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African Americans in television broadcasting Drama African Americans on television Drama Country music Curiosities and wonders Drama Documentary films Production and direction Drama Mass media and race relations United States Drama Restaurants Drama Sex addiction Drama Thieves Illinois Chicago Drama United StatesSummary: Kasper Carr is a master thief, targeting businesses in the Chicago area. He stakes out fresh opportunities in front of a documentary film crew, which gradually becomed complicit in his crimes. As the director and producer become entangled in the allure of their fascinating subject and the legal ramifications of their actions, Carr pursues a series of larger-scale and more dangerous jobs. All...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Indie Films 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STRSummary: When Professor Bresson, touted to be this century's most established archaeologist passes away, he leaves behind the Bresson Diary, rumored to hold clues to the treasures of a lost civilization. When elusive Lupin III, grandson of the famous French thief, learns of this, he decides to snatch the sought-after diary to claim the lost treasures for himself and to redeem his grandfather's name, who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GKIDS 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LuSummary: With unprecedented access to the foremost American negotiators, examine the behind-the-scenes story from the last 25 years, of how the United States came within reach of securing peace between Israel and its neighbors. Today, the need to learn from the past mistakes couldn't be more urgent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HUMShaw, Woody.
Contents: CD 1. Rosewood. Rosewood / Woody Shaw (7:12) ; Everytime I see you / Onaje Allan Gumbs (7:14) ; The legend of Cheops / Victor Lewis (6:04) ; Rahsaan's run / W. Shaw (5:11) ; Sunshowers / Clint Houston (7:49) ; Theme for Maxine / W. Shaw (7:16) -- CD 2. Stepping stones : live at the Village Vanguard. Stepping stone (9:12) ; In a Capricornian way (11:17) / W, Shaw ; Seventth Avenue / V. Lewis...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SHAHurts
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HURSummary: A woman who fell on hard times manages to find work with a traveling carnival troupe. She eventually works her way up the ladder from a dishwasher to the star of the high dive attraction.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Passion Productions 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Carnival 2000Contents: The world is on fire -- Crooked + straight -- Tough folks -- When we were younger men -- One day at a time -- Things change -- Work conquers all -- I gave up the drinking (before she gave up on me) -- Shadows of you -- 'Till the final curtain falls.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: New West Records 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK AMESummary: David Howard has put in eight long years at a big-time ad agency. When he hoped to land a Senior VP slot, all he got was a pat on the back and a transfer to New York. David talks his wife into quitting her job, sells the house, liquidates the stocks and bonds, and buys the largest Winnebago and they set out to live the ramblin' laid back life of the world's easiest Easy Riders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LOSNadim
Summary: "Four-year-old Nadim puts his words on paper and gives us a glimpse of how he sees the world: one filled with glitter, magical boxes, and cuddles with Mom. A place where school smells like daffodils and honey (and sometimes dirty socks), where Wednesdaysare rainbow-colored, where fish in the sea make a shhhh sound, and where everyone has love, even baddies. The poems in this anthology make for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821 NADSummary: In a searing parody of American television and racial attitudes a young African American network executive, under pressure from his white boss, creates a minstrel show, hoping that it will fail and that he will be released from his network contract -- but the TV show becomes both a hit and the subject of much controversy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BAMSummary: Tells the inspirational true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback. The film centers on Warner's unique story and years of challenges and setbacks that could have derailed his aspirations to become an NFL player, but just when his dreams seemed all but out of reach, it is only with the support...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AMECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMESummary: A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship before Ponyo's father forces her to return to the sea. Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the balance of nature and only Ponyo's mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PoKURTZ,JANE & KURTZ,CHRISTOPHER
Summary: A thirsty monkey waits as the larger animals drink from the water hole on the African savanna.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HARPERCOLLINS 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: FIC KURTZKurtz, Jane.
Summary: Desta's father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: FIC KURKurtz, Jane.
Summary: A clever young shepherd boy uses his wits to gain a fortune for himself and his sister from a haughty rich man.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.21 KURKurtz, Jane.
Summary: Ten-year-old Lanie's wildflower garden is thriving and attracting butterflies to her Cambridge, Massachusetts, backyard, but a neighbor not only objects to her growing "weeds," she also uses harmful chemicals on her own plants.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KURSummary: Their only enemy is the status quo. Their only friend is chaos. Trace the origins of the deadly drug Supercool; see Jesus in strange places; deal with an infestation of Friars; and use way too many ninja throwing stars.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV UPRI-10 Chronicles
Contents: L.A. freeway -- Carmelita -- Everybody's talkin' -- Saint Valentine -- He don't care about me -- Smack dab in the middle -- New Mexico rain -- Black magic woman -- El guateque de Don Thomas -- Across the borderline -- Eighteen inches of rain -- Yipi -- Are you listenin' lucky.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Back Porch 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY I-10Kurtz, Christopher.
Summary: "Flora the pig ditches the sedentary life on the farm for an adventure in Antarctica, where she escapes the knife and lives her dream of pulling a sled with a team of dogs"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Children's Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KURKurtz, Jane
Summary: "Discover the true story of the race between two paleontologists to find dinosaur fossils in this nonfiction picture book. O. C. Marsh and Edward Cope met in 1863 and bonded over their shared love of fossils, becoming the best of friends. Until one day Marsh discovered an error in Cope's work, and the Bone Wars began! Marsh and Cope raced each other around the world, excavating fossils and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 560.92 KURSummary: Glamorous lady detective Phryne Fisher returns in a cinematic sequel to the wildly popular TV series. In 1929 Jerusalem, Phryne's rescue of a young Bedouin girl leads her on a globe-trotting adventure to uncover priceless treasures, wartime secrets, and an ancient tomb bearing a terrible curse, with the help of handsome detective Jack Robinson.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MISKurutz, Steven
Summary: "The little-engine-that-could story of how a band of scrappy entrepreneurs are reviving the enterprise of manufacturing clothing in the United States"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2024
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Contents: Incredibly lonely -- Eyes look away -- A special day -- Pickin' wild mountain berries -- Yours forever -- He's only a memory away -- She came around last night -- Penetration -- April's fool -- I can't sleep with you -- Let's think about where we're going -- Who's gonna love me now
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: City Slang 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY KORKurta, Allen
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 1995