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(Legendary character) Hamlet Drama African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Environmental protection Fiction Grandparents Fiction Horror comic books, strips, etc Human-alien encounters Drama Jamaica Fiction Ocean Fiction Plastics FictionSummary: 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...
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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 OSummary: A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's epic story of passion, betrayal and revenge. The president of the Denmark Corporation is dead, and already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder. No one is more troubled by this than her son, Hamlet. Now, after this hostile takeover, trust is impossible, passion is on the rise and vengeance is in the air.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAMGaiman, Neil
Summary: "Neil Gaiman and Eisner Award-winning comics legend P. Craig Russell breathe new life into the ancient Norse stories in this comic-book adaptation of the hit novel Norse Mythology. Gaiman and Russell team with a legendary collection of artists to take readers through a series of Norse myths, including the creation of the Nine Worlds, the loss of Odin's eye and source of his knowledge, the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC NORSummary: The beautiful and kindhearted princess Snow White charms every creature in the kingdom except one, the Queen, her jealous stepmother. When the Magic Mirror proclaims Snow White as the fairest one of all, she must flee into the forest. There, she befriends the lovable seven dwarfs, Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy and Dopey. The Queen finds Snow White and tricks her with an enchanted...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Entertainment, Inc. 2016
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SNOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCFF SnSummary: The incredible untold story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SNOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SNO RATED RSummary: Harry, an ex-con turned tailor to the rich and infamous, is married to Louisa, who is smart and sexy. Andy is a suave and ruthless British spy, who had best come through this time, who forces Harry to eavesdrop on the powerful politicians he clothes. Harry's talent for storytelling is not only taken as truth, but sets off a series of events that threatens to destroy everything most important in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATContents: Disc 1: Subsoil / Nicholson Baker ; read by Thomas Gibson -- Farrell's caddy / John Updike ; read by Charles Keating -- Disc 2: Jamaica / David Schickler ; read by Isaiah Sheffer -- Chivalry / Neil Gaiman ; read by Christina Pickles -- Disc 3. Nachman from Los Angeles / Leonard Michaels ; read by David Rakoff -- On the U.S.S. Fortitude / Ron Carlson ; read by Laura Esterman -- Fatso / Etgar...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Symphony Space 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SELJarman, Julia.
Summary: Stan and Stella are joined by a variety of animals in a bathtime adventure.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2004
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC JARPinto, Sara.
Summary: Presents pairs of related items, such as an apple and an orange or a bicycle and a motorcycle, and asks why they are similar, while offering unexpected answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC PinGaiman, Neil
Summary: "Neil Gaiman's award-winning masterpiece The Sandman continues here, filled with the art from the medium's most gifted talent. This volume picks up where the last left off in Morpheus' ongoing saga as he travels through the dreaming. This book collects The Sandman #38-56 as well as tales from Vertigo Preview #1. Lose yourself in Gaiman's fantastic worlds and continue the fantasy with The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A married couple takes an extended trip to Venice following a family tragedy. While in that elegantly decaying city, they have a series of inexplicable, terrifying, and increasingly dangerous experiences.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY THRILLER DONSummary: On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped and a mid level agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ARGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ARG RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER ARGSummary: Follow the rise, fall and rise again of promoter Tony Wilson and the wild rave culture he brought to England and the rest of the world. Pulsates with the rhythmic energy from the post punk movement through the evolution of rave music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TWESummary: A young girl has an extremely vivid & symbolic dream the night before her mother goes in for surgery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY MIRCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIRSummary: 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 1-2Jarman, Julia
Summary: 'Five little chicks hear Mother Hen say, "Play near the henhouse. Don't go away." Four little chicks say, "Yes, okay!" But one little chick says, "Phooey!" Cheeky Chick is curious and sets out to explore the farmyard on his own---despite being told to stay safely near the henhouse. But what happens when he meets a crafty fox? Luckily for Cheeky Chick, his farmyard friends are watching out for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boxer Books 2024
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Summary: A young Indian woman falls for a British businessman who has come to India to work for her father's business, but must overcome the pressure of society in order to make their relationship work.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2012
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRISummary: When a ship carrying two thousand humans setting out to colonize a distant planet encounters a system failure, they land on a moon and discover a race of hostile aliens.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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3 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI ALICarman, Patrick
Summary: Stanley Darrow isn't sure what to expect when the mysterious Mr. Gedrick appears on his doorstep. He is certain, however, that his family could use Mr. Gedrick s help: Their lives and their house have been a mess since Stanley's dad died.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CARCarman, Patrick.
Summary: Leo and Remi have gotten used to the strangeness of the Whippet Hotel, but when the entire top floor is hoisted into the sky and transported to the field of wacky inventions, they find that they must compete against a number of foes to solve a puzzle or lose their beloved hotel forever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CARSummary: Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2011