Kantor, Jodi
Summary: Kantor takes readers deep inside the White House as the Obamas try to grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise children, maintain friendships, and figure out what it means to be the first black President and First Lady.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA FAMILY KANSantore, Charles
Summary: Enjoy Aesop’s timeless fables, now available as an oversized padded board book! Charles Santore’s beautiful, best-selling illustrations capture the spirit of these classic fables and make these iconic stories leap off the page. This special oversized padded board book is sturdy, with rounded corners—great for little fingers and messes! These classic tales of memorable and adorable creatures...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Applesauce Press 2019
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Summary: "College fraternity culture has never been more embattled. Once a mainstay of campus life, fraternities are now subject to withering criticism for reinforcing white male privilege and undermining the lasting social and economic value of a college education. No fraternity embodies this problem more than Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a national organization with more than 15,000 undergraduate brothers...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.8 HECKantor, Jodi
Summary: From the Pulitzer-prize winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse comes the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movement.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 KANCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult KantorKantor, Martin.
Contents: Some prominent characteristics of paranoid individuals -- Delusional disorder -- Paranoid personality disorder -- The adverse ways paranoid individuals affect others -- Covert (hidden) and missed paranoia -- The gray area and the paranoia of everyday life -- Interpersonal-social aspects of paranoia/paranoid violence -- Forensic issues -- The roles society and the family play in causing paranoia...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Praeger 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.897 KANSummary: Presents the phenomenon of the polar lights from various aspects. The film crew for this international production shot in Norway, Greenland, Canada, Alaska and New Zealand.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AURGrimm, Jacob
Summary: Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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Summary: Award-winning illustrator Charles Santore perfectly captures the delight of Santa's wondrous visit with unforgettable images that are sure to enchant young believers--and older ones--for Christmas Eves to come.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Applesauce Press, an imprint of Cider Mill Press Book Publishers 2011
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE BOARD MOOSummary: "In his brilliant deptictions of classic children's stories, Charles Santore applies his unique, meticulous vison to people and landscapes both familiar and original. The result is always dazzling."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1998
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The documentary explores the currents of American comedy throughout a century of social and political change, illuminating how comedy has tackled and poked fun at our political system, race relations, gender issues, and the prevailing American standards and taboos in everyday life. Melding performance, biography and history, it features interviews with over 90 comedians, writers, producers,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Educational Broadcasting Corp. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.23 MAKGraham, Loren R.
Contents: Storming a monastery -- A crisis in mathematics -- The French trio : Borel, Lebesgue, Baire -- The Russian trio : Egorov, Luzin, Florensky -- Russian mathematics and mysticism -- The legendary Lusitania -- Fates of the Russian trio -- Lusitania and after -- The human in mathematics, then and now -- Appendix. Luzin's personal archives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510.947 GRASummary: Largely responsible for bold American television in the 1970s, Norman Lear's name is synonymous with the sitcom. From his childhood and early career with his groundbreaking TV success (All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude) and social activism, Lear proved social change was possible through an unlikely prism "laughter" and created some of the greatest moments in television history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF NORSummary: Examines entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.'s journey to create his own identity, as a black man who embraced Judaism, through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress; a veteran of increasingly outdated show business traditions, he strove to stay relevant, even as he found himself bracketed by the bigotry of white America and the distaste of black America. Features new interviews with...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2019
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Summary: Presents a history of the Broadway musical theater, including summaries of the shows, photographs of the stars, posters, sheet music, production stills, and essays by theater luminaries.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bulfinch Press 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.14 KANSummary: Narrated by Tony-and Academy Award-winner Joel Grey, this entertaining documentary mingles cultural history with illuminating perspectives on the origins and meanings of some of Broadway's most beloved songs, stories, and shows. With performances by Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara, Zero Mostel, Nathan Lane, Barbra Streisand, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, and many more!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BROMaslon, Laurence.
Summary: Together again for the first time, here comes the greatest comic book superheroes ever assembled between two covers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MASSummary: Chronicles the history of the American West, starting with the first European explorations and ending with the beginning of the 20th century. Examines the impact of the white settlers on the lives of the Native Americans and the land. Also discusses the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the battle of Little Bighorn, and the massacre at Wounded Knee.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2004