Summary: In 460 A.D. Aurelius Antonius finds himself recalled to Rome and is assigned the Commander of new Caesar, Romulus Augustus' retinue of personal bodyguards. Romulus is destined to be crowned the last emperor of Rome. His reign lasts for one day and ends with Rome being run over by the savage Goths. In the resulting invasion, most of Aurelius's men are killed and the young Caesar is captured and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Genius Products 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Last 2007Summary: Inspired by the story of a real-life hero, Huo Yuanjia. When an ill-advised fight destroys the reputation of a renowned martial arts champion and his family, his difficult path to redemption will bring him face-to-face with the most ferocious fighters in the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FEASummary: 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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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Explores the making and meaning of Film, a 1965 short film starring Buster Keaton, that was written by Samuel Beckett, directed by Alan Schneider, and produced by Barney Rosset. Topics covered include the circumstances leading to the film's production, the production process itself, and the film's critical reception. Includes outtakes, never-before-heard audio recordings of production meetings,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOTSummary: In 1971, a group of friends sailed into a nuclear test zone in a protest that would capture the public's imagination. That handful of individuals would go on to become the international environmental organization Greenpeace. Comprised of rare archival footage and interviews with former Greenpeace members, How to change the world recounts Greenpeace's early days under the pioneering helm of its...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOWSummary: 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 DARWhy? (Musical group)
Contents: The vowels, pt. 2 -- Good Friday -- These few presidents -- The hollows -- Song of the sad assassin -- Gnashville -- Fatalist palmistry -- The fall of Mr. Fifths -- Brook & Waxing -- A sky for shoeing horses under -- Twenty eight -- Simeon's dilemma -- By torpedo of Chrohn's -- Exegesis.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Anticon Records 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WHYSummary: "Craft in America is an exploration into the hearts and minds of artisans devoted to a diverse array of mediums -- from furniture making and basket weaving to pottery and metalsmithing. Each episode reveals that craft has earned itself a place within the realm of fine art"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Craft in America, Inc. 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CRASummary: A young girl must decide between taking care of her father and friend, both of whom are sick and need her the most, and doing what will truly make her happy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DRESummary: The adventures of a rebellious stoner Moondog, a beach bum and lovable rogue who lives life on his own terms.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BEAContents: Daffy Duck's rhapsody (Mel Blanc) -- Yoda ("Weird Al" Yankovic) -- The elements (Tom Lehrer) -- Deteriorata (National Lampoon) -- Charlie Brown (the Coasters) -- Dungeons and dragons (the Dead Alewives) -- Eskimo (Corky & the Juice Pigs) -- The ballad of Bilbo Baggins (Leonard Nimoy) -- Kill the wabbit (Ozzy Fudd) -- Stress (Jim's Big Ego) -- On the shoulders of freaks (Henry Phillips) -- Bars...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Bradbury, Ray
Summary: Green Town, Illinois stands at the very heart of Ray Bradbury Country. A lovingly re-imagined version of the author's native Waukegan, it has served as the setting for such modern classics as Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Farewell Summer . In Summer Morning, Summer Night, Bradbury returns to this signature locale with a generous new collection of twenty-seven stories and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Subterranean Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRASummary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACSummary: After disrupting a meeting with a stuffy royal family, George accidentally trades places with the king's snooty monkey, Philippe. While Philippe puzzles Ted with his flawless manners, George travels to the castle where his fun-loving antics raise eyebrows and bring shy Princess Isabel out of her shell. Featuring all-new music from Andy Grammer, this king-sized adventure reminds all that doing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CUREmmons, Buddy.
Contents: Country boy / Vince Gill featuring Paul Franklin & Tommy White -- That's all it took / Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell featuring Steve Fishell -- Blue jade / Duane Eddy featuring Dan Dugmore -- Are you sure / Willie Nelson -- This cold war with you / JayDee Maness -- Half a mind / John Anderson featuring Buck Reid -- Wild mountain thyme / Greg Leisz -- Rainbows all over your blues / Albert Lee...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Music 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY BIGHefner.
Contents: The sweetness lies within -- The sad witch -- A hymn for the postal service -- Love will destroy us in the end -- The librarian -- God is on my side -- Another better friend -- Love inside the stud farm -- Tactile -- Eloping.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Beggars Banquet Recordings 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HEFSummary: Examines efforts by a group of citizens in West Virginia to hold the industrial giant Du Pont responsible for poisoning the drinking water supply as a result of dumping toxic chemicals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEVSummary: The story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD 12Summary: Grammy-nominated film that chronicles the life and career of Arif Mardin, the man who produced more than 50 gold and platinum records and won twelve Grammys. Featuring interviews and/or studio footage with Willie Nelson, Carly Simon, Jewel, Daryl Hall, Phil Collins, Norah Jones and many others. The Greatest Ears in Town is one of the most insightful, inspirational and enjoyable documentaries...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GREVilla-Lobos, Heitor.
Contents: Overture -- Deep in the forest -- Excitement among the Indians -- First bird song -- Nature's dance -- Second bird song -- Vocalise -- Sails -- On the way to the hunt -- Third bird song -- Twilight song -- The Indian's in search of the girl -- Fourth bird song -- Rima's music -- Vocalise -- Head hunters -- Love song -- Sentimental melody -- Forest fire -- Finale.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Delos 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL VILContents: Guitar rag (Roy Harvey & Jess Johnson) -- Bow wow blues (Allen Brothers) -- Cocaine (Dick Justice) -- Down South blues (Dock Boggs) -- Stackalee (Frank Hutchison) -- Mule skinner blues (Blue Yodel #8) (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Born in hard luck (Chris Bouchillon) -- Johnson City blues (Clarence Greene) -- If the river was whiskey (Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers) -- Buck Dancer's choice...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES ROULegler, Casey
Summary: "I swim for every chance to get wasted--after every meet, every weekend, every travel trip. This is what I look forward to and what I tell no one: the burn of it down my throat, to my soul curled up in my lungs, the sharpest pain all over it--it seizes and stretches, becoming alive again, and is the only thing that makes sense." At fifteen, Casey Legler is already one of the fastest swimmers in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEGLER, CASEY LEGLegler, Gretchen
Summary: ""Woodsqueer" is sometimes used to describe the mindset of a person who has taken to the wild for an extended period of time. Gretchen Legler is no stranger to life away from the rapid-fire pace of the twenty-first century, which can often lead to a kindof stir-craziness. Woodsqueer chronicles her experiences not just making a living but making a life-in this case, an agrarian one more in tune...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Trinity University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEGLER, GRETCHEN LEGLefer, David.
Summary: Provides an insightful and gripping account of the birth of modern American conservatism and its impact on the earliest days of our nation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2013