knows his own mind....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2008

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Bartley, Jennifer R.

Contents: Spring -- Summer -- Fall -- Winter.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2010

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Summary: Captain Jonathan Archer leads the crew of the starship Enterprise in humanity's first contact with a myriad of alien species.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2005

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Hyde, Dane

Contents: The Burren ; Maids of Feakle ; Lucy Far's / Barndance/Reels -- -- An sport / Jig by Peadar Ó Riada -- Crooked Jack (Feat. Swallowtail and Friends) / Song by Dominic Behan -- Porthole of the kelp ; Sporting Paddy (Feat. Swallowtail and Friends) / Reels -- All along the Atlantic way / song by Aoife Scott & Enda Reilly -- Foxhunter's / Reel -- Danny Boy / Traditional song -- Mist covered...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Dean Hyde 2020

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Connor, Stephen R.

Contents: What are hospice and palliative care? -- The interdisciplinary team -- Symptom management and physical care -- Psychosocial and spiritual care -- Grief and bereavement -- Community education -- Managing hospice and palliative care -- Hospice and palliative care in the U.S. health care system -- Society and denial -- A right to die? -- How palliative care is unique in the health care system --...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2009

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Conner, Clifford D.

Summary: Challenges popular beliefs that credit such figures as Galileo, Newton, and Einstein with bringing about modern science, explaining how everyday laborers participated in creating science and continue to do so today, in an account that also documents how the development of science affects ordinary people.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Nation books 2005

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