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Hunting stories Man-woman relationships Drama Mexican Americans Social conditions Mexicans Pennsylvania Philadelphia Social conditions Mexicans United States Social conditions Philadelphia (Pa.) Emigration and immigration Social aspects Popular music Soul music United States Zola, Émile 1840-1902 DramaSummary: Intelligence officer Captain Callum Ferguson, is tasked by the army to ensure that a captured German scientist, Dieter, starts working for the British RAF on urgently developing the jet engine. With the background of the emerging Cold War, it's crucial for British national security that cutting-edge technology is made available to the armed forces as quickly as possible.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CLOSummary: In 1862 Paris, Emile Zola is barely scratching out a living writing muckraking articles about the poverty of the French people and the corruption of their leaders. Until "Nana," about the life of a prostitute, becomes a smash hit and turns Zola into a celebrity, champion of the people. As he churns out a string of similar books that make him quite rich, his old friend Paul Cezanne tells him "An...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LIFSummary: Wyatt Earp is the sturdy lawman who sets about the task of shaping up the disorderly Arizona town of Tombstone, with the help of the boozy, tubercular gambler and gunman Doc Holliday. Though initially at cross-purposes, the pair ultimately team up to confront the violent Clanton gang.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN MYSummary: Based on journalist Kim Barker's memoir "The Taliban shuffle: strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan", which details her years as a reporter in Pakistan and Afghanistan beginning in 2002.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WHICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WHICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Whiskey 2016Summary: "This is the way it was--the story of the battle that was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, told wherever possible with actual film shot during combat. It exemplifies the combination of planning, courage, error and pure chance by which great events are often decided."--Title screens. In June of 1942, quite possibly the most important naval encounter of WWII took place in the middle...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MIDContents: Disc 1. Hey-hey-hey-hey (Little Richard) -- Shirley (John Fred & the Playboys) -- Would you believe it, I have a cold (Huey Smith) -- Telling lies (Fats Domino) -- Someday (you'll want me) (Smiley Lewis) -- Nervous boogie (Paul Gayten) -- It must be jelly (Frankie Ford) -- A-tisket a-tasket (Joe Jones) -- I'm so blue (Jimmy Beasley) -- I know (Ray Washington) -- Honey, honey (The Supremes) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantastic Voyage 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES HEAContents: Voice your choice (The Radiants) (2:32) -- The boy from New York City (The Ad Libs) (2:57) -- Hold what you've got (Joe Tex) (3:05) -- Twine time (Alvin Cash & the Crawlers) (2:22) -- Don't mess up a good thing (Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure with Oliver Sain and Orchestra) (2:59) -- My girl (The Temptations) (3:06) -- Shotgun (Jr. Walker & the All Stars) (2:56) -- People get ready (The...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bear Family Records 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES SWEAllred, David
Contents: The cell -- Mandatory soul -- Nature's course -- Full moon -- Fading away -- Family -- Lexington Hills.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK ALLLittler, Jamie
Summary: "In a snow-covered land where monsters rule the icy tundra, only song weavers hold the power to control these vicious giants. But for centuries song weavers have been the subject of suspicion--how can those who hold so much power be trusted? Ever since his parents were lost on a pathfinding expedition, Ash has spent his life as an outcast. As a budding song weaver, his village marked him as a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LITBittle, Jake
Summary: "The untold story of climate migration-the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities being torn apart by disaster, and the implications for all of us as we confront a changing future"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.87 BITCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ BittleAlabed, Bana
Summary: Bana's mother tells her of the strong bana tree that grows in their homeland, Syria, and how Bana's strength helped her survive war, being a refugee, and starting fresh in a new country.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALAKittle, Katrina.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KITLitte Richard.
Contents: Tutti frutti -- True fine mama -- Can't believe you wanna leave -- Ready Teddy -- Baby -- Slippin' and slidin' -- Long tall Sally -- Miss Ann -- Oh why? -- Rip it up -- Jenny Jenny -- She's got it -- Keep a knockin' -- By the light of the silvery moon -- Send me some lovin' -- Boo hoo hoo hoo (I'll never let you go) -- Heeby jeebies -- All around the world -- Good golly miss Molly -- Baby face...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Real Gonec 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LITSummary: 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 STOSoderguit, Alfredo
Summary: A beautiful, simple, and deep book about how accepting others can enrich us all. Hens and their chicks are living safe and secure in their coop, or at least it seems that way. They are happy with life as it is. Each one knows what she should be doing. They don't even seem to notice when every now and then one of them is carried off. Until one day some capybara appear. It's hunting season and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Kids/Greystone Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SODKittle, Katrina.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KITKittle, Katrina.
Summary: On a quiet street in the suburban Midwest, a popular, seemingly stable family keeps a terrible, dark secret behind closed doors -- a secret that will have life-changing consequences for all who know them Sarah Laden, a young widow and mother of two, struggles to keep her family together. Since the death of her husband, her high-school-age son, Nate, has developed a rebellious streak, constantly...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2013
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Various Artists
Contents: Disc one: (I just) died in your arms tonight / Cutting Crew. -- We belong / Pat Benatar. -- If this is it / Huey Lewis and the News. -- You can't change that / Raydio. -- Oh no / Commodores. -- Because I love you (The postman song) / Stevie B. -- Every time I think of you / Babys. -- Angel in your arms / Hot. -- This night won't last forever / Michael Johnson. -- All out of love / Air Supply....
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BODKittle, Katrina.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KITContents: C.C. Rider (Big Bill Broonzy) (2:34) -- Woman in Elaine, Arkansas (Roosevelt Sykes) (2:23) -- Death letter blues (Son House) (2:58) -- Your crying won't make me stay (K.C. Douglas and Richard Riggins) (2:43) -- Columbus, Mississippi blues (Bukka White) (3:30) -- I'm goin' to walk your log (William "Cat Iron" Carradine) (1:53) -- Why did you go last night (Clifton Chenier) (3:17) -- I stand and...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES CLAKander, John.
Contents: Willkommen (5:10) -- So what? (3:21) -- Don't tell Mama (4:01) -- Telephone song (2:30) -- Perfectly marvelous (3:28) -- Two ladies (2:24) -- It couldn't please me more (A pineapple) (3:17)-- Tomorrow belongs to me (2:12) -- Why should I wake up? (2:28) -- The money song (Sitting pretty) (1:51) -- Married (2:40) -- Meeskite (3:45) -- Entr'acte (2:23) -- If you could see her (The gorilla song)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical/Columbia/Legacy 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC CABCorchado, Alfredo
Summary: When Alfredo Corchado moved to Philadelphia in 1987, he felt as if he was the only Mexican in the city. But in a restaurant called Tequilas, he connected with two other Mexican men and one Mexican American, all feeling similarly isolated. Over the next three decades, the four friends continued to meet, coming together over their shared Mexican roots and their love of tequila. One was a radical...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 CORCoppel, Alfred.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1983