Summary: Examines the interconnectivity between human beings and the natural world. Discusses ways in which the increasing estrangement from nature, brought on by modern lifestyles, is proving harmful both to people and the environment. Looks at biomimicry, the study of nature for the purpose of engineering new technologies. Argues that a reconnection with nature could be essential for restoring...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOVSummary: After a car accident claims the life of his sister-in-law and leaves his 5-year-old nephew an orphan, a thirtysomething man named Thien leaves Saigon for a trip back to his rural hometown. During his meditative, wandering visit, Thien wrestles with his own agnosticism in the face of others' religious beliefs, summons memories of his long-disappeared brother, and reconnects with a former...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: The Best Eighties Album contains the defining tracks of the decade features some of the biggest hits from artists including Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Bonnie Tyler, Toto, Adam & The Ants, KC & The Sunshine Band, The Bangles, Billy Ocean, James Brown and many more.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ONESummary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MIDClaybourne, Anna
Summary: " With a double cover, one half of the book is focused on the sky during the day, while if you turn the book over the other half focuses on the sky at night. Inside, readers can discover all about airborne wildlife, weird weather, aircraft, stars and constellations, and their mythology. What do you see when you look up at the sky? It may seem like a big, empty space, but it's busier than you...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Welbeck Editions 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In nineteenth-century rural Vietnam, fourteen-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. Soon, she learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child. May's hope to change her status turns into a real and tantalizing possibility when she gets pregnant. Faced with forbidden love and its devastating consequences, May finally...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THISummary: Bong is a highly respected hardline cop with a long history of success on dangerous cases. However, his past unexpectedly comes back to haunt him when a sting operation is attacked by a mysterious group of criminals led by Ngo, his former protégé, a talented former officer who had once respected and admired Bong. However, a terrible mistake three years prior landed him in prison, quickly...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2021
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RAGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RAGSummary: The Hollow crown: "New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard II; King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2; King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOLSummary: The Great returns in Season Two from Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee Tony McNamara (The Favourite). Catherine finally takes the Russian throne for her own- but if she thought coup-ing her husband was difficult, it's nothing compared to the realities of liberating a country that doesn't want to be. She'll battle her court, her team, even her own mother in a bid to bring the Enlightenment...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRESummary: The first Iranian Vampire Western ever made. A joyful mash up of genre, archetype, and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films and the Iranian New Wave.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2015
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GIRLee, Bunny
Contents: Enter into his gates with praise / Johnny Clarke-- The dub station / King Tubby meets Tommy McCook and the Aggrovators -- Why you do that / Gene Rondo -- Magnum force / Vin Gordon & The Aggrovators -- So Jah Seh / Jackie Edwards -- So Jah Seh Dub / The Aggrovators -- Principle and dignity / Jah Youth -- King Tubby Dub / King Tubby meets Tommy McCook and the Aggrovators -- Real born African /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE LEESummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: The Final Season revolves around more court machinations, complicated relationships, and coup attempts. Catherine is still in charge, meeting with peasants and nobles to get input on her quest to modernize Russia. She₂s working on bonding with Peter and their young son Paul. Meanwhile, the sidelined Peter tries his hand at "First Husband" duties like hunting and inventing new cuisines but soon...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GREContents: disc 1. Glorify Him / Darwin Hobbs -- Do you know Him (Trendsetters mix) / Marvin Sapp -- No way / Tye Tribbett & G.A. -- Let go (The Godson concept) / Kierra "KiKi" Sheard -- Set me free / Myron Butler & Levi -- Gonna lift your name / Anointed -- God didn't give up / Deitrick Haddon -- Save me / Mary Mary -- Purified / CeCe Winans -- I will find a way / Fred Hammond -- God is able / Smokie...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Verity/Word/Zomba Label Group 2005
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS WOWCall number: CD RELIGIOUS Wow
Summary: It's Valentine's Day with The Cat in the Hat, a great time to make friends with the Cat. Spend the whole day with wonderful friends in a place where adventure and fun never ends. Yes, friendship's the key on this special day, and the Cat is the one who will lead the way. Join The Cat in the Hat as he celebrates friendship with his closest friends, Nick, Sally, Fish, and the Things!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by NCircle Entertainment 2012
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Juv CaSummary: The year is 1984, and on the rural east coast of New Zealand Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' is changing kids' lives. 'Boy' is a dreamer who lives with his brother Rocky and his Nan. When Boy's father, Alamein, returns home after seven years away, Boy is forced to confront the man he thought he remembered, find his own potential, and learn to get along without the hero he had been looking for.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber, Inc. 2013
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BOYContents: Grazing in the grass / Friends of Distinction. -- Color him father / Winstons. -- Hey there lonely girl / Eddie Holman. -- Crumbs off the table / Glass House. -- Rainy night in Georgia / Brook Benton. -- Everybody is a star / Sly & The Family Stone. -- Give me just a little more time / Chairman of the Board. -- Didn't I (blow your mind this time) / Delfonics. -- Bells / Originals. -- Turn back...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES CANSummary: Fresh from the farm, Claude Bukowski arrives in New York City for a date with the Army Induction Board, only to walk into a hippie "happening" in Central Park and fall in love with the beautiful Sheila. Befriended by the hippies' pacifist leader, Berger, and urged to crash a formal party in order to declare his love for Sheila, Claude begins an adventure that lands him in jail, Central Park...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS HAIOverall, Kassa
Contents: No camera -- Anxious Anthony (feat. Anthony Ware) -- Ready to ball -- Clock ticking (feat. Danny Brown & Wiki) -- Still ain't find me (feat. Bendji Allonce, Tomoki Sanders, Mike King & Ian Fink) -- Make my way back home (feat. Nick Hakim & Theo Croker) -- The lava is calm (feat. Theo Croker) -- No it ain't (feat. Andrae Murchison) -- So happy (feat. Laura Mvula & Francis and the Lights) -- It's...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Disc one. Forlani (Burnt by the Sun) (2:39) -- Where strides the behemoth (Mastodon) (2:53) -- Sculpt the lives (Burst) (3:16) -- Execration text (Nile) (2:46) -- And just go (Dysrhythmia) (6:08) -- 43% burnt (Dillinger Escape Plan) (3:43) -- Scrape (Unsane) (3:12) -- From sacrifice to survival (Skinless) (4:00) -- Razor hoof (High on Fire) (3:26) -- The matter of splatter (Exhumed) (3:41) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Relapse Records 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CONSummary: "Out of Print is a documentary exploring the importance of revival cinema and 35mm exhibition - seen through the lens of the patrons of the New Beverly Cinema - a unique and independent revival cinema in Los Angeles." -- container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OUTContents: Piano sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minorm, op. 27, no. 2. Adagio sostenuto / Beethoven -- Estampes, L. 100. Pagodes / Debussy -- Suite for cello solo no. 1 in G, BWV 1007. Prélude / J.S. Bach -- Piano sonata no. 12 in F, K. 332. Adagio / Mozart -- The planets, op. 32. Venus, the bringer of peace / Holst -- Consolation no. 3, S. 172. Lento placido / Liszt -- Adagio for strings, op. 11 / Barber --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV CLASummary: Mija is a South Korean girl growing up on an Edenic mountainside with her grandfather and best friend: Okja, a giant, empathetic "super pig" created as part of a secret GMO experiment. When Okja is abruptly torn away from her, Mija embarks on a perilous rescue mission that places her at the center of a sinister corporate conspiracy. While Bong's trademark virtuosic set-pieces dazzle, Okja's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022