Summary: This film dramatizes part of the Israeli independence moment, dealing with various factions involved in the internecine struggle between the moderate Haganah and the radical terrorist Irgun Zvai Leumi. Interspersed throughout are segments showing the migration of European Jews to the new land, paying special attention to the ragged survivors of Nazi death camps on board the vessel Exodus,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EXOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Exodus 2002Ragana
Contents: Desolation's Flower (8:29 min) -- Woe (6:35 min) -- Ruins (5:55 min) -- DTA (4:04 min) -- Winter's Light Pt. 2 (7:10 min) -- Pain (3:57 min) -- In the Light of the Burning World (5:15 min)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: The Flenser 2023
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1 available in NEW Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RAGOhio Family Historians (Organization)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: L. F. Harshman 1972
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1Spaceship Media (Organization)
Summary: "Based on an article by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters, the fascinating results of an important nationwide conversation about guns: Can complete strangers representing every point along the political divide engage in civil and productive discourse on the topic of gun control?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.33 GUNSummary: Biographical film following the life of American soldier Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus, the soldier responsible for turning the Israeli Army into a true power for their fight for independence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE CASKraftwerk Organisation (Musical group)
Contents: Tone float (20:37) -- Milk rock (5:17) -- Silver forest (3:15) -- Ryythm salad (4:05) -- Noitasinwaqagro (7:42) / Organisation -- Bonus track: Vor Dem Blauen Bock [correct title: Rückstoss Gondoliere] (11:11) (Beat Club tv theme mai 1971) / Kraftwerk.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Records 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC KRASummary: A film about Julian Assange and the creation of Wikileaks, the controversial website that facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history. Paralleling Assange's rise and fall with that of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the troubled young soldier who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents, the film discusses transparency in the information age and our ever-elusive search for the truth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WEBetancourt, Ingrid
Summary: "From the extraordinary Colombian French politician and activist Ingrid Betancourt, a stunning debut novel about freedom and fate. Set against the backdrop of Argentina's Dirty War and infused with magical realism, The Blue Line is a breathtaking story of love and betrayal by one of the world's most renowned writers and activists. Ingrid Betancourt, author of the New York Times bestselling...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BETSonnie, Amy
Summary: "Some of the most important and little-known activists of the 1960s were poor and working-class radicals. Inspired by the Civil Rights movement, the Black Panthers, and progressive populism, they started to organize significant political struggles against racism and inequality during the 1960s and into the 1970s. Historians of the period have traditionally emphasized the work of white college...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.4 SONPagana, Kathleen Deska
Summary: "Gain quick access to today's most important diagnostic tests and laboratory procedures ... Clear, concise test entries are arranged alphabetically and reflect the latest advances in testing and research." --back cover
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Elsevier 2017
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 610 PAGSummary: A documentary that follows the efforts of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently," a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Broad Green Pictures 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TCFF CITSummary: Northern England, the early 1960's. Frank Machin is a coal miner who is mean, tough and ambitious enough to rise up and become an immediate professional rugby star. The rugby league team is run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THIAndrews, Maxene.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Pub. Corp. 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.7 ANDHarris, Duchess
Summary: "In 1947, black baseball player Jackie Robinson broke through Major League Baseball's color barrier when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson Breaks Barriers examines this historic event from multiple perspectives, including those of Robinson himself, his wife, Rachel, and broadcaster Red Barber. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 796.357092 HARSummary: Alec Guinness plays a timid bank clerk with a perfect scheme to steal a million pounds in gold from the Bank of England. What can possibly go wrong? Everything, in this hysterically funny, madcap masterpiece.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LAVSummary: "Hockey great Gordie Howe retired after 25 winning seasons with the Detroit Red Wings. But he realized that retirement just didn't work for him... When his sons were drafted to the Houston Aeros he came out of retirement to join the team! He was written off by many, who thought he was too old to be playing competitively. Through hard work, perseverance, and the loving support of his wife and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Number Nine (MB) Productions Inc. 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MR.Summary: A story about a young, sensitive English boy whose rocking horse empowers him to predict winning racehorses, at the eventual cost of his life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Vision Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROCAndrews, Maxene.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1993
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5412 ANDSummary: A not-so-musically-inclined band of outlaws pose as a group of amateur musicians, while secretly plotting a major heist. But the sweet landlady, who rents them their "digs," proves to be too much for these cutthroats. They decide to get rid of her ... a task they find easier said than done.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Omar is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets to cross the separation wall to visit his secret love Nadia. But occupied Palestine knows neither simple love nor clear-cut war. When Omar is captured after a deadly act of resistance, he falls into a cat-and-mouse game with the military police. Suspicion and betrayal jeopardize his longtime trust with his childhood friends, but it's soon...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OMASummary: A rock opera about a boy who is traumatized by the murder of his father. He is "cured" several years later, only to be hailed as a "Messiah."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2009
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC TOMSummary: Bob the gambler and his friends learn that the Deauville Casino expects to pull in 800 million francs. On the night of the heist Bob plays the casino tables until the appointed time. Before the dawn breaks, some of the men and women will win, some will lose, and some will die.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2002