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African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Cold cases (Criminal investigation) Cold cases (Criminal investigation) England Drama Criminal behavior Criminal behavior England Drama Decision making England SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / InventionsSummary: International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to Deborah, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SAMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SAMSummary: 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 FaJohnsen, Gregory D.
Summary: A former Fulbright Fellow who studied in Yemen describes the rise and fall of al-Qaeda and how they grew out of their defeat by the United States into one of the most dangerous and threatening groups in the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 363.325 JOHJohnson, Stephen
Summary: Explore the alphabet in everyday objects found at school in this dazzling picture book. A classroom companion to celebrated artist Stephen Johnson's Caldecott Honor book Alphabet City, this alphabet book is a tour de force in the genre. There is much moreto this book than meets the eye!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE JOHJohnston, Robert D.
Summary: An illustrated history of the United States, from just before the arrival of Europeans through the early twenty-first century, grouped in eight time periods, each with profiles of people who had a significant influence on the age, and including photographs, maps, illustrations, time lines, and a selection of historical documents.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2002
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: 973 JOHNSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973 JOHSummary: In Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (Episode #14), the Peanuts gang stars in its own weekly cartoon with the tales "Snoopy's foot," "Snoopy and the Giant," and "Rerun," originally shown in 1985 -- and in "Snoopy's getting married Charlie Brown," Snoopy and Belle are getting married and the gang plans a wedding, originally a TV special shown in 1985.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011
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Contents: All along the watchtower (Eddie Vedder & the Million Dollar Bashers) -- I'm not there (Sonic Youth) -- Goin' to Acapulco (Jim James & Calexico) -- Tombstone blues (Richie Havens) -- Ballad of a thin man (Stephen Malkmus & the Million Dollar Bashers) -- Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again (Cat Power) -- Pressing on (John Doe) -- Fourth time around (Yo La Tengo) -- Dark eyes (Iron...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax 2007
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC I'MSummary: On April 30, 1971, a standing-room-only crowd of New York's intellectual elite packed the city's Town Hall theater to see Norman Mailer, fresh from the controversy over his essay 'The Prisoner of Sex' and the backlash it received from leaders of the women's movement, tangle with a panel of four prominent female thinkers and activists: Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOWJohnson, Steven
Summary: The $10 billion video gaming industry is now the second-largest segment of the entertainment industry in the United States, outstripping film and far surpassing books. Reality television shows featuring silicone-stuffed CEO wannabes and bug-eating adrenaline junkies dominate the ratings. But prominent social and cultural critic Steven Johnson argues that our popular culture has never been...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 JOHJohnson, Steven.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 003.7 JOHSummary: Based on P.D. James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh is a cerebral, reserved man but possessed of exceptional empathy and insight. As he investigates complex crimes in 1970s England, he plumbs the darker depths of the human psyche in his pursuit of justice.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DALJohnson, Steven
Summary: "How did a single manhunt spark the modern era of multinational capitalism? Henry Avery was the seventeenth century's most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular--and wildly inaccurate--reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Steven Johnson argues that Avery's most lasting legacy was his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 JOHJohnson, Steven
Summary: "The hardest choices are also the most consequential. So why do we know so little about how to get them right? Big, life-altering decisions matter so much more than the decisions we make every day, and they're also the most difficult: where to live, whom to marry, what to believe, whether to start a company, how to end a war. There's no one-size-fits-all approach for addressing these kinds of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 JOHJohnson, Steven
Summary: "As a species, humans have doubled their life expectancy in one hundred years. Medical breakthroughs, public health institutions, rising standards of living, and the other advances of modern life have given each person about 20,000 extra days on average.This book attempts to help the reader understand where that progress came from and what forces keep people alive longer. The author also...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1 JOHJohnson, Steven
Summary: "From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 JOHCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 JOHJohnson, Steven
Summary: "From the New York Times-bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From, a look at he world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This lushly illustrated history of popular entertainment takes along-zoom approach, contending that the pursuit of novelty and wonder is a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. Steven Johnson...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 JOHJohnson, Steven.
Summary: One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2010
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Summary: Chief Inspector Boyd and the rest of the Cold Case Unit reopen the files on more unsolved crimes. But working closely together, under pressure to get results, the team starts to crack. Now, Mel, Frankie, Spencer and Grace will have to find confidence in their intense, moody Chief.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WAKJohnson, Stephen P. (Stephen Paul)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.93834 JOHSummary: Chief Inspector Boyd and his team are back to reopen the files of more cold cases. A spectral leader calling himself 'The Shepherd' is inciting vulnerable women to commit murder; a sadomasochistic killer is counting off his victims, leaving the word 'sorry' carved into their skin; and the discovery of an unexploded bomb threatens to bring unforeseen upheaval to the team.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.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
Johnson, Stephen T.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 0000
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Place a hold to request this item.Bingham, S. D. (Stephen D.)
Contents: This complilation was commenced by the Semi-Centennial Commission, and has been completed by a law of the session of 1887. The object of the work is to preserve in compact form the record of Statesmen, Judges, and Legislators of Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorp & Godfrey, State printers 1888