Summary: The brief but incandescent life of rock-and-roll trailblazer Ritchie Valens is immortalized in this enthralling biopic from another Mexican American icon, Luis Valdez, the father of Chicano cinema. With sweetness and swagger, Lou Diamond Phillips embodies the 1950s California teenager who, forged by his fiercely supportive mother and rebellious brother, rises from his farm-working roots to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA BAMSummary: Don't know who Tom Shadyac is? As a writer and a director, Shadyac first unleashed Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor remake on the world, and then a string of film fiascoes, but that's all behind him now. A bike accident left him with a host of debilitating maladies and brought him to the verge of suicide, so he took stock of his life and set out on a quest to answer some of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shady Acres, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ISummary: Brides of Dracula: "Marianne is traveling to Eastern Europe from Paris for a teaching post. She gets stranded at an inn after her stagecoach mysteriously leaves her. She is persuaded to stay at Baroness Meinster's chateau. During her stay Marianne meets the Baroness's son who is chained to a wall. Feeling bad for the son, Marianne frees him, only to discover that he is a vampire. Luckily for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR HAMSummary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACSummary: "Rudy Veloz, a Barrio singing star determened to jump the salsa circuit and aim for big-time success in the mainstream. The rise-and-fall-and-rise storyling takes Rudy on a bumy ride through life in the fast lane: drugs, compromises, easy credit, easy women, broken promises, and shattered dreams." -- container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CROSummary: The search begins. For the mistress and the son of a mob boss. For Barry 'Bottomless Pit' Rosen, missing soon after he won a competitive chili-eating contest. For an air traffic controller who reported possible terrorist activity. For a basketball star, a stripper, a victim of Hurricane Katrina. Some of them are reunited with loved ones. Some remain forever missing. All are part of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WITPagel-Hogan, Elizabeth
Summary: "An inspiring graphic novel about Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaking pioneer who changed the course of World War II. Nazi spy rings! No-good gangsters! Shakespearian lies! Discover the courageous woman who cracked all these cases and more-with only a pencil and paper. The youngest of ten siblings, Elizebeth Friedman stood out from an early age with brilliant language skills and a passion for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRICohen, Lizabeth
Summary: The story of the postwar American city as refracted through the life and career of the urban planner Edward J. Logue In twenty-first-century America, some cities are flourishing and others are struggling, but they all must contend with deteriorating infrastructure, economic inequality, and unaffordable housing. Cities have limited tools to address these problems, and many must rely on the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.3 COHSummary: The worlds of classical and jazz come together like never before with a star studded concert that includes performances from Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, Dave Grusin, Eric Owens, the Henry Mancini Orchestra, and more.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ JAZWallmark, Laurie
Summary: In this picture book biography, young readers will learn all about Elizebeth Friedman (1892-1980), a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA's first cryptology unit. Her story came to light when her secret papers were finally declassified in 2015. From thwarting notorious rumrunners with only paper and pencil to "counter-spying into...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRIHolleville, Élizabeth
Summary: Summer for Louise means sand, surf, and ... the supernatural. Louise spends every summer at her grandma's house with her older sister, cousins, and Rodin the dog. But, this year, her plans to relax and read comics on the beach are about to be turned upside down by a mischievous ghost, bored with being forced to haunt the same house. While the other girls are wrapped up in romance and teenage...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nobrow Ltd 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HOLDiamond, Diana.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DIADiamond, Louise
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Conari Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.6 DIARusch, Elizaberth
Summary: An introduction to the life and contributions of Nikola Tesla covers his innovations in the field of alternating current and his role in the development of such inventions as remote controls, fluorescent lights, and cell phones.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Pr 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TESPosthuma, Lisabeth
Summary: "Joel's new job at the video store is just what the therapist ordered. But what happens if the first true friend he's made in years finds out about What Was Wrong With Him? Seventeen-year-old Joel Teague has a new prescription from his therapist--a part-time job--the first step toward the elusive Normal life he's been so desperate to live ever since The Bad Thing happened. Lucky for Joel, ROYO...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC POSDiamond, Neil.
Contents: America -- Adon olom -- You baby -- Love on the rocks -- Amazed and confused -- On the Robert E. Lee -- Summerlove -- Hello again -- Acapulco -- Hey Louise -- Songs of life -- Jerusalem -- Kol nidre / My name is Yussel -- America (reprise).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol 1984
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC JAZDiamond, Neil.
Contents: I am ... I said -- The last thing on my mind -- Husbands and wives -- Chelsea morning -- Crunchy Granola suite -- Stones -- If you go away -- Suzanne -- I think it's gonna rain today -- I am ... I said.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Records 1971
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DIAJENNESS, DIAMOND
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1957
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.8 JENSummary: Bea, Thomas, and the rabbits have created a makeshift family, but despite his best efforts, Peter can't seem to shake his mischievous reputation. Adventuring out of the garden, Peter finds himself in a world where his mischief is appreciated, but when his family risks everything to come looking for him, Peter must figure out what kind of bunny he wants to be.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PETCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PETCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PETCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PETDeltron 3030 (Musical group)
Contents: Stardate (feat. Joseph Gordon Levitt) -- The return -- Pay the price -- Nobody can (feat. Aaron Bruno of AWOL Nation) -- Lawnchair quaterback, pt. 1 (feat. David Cross and Amber Tamblyn)-- Melding of the minds (feat. Zach De La Rocha) -- The agony (feat. Mary Elizabeth Winstead) -- Back in the day (feat. The Lonely Island) -- Talent supersedes (feat. Black Rob)-- Look across the sky (feat. Mary...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bulk Recordings 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP DELDiacono, Mark.
Summary: A practical guide to growing, harvesting, and cooking your own vegetables.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 DIAGalás, Diamánda.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK GalasWhamond, Dave
Summary: "Nick's supersized ears give him supersized powers. So when he's recruited by Super Fantastic Guy to be a sidekick -- or, as Nick prefers, a superhero assistant -- he leaps at the chance to use his powers for good. Forced to wear a goofy cape and a fanny pack, Nick discovers that being a superhero assistant isn't all it's cracked up to be. Worst of all, he solves the crimes while Super...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WHASummary: Miss Phryne Fisher is a lady detective from Melbourne with a fabulous sense of fun and a flair for solving crimes.In a country reemerging from the shadow of World War I, Phryne takes life in her stride, and murder too. Detective Inspector Jack Robinson works alongside her, although she often outraces him to the crime scene. Season three includes eight all new episodes of the glamorous,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015