Solomon, Rivers
Summary: "The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society -- and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the [...] song "The Deep" from Daveed Diggs's rap group clipping. Yetu holds the memories for her people -- water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SOLCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SOLSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
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: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OWatson, Willie
Contents: Midnight special (4:39) -- Long John Dean (2:55) -- Stewball (3:47) -- Mother Earth (3:36) -- Mexican cowboy (3:54) -- James Alley blues (4:06) -- Rock salt and nails (3:47) -- Bring it with you when you come (2:47) -- Kitty puss (3:16) -- Keep it clean (3:35).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK WATSummary: "Thirty diverse and award-winning authors and illustrators capture frank discussions about racism, identity, and self-esteem"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.8 TALHudson, Cheryl Willis
Summary: Profiles notable African American women in various fields from Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Tubman, and Ida B. Wells to Condoleeza Rice, Beyoncé, and the founders of Black Lives Matter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920.72 HUDHudson, Cheryl Willis.
Summary: Put on your hard hat and step inside the construction zone: you're invited on a virtual tour of a building in progress.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION HudsonSummary: 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 ESSSummary: Begins by recapitulating the final scene of Henry IV, Part III with Edward IV being crowned king. In the background of the celebration, Richard jealously views the proceedings. Soon afterward, Edward IV is murdered, drowned in a vat of wine. Richard becomes king and, after proceeding with a succession of intrigues and duplicities, he finds his kingdom in dire peril, set upon by Henry Tudor and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RICSummary: The good news for the people who fell in love with the first volume of Country Funk is this: there's plenty more where that came from. Light In The Attic has followed up that first sixteen-track disc with a second volume, and a new set of loose-talking, lap steel-twanging tracks.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY COUO'Hanlon, William Hudson.
Summary: Offers advice on changing one's life, shares ways to solve problems, and shows how to break out of unproductive routines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Begins by recapitulating the final scene of Henry IV, Part III with Edward IV being crowned king. In the background of the celebration, Richard jealously views the proceedings. Soon afterwards, Edward IV is murdered, drowned in a vat of wine. Richard becomes king and, after proceeding with a succession of intrigues and duplicities, he finds his kingdom in dire peril, set upon by Henry Tudor and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RICWilliams, Alicia
Summary: Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey. Now, her mama always told her that if she wanted something, "to jump at de sun", because even though you might not land quite that high, at least you'd get off the ground. So Zora jumped from place to place, from the porch of the general store where she listened to folktales, to Howard University, to Harlem. And everywhere she jumped,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 813.52 WILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HURContents: Charmaine (Frank Brunson) -- Mattie Bee (Emmett Hobson) -- Right now (Zilla Mays) -- Big foot mammy (Paul Williams) -- Hoodoo (Roy Gaines) -- Should, holler and scream (George Benson) -- Blackboard rock (Beverly Wright) -- Bye bye baby (Clayton Love) -- Champ ale (Sonny Brooks) -- The last laugh will be on you (Johnny Bird Orchestra, with Mr. Blue) -- Run a' long (Lil McKenzie) -- I'm trapped...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Key scenes of MacBeth are enacted by classically trained actors, then analyzed and interpreted by internationally renowned Shakespeare scholars. Insightful comments help explain meaning, characters, motives, background action and plot.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: TeleMedia Productions 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.3 MACContents: Gibble gobble (Willie Wright & his Sparklers) -- Broadway (Hank Ballard) -- What makes you so cold (Lulu Reed) -- My nerves (Little Willie John) -- I don't know about you (Lloyd Nolan) -- The slummer the slum (the "5" Royales) -- Where you at Jack (Little Mummy) -- That's it man (the Valentines) -- Mind your own business (Eugene Church) -- Regardless (Charles Brown) -- Here it 'tis right here...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Vampi Soul 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES R&BSummary: 1950, rural Alabama. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt, Tyrone is desperate to lure the young cotton pickers and local Army base recruits into his juke joint and away from the rival club across the way. He lays off his regular talent and hires the famous electric guitar player, Guitar Sam, for a one night only gig. When...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Screen Media Films 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HONDutton, Fred W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.704 DUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 917.70 DUTSummary: Alexis is the girl of Dustin's dreams. After only five weeks of dating, the love-struck Dustin is coming on so strong that Alexis is forced to slow things down to a dead stop. Devastated and desperate to get her back, Dustin turns to his best friend, Tank, the rebound specialists. A master at seducing and offending women, Tank gets hired by freshly dumped guys to take their ex-girlfriends out...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MYWill.i.am.
Summary: "Parental Advisory; explicit content."-- Container insert.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Interscope Records 2013
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP WILSummary: The world famous thief, Carmen Sandiego, plays an intricate game of cat and mouse with teen ACME detectives, Zack and Ivy. Based on the award-winning line of educational computer games, the energizing series is rich in both excitement and education as Carmen Sandiego attempts to steal the most valuable objects in the world. It's up to the detectives and the audience to figure out where in the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cookie Jar 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WHEWatson, William Henry
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Conference 1961
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 280.4 Watson Vol. 2Watson, William Henry
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Publisher / Publication Date: Evangelical Press 1942
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 280.4 Watson Vol. 1 1838-1940Summary: Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015