Milton, Edith.
Contents: Getting there -- Eggs -- The second year of the war -- Leeds -- Down in the forest -- Mutti and Pappi -- The tiger in the attic -- Jesus and me -- Dried eggs and puberty -- War and peace -- Saint Bride's -- Leaving -- Ocean crossing -- Chamber music -- Understanding Mother -- Weather.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 MILTON, EDITH MILSummary: Narrated by Tony-and Academy Award-winner Joel Grey, this entertaining documentary mingles cultural history with illuminating perspectives on the origins and meanings of some of Broadway's most beloved songs, stories, and shows. With performances by Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara, Zero Mostel, Nathan Lane, Barbra Streisand, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, and many more!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BROWeissman, Michaele
Summary: "When the author's Latvia-born husband, John, opens a company marketing rye bread, the author embarks on a European journey in search of John's origins, excavating poignant stories of war, privation, and resilience"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WEISSMAN, MICHAELE WEIStapinski, Helene
Summary: "An exuberant true-life adventure following two very different men - a loveable huckster turned publisher of DC Comics and the man he helped escape from 1930s Berlin - as they cross paths with icons of midcentury pop culture in pursuit of the American dream"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 STASummary: Documentary about Jewish American academic Norman Finkelstein, a devoted son of holocaust survivors, ardent critic of U.S. and Israeli Mid-East policy, and author of five provocative books, including The Holocaust Industry. Finkelstein has been steadfastly at the center of many intractable controversies, including the recent denial of his tenure at DePaul University. He's called a lunatic and a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Typecast Releasing 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AME1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF AME
Bernstein, Harry
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BERNSTEIN, HARRY BERMcCann, Michelle Roehm
Summary: A biography of the Jewish heroine, Luba Tryszynska, who saved the lives of more than fifty Jewish children in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the winter of 1944/45.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tricycle Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 940.53 MCCUnger, Irwin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GUGGENHEIM FAMILY UNGHaskell, Molly
Summary: A biography of the director details his many films and describes how his unique and evocative gift for storytelling evolved from experiences in his own life, including his parents' divorce and his return to Judaism after his son was born.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2017