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Summary: Racial tension runs high in 1971 Durham, North Carolina as residents continue to fight the 1954 Supreme Court decision to desegregate their schools. A series of town meetings are called to discuss the matter. Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis, the meeting co-chairs, have very different views. Passionately advocating for school integration is a way of life for Atwater, a champion for Civil Rights. C.P....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BES

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Be

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BES

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BES

Summary: Posing the question to one hundred and fifty of the world's leading scientists and thinkers, this collection of responses reveals what about the present or the future worries each of them the most.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.49 WHA

House, Son.

Contents: Death letter (4:19) -- Pearline (4:32) -- Louise McGhee (6:12) -- John the Revelator (2:30) -- Empire State Express (3:39) -- Preachin' blues (5:43) -- Grinnin' in your face (2:06) -- Sundown (6:12) -- Levee camp moan (9:28) -- Death letter (5:51) -- Levee camp moan (4:50) -- Grinnin' in your face (3:12) -- John the Revelator (2:15) -- Preachin' blues (5:27) -- President Kennedy (3:42) -- A...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Legacy 1992

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HOU

Summary: When Air Force One is shot down by terrorists leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness, there is only one person around who can save him, a thirteen-year old boy called Oskari. In the forest on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his family, Oskari had been planning to track down a deer, but instead discovers the most powerful man on the planet in an escape pod.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Relativity 2015

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House, Son.

Contents: Delta blues -- Government fleet blues -- Walking blues -- Shetland pony blues -- Levee camp blues -- Special rider blues -- Low down dirty dog blues -- Depot blues -- American defence -- Am I right or wrong -- Walking blues -- Country farm blues -- The pony blues -- The jinx blues -- The jinx blues.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Biograph 2003

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HOU

House, Son.

Contents: Death letter (4:19) -- Pearline (4:32) -- Louise McGhee (6:12) -- John the revelator (2:30) -- Empire State Express (3:39) -- Preachin' blues (5:22) -- Grinnin' in your face (2:06) -- Sundown (6:12) -- Levee camp moan (9:28) -- Pony blues (5:17) -- Downhearted blues (6:03).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 1998

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HOU

House, Son.

Contents: My Black Mama, pt. 1 -- My Black Mama, pt. 2 -- Preachin' the blues, pt. 1 -- Preachin' the blues, pt. 2 -- Dry spell blues, pt. 1 -- Dry spell blues, pt. 2 -- Levee camp blues -- Government fleet blues -- Walking blues -- Shetland pony blues -- camp hollers -- Delta blues -- Special rider blues, 2 -- Low down dirty dog blues -- Depot blues -- American defense -- Am I right or wrong? -- Walking...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Proper Records 2004

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HOU

House, Son.

Contents: CD 1. Concert: Intro: Son House talking -- Death letter blues -- Son House talking -- Government fleet blues -- Son House talking -- Empire State Express -- Son House talking -- I want to live so God can use me -- Son House talking -- Preachin' blues -- Son House talking -- Louise McGhee.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcola Records 2011

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HOU

Son House

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2022

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HOU

Summary: A former minor-league basketball coach is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Focus Features, Universal Studios 2023

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CHA

Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DAR

Summary: The legend of the most infamous bandit in the history of the West. Jesse James is the bold bandit whose name became synonymous with train hold-ups, daylight bank heists and every other daredevil crime associated with the lawless West of the 1800s.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN JES

Summary: Presents the Franco Zeffirelli production of Shakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their families, and take their lives.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2000

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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE ROM

Heine, Helme.

Summary: To settle a quarrel between three hens, the king must choose which one lays the most beautiful egg.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Books 1987

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Summary: 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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ESS

Heine, Helme.

Summary: Three friends who love to be together come to the realization that sometimes it's just not possible.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Books 1986

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION Heine

Summary: Jim proposes to Michelle. Hoping to make the wedding day as special as possible for his bride, Jim enlists the help of his friends to help him convince a dressmaker to create the perfect gown and in turn make a good impression on his future in-laws. Stiffler and Finch battle for the attention of Michelle's younger sister Cadence and Jim's Grandmother objects to the wedding because Michelle is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY AME

King, Kaki.

Contents: Bone chaos in the castle -- Life being what it is -- Sad American -- Pull me out alive -- Montreal -- Open mouth -- So much for so little -- Saving days in a frozen head -- Air and kilometers -- Can anyone who has heard this music really be a bad person? -- 2 o'clock.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Velour Recordings 2008

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK Kin

Summary: "After narrowing down hundreds of Broadway hopefuls, Zach leads a select group of dancers on the tryout of their lives. In an audition twist, Zach asks each performer personal and intimate questions--with results that powerfully affect not only the young performers, but the hardened stage veteran as well"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS CHO

Summary: American History X: "Derek Vinyard, the charismatic leader of a group of young white supremacists in Los Angeles, lands in prison for a brutal, hate-driven murder. Upon his release, ashamed of his past and pledging to reform, Derek realizes he must save his younger brother, Danny, from a similar fate. A groundbreaking controversial drama about the tragic consequences of racism in a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA AME

PYLON.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1988

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PYL

Summary: "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man." Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, The UP Series has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every seven years, renowned director Michael Apted, a researcher for Seven Up, has been...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2012

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Various Artists

Contents: St. Louis blues (Bessie Smith) -- Match box blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson) -- Ain't no tellin' (Mississippi John Hurt) -- Lord, I just can't keep from cryin' (Blind Willie Johnson) -- Pigmeat is what I crave (Bo Carter) -- Southern can is mine (Blind Willie McTell) -- Low down St. Louis blues (Lonnie Johnson) -- Revenue man blues (Charley Patton) -- Stormy night blues (Leroy Carr) -- I believe...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1990

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES LEG

Esposito, Joseph A.

Summary: In April 1962, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy hosted forty-nine Nobel Prize winners -- along with many other prominent scientists, artists, and writers -- at a famed White House dinner. Among the guests were J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was officially welcomed back to Washington after a stint in the political wilderness; Linus Pauling, who had picketed the White House that very afternoon;...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 ESP

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