Summary: "Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995, when 739 residents--mostly elderly and black--died over the course of one week. As Cooked links the deadly heat wave's devastation back to the underlying manmade disaster of structural racism, it delves deep into one of our nation's biggest growth industries: Disaster Preparedness. Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF COOSummary: Claire Smythson, wife of the famous abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is in danger of not completing the paintings for his last show.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ARTSummary: "Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY KILSummary: Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA TODSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANLundin, Cody.
Contents: Check this out! -- Why a survival kit? -- Survival situations-- how do they start? -- Survival vs. primitive living or "living off the land" -- Survival psychology and the importance of proper prior training -- Why fear sucks -- Dealing with the survival scenario : attitude, adaptation, and awareness -- Reducing the threat of the survival situation : the seven P's -- What it takes to stay alive...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G. Smith, Publisher 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.69 LUNLundin, Cody.
Contents: Head candy -- How to use this book -- Flashback : grooving to that feeling of impending doom -- What is urban and suburban survival? -- The foundation of your self-reliance--and trust -- Predator vs. prey : a clue into your survival psychology -- You are what you eat, and think, feel, speak, act, and focus your attention upon -- Gettin' hammered by stress and fear -- The art of creative...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G. Smith, Publisher 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.6 LUNSummary: A collection of stories, in which each tale centers on a darkly magical carnival, includes contributions by best-selling authors Rachel Caine, Jennifer Estep, Kevin Hearne, Seanan McGuire, Rob Thurman, and others.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARSummary: In The White Lioness, Wallander is drawn into the case of a missing Swedish national while attending a police conference in South Africa. The second film sees Wallander back in Sweden, where a woman's body is discovered half buried in the forest swamps. And in The Troubled Man, Wallander is in a race against time as he embarks on his final case - the disappearance of his daughter's father-in-law.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD NOT RATEDLanding.
Contents: Delusion Sound -- Third Site -- Facing South -- Morning Sun.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: El Paraiso Records 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LANKid Loco.
Contents: 1. Kid Loco - Don't you know I'm loco. 2. The Bill Wells Octect Vs. Future Pilot A. K. A. - Om NamahShivaya. 3. J Swinscoa Presents The Cinematic Orchestra - Continuum. 4. Emperors New Clothes - Dark light (Underdog mix). 5. The Ted Howler Rhythm Combo - Mr. Flakey. 6. Dj Vadim - Theme from conquestof the irrational (remix by the Prunes). 7. Jazzanova - Introspection. 8. Common Ground - Dark...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: STUD!O K7 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC KIDSummary: "The spy stands alone. Grayson must go rogue from all his former allies, find the truth within the web of lies, and take down Spyral once and for all. But with one of his closest allies now his greatest foe, Dick Grayson will have to make his greatest sacrifice to save those he loves"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 GRASummary: Play Misty for me: A radio disc jockey becomes the victim of psychotic obsession when he tries to end a torrid love affair with a fan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The family and friends of prominent Danish patriarch Helge Klingenfeldt gather at his country estate to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. Two months prior to this event, Helge's daughter committed suicide. Her twin brother, Christian, makes a birthday toast that brings a barrage of family secrets out into the open.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CELContents: Twin Peaks main theme (edit) (Angelo Badalamenti) -- Shadow (Chromatics) -- Mississippi (The Cactus Blossoms) -- Lark (Au Revoir Simone) -- I am (Blunted Beatz) -- I love how you love me (The Paris Sisters) -- Snake eyes (Trouble) -- Tarifa (roadhouse mix) (Sharon Van Etten) -- She's gone away (Nine Inch Nails) -- My prayer (The Platters) -- No stars (Rebekah Del Rio) -- Viva Las Vegas (Shawn...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC TWISummary: Dancing great Bill Williamson takes a look back on the beginnings of his career and his romance with fellow rising star Selina. Their romance is brief because Selina does not want to settle down.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS STOSummary: Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BURSummary: A fiercely independent woman is gang raped, then battles the legal system twice, going after both her attackers and the onlookers whose cheering fueled and encouraged the assault.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: The Mekons: Where Were You? -- Fatal Microbes: Violence Grows -- Animals & Men: The Terraplane Fixation -- Blue Orchids: Work -- Karl's Empty Body: Small Hours -- Frankie's Crew: Somebody -- Scritti Politti: Confidence -- Thin Yoghurts: Drink Problem -- Bean, Anne: Low Flying Aircraft / Anne Bean & Paul Burwell -- Performing Ferret Band: Brow Beaten -- The Manchester Mekon: No Forgetting -- The...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WINSummary: Abominable takes audiences on an epic 2,000-mile adventure from the streets of Shanghai to the breathtaking Himalayan snowscapes. When teenage Yi encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends, Jin and Peng, name him "Everest" and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth. But...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ABCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ABOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Abominable 2019Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ABOSummary: Going wrong: As wild teenagers, Guy Curran and Leonora Chisholm believed that they were soulmates. When they meet again eight years later, Guy aims to reclaim her, no matter who stands in his way.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Bedard, Tony.
Summary: Four action-packed stories starring Thor, God of Thunder. First with great power comes...a whole lotta trouble? That's what the Wrecker finds out when he's zapped by a jolt of magical muscle meant for Loki, the god of mischief. Next, villains march across Bifrost Bridge, to challenge the forces of Odin! But wait...these are the Avengers?! Third, see how the God of Thunder came to our world, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BED SPINDLESummary: Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. Towards zero: Eyebrows arch when the dashing Wimbledon tennis star Nevile Strange arrives with his attractive new wife, even though the first wife is also attending. Miss Marple observes the tightly wound group as they holiday by the sea, sensing the sexual tensions and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The Danish Dogme 95 movement that struck world cinema like a thunderbolt began with The Celebration, Thomas Vinterberg's international breakthrough, a lacerating chamber drama that uses the economic and aesthetic freedom of digital videoto achieve annihilating emotional intensity. On a wealthy man's sixtieth birthday, a sprawling group of family and friends convenese at his country estate for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022