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Artifacts from the American past Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 73 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 749 Criterion collection ; 152 Kent family chronicles ; v. 7 Kent family chronicles ; v. 8 Western writers series (Carbondale, Ill.)Jones-Radgowski, Jehan
Summary: "With the stroke of a pen, President Abraham Lincoln freed the South's enslaved people in the midst of the brutal U.S. Civil War. Or did he? Who did the Emancipation Proclamation really free? What effect did it have on the course of the Civil War? And what became of the inkstand with which he wrote the famous document? Find the answers to these questions and discover more of what an artifact...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.714 JONSummary: Based on real events, this is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keep his spirit alive.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HIDSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANJohns, Ethan
Contents: Go slow -- Dry morning -- The fool -- Among the sugar pines -- The roses and the dead --Talking talking blues -- The lo down ballad of James Yunger -- Black heart -- You changed -- This modern London.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JOHJohns, Ethan.
Contents: Silver liner -- The sun hardly rises -- I don't mind -- Juanita -- It won't always be this way -- Open your window -- Six and nine -- Dark fire -- I'm coming home
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Big Deal
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JOHJehn, Janet B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jehn 1977
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 Jehn,Summary: The story of renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of: time. Together, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2015
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE THECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Theory 2015Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THE RATED PG-13Summary: From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the forced military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013, we follow a group of Egyptian activists as they battle leaders and regimes, and risk their lives to build a new society of conscience. The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster. Through the news, we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SQUColes, Joan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brought to you by Chilton Marine 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.8723 YamahaSummary: Heidi: Based on the classic, Shirley stars as an adorable orphan who transforms her gruff grandfather in the Alps into a loving man.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SHISummary: Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman's life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CLEJakes, John
Summary: The final volume of The Kent Family Chronicles, following family members as they race for wealth, leaving young Will to redeem Philip Kent's American dream.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove Books 1980
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAKJakes, John
Summary: Post-Civil War prosperity has transformed the nation as well and the Kents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Signet 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAKJakes, John
Summary: A novel of two families during twenty turbulent, troubled years that culminate in the shattering Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1982
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAKJakes, John
Summary: Retraces the early years of the "Secret Service," from the Pinkertons to the assassination of Lincoln, following four main characters--a spy, a rebel, an actress, and an officer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAKSummary: Presents a collection of sixteen books that cover a variety of science topics--with a focus on animals--and basic concepts, as well as an activity book that ties an exercise to each volume in the set.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins & Brown 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.9 REGRombauer, Irma S.
Summary: The bestselling cookbook of all time comes full circle with an expansive revision based on the celebrated 1975 edition, restoring the voice of the original authors and returning the focus to home-style American cooking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5973 ROMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5973 ROMSummary: A celebrated literary scholar, seemingly happily married, embarks on an affair with a gorgeous stewardess, who is captivated by his charm and reputation. As their romance gets serious, the film grows anxious, leading to a wallop of a conclusion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: the Criterion Collection 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SOFJoyes, Claire.
Summary: One of the most influential painters of modern times, Claude Monet lived for half his life in the famous house at Giverny. It was after moving here in 1883 with his future second wife, Alice Hoschede, and their eight children that Monet's work finally achieved recognition. His growing success meant that he was able to indulge his passion for comfort and good living. Family meals, special...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5944 JOYSummary: Over the course of one hot summer, a group of children in rural North Carolina are forced to confront a tangle of difficult choices as they discover what it takes to make a modern American hero.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GEOJakes, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio University Press 1991
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Summary: From the "New York Times" bestselling author who "makes history come brilliantly alive" ("The Washington Post Book World") comes a novel that spans decades and generations--from the American Revolution through the downfall of the Confederacy--in Jakes's most ambitious work yet.From the "New York Times" bestselling author who "makes history come brilliantly alive" ("The Washington Post Book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2002