Summary: Five classic films that offer a rare glimpse at a lost era of provocative filmmaking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUSummary: The Little Tramp is an oppressed assembly-line factory worker who is used as a guinea pig for his employer's test of a new "Automatic Feeding Machine". He battles it out with technology, unemployment, jail, burglars, demanding customers and bosses. In the midst of his tribulations, he meets up with the girl of his dreams, "The Gamin". They win some and lose more but, at the end, they walk...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS-Fox Video 1992
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MODKaufman, Moisš.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.54 KAUSummary: A man goes to considerable lengths to avoid being seen. Beckett's first venture into the film medium is a one-character production without dialogue, based on Berkeley's theory Esse est percipi, or "to be is to be perceived."
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FILSummary: Fearing the actions of Superman are being left unchecked, Batman takes him on, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs. With Batman and Superman fighting each other, a new threat, Doomsday, is created by Lex Luthor. It's up to Superman and Batman to set aside their differences, along with Wonder Woman, to stop Lex Luthor and Doomsday from destroying Metropolis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BATCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Batman 2016Summary: Wedding planning puts a strain on Lois & Clark as they not only cope with caterers and orange blossoms, they also battle mad scientists, Lex Luthor, revived World War II Nazis and other diabolical foes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LOISummary: "He catches bullets in his hand, snatches innocent citizens from the jaws of death, and zooms bombs, toxic chemicals, and other deadly items deep into outer space. Just when you think nothing can overwhelm Superman, love brings him to his knees"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LOISummary: After the death of her husband, Police inspector Maria Wern seeks to start her life over and moves to the picturesque Swedish island of Gotland with her two children. While struggling as a single mother and mourning her husband's death, Maria manages to sustain her female perspective and approach to life in a harsh and male-dominated environment. She constantly encounters rage, death and evil...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MHZ Networks Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MARSummary: After the death of her husband, Police inspector Maria Wern seeks to start her life over and moves to the picturesque Swedish island of Gotland with her two children. While struggling as a single mother and mourning her husband's death, Maria manages to sustain her female perspective and approach to life in a harsh and male-dominated environment. She constantly encounters rage, death and evil...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MHZ Networks Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MARSummary: The first program observes the Red panda and Giant panda (one of the world's most endangered mammals) in their natural habitat, the bamboo forest of China's "Mountains of the Sleeping Dragon" a national panda reserve. The second program features the San Diego Zoo's challenge to successfully breed and raise a Giant Panda in captivity. Spotlighted is Hua Mei the baby panda and staff from the San...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Questar 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NATVarious Artists.
Contents: Pistol packin' mama/ Al Dexter and his Troopers 2:46. -- There's a star spangled banner waving somewhere/ Elton Britt 2:39. -- Cattle call/ Eddy Arnold 3:05. -- Wabash cannon ball/ Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys 2:36. -- Kentucky/ Blue Sky Boys 2:44. -- New pretty blonde/ Moon Mullican and his Showboys 2:57. -- Philadelphia lawyer/ Maddox Brothers and Rose 3:00. -- I am a pilgrim/ Merle...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Collection of Recordings 1990
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY CLAMacGregor, Greg.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center for Documentary Studies 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 978 MACSummary: When his young daughter's beloved companion, an android named Yang, malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AFTCopies Available at Kingsley
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AFTHastings, Chester
Summary: Offers ninety seasonal recipes that combine cheese with the ripest fruits and vegetables, including a springtime raw baby artichoke salad with Pecorino Toscano and savory pumpkin tarts with Bûcheron for autumn.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books Llc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.673 HASChester, John
Summary: Follows the filmmaker and his wife as they try to create a sustainable farm in Ventura County, California.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BIGChesler, Phyllis.
Summary: Twenty years old and in love, Phyllis Chesler, a Jewish-American girl from Brooklyn, embarked on an adventure that has lasted for more than a half-century. In 1961, when she arrived in Kabul with her Afghan bridegroom, authorities took away her American passport. Chesler was now the property of her husband's family and had no rights of citizenship. In Afghanistan, her husband, a wealthy,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHESLER, PHYLLIS CHEContents: World (Brad Paisley) -- Sunshine & summertime (Faith Hill) -- Who you'd be today (Kenny Chesney) -- Don't forget to remember me (Carrie Underwood) -- Leave the pieces (The Wreckers) -- Something more (Sugarland) -- Life ain't always beautiful (Gary Allan) -- Mountains (Lonestar) -- Must be doin' somethin' right (Billy Currington) -- Something to be proud of (Montgomery Gentry) -- Every time I...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony BMG Music Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY TOTSummary: Edgar Allan Poe: buried alive draws on the rich palette of Poe's evocative imagery and sharply drawn plots to tell the real story of the notorious author. Featuring Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare, the film explores the misrepresentations of Poe as an alcoholic madman. It reveals the way in which Poe tapped into what it means to be a human in the modern and sometimes frightening world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EDGClester, Shane
Summary: Presents the lyrics to the "Spider-Man" theme song with colorful illustrations showing Spider-Man saving the day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Press 2018
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Summary: In our current political climate, people are looking for answers - and alternatives. The promise of unions is that their 'members be unlimited': that they don't belong to the rich, the powerful, or special interests, but to all workers. How did the idea of unionism arise? Where has it flourished? And what are its challenges in the 21st century? From Britain to Bangladesh, from the first union...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribe Publications 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.8 WALTallman, Frank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.132 TALLTallman, Shirley
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 0000