Summary: Jamaica became an independent country from Great Britain in 1962. It is the land of sea, sand and sun ... but it is also a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries. Effectively portrays the relationship between Jamaican poverty and the practices of international lending agencies while driving home the devasting consequences of globalization.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIFKite, Lexie
Summary: "Positive body image isn't believing your body looks good; it is knowing your body is good, regardless of how it looks"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 KITBryant, Kobe
Summary: In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant shares his vast knowledge and understanding of the game. Citing an obligation to teach young players, hardcore fans, and devoted students of the game how to play it "the right way," The Mamba Mentality takes us inside the mind of one of the most analytical and creative basketball players ever. Bryant...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MCD, Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 BRYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Team BryantKube-McDowell, Michael P.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KUB BFC 2Summary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOIyer, Vijay
Contents: Spellbound and sacrosanct, cowrie shells and the shimmering sea -- Vuln : part 2 -- Mutations I-X -- When we're gone.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ IYESummary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OKibbe, Matt.
Summary: Shows how the political and corporate establishment in Washington consolidates its power by infringing upon basic American freedoms and provides a framework for a new grassroots Libertarian movement.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2014
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 320.51 KIBCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.512 KIBSummary: Aura is a recent college graduate who returns to New York and moves back in with her mother and sister. As painfully confessional as it is endlessly amusing, Tiny Furniture is an authentic, incisive portrait of a young woman at a crossroads.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TINSummary: Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PARSummary: Mitsuha and Taki are two total strangers living completely different lives. But when Mitsuha makes a wish to leave her mountain town for the bustling city of Tokyo, they become connected in a bizarre way. She dreams she is a boy living in Tokyo while Taki dreams he is a girl from a rural town he's never been to. What does their newfound connection mean? And how will it bring them together?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME YOUContents: Indhold: Isaacs, Gregory: Set The Children Free : Set The Captives Free(2:57 min) -- Brown, Dennis: Children Of Israel(2:31 min) -- Earth and Stone: Wicked Have To Dressback(3:08 min) -- Delgado, Junior: Devils Throne(2:39 min) -- White, Joy: Tribulation(2:38 min) -- Brown, Dennis: Whip Them Jah Jah(2:33 min) -- Ross, Junior: Judgment Time / Junior Ross & The Spear(3:01 min) -- Ross, Junior:...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sanctuary Records Group 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE UNISummary: Grey Trace and his wife suffer a brutal mugging which leaves him paralyzed and results in her murder. After the horrific crime, a special new technology is brought to him with a chip implanted in his spine called Stem. With that chip, he now has a new upgraded control over his body and abilities. Set in the near-future, Grey embarks on an exhilarating quest to gain revenge by using his new skills.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE UPGSummary: A scientist performs regeneration experiments on himself, and passes on the genes to his son, Bruce. Now Bruce is performing experiments that expose him to radiation and nanomeds, which combined with his unique genes, unleashes the Hulk.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE HULHolland, Jools.
Contents: Seventh son / Sting -- Horse to the water / George Harrison -- Will it go round in circles / Paul Weller -- Valentine moon -- The return of the blues cowboy -- The hand that changed its mind / Dr. John -- Nobody but you / Ruby Turner -- Revolution / Stereophonics -- I put a spell on you / Mica Paris & David Gilmour -- Oranges and lemons again / Suggs -- All that you are / Eric Bibb --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HOLSummary: 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 TWISummary: Includes seven original Christmas classics, such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town; Frosty the Snowman; and others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Media 2011
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORIContents: Overture -- May we entertain you -- Some people -- Small world --Baby June and her newsboys -- Mr. Goldstone -- Little lamb -- You'll never get away from me -- Dainty June and her farmboys -- If Momma was married -- All I need is the girl -- Everything's coming up roses -- Together, wherever we go -- You gotta get a gimmick -- Let me entertain you -- Rose's turn -- End credits.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC GYPSummary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWIKelpe
Contents: Astrolomy -- Beaks of eagles -- Superzero theme -- Go visible -- Nice eyes in my size -- Single stripe -- Glinterlude -- Puds -- Outwhere? -- Answered.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Drut Recordings 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC KELSummary: "Meet the Sweathogs. They're the rowdiest, goofiest bunch of students to ever step foot inside a high school. But if they think they're too unruly for a good teacher to handle, they're in for a rude awakening when they meet Mr. Kotter -- a former Sweathog who's returned to his alma mater to shape the minds of these remedial students as their new teacher! With the hilarious talents of comedian...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WELSummary: In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 320 HOWOkereke, Kele
Summary: The first album to be released by Kele Okereke under his full name, following two acclaimed solo records as Kele, The Boxer and Trick, and five albums as the frontman of unparalleled British band Bloc Party.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: BMG Rights Management 2017