Summary: Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man's relationship with God and, by extension, a redefinition of man's relationship with authority. Filmed across Europe -- from the rustic rural Germany to the opulence of the Vatican City -- you'll witness the collapse of the medieval world and the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This program examines the conduct of the war, from Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, to the defeatist attitude of Spanish commander Admiral Cerveras, to Cuban General Gomez and his decision to side with the Americans. Actual footage taken at the battles of Las Guasimas, El Caney, and San Juan Hill supports excellent historical commentary, including photos, sketches, and firsthand accounts of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1998
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Rhodes, Morgan
Summary: Snarky seventeen-year-old Josslyn Drake gets infected by a dangerous piece of forbidden magic and teams up with wanted criminal Jericho Nox to remove the spell corrupting her soul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Islamic civilization on world history and culture.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS DVD 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 297.09 ISLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ISLRhodes, Morgan
Summary: Joss and Jericho team up with their greatest enemies--including two of the most powerful mages in the world--to bring an end to the queen's empire of lies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RHOSummary: A tale of one family's ambition and of Europe's struggle to emerge from the ravages of the Dark Ages. The Medici used charm, skill, and ruthlessness to garner unparalleled wealth and power, ruling Europe for more than 300 years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2009
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MEDSummary: The U.S.S. Maine Blown Up in Havana Harbor-268 Men Lost shouted the headlines of the day. Using archival footage, newspaper excerpts, and historical documents, this program traces the roots of the Spanish-American War to Spain's quest to preserve its flagging empire, American imperialism, and the genuine desire on the part of Cubans to shake off the yoke of Spanish domination. It closely...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1998
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Moriarty, Jaclyn
Summary: "Told in multiple voices, after students from elite Brathelthwaite Boarding School and the Orphanage School compete in the Spindthrift Tournament, they team up to face the Whisperers"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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Summary: Kit Livingstone is on the run, hunted by the Burley Men, as he tries to piece together a map that reveals the hidden dimensions of the multiverse. Kit, however, is not the only one traveling through time and space to influence the future of the future.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAWLawhead, Stephen R.
Summary: When Kit Livingstone learns that Britain's "ley lines" are not legends but pathways to other worlds, he's determined to find a map tattooed on a piece of skin in order to travel to the dangerous realms. But are the intricate codes more than they seem--can they really begin a quest to regain paradise?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2010