Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: The final season continues the story of high-spirited heroine, Charlotte Heywood, and her friend, Georgiana Lambe. What adventures, scandals, intrigue and above all else - romance - await them?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV SANMetsch, Christian.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: East Liverpool Morning Tribune Print 1906
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.377163 MetschSummary: Grace has a real talent for baking and a passion for making delicious dreams come true. When her mom announces a trip to visit relatives in Paris, Grace isn't so sure about leaving her friends and their cupcake business.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AMEGist, Deeanne.
Summary: When Joe Denton faces losing half of his land because of his wife's death, he decides to buy a bride from the East to marry only in name but keep as a cook, but things get complicated when Mercer girl Anna Ivey refuses to marry him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2009
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Summary: "From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled by the riches of the Vanderbilts and by Mack Danvers, a mountain man turned footman. When Tillie is enlisted to help tame Mack's rugged behavior by tutoring him in the ways of refined society, the resulting sparks threaten Tillie's But the stakes rise even higher when Mack and Tillie become entangled in a cover-up at the town...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GISGist, Deeanne.
Summary: "Set in 1640's Colonial Virginia, a marriage of convenience becomes most inconvenient when the bride proves more than the planter had bargained for"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GISGist, Deeanne.
Summary: In 1904 Texas Ranger Luke Palmer arrives in Brenham, Texas, with one goal--to capture the gang of outlaws led by Frank Comer. Undercover as a telephone repairman, he uses his days on the range to search, not realizing there's another pair of eyes watching him. Georgie Gail, switchboard operator and birder, heads out on a birding expedition, but instead of sighting a painted bunting, her opera...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GISGist, Deeanne.
Summary: "From the bestselling author of It Happened at the Fair and Fair Play comes a compelling historical novel about a progressive "New Woman"--the girl behind Tiffany's chapel--and the love that threatens it all. As preparations for the 1893 World's Fair setChicago and the nation on fire, Louis Tiffany--heir to the exclusive Fifth Avenue jewelry empire--seizes the opportunity to unveil his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GISGist, Deeanne.
Summary: Essie Spreckelmeyer, a single woman in 1890s Texas, casts her sights on her town's remaining bachelors and widowers to find a match made in heaven while leaving God out of it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2007
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Summary: Tony Morgan's new job finds him butting heads with Essie Spreckelmeyer, who runs her father's company, Sullivan Oil, and causes him problems when she contradicts his orders, drafts him into a bicycle race, and tangles with his ambitions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GISGist, Deeanne.
Summary: From the day she arrives at the Biltmore, Tillie Reese is dazzled--by the riches of the Vanderbilts and by Mack Danvers, a mountain man turned footman. When Tille is enlisted to help tame Mack's rugged bahavior by tutoring him in proper servant etiquette, the resulting sparks threaten Tillie's efforts to be chosen as Edith Vanderbilt's lady's maid. After all, the one rule of the house is no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GISElodie.
Contents: La Vallée Du Sommeil -- Corridor -- Vieux Silence -- La Nuit Voilée -- Au Point Du Jour -- Le Temps d'Antan -- Entre Deux Mondes -- La Saison Blanche.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ideologic Organ 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ELOGoat Girl
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK GOAGeist, Bill.
Summary: "From popular TV hosts and bestselling authors Bill and Willie Geist, a hilarious testament to the special nature of father-son relationships. In GOOD TALK, DAD, this talented father-son team shares stories of their funny and heartwarming relationship. Told in a unique back-and-forth banter style, this extended conversation riffs on everything from music and sports to summer camp, driving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 818.602 GEISummary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: No longer the new girl in town, Mary has come to think of the newsroom staff as family. But along with the good times and close friendships come the often trying and ultimately hilarious situations every family faces. From Mary explaining the facts of life to Phyllis' daughter to going on a blind date to attending her disastrous high school reunion, Mary has to cope with every situation...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MARField, Ellyce
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 FieGipi
Summary: Dual graphic narratives by the acclaimed Italian cartoonist demonstrate how the choices our ancestors made dramatically affect generations to come. Silvano Landi is a successful writer who, at the age of 50, sees his family leave him and his life fall apart. Landi's great-grandfather, Mauro, is an anxious soldier being fed to the maw of carnage in the First World War. Alternating between past...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GIPGeist, Valerius.
Summary: Photographs and text trace the cultural and natural history of the North American bison, looking at how the U.S. government practically eliminated the buffalo in the mid-1880s in an attempt to force Native Americans onto reservations, and discussing later conservation efforts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 1996
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2 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 599.643 GEIGast, Natalie.
Summary: This book is designed for intermediate and advanced level English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) or English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) learners already in, or planning to be in, the workforce in the United States, and it will help you reinforce the skills you have in order to be more valuable to your employer.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 GASGift, Nancy
Summary: "'Good Weed, Bad Weed' is a friendly, authoritative, easy-to-use guide to the uninvited plants in our yard: who they are, how to control them safely - and why it's a good idea to love some of them just the way they are (including a chart for how best to let our labor-intensive lawns go native."--From publisher description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Lynns Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 581 GIFGrist, Everett.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collector Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.762 GRIGoat.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2021