Summary: Chess Records was located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it began recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gave birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer, Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cash in by signing up new talent such as songwriter, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and Etta James....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CADSummary: At 88-years-old, Audrey Flack holds a unique place in the history of contemporary art in America. Feminist, rebel, mother, painter, sculptor, and teacher, Audrey's often controversial 40-year career evolved from abstract expressionism in the '50s to photorealism in the '70s. One of the first women ever included in the famed Janson's History of Art, Audrey continues to create, explore, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC QUEJauck, Andrea.
Summary: Describes the life and natural environment of the pony breed that lives on the long barrier island off the Maryland and Virginia coast.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1993
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.66 JAUSummary: Based on a true story of the rise and fall of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and the two DEA agents that brought the famed Medellin Cartel to its knees.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NARSummary: 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 TWIAndrews, Jack.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Press 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 682 ANDBeck, Andrea
Summary: When Elliot Moose wakes up Christmas Eve morning to find a gigantic red box at the end of his bed, he's convinced that it's a Special Delivery from Santa. What will the Special Delivery be?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2003
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E BecBeck, Andrea
Summary: "Elliot and his friends are digging in the garden for treasure. Now they've dug the hole so deep, they're trapped with no escape" Cf. Our choice, 2002.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2001
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BecSummary: Wynne is fourteen and in love with her adoptive brother. When she finds blood on his sweater she gets the idea that he is the person murdering young women in the area. But her visits to the old family house, about to be demolished, lead her to the real killer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY THRILLER IZdarsky, Chip
Summary: "Riverdale High prides itself on providing a quality education. But to Jughead Jones, what matters most is meal time--and Riverdale delivers solid midday chow. But when that sacred time is tampered with by a hot-headed new principal, Jughead swears vengeance! Can the burger-loving beanpole curry enough favor (see what we did there?) to rollback the cuisine catastrophe?"--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Archie Comics Publications, Inc. 2016
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA GRAPHIC ZDABlack, Jack
Summary: As head of his high school's alumni committee, Dan has the idea to convince the most popular guy in school to attend the reunion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entert. 2015
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DSummary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARFinn, William
Contents: Act one, March of the falsettos. Four Jews in a room bitching ; A tight-knit family/Love is blind ; The thrill of first love ; Marvin at the psychiatrist : a three-part mini-opera ; My father's a homo/Everyone tells Jason to see a psychiatrist ; This had better come to a stop ; I'm breaking down ; Please come to our house/Jason's therapy ; A marriage proposal/A tight-knit family (reprise) ;...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC FAL6lack
Contents: Unfair -- Loaded gun -- East Atlanta love letter (feat. Future) -- Let her go -- Sorry -- Pretty little fears (feat. J. Cole) -- Disconnect -- Switch -- Thugger's interlude -- Balenciaga challenge (feat. Offset) -- Scripture -- Nonchalant -- Seasons (feat. Khalid) -- Stan.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP SIXKiller Mike
Contents: Down by law / (ft. CeeLo Green) -- Shed tears / (ft. Mozzy & Lena Byrd Miles) -- RUN / (ft. Young Thug) -- N rich / (ft. 6lack & Eryn Allen Kane) -- Talkin dat shit! -- Slummer / (ft. Jagged Edge) -- Scientists & engineers / (ft. André 3000, Future & Eryn Allen Kane) -- Two days / (ft. Ty Dolla $ign) -- Spaceship views / (ft. Curren$y, 2 Chainz & Kaash Paige) -- Exit 9 / (ft. Blxst) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP KILSummary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISSummary: The road to fame is filled with setbacks, personal demons, and failure, but for those who keep going, the journey is worth it. Oscar-winner Melissa Leo and Ari Graynor star in this character-driven drama series about a group of ambitious up-and-comers struggling to find success in Hollywood.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV I'MZuckerman, Andrew.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 0VS 779.2 ZUCSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Barr, Kathleen
Summary: Television series that follows the adventures of two human children and the dragons whose land they alone can travel to.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV DRASummary: A kindly grandfather sits down with his grandson and reads him a bedtime story. As the grandfather reads the story, the action comes alive in a classic tale of love and adventure. The beautiful Buttercup is kidnapped and held against her will in order to marry the nasty Prince Humperdinck, while Westley (her childhood beau, now returned as the Dread Pirate Roberts) attempts to save her. Along...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PRICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PRIContents: v. 1. (1934-1945) The continental / Fred Astaire -- Lullaby of Broadway / Dick Powell -- The way you look to-night / Fred Astaire -- Sweet Leilani / Bing Crosby -- Thanks for the memory / Bob Hope & Shirley Ross -- Over the rainbow / Judy Garland -- When you wish upon a star / Cliff Edwards -- The last time I saw Paris / Kate Smith -- White Christmas / Bing Crosby -- You'll never know / Dick...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC ENVSummary: Bait: A tale of deception and seduction, directed by and starring Hugo Haas features three people searching for a lost gold mine: the dangerous Marko, young miner Ray and the comely Peggy. As Marko and Ray search for the mine, Peggy arrives, stirring Ray's passion and igniting Marko's suspicion. As months pass, the three find themselves closing in on the mine, but the tension between them is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY NOISummary: "Melodic, uplifting Latin and African songs are the essence of this musical journey. Grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy this beautiful music from the coffee lands"--Container.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1997