Summary: 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 GRELarkin Poe
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LARSummary: 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 MELHarkin, Jo
Summary: "What if you once had a painful memory removed? And what if you were offered the chance to get it back? Tell Me an Ending follows four characters grappling with the question of what to remember-and what they hoped to forget forever. Finn, an Irish architect living in the Arizona desert, begins to suspect his charming wife of having an affair. Mei, a troubled grad school drop-out in Kuala...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARDarden, Joe T.
Summary: Episodes of racial conflict in Detroit form just one facet of the city's storied and legendary history, and they have sometimes overshadowed the less widely known but equally important occurrence of interracial cooperation in seeking solutions to the city's problems. The conflicts also present many opportunities to analyze, learn from, and interrogate the past in order to help lay the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 DARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.896 DARSummary: Widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s, this searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight boxing champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA RAGDarden, Bob
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abingdon Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 233 DARBradford, Joy Harden
Summary: "A groundbreaking exploration of how to harness concepts from group therapy and the safety (and joy) of sisterhood to heal yourself and your relationships, from the licensed clinical psychologist who founded the award-winning podcast Therapy for Black Girls. There's an unlimited supply of books, articles, and listicles about how to work on a relationship and grow with a partner, but there are...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 BRAKazdin, Cole
Summary: "Blending personal narrative and investigative reporting, Emmy Award-winning journalist Cole Kazdin reveals that disordered eating is an epidemic crisis killing millions of women. Women of all ages struggle with disordered eating, preoccupation with food, and body anxiety. Journalist Cole Kazdin was one such woman, and she set out to see if the impossibility of her own full recovery from an...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 KAZLarkin Poe (Musical group)
Contents: Sometimes -- Bleach blonde bottle blues -- Honey honey -- Mississippi -- California king -- Blue Ridge Mountains -- Fly like an eagle -- Ain't gonna cry -- Hard time killing floor blues -- Good and gone.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LARMoe, Martin A.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Green Turtle Publications 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.342 MOESummary: Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother Joey falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, while fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's wife and most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Link, Mardi Jo.
Summary: Poignant, irreverent, and hilarious: the memoir of a woman who, after ending her nineteen-year marriage, staves off a perpetually empty bank account, saves her century-old farmhouse from foreclosure with the help of her three young sons, and reclaims her life. It's the summer of 2005, and Mardi Jo Link's dream of living the simple life has unraveled into debt, heartbreak, and perpetually ragged...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2013
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Summary: De Niro stars as champion boxer Jake La Motta, who rose from the streets of the Bronx to the heights of his sport, only to find disillusionment and corruption as well as fame.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2005
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RAGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE RAGContents: disc 1. Glorify Him / Darwin Hobbs -- Do you know Him (Trendsetters mix) / Marvin Sapp -- No way / Tye Tribbett & G.A. -- Let go (The Godson concept) / Kierra "KiKi" Sheard -- Set me free / Myron Butler & Levi -- Gonna lift your name / Anointed -- God didn't give up / Deitrick Haddon -- Save me / Mary Mary -- Purified / CeCe Winans -- I will find a way / Fred Hammond -- God is able / Smokie...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Verity/Word/Zomba Label Group 2005
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS WOWCall number: CD RELIGIOUS Wow
Summary: Chief Inspector Boyd and his team are back to reopen the files of more cold cases. A spectral leader calling himself 'The Shepherd' is inciting vulnerable women to commit murder; a sadomasochistic killer is counting off his victims, leaving the word 'sorry' carved into their skin; and the discovery of an unexploded bomb threatens to bring unforeseen upheaval to the team.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WAKLink, Mardi Jo.
Summary: Poignant, irreverent, and hilarious: the memoir of a woman who, after ending her nineteen-year marriage, staves off a perpetually empty bank account, saves her century-old farmhouse from foreclosure with the help of her three young sons, and reclaims her life. It's the summer of 2005, and Mardi Jo Link's dream of living the simple life has unraveled into debt, heartbreak, and perpetually ragged...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013
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Summary: Cars: Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson, and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Anastasia has broken off her relationship with the troubled Christian to pursue a new career in a Seattle publishing house. While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIFCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIF RATED RCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FIFSummary: "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 XVarious artists
Contents: Bleeding love (Leona Lewis) -- Break the ice (Britney Spears) -- Killa (Cherish feat. Yung Joc) -- Lollipop (Lil Wayne feat. Static Major) -- Sexy can I? (Ray J. feat. Yung Berg) -- With you (Chris Brown) -- Te quiero (Flex feat. Belinda) -- Pocketful of sunshine (Natasha Bedingfield) -- No air (Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown) -- Realize (Colbie Caillat) -- Stop and stare (OneRepublic) -- Say...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Part 2 examines the biblical answers to the fundamental human questions and then traces their influence on the Western mind. This second section witnesses the transformation of philosophy from a monothetic search for explanations to a spiritual quest for meaning and understanding informed by a profound fideism.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GRESummary: Die hard (1988): NYPD police officer John McClane tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DIECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DIESummary: Charles, Roger, and George are museum security guards who take their jobs very seriously. But when they learn their favorite artworks are being sent to another museum, they concoct a plan to switch the real masterpieces with fakes. All goes well until a mistake forces these first-time thieves into a last-minute escapade.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009