Summary: This is the true-life story of a junkie turned multimillionaire drug lord. With the first hand testimony of the Godfather himself, Nicky Barnes, who was the most powerful black drug kingpin in New York City history. From humble beginnings, he came to dominate the heroin distribution business. Trusted and trained by the Italians, he set up his own crime family --The Council.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MRDamn Yankees (Musical group)
Contents: Coming of age -- Bad reputation -- Runaway -- High enough -- Damn Yankees -- Come again -- Mystified -- Rock city -- Tell me how you want it -- Piledriver.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DAMReverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Contents: Ways and means -- Rattle can -- Dirty hustlin' -- I'll pick you up -- Too cool to dance -- No tellin' when -- Sad songs -- Crime to be poor -- Til we die -- Nothing's easy but you and me -- Come down angels.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES REVReverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Contents: Devils look like angels -- Something for nothing -- We'll get through -- Big blue Chevy '72 -- Shut the screen -- Skake 'em off like fleas -- Easy come easy go -- I don't know -- Don't grind it down -- Money goes -- Move along mister -- Between the ditches -- Brokedown everywhere -- Brown County bound.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Side One Dummy Records 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES REVSummary: The Best Eighties Album contains the defining tracks of the decade features some of the biggest hits from artists including Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Bonnie Tyler, Toto, Adam & The Ants, KC & The Sunshine Band, The Bangles, Billy Ocean, James Brown and many more.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ONEVarious Artists
Contents: It's my life / No Doubt -- Toxic / Britney Spears -- Stand up / Ludacris feat. Shawnna -- Holidae in / Chingy feat. Ludacris and Snoop Dogg -- Gangsta nation / Westside Connection feat. Nate Dogg -- Bounce / Sarah Connor -- Shut up / Black Eyed Peas -- Gigolo / Nick Cannon feat. R. Kelly -- Me, myself and I / Beyoncé -- Shorty doowop / Baby Bash feat. Perla Cruz & Russell Lee -- I don't want...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWSummary: A collection of fifteen horror stories centering on Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, face down death, and survive.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ray's ongoing family upheaval has taken an emotional toll, leaving him more vulnerable than ever. LA's preeminent fixer is heading into uncharted territory and will soon discover that some damage cant be controlled.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV RAYDamon
Contents: Disc 1: Song of a gypsy -- Poor poor genie -- Don't you feel me -- Did you ever -- Funky funky blues -- Do you -- The night -- Feel your love -- Birds fly so high -- The road of life -- Oh what a good boy I am -- Song of a gypsy (45 version) -- Song of a gypsy (demo version) -- Poor poor genie (demo version).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Now-Again 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DAMSummary: Ray rebuilds his life both personally and professionally in New York City. After being rescued from a plummet into the East River, his savior, a cop named Mac, brings Ray into the Staten Island Police Departmentfraternity. While exploring this new world of brotherhood and corruption, Ray finds himself once again working for media mogulSamantha Winslow. Sam has teamed up with New York City...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV RAYSummary: One of the most critically acclaimed dramas on television is back with its most exciting season yet! After the bloody Minassian shootout, Ray Donovan is focused on healing himself and his damaged relationship with his family. But Ray is soon pulled back into his old life by a troubled boxer and an enigmatic art dealer with ties to the Russian mafia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV RAYContents: A spectacle (Can) (5:39) -- Devotion (Between) (3:46) -- Dino (Harmonia) (3:29) -- This morning (Gila) (5:45) -- Rambo Zambo (Kollectiv) (11:39) -- La chasse aux microbes (Michael Bundt) (8:30) -- Filmmuzik (E.M.A.K.) (3:15) -- Morgengruss (Popol Vuh) (2:57) -- Auf dem Schwarzen Canal (Conrad Schnitzler) (3:12) -- Rheinita (La Düsseldorf) (7:37) -- Veterano (Harmonia) (3:55) -- It's a rainy day...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DEUSummary: After twelve years in prison, a convicted sex offender struggles to regain the life he lost, while grappling with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WOOLevis, Caron
Summary: The letters C and K have an argument when K accuses C of stealing all the good words that start with the "k" sound.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEVSummary: An alcoholic and drug addict, 23 year-old James has two options: treatment or death. After waking up on a plane with a smashed up face and no memory of the past few weeks, he heads to rehab where he discovers much more than detox and therapy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MILCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MiSummary: A silver-tongued swindler cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying expensive musical instruments and uniforms for a planned boys' marching band. His scam is complicated by his feelings for the local librarian, who is also the only person in town who knows anything about music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2003
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MUSCase, Anne
Summary: "This book documents the decline of white-working class lives over the last half-century and examines the social and economic forces that have slowly made these lives more difficult. Case and Deaton argue that market and political power in the United States have moved away from labor towards capital-as unions have weakened and politics have become more favorable to business, corporations have...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.28 CASSummary: In the anarchic town of Seaside, nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy & Punch perform their marionette show, which is a hit due to Judy's superior puppeteering. But Punch's driving ambition and penchant for whiskey lead to an inevitable tragedy that Judy must avenge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY JUDSummary: Juggling a relationship, parental responsibilities, friendships, and a sick brother while earning a living would be difficult for anyone, but it's particularly difficult when you're a criminal for hire. Ray Shoesmith takes care of people collecting debts, relieving them of drugs and guns, and often taking care of them on a more permanent basis. Ray demands respect and does not tolerate it when...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MR.Shaw, Dash
Summary: "During the Civil War, many Quakers were caught between their fervent support of abolition, a desire to preserve the Union, and their long-standing commitment to pacifism. When Charles Cox, a young Indiana Quaker, slips out early one morning to enlist in the Union Army, he scandalizes his family and his community. Leaving behind the strict ways of Quaker life, Cox is soon confronted with the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Comics 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 SHADash, Meredith
Summary: Introduces the holiday of Labor Day and how and why it is celebrated in the United States.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.264 DASCash, Johnny
Summary: The Essential Johnny Cash was issued to commemorate Cash's 70th birthday. All of his very biggest hits are here in this 2-disc, 36 track collection.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL COUNTRY CASSummary: Richard Alpert, after being expelled from Harvard in 1963 for experimenting with LSD, morphed into Ram Dass, a serious and much loved spiritual leader, author and lecturer. This film visits Ram Dass in 2001 as he remakes his life since suffering a stroke five years ago. Balances fascinating, often hilarious footage from the hippie era with contemporary material and interviews with Ram Dass and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Video 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RAMSummary: Filmmaker Ken Burns invited some of country music's finest artists to gather at Ryman Auditorium to celebrate the launch of his PBS series Country Music. Burns curated an evening of selected highlights from the series combined with performances of the music's iconic songs by some of country's finest artists including Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, Kathy Mattea, Marty Stuart, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019