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Guys read 6Johnson, Rheta Grimsley
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pharos Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHULZ, CHARLES JohnsonSummary: 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
Grindley, Sally.
Summary: A little girl learns to skate. She escapes into the snowy polar landscape of her imagination until it's time for her to go home again.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lobster Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRISummary: Raw and smoldering, the film follows a young reggae DJ in Thatcher-era Brixton as he pursues his musical ambitions, battling fiercely against the racism and xenophobia of employers, neighbors, police, and the National Front. Fearless and unsentimental, and set to a blistering reggae, dub, and lovers rock soundtrack featuring Aswad, Johnny Clarke, and more, anchored by legendary producer Dennis...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BABSummary: "When visitors from a distant galaxy return to earth on a secret mission, their other-worldly powers afford a group of senior citizens who had expected nothing more from life than bingo, shuffleboard, aches and pains, the chance to recapture their youth"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CoCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie CocoonCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI COCSummary: Caravan of courage: the Towani family are separated when their shuttlecraft crashes on Endor. While the parents are soon captured by the giant known as Gorax, Mace and Cindel, the son and daughter, are missing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: As international terrorism and organized crime become more and more intertwined, western nations find themselves increasingly threatened by violence and lawlessness on an unimaginable scale, In Denmark, a special unit fights cross-border crime throughout Scandinavia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV EAGJanson, Chris
Contents: Keys to the country -- We did it anyway -- Cold beer truth -- You, me & the river / (with Eric Church) -- Halfway to crazy / (feat. Rhett Akins) -- Bye mom -- Love don't sleep -- The reel bass pro -- Too far gone -- Flag on the wall -- All in -- Here and gone -- Things you can't live without / (with Travis Tritt) -- Small town big time -- You never did -- My American world.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY JANSummary: A once-promising baseball player on his way to stardom in the big leagues, finds his dreams shattered when a mysterious woman and a silver bullet end his career prematurely. Sixteen years later, armed with his childhood bat "Wonderboy," comes back to baseball, joins the roster of the lowly New York Knights to see if he can overcome physical pain and the nefarious forces around him and lead his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie NaturalSummary: Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A restless wanderer is bound by a promise to watch after the widow of a dying friend. His vow leads him to a small town terrorized by a saloon owner and his hired gunman.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: TNT 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A small-town, naive Midwestern insurance agent must represent his company at a regional insurance convention in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where his mind is blown by the big city experience.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CEDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CEDSummary: After being caught in a particularly incompetent cash-station robbery, Kylie Bucknell is forced to return to the house she grew up in when the court places her on home detention. Her punishment is made all the more unbearable by the fact she has to live there with her mother Miriam, a well-intentioned blabbermouth who's convinced that the house is haunted. Miriam may be a ninny, but she's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HOUGrimsley, Jim
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRISummary: Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FaSummary: Former tennis pro Chris Wilton stumbles into good fortune when Chloe Hewett, the daughter of a wealthy businessman and the sister of one of his tennis students, falls in love with him. But when Chris meets Nola, a much deeper passion is stirred. His desire isn't deterred even after he discovers that Nola is already dating Chloe's brother. But when their affair threatens Chris's increasingly...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Pictures 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MATCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MATSummary: Celebrating 30 years of "The Natural," one of the best sport films ever made, directed by Academy Award Winning Director Barry Levinson, and starring Academy Award Winners Robert Redford and Kim Basinger, with never before seen footage and exclusive interviews with most of the original cast and crew.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Green Apple Entertainment 2015
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Summary: Nothing was going to stop Roy Hobbs from fulfilling his boyhood dream of baseball stardom. As a 14-year old he fashions a baseball bat from an oak tree. He soon impresses major league scouts with his ability. His talent also catches the eye of a sportswriter who eventually becomes instrumental in Hobbs' career. The appearance of a mysterious woman, however, shatters his dream. Years later Hobbs...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NATSaeta.
Contents: Can you forgive -- Grand Canyon -- You fade -- Anywhere but here -- Tonight, I'll have to dream you here -- Not for today -- Alright -- Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me -- Everything.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fish the Cat Productions 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SaetaSummary: Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 47 RATED PG-13Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FORSummary: Presents an anthology of spooky and scary tales for children that features such supernatural elements as mysteriously appearing tattoos and ghostly encounters in dark hallways.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCISummary: When Alita awakens with no memory in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman. Doctor Ido tries to shield Alita from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo offers instead to help trigger her memories. But when the deadly and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE ALICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AlChopstick & Johnjon
Contents: Run Slowly -- Comets -- Twisted (feat. Tanner Ross) -- Silent Sea -- Dissolving Spaces -- Erase These Images -- I Will Follow -- Pining Moon -- Nothing Yet (feat. Tanner Ross) -- Roots -- Dreading the Light -- Pining Moon (Acoustic Version).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Suol Records 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC CHOJoinson, Suzanne.
Summary: It is 1923. Evangeline (Eva) English and her sister Lizzie are missionaries heading for the ancient city of Kashgar on the Silk Road. Though Lizzie is on fire with her religious calling, Eva's motives are not quite as noble, but with her green bicycle and a commission from a publisher to write A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar , she is ready for adventure. In present day London, a young woman,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2012