Summary: This spoof of documentary films stars Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, the famous "Chameleon Man" of the 1920's, whose personality was so vague he would assume the characteristics of whomever he came into contact with. Filmed in black-and-white, the movie simulates the look of a newsreel, complete with stentorian narration.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ZELHarman, Patricia
Summary: Though the Great Depression is behind the them, troubles are not, for Europe is at war. It is only be a matter of time before the U.S. enters the fray. In the town of Hope River, midwife Patience Hester's husband, Daniel has vowed never to take up arms again; he saw too much bloodshed during the First World War. When he is imprisoned for his beliefs, Patience and their four children are left...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION HARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Harman 2018Harman, Patricia
Summary: The Great Depression has hit West Virginia hard. Men are out of work; women struggle to feed hungry children. Luckily, Nurse Becky Myers has returned to care for them. While she can handle most situations, Becky is still uneasy helping women deliver their babies. For these mothers-to-be, she relies on an experienced midwife, her dear friend Patience Murphy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HARHarman, Patricia
Summary: Recounts how the author learned to deliver babies and her experiences in rural communes, political activism, and urban counterculture in the 1970s.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARMAN, PATRICIA HARHarman, Patricia
Summary: Patricia Harman, a nurse-midwife, manages a women's health clinic with her husband, Tom, an ob-gyn, in West Virginia--a practice where patients open their hearts, where they find care and sometimes refuge. Patsy's memoir juxtaposes the tales of these women with her own story of keeping a small medical practice solvent and coping with personal challenges.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARMAN, PATRICIA HARHarman, Patricia
Summary: Midwife Patience Murphy has a gift: a talent for escorting mothers through the challenges of bringing children into the world. Working in the hardscrabble conditions of Appalachia during the Depression, Patience takes the jobs that no one else wants, helping those most in need--and least likely to pay. She knows a successful midwifery practice must be built on a foundation of openness and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARHarman, Patricia
Summary: When Clara's life takes a nosedive, she realizes she hasn't been tending to her own needs and she runs away to start over in a place where no one knows her or about the mess she left behind in West Virginia. She learns that no matter how far you run, you can never truly hide from your past.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of Harpercollins 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Harman 2017Jordan, Patrick
Summary: By any measure, Dorothy Day lived a fascinating life. She was a journalist, activist, single mother, convert, Catholic laywoman, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. A lifelong radical who took the gospels at their word, Dorothy Day lived among the poor as one of them, challenging both church and state to build a better world for all people. Steeped in prayer, the liturgy, and the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Christian JordanSummary: Starship troopers: Charts the lives of elite members of the Mobile Infantry, a corps of dedicated young men and women soldiers fighting side by side in the ultimate intergalactic war ... the battle to save humankind. The enemy is mysterious and incredibly powerful with only one mission: survival of their species no matter what the human cost.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STASummary: "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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUSummary: "Nicolas Case plays... Nick Cage! Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage accepts a million-dollar offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take an unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and he must use his legendary acting skills, channeling his most iconic and beloved characters to become a real-life action...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY UNBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE UNBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie UnbearableCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNBSummary: Morgan Adams, the female captain of a pirate ship, is on a treasure hunt for millions of pounds of gold reportedly buried somewhere on Cutthroat Island. She and her uncles each hold sections of the map to the treasure. While Morgan is willing to make deals and agree to share the wealth in order to put the map together, her Uncle Dawg would rather kill everyone in his way, including his niece.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 1995
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CUTSummary: When a man murders his nagging wife because his affections have turned to her far-more-pleasant younger sister, it appears he has executed the perfect crime--until a minor slip-up arouses the suspicions of a family friend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CONSummary: In the most dazzling debut feature in cinema history, twenty-five-year-old writer-producer-director-star Orson Welles synthesized the possibilities of sound-era filmmaking into what could be called the first truly modern movie. In telling the story of the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of a William Randolph Hearst-like newspaper magnate named Charles Foster Kane, Welles not only created the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Professional musician and experienced harmonica teacher Bobby Joe Holman gives the clearest and easiest instructions for learning the basics of harmonica playing, how to hold the harmonica, play a melody, use chords and play folk, country and blues.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hal Leonard 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 788 PLAMorgan, Alex (Alexandra Patricia)
Summary: The girls deal with the challenges of being on a traveling team, how to keep friendships going, and trying to save the elementary school's soccer program.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of Abdo 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MORSummary: Thirteen years after their son's murder at the hands of a racist gang, Stephen Lawrence's parents continue their fight for justice. Meanwhile, DCI Clive Driscoll is convinced the case can still be solved, despite opposition from within the police.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CONSummary: 1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JAMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ja 3Summary: 1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD JAMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ja 1-2Morgan, Alex (Alexandra Patricia)
Summary: When Devin's team gets mad at her for helping the competition, she has to prove that she isn't choosing sides.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of Abdo 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MORMorgan, Alex (Alexandra Patricia)
Summary: Devin has to figure out who is trying to sabotage her team before the Kicks' championship hopes disappear for good.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of Abdo 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MORMorgan, Alex (Alexandra Patricia)
Summary: "The middle school soccer team is facing a lot of pressure to be league champions--will they buckle under it or will they manage to succeed?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MORMorgan, Alex (Alexandra Patricia)
Summary: Devin makes friends on her new soccer team and hopes to pull the team together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of Abdo 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbor Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is, Anthony seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father's plans to sell the family farm to his American nephew, Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021