Summary: Examines the history of modern youth culture and the evolution of the idea of the "teenager", from the late 19th century to the beginning of the post-War period. Consists of archival film footage, diary entries, and dramatic recreations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TEELeader, Daniel
Summary: "The major new cookbook by the pioneer from Bread Alone, who revolutionized American artisan bread baking, with 60 recipes inspired by bakers around the world. At twenty-two, Daniel Leader stumbled across the intoxicating perfume of bread baking in the back room of a Parisian boulangerie, and he has loved and devoted himself to making quality bread ever since. He went on to create Bread Alone,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.81 LEALoedel, Daniel
Summary: "In 1976, Tomás Oriilla is a medical student in Buenos Aires, where he's moved in hopes of reuniting with Isabel, a childhood crush. But the reckless passion that has always drawn him is leading Isabel ever deeper into the ranks of young insurgents fighting an increasingly oppressive regime. As its thuggish milicos begin to disappear more and more people like her, she presents Tomás with a way...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOESummary: Inspired by the powerful true story of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg, On the Basis of Sex depicts a then-struggling attorney and new mother facing adversity in her fight for equal rights. When Ruth takes on a ground-breaking case, she knows the outcome could alter the courts' view of gender discrimination. Stronger together, Ruth teams up with her husband, Martin Ginsburg, to fight the case that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ONCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ONCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ONTLerner, Daniel
Summary: Explores how college students can improve their quality of life by building positive lifelong habits, addressing such topics as difficult roommates and overwhelming academic schedules.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370 LERMandela, Nelson
Contents: Struggle -- Freedom -- Reconciliation -- Nation building -- Development -- Education -- Culture -- Religion -- Health -- Children -- Heroes -- Peace.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MANContents: Called to the foreign field ; I am bound for the promised land ; Where we'll never grow old ; When they ring the golden bells ; To the work ; Do not wait 'till I'm laid beneath the clay ; The days of my childhood plays ; We shall be reunited (Alfred G. Karnes) -- Crossed old Jordan's stream (Bird's Kentucky Corn Crackers) -- I am on my way to heaven (Hill Brothers with Willie Simmons) -- Music...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: JSP Records 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS MOUSummary: Trapped in a Polish ghetto with thousands of other Jews facing starvation or deportation to the death camps, Jacob is detained one evening at the local Gestapo headquarters. Eavesdropping, he overhears a radio report about a nearby Russian victory. At first he is silent, but circumstances compel him to pass on the good news of hope. A simple, somewhat dour man, the stubble-bearded Jacob...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Icestorm International 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JACSummary: Hank and Leticia inhabit stark, queasy realities of the contemporary South, he as a death row corrections officer and she as the soon-to-be widow of an inmate whose execution Hank helps conduct. In the aftermath of the execution, both lose their children to tragic deaths and they form an unlikely bond.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MONSummary: Follows Brooklynite Piper Chapman, whose wild past comes back to haunt her and results in her arrest and detention in a federal penitentiary. To pay her debt to society, Piper trades her comfortable New York life for an orange prison jumpsuit and finds unexpected conflict and camaraderie amidst an eccentric group of inmates.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ORASummary: Franck takes an internship in Human Resources at a factory where his father works. When Franck's efforts to better the company lead to the firing of many employees, including his father, a furious confrontation ensues.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Image Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HUMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HUMSummary: Seventh continent: The day-to-day routines of a seemingly ordinary Austrian family begin to take on a sinister complexion in Michael Haneke's chilling portrait of bourgeois anomie giving way to shocking self-destruction.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "[H]andsome young Tariq is about to marry Bilquis, eldest daughter of a prominent and powerful judge. But as he wanders the ancient city of Sana'a late one night, he spots a beautiful young woman dancing in the street and falls madly in love with her. Before long, the young groom must choose between following his heart and protecting his family's honor."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF NEWPetrova, Daniela
Summary: "In this gripping and emotional domestic suspense debut for fans of The Perfect Mother, a newly pregnant woman inadvertently befriends her egg donor--only to find herself a key suspect when the woman vanishes without a trace"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PETRus, Daniela
Summary: "Daniela Rus, a leading roboticist and computer scientist, explores how we can use a new generation of smart machines to help humankind. There is a robotics revolution underway. A record 3.1 million robots are working in factories right now, doing everything from assembling computers to packing goods and monitoring air quality and performance. A far greater number of smart machines impact our...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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 HUMSummary: Blocked on social media and concerned for his son's life, Chuck impersonates a waitress online and starts checking in with Franklin. But things begin to spiral when Franklin falls for this imaginary girl and wants nothing more than to meet her in person, as Chuck has inadvertently catfished his own son.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ISosa, Daniela
Summary: A picture book that celebrates friendship--new friends, old friends, friends for a little while and friends for a lifetime.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOSDrescher, Daniela.
Summary: Follow the enchanting world of the fairies through the seasons.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Floris 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Drescher 2004Summary: 19th-century "folklore collectors" Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm are con artists. They perform exorcisms of "evil enchantments" (for a healthy fee) while wandering about in French-occupied Germany during the Napoleonic wars. Wilhelm is a swashbuckling cad with an answer for everything, while Jacob is a dreamer who looks at life through fairytale-tinted spectacles. When French Gen. Delatombe gets wise...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2005
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY BRODrescher, Daniela.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Floris 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Drescher 2005Summary: Rabble rouser or activist? Opportunist or trailblazer? During his six-decade journey from pastoral prodigy to racial justice firebrand to elder media statesman, the Reverend Al Sharpton has been a polarizing figure on the national stage. It is the definitive look at his life and legacy, featuring President Barack Obama, Reverend Jesse Jackson, and Senator Chuck Schumer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023