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Dion Dyson, Michael Eric Dyson, Michael Eric. Edison, Erin. Krogh, Egil Reynolds, Emma Starks, KyleContents: Hide and seek / Winley, Byrd (5:23) -- T.V. momma / Lou Willie Turner (6:24) -- Corrine, Corrina / Williams, Chatman, Parrish (3:28) -- Cherry red / Turner, Johnson (4:32) -- Shake, rattle and roll / Charles Calhoun (3:39) -- Since I fell for you / Budedy Johnson (4:36) -- Flip, flop & fly / Calhoun, Turner (4:28) -- Everyday I have the blues / Peter Chatman (6:15) -- Good morning blues /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ TURKrogh, Egil
Summary: "The true story of The White House Plumbers, a secret unit inside Nixon's White House, and their ill-conceived plans stop the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, and how they led to Watergate and the President's demise. In a secluded office in President Nixon's White House in 1971, Egil "Bud" Krogh was summoned to a closed-door meeting by his mentor-and a key confidant of the president-John...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.924 KROEdison, Erin.
Summary: "A board book format with movable parts illustrates the demolition of structures using explosives"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2014
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BRDEdison, Erin.
Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the well-known English primatologist who was the first scientist to study wild chimpanzees in their natural environment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GOODyson, Michael Eric
Summary: "Interconnected stories present a picture of racial inequality in America, showing systemic discrimination in all areas of society and showing the unbroken line of Black resistance to this inequality"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323.1 DYSDyson, Michael Eric
Summary: JAY-Z: Made in America is the fruit of Michael Eric Dyson's decade of teaching the work of one of the greatest poets this nation has produced, as gifted a wordsmith as Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Rita Dove. But as a rapper, he's sometimes not given the credit he deserves for just how great an artist he's been for so long. This book wrestles with the biggest themes of JAY-Z's career,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAY-Z DYSDyson, Michael Eric
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop, a passionate call to America to finally reckon with race and start the journey to redemption. The night of May 25, 2020 changed America. George Floyd, a 43-year-old Black man, was killedduring an arrest in Minneapolis when a white cop suffocated him. The video of that night's events went viral, sparking the largest protests in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 DYSDyson, Michael Eric
Summary: "In 1963 Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought out James Baldwin to explain the rage that threatened to engulf black America. Baldwin brought along some friends, including playwright Lorraine Hansberry, psychologist Kenneth Clark, and a valiant activist, Jerome Smith. It was Smith's relentless, unfiltered fury that set Kennedy on his heels, reducing him to sullen silence. Kennedy walked away...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 DYSDyson, Michael Eric.
Summary: Dyson offers a provocative exploration into the meaning of America's first black presidency, and an analysis of how race and blackness shape our understanding of Barack Obama's achievements and failures, and America's racial future.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.8 DYSSummary: It is the Middle Ages, and nothing is more feared in England than Viking warriors. In one of many raids, Viking leader Ragnar kills the English king and forces himself on the Queen. With the King dead, his brother takes the thrown but unknown to anyone but a trusted servant, the Queen is now with child. In order to protect the boy, he is sent away to be raised in safety away from the new King....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 2002
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE VIKDyson, Michael Eric
Summary: "For more than thirty years, Michael Eric Dyson has played a prominent role in the nation as a public intellectual, university professor, cultural critic, social activist and ordained Baptist minister. He has presented a rich and resourceful set of ideas about American history and culture. Now for the first time he brings together the various components of his multihued identity and eclectic...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 DYSDyson, Michael Eric
Summary: Fifty years ago Malcolm X told a white woman who asked what she could do for the cause, 'Nothing.' Michael Eric Dyson believes he was wrong. Now he responds to that question. If society is to make real racial progress, people must face difficult truths, including being honest about how Black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 DYSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.800973 DYSDyson, Michael Eric.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Civitas Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.649 DYSContents: Disc 1. Penny reel / Lord Power & Calypso Quintet -- Lollipop girl / The Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & his Group -- Judgment Day / Laurel Aitken with Ken Richards & his Harmonisers -- In and out the window / Monty & Roy with Drumbago's Orchestra -- Feel so fine (aka feel so good) / Derrick & Patsy with Drumbago's Band -- River bank part 1 (aka bank to bank) / Baba Brooks & his Band -- Rough...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sanctuary Records Group 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE TREReynolds, Emma
Summary: Emma Reynolds shines a spotlight on sixteen incredible youth activists from around the world who are fighting to protect the planet and all life on Earth. From Autumn Peltier campaigning for clean water to Edgar Edmund Tarimo turning plastic waste into building materials-and many more-these inspiring true stories highlight the importance of taking charge and creating change. Beautifully...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REYSummary: A young woman, after breaking off an affair with an older man, finds herself in Rome and alone. She becomes friends with a young stockbroker, but after he has an accident, she once again finds herself alone.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ECLDion
Summary: A street poet and singer of extraordinary versatility, range, and resonance, Dion defined rock n' roll for a generation. Now he has returned to his deepest roots and influences to release his first blues album with mostly original songs.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Horizon 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DIOSummary: Zero Motivation is a unique, sharply observed, sometimes dark and often hilarious portrait of everyday life for a unit of young, female soldiers in a remote Israeli desert outpost. Playing out like M*A*S*H meets Orange is the New Black, Talya Lavie's debut details the power struggles of three women with different agendas and very little to do. Pencil-pushers in the Human Resources Office, best...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ZERSummary: When a local politician attempts to come between a single dad and his adopted daughter, they fight to remain a family, and the bond between father and daughter is strengthened.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Simple 2003Summary: Scott is 15 and growing up in suburban Long Island. While caught up in his first love, Scott watches the relationships of his parents and neighbors slowly crumble as they try to keep up with the changing times.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Screen Media Films 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LYMSummary: Told from the perspectives of eight different Pacific Island cultures, directed by eight different female Pacific filmmakers, and starring eight different indigenous actresses as the title character, this portmanteau film about female empowerment tells the story of one fictitious woman's life in eight separate vignettes, each segment advancing a decade or so forward, deploying a single...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VAIStarks, Kyle
Summary: This volume features more adventures of genius scientist Rick Sanchez and his timid grandson Morty Smith.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RICDion
Contents: Take it back (with Joe Bonamassa) -- Hey diddle diddle (with G.E. Smith) -- Dancing girl (with Mark Knopfler) -- If you wanna rock 'n' roll (with Eric Clapton) -- There was a time (with Peter Frampton) -- Cryin' shame (with Sonny Landreth) -- The night isyoung (with Joe Menza, Wayne Hood) -- That's what the doctor said (with Steve Conn) -- My stomping ground (with Billy F Gibbons) -- Angel in...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2021