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African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Earl of Essex Cromwell, Thomas 1485?-1540 Great Britain Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Fiction Mulder, Fox (Fictitious character) Drama Parapsychology Drama Popular music Scully, Dana (Fictitious character) Drama United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation DramaFilter By Subjects
African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Earl of Essex Cromwell, Thomas 1485?-1540 Great Britain Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Fiction Mulder, Fox (Fictitious character) Drama Parapsychology Drama Popular music Scully, Dana (Fictitious character) Drama United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation DramaSummary: When his spaceship crash-lands on the barren wastelands of Mars, U.S. astronaut Commander "Kit" Draper must fight for survival, with a pet monkey his only companion until he meets "Friday," an alien.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI ROBMantell, Paul.
Summary: When thirteen-year-old Tim Daniels gets a chance to go to basketball camp, he is faced with trying to be accepted by the popular players and remaining true to his friend who has become the butt of practical jokes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC CHRManke, Karl.
Summary: This story parallels the famous Biblical parable, "The Prodigal Son," in a modern setting. It demonstrates the worst and best in all of us. The Best: The unconditional love and patience Norbert Geiberson lavishes on his dysfunctional family for the sake of unity. The Worst: His two sons who in very opposite ways rebut a father's love by their selfish and destructive exploits. This story is both...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alexander Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MANManke, Karl
Summary: This latest offering by Karl Manke - circa 1955 - is part 'O, Brother Where Art Thou?' and 'Stand By Me,' crafted around a multiple-murder mystery spanning several states, yet seemingly unrelated, in the vein of Ted Bundy and 'The Deliberate Stranger. With its colorful characters - from Whitey, Dace, Cowboy and Sid, to Vaughn, 'Handsome Harry,' Doc and Grace - 'The Adventures of Railcar Rogues'...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction MankeSummary: The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE MELSummary: 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.Ganter, J. Carl.
Summary: With These Hands is a documentary project of the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, showcasing four family farms in Leelanau County, Michigan, as they deal with the threat of residential development. The families include Mary and Whitney Lyon, Leo Ocanas, Lew Seibold and Rex Dobson of Ruby Ellen Farm.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 GAN1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 630 GAN
Ganter, J. Carl.
Summary: Video showcasing four family farms in Leelanau County Michigan as they deal with the threat of residential development.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MediaVia 2003
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WITSummary: Thomas Cromwell is a brutal blacksmith's son who rises from the ashes of personal disaster and deftly picks his way through a court where 'man is wolf to man.' King Henry VIII is obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne. Told from Cromwell's perspective, "Wolf Hall" follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WOLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV WoContents: Los herederos intro (1:44) -- Los herederos (6:44) -- Asi son con el son (4:50) -- Rompe saraguey (4:14) -- Pa' lo rumbero (6:25) -- De todo un poco (6:20) -- Palmira (5:18) -- Sasauma coco (4:41) -- Chan chan (3:38) -- Como esta el mantecao (5:16) -- Chivirico (5:54) -- Que rico son (3:53).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Pimienta Records 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Faber College theme / Elmer Bernstein -- Louie, Louie (John Belushi) -- Twistin' the night away (Sam Cooke) -- Tossin' and turnin' (Bobby Lewis) -- Shama lama ding dong (Lloyd Williams) -- Hey Paula (Paul & Paula) -- Animal house (Stephen Bishop) -- Money (That's what I want) (John Belushi) -- Let's dance (Chris Montez) -- Dream girl (Stephen Bishop) -- (What a) wonderful world (Sam Cooke) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC NATSummary: "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 RACHaselton, Martie Gail
Summary: Identifies the sources of behavioral and physiological changes attributed to a woman's hormone cycles, revealing a hidden adaptive intelligence in the body's hormones and how an awareness of protective hormonal activity can help women to make better-informed decisions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 HASSummary: Raffi's most popular songs sung by some of country's most popular musicians. You and your child will love Marty Stuart's rendition of Naturally, while The Bowling Song is covered by Asleep at the Wheel.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder 2001
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2 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV COUSummary: The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its East Coast lies Mega City One, a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called Judges who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Merrye children suffer from a rare genetic malady in which they mentally regress to a condition of pre-human savagery and cannibalism. They live in their family mansion and terrorize and kill anyone or anything that passes through the gates.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SPISummary: 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 CELSummary: Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should trust nothing -- including their own search-and-rescue orders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ESSMantel, Hilary
Summary: If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it? England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MANManatee, Shaggy.
Contents: Numbers game -- Good and the bad -- Unstoppable (feat. Opt Rhyme) -- No more trouble (feat. Non-Repro) -- Born to die (feat. Tendrizer) -- Cartoons worked for me -- Cypress breath -- Get it straight (feat. B-Child) -- Fighting for (feat. Swan) -- Let go of the chaos (feat. Egg White and Nalej) -- Tell me I'm wrong (feat. Opt Rhyme) -- Benjamins (feat. B-Child) -- Palm trees 23 -- Happiness --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Quake Trap 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP ManatMantel, Hilary
Summary: "England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MANSummary: "A young F.B.I. agent is assigned watchdog duty over a fellow agent, but finds herself drawn into his investigations of paranormal and unexplained phenomena."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV XSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Contents: Sheep, sheep, don'tcha know the road (Bessie Jones and the Sea Island Singers) -- The juice of the forbidden fruit (Neil Morris) -- Devil's dream (Hobart Smith) -- You got dimples in your jaws (Willie Jones and others) -- Drunken hiccups (Hobart Smith) -- You done tol' everybody (Fred McDowell) -- The house carpenter (Almeda Riddle) -- Straighten 'em (Bright Light Quartet) -- Corn dodgers (Neil...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder 1997