Summary: 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
Johnston, Donald.
Summary: Here is a tale of life on the Great Lakes, in particular along the western shore of Lake Michigan, and engaging weave of fact and fiction during the early rough and rowdy shipping era. Echoes provides readers with a well written, well researched novel, complete with maps, which are so instructive and helpful in clarifying a sense of place, especially the arrangement of the five Great Lakes -...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lord & Allerton 1996
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL FIC JOHJohnston, Donald.
Summary: The year is 1915, and Benjamin Corvet, founder of the ship-owning firm Corvet, Sherrill and Spearman, suddenly disappears, sparking events and questions that baffle even those who are close to him.Constance Sherrill, an attractive, sheltered young woman, feels strangely responsible for what may have happened to him--her father's best friend and coworker. Alan Conrad arrives in Chicago searching...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHSummary: When a dangerous and powerful magic ring falls into his hands, a hobbit named Frodo gets caught up in an adventure. The mighty wizard Gandalf and a daring band of elves, dwarfs and warriors defend their enchanted land from the wicked sorcerer who would see it destroyed.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family LordSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWIJohnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: Young Henry Thoreau appears frugal to his friends as he sets about building a cabin. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E JOHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JohnsJohnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: After Eddie draws a picture of his apartment building neighbors, they all begin to get along with each other.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHJohnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, young Henry Thoreau walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHJohnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: On a misty morning, Henry, a bear modeled after Henry David Thoreau, shows his awareness of nature as he helps neighbors during his walk to work.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHJohnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: While all of the other animals on a tumbledown farm wait on Farmer Orvie, a pig, who spends a great deal of time sleeping, an unhappy Duck decides that she would be a better farmer and sets out to convince Orvie.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Johnson 2007Johnson, D. B. (Donald B.)
Summary: When painter Magritte buys a playful--and magical--hat, his painting enjoys a burst of creativity. Inspired by the art of French surrealist painter René Magritte.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Johnson 2012Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHLiebman, Ronald S.
Summary: A legal thriller set on the streets and in the courtrooms of Camden, New Jersey, follows the haphazard efforts of former-cops-turned-attorneys June Salerno and Mickie Mezzonatti to defend a charismatic drug lord, a sleazy money launderer, and other guilty clients.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEIJohansen, Iris
Summary: Investigating the baffling murders of two staff members at a school for the blind, investigator Kendra Michaels draws on her experience with a former sight disability to uncover a terrifying conspiracy.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FIC JOHSummary: "Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: Kendra Michaels is reluctant to help the FBI with the most recent case they've brought to her ... until she hears the details: The body was found just blocks away from Kendra's condo. The man was carrying an envelope with Kendra's name on it, and inside was an SD card with what appears to be an innocuous video of a wedding reception. And just one week before the attempted delivery of this...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOHSummary: A sniper who leaves no trace is terrorizing the city, and Jane Halifax is approached by Commander Tom Saracen to help find the killer. Currently a professor of forensic psychiatry, it's been almost 20 years since Jane worked with the police. As a celebrated academic in a long-term relationship with Ben Sailor, a gifted musician, her life now seems complete, along with his daughter, Zoe. Does...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HALJohansen, Iris
Summary: A serial killer is on the loose in San Diego, and he has a most unusual M.O.: With each kill, he leaves behind objects with unclear meanings. Most of the recent killings are centered near Kendra Michaels' home and office, so it comes as no great surprise when the FBI shows up at her door. The investigators soon make a startling discovery: the left-behind objects are actually souvenirs of other...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOHJohansen, Iris
Summary: Despite her tragic childhood, violin prodigy Cara Delaney has finally found peace in her career and stability in her relationship with her guardians, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and ex-Navy SEAL Joe Quinn. But the constructed life Cara has built for herself is suddenly threatened when she is kidnapped by a mysterious man, setting off a chain of events that puts everyone Cara loves in danger....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOHCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOHSummary: A television news reporter and a cameraman uncover a startling incident while investigating a nuclear power plant.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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Summary: "Kendra Michaels was blind for the first twenty years of her life. Then she gained her sight through a revolutionary surgical procedure. Her former disability has left her incredibly observant and insightful--able to detect what other investigators may not. So when a world-famous pop star is kidnapped mid-show, investigator Kendra leads a pulse-pounding race to rescue the young woman from a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOHJohansen, Iris
Summary: Born blind, Kendra Michaels spent the first twenty years of her life living in the darkness. Then, thanks to a revolutionary medical procedure developed by England's Night Watch Project, she was given the gift of sight. Her highly-developed senses, combined with her new found vision, have made her a remarkable investigator, sought after by law-enforcement agencies all over the country. But her...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOHWilliams, Esther.
Summary: Cynthia must choose between her wealthy husband and the soldier she loves; Maria steps in for her twin brother when he abandons the bullfighting ring; a singing soldier abandons his pre-war life for love; an Ohio schoolteacher falls in love with a Tahitian girl; Williams portrays Australian swimmer and film star Annette Kellerman; swimming star Julie Hallerton falls in love with her boss who is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009