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African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Dogs Drama France History 1789-1799, Revolution Drama Fugate, Caril Ann Japanese language Study and teaching Audio-visual aids Robeson, Paul 1898-1976 Starkweather, Charles Raymond 1938-1959 United States War filmsHalkitis, Perry N.
Summary: Out in Time explores the life experiences of three generations of gay men --the Stonewall, AIDS, and Queer generations-- arguing that while there are generational differences in the lived experiences of young gay men, each one confronts its own unique historical events, realities, and socio-political conditions, there are consistencies across time that define and unify the identity formation of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 HALSummary: Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should trust nothing -- including their own search-and-rescue orders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ESSSummary: 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: "An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris"--Marg Baskin in the IMDB, viewed Dec. 12, 2006.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TALSummary: Two childhood best friends, Rafe and Danny, grow up wanting to fly planes. When Rafe gets the chance to join the Royal Air Force during World War II, he takes it, leaving his new love, Evelyn, a dedicated Navy nurse, and Danny, also a pilot, behind. Danny and Evelyn are transferred separately to the idyllic paradise of Hawaii, where they eventually meet through a connection to Rafe, who has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Pearl 2001Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PMacLean, Harry N.
Summary: "On January 21st, 1958, Charles Starkweather and his fourteen-year-old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate changed the course of crime in the United States when they murdered her parents and sister in a house on the edge of Lincoln, Nebraska. They then drove to the nearby small town of Bennet, where they robbed and killed a farmer. When Starkweather's car broke down, the man and woman who stopped to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2023
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Summary: Audio based teaching, no textbook needed. Includes pronounciation, grammar, vocabulary. Level one focuses on essential travel needs; level two and three provide more everyday conversation as well as more comprehensive grammar and vocabulary skills.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: PA 438.3 GERRaymond, Henry N.
Summary: A self-instruction course in Italian focusing on essential travel needs.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penton Overseas 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 458.3 ITARaymond, Henry N.
Summary: Audio based teaching. Includes pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Level one focuses on essential travel needs; levels two and three provide more everyday conversation as well as more comprehensive grammar and vocabulary skills. Includes 3 phrase books for each level.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penton Overseas 2006
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Summary: "What makes an oak tree an oak tree and what makes a squirrel a squirrel? In Squirrel's Family Tree, things aren't always what they seem. As squirrel searches for, finds, and hides her acorn treasures beneath the shadows of the great oak trees in the forest, little does she know the role she plays in creating the very environment she forages in."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FERFerry, Beth
Summary: Derwood the goat has planted a garden and is prepared to defend it from all nibblers, including Tabitha the bunny, whom Derwood is convinced has designs on his growing vegetables; she teases him as the months go by, but after she helps him with the weeding the two become friends and share the feast.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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Summary: A youth and his father emigrate from the mechanical and organized world on overpopulated Earth to become colonists on Ganymede, the third moon of Jupiter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1950
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEISummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUContents: Green fields of France (The Fureys) -- Riverdance (Celtic Roots) -- Sonny (Emmylou Harris, Dolores Keane, Mary Black) -- The parting glass (The Voice Squad) -- Boys of Ballisodore ; The five mile chase (Ben Lennon & friends) -- Four pence a day (Tola Custy & Cyril O'Donoghue) -- The lambs on the green hills (Na Tom TeaimiÌ?n) -- The old bush ; Crooked road to Dublin ; Man of the house (Na...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Petrol 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN IRESummary: All dogs go to heaven: Set in 1939 New Orleans, the story centers on Charles B. Barkin, a roguish German shepherd with the charm of a con man and the heart of a marshmallow. Out for revenge against his double-crossing former partner, a cigar-chomping pit bull known as Carface, Charlie finds himself guardian to a lonely little orphan named Anne-Marie. Her astounding ability to talk to animals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ALLSummary: Audio based teaching, no textbook needed. Includes pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Level one focuses on essential travel needs; levels two and three provide more everyday conversation as well as more comprehensive grammar and vocabulary skills.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On the night of the dedication ceremony of the world's tallest skyscraper, a raging blaze breaks out, threatening the party-goers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE TOWBrown, Rachel W. N.
Summary: Small Camel is given the honor to carry a very important package on a journey, as his master Balthazar, a wise man, goes in search of Baby Jesus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BrownSummary: On the eve of World War II, Roy, a British officer, revisits Waterloo Bridge where he and Myra met and fell in love during an air raid at the beginning of World War I. Heartbroken after Roy was reportedly killed in action, Myra turned to prostitution to make her way. The report, however, was false, and when Roy returns from a POW camp, Myra's shattered spirit may no longer hold any room for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WATSummary: Get your child moving as they sing and dance along with their favorite Sesame Street characters and assorted guest star performers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD Juvenile SBerry, Daina Ramey
Summary: "A Black Women's History of the United States is a critical survey of black women's complicated legacy in America, as it takes into account their exploitation and victimization as well as their undeniable and substantial contributions to the country sinceits inception"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2020