Keizer, Garret.
Summary: "In this powerful, eloquent story of his return to the classroom, a former teacher offers a rousing defense of his beleaguered vocation Perhaps no profession is so constantly discussed, regulated, and maligned by non-practitioners as teaching. The voicesof the teachers themselves are conspicuously missing. Defying this trend, teacher and writer Garret Keizer takes us to school--literally--in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt & Co 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 373 KEIH Zaret I Weiser
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadcast Music 1940
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: One of the most exciting adventure tales ever told, this action epic recounts the planning, execution, and aftermath of a daring true-life escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, in which 250 men attempted to tunnel their way to freedom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA GRESummary: Presents a collection of stories by popular authors whose work inside and outside of the mystery genre has been influenced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FORSummary: Vivid illustrations enhance concrete details and convey the courage and triumph of this remarkable American, beginning with her harsh childhood of slavery, escape to freedom, pivotal role in the Underground Railroad, and through into old age.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Nutmeg Media 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV APPBeck, Jeff
Summary: Live concert performance featuring songs associated with Les Paul in celebration of what would have been his 95th birthday.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Eagle Vision 2011
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC JEFThompson, Gare.
Summary: A biography of the woman who, with the assistance of her devoted teacher Annie Sullivan, achieved success and fame despite being blind and deaf.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2003
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET KELLERSummary: Apt Pupil: After he discovers that an elderly neighbor was a notorious Nazi death camp officer, a teenager obsessed with the Holocaust blackmails the man into graphically recounting the horrors of his past crimes. The cat-and-mouse game between the two reaches a murderous intensity in this suspenseful adaptation of Stephen King's story from director Bryan Singer ("The Usual Suspects"). Ian...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE STESummary: The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE MELSummary: Now that "twin witches" Alex and Camryn know the truth about their royal birth, it's time for the girls to learn about each other and how to use their magical powers. While Alex wants to focus on college and having a semi-normal life, Camryn is all about the glamour, gowns and tiaras. But their dreams must be set aside when destiny calls again. A new evil threatens the people of Coventry, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Twitches 2019Wells, Junior
Contents: Snatch it back and hold it / Junior Wells (2:53) -- Ships on the ocean / Junior Wells (4:07) -- Good morning schoolgirl / Sonny Boy Williamson (3:50) -- Hound dog / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (2:12) -- In the wee hours / Bob Hilliard, David Mann (3:42) -- Hey lawdy mama (3:10) -- Hoodoo man blues / Junior Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson (2:49) -- Early in the morning / Traditional (4:44) -- We're...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES WELWeyr, Garret
Summary: Grisha the dragon is born in the Black Forest in 1803, the last year any dragon was born, and while young he was trapped by the emperor's sorcerer, and turned into a teapot, which was frustrating but kept him alive while magic and other dragons were disappearing--until one day he meets Maggie, a poet's daughter, and the two of them set out to discover what happened to all the other dragons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: With his beloved Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time off the air for the first time in 30 years, Jeff Pickles must find a way to communicate with his many fans who still need him. Jeff creates a new and controversial method to talk directly to children across the world only to become the target of animosity for the first time in his career. As Jeff navigates the most complicated moral gray areas of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "How did a bunch of young people from the inner city create a genre of music that became a global phenomenon? From its humble origins at house parties in the Bronx, where DJs mixed old records to create new sounds, charismatic MCs let their clever lyrics flow, and B-boys and B-girls pioneered inventive dance moves, hip-hop quickly became a musical and cultural revolution." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.42 WILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J GRAPHIC WILWeyr, Garret
Summary: Harvey is a city cat, living on the street, often hungry and scared of dogs and humans, but convinced that this is the way a cat should live--until fleeing from a nasty boy he finds his way to Danielle's roof and learns what it is like to be loved by a good and understanding human.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WEYSummary: On Christmas Eve, psychologist Marcia Fieldstone asks her radio audience to share their dreams for the holiday season. Eight-year-old Jonah calls in from Seattle, with a wish for his dad to find a new wife. Mom died a year-and-a-half ago. Baltimore Sun reporter Annie Reed also hears the broadcast, when Jonah's architect father Sam gets on the air. Sam talks about the magical moment he met his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tri-Star Pictures 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SLEWeezer.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WeezeSummary: It's love when a greaser falls for a good girl in this classic musical depicting young life in the fifties.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCFF GrBarret, Christine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HP Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5972 BARGarren, Christine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 GARRogers, Garnet.
Contents: The king of Rome (5:17) -- Small victory (4:10) -- One more ride (6:30) -- His father's house (4:50) -- Stars in their crown (5:55) -- Off the rails (4:52)-- One bullet (7:45) -- Sleeping buffalo (6:27) -- The lost ones (7:02) -- For herself (6:45).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Manufactured in Canada by Snow Goose Songs 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK ROGRoberts, Keiler
Summary: "Keiler Roberts mines the passing moments of family life to deliver an affecting and funny account of what it means to simultaneously exist as a mother, daughter, wife, and artist. Drawn in an unassuming yet charming staccato that mimics the awkward rhythm of life, no one's foibles are left unspared, most often the author's own....Roberts can get lost in the rewarding melodrama of playing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2021