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Summary: "Black resistance to white supremacy is often reduced to a simple binary, between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolence and Malcolm X's "by any means necessary." In We Refuse, historian Kellie Carter Jackson urges us to move past this false choice, offering an unflinching examination of the breadth of Black responses to white oppression, particularly those pioneered by Black women. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 JACContents: Guitar blues (Sylvester Weaver) -- Why do you moan? (Bo Weavil Jackson) -- James Alley blues (Richard Rabbit Brown) -- K.C. Railroad blues (Andrew Baxter) -- Traveling coon ; Pick poor Robin clean (Luke Jordan) -- Workin' on the railroad ; Yellow woman blues (Buddy Boy Hawkins) --The fore day blues (Ishman Bracey) -- No job blues (Willard Ramblin' Thomas) -- Down south blues ; Out on Santa-Fe...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sub Rosa 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES I'MSummary: When a devastating attack leaves Mark Hogancamp shattered and without his memory, no one expected recovery. But by putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous fantasy world, where he draws strength to triumph in the real one. His astonishing art installation becomes a testament to the powerful women who support him on his journey.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Welcome 2019Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WELMarten, Billie
Contents: Garden of Eden (3:19 min) -- Creature of Mine (3:23 min) -- Human Replacement (3:05 min) -- Liquid Love (3:51 min) -- Heaven (4:08 min) -- Ruin (3:38 min) -- Pigeon (3:36 min) -- Kill The Clown (3:18 min) -- Walnut (3:27 min) -- Aquarium (3:20 min)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fiction Records 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MARContents: Just a little while to stay here (Eureka Brass Band) (3:56) -- Shine-hambone (Shoeshine boy) (1:02) -- Tiger rag (Freddie L. Small) (1:42) -- Blackberries! (Dora Bliggen) (:18) -- Red white and blue got the golden band (Mardi Gras Indians) (5:07) -- Times done changed (Sister Dora Alexander) (1:24) -- Dark was the night (Rev. Lewis Jackson and Charlotte Rucell) (:52) -- Back to the time (Choir...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES CLAJackson, Carlee
Summary: "A beautifully illustrated nonfiction story following great whites, hammerheads, whale sharks, and more over the course of one day"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neon Squid 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: In this candid look at our relationships with our mothers, fifteen authors write about subjects that they wish they had talked to their mothers about. While some of the writers in this book are estranged from their mothers, others are extremely close. Topics vary widely: from growing up with a deaf mother, to seeking a conversation that won't be interrupted, to relationships affected by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 306.874 WHAJackson, Colter
Summary: Although her best friend cannot fit through the doorway or in the bathtub or at the dinner table, Ella discovers that elephants make fine friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Jamison, Leslie
Summary: "With the virtuosic synthesis of memoir, criticism, and journalism for which Leslie Jamison has been so widely acclaimed, the fourteen essays in Make It Scream, Make It Burn explore the oceanic depths of longing and the reverberations of obsession. Among Jamison's subjects are 52 Blue, deemed "the loneliest whale in the world"; the eerie past-life memories of children; the devoted citizens of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 JAMZemeckis, Leslie Harter.
Summary: Featuring interviews by performers and other notables of the industry, presents the history of American burleque theater from its golden age through its decline and its current renaissance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.7 ZEMSummary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWIJamison, Leslie
Summary: A collection of essays explores empathy, using topics ranging from street violence and incarceration to reality television and literary sentimentality to ask questions about people's understanding of and relationships with others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.6 JAMJamison, Leslie
Summary: Presents an exploration of addiction that blends memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and journalistic reportage to analyze the role of stories in conveying the addiction experience, sharing insights based on the lives of artists whose achievements were shaped by addiction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 JAMContents: Jubilee (Keaton Sextette) (2:25) -- Ship of glory (Price Family Sacred Singers) (2:52)-- When God made me he didn't make a monkey man (Brantley & Williams with Their Versatile Four) (2:47) -- I'll play my harp in Beulah Land (Brothers Wright & Williams) (3:11) -- Now is the needy time (Sister Clara Hudman) (3:19) -- Moan, you moaners (Bessie Smith) (3:12) -- Church, I'm fully saved today (Blind...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS GOSSummary: His picture is on magazine covers, his name in lights. Ex-con artist and gangster Dan Quigley is "doing all right in this movie racket," a big man in Hollywood. But if his criminal past resurfaces, he could end up in the big house.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LADContents: Disc 1. Penny reel / Lord Power & Calypso Quintet -- Lollipop girl / The Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & his Group -- Judgment Day / Laurel Aitken with Ken Richards & his Harmonisers -- In and out the window / Monty & Roy with Drumbago's Orchestra -- Feel so fine (aka feel so good) / Derrick & Patsy with Drumbago's Band -- River bank part 1 (aka bank to bank) / Baba Brooks & his Band -- Rough...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sanctuary Records Group 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE TREContents: disc 1. Casey Jones (Billy Murray) -- Casey Jones (Fiddlin' John Carson) -- Southern Casey Jones (Jesse James) -- Steamboat Bill (Arthur Collins) -- Casey and Bill (Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band) -- Steamboat Bill boogie (Delmore Bros.) -- Red wing (Frank C. Stanley & Henry Burr) -- Red wing (Doc Williams & the Border Riders) -- Just break the news to mother (George J. Gaskin) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY PROSummary: Narrated by veteran CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl, this video examines the long and complex relationship between the presidency and public opinion. Scholars explore decisive moments in the history of the presidency from George Washington to FDR.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 320.73 MANContents: Guantanamera (Jackson Browne and Joan Baez) -- If I had a hammer (Billy Bragg with Eliza Carthy) -- Words, words, words (John Wesley Harding and the Minus 5) -- Walking down death row (Steve Earle) -- Oh, had I a golden thread (Dar Williams and Toshi Reagon) -- 66 Highway blues (Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger) -- Talking union (John McCutcheon and Corey Harris) -- Maple syrup time (Moxy FrFuvous)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Appleseed Recordings 2001
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK SEESummary: Max, a teenage superhero with wings, leads her motley crew in a battle against the scientists that created them. In the process, they discover secrets from their past that are darker than they imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Stay home / Self -- I'm a believer / Smash Mouth -- Like wow! / Leslie Carter -- It is you (I have loved) / Dana Glover -- Best years of our lives / Baha Men -- Bad reputation / Halfcocked -- My beloved monster / Eels -- You belong to me / Jason Wade -- All star / Smash Mouth -- Hallelujah / Rufus Wainwright -- I'm on my way / The Proclaimers -- I'm a believer (reprise) / Eddie Murphy -- True...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC SHRD Carter V Ellis
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chappell 1934
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMBagieu, Pénélope
Summary: With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press 2018