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Bruchac, Joseph Earth. Jaffrey, Madhur Jeffreys, Garland. Karsh, Yousuf Marsh, JeffreyMarsh, Jeffrey
Summary: "This book is about how to finally give up on feeling bad about yourself and discover the best person you can be. An interactive experience, How to Be You invites you to make the book your own through activities such as coloring in charts, answering questions about how you do the things you do, and discovering patterns in your lives that may be holding you back. Through Jeffrey's own story of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PRESummary: J'accuse is a World War I drama considered to be one of the most technically advanced films of the era and the first major pacifist film. It was referred to by Gance as "a human cry against the bellicose din of armies." Stars Marise Dauvray as Edith, a young woman who is unhappily married to an older man, Franȯis (Sv̌erin-Mars), but is actually in love with a young poet Jean Diaz (Romuald...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flicker Alley, LLC 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GANSummary: Maddie (Jen Lilley), a reporter for a Norfolk newspaper, embarks on a Tiger Cruise during Christmastime where she meets a handsome naval officer (Trevor Donovan) and stumbles upon a mystery in the ship's archive room.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Channel 2020
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family USSSummary: The world famous thief, Carmen Sandiego, plays an intricate game of cat and mouse with teen ACME detectives, Zack and Ivy. Based on the award-winning line of educational computer games, the energizing series is rich in both excitement and education as Carmen Sandiego attempts to steal the most valuable objects in the world. It's up to the detectives and the audience to figure out where in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cookie Jar 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WHEBruchac, Joseph
Summary: "Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BRUSummary: A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's epic story of passion, betrayal and revenge. The president of the Denmark Corporation is dead, and already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder. No one is more troubled by this than her son, Hamlet. Now, after this hostile takeover, trust is impossible, passion is on the rise and vengeance is in the air.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAMSummary: Sinbad, a daring and notorious rogue, has spent his life sailing the seven seas asking for trouble. Now he has been framed for stealing a priceless and powerful treasure--the Book of Peace. Sinbad has one chance to find and return the precious book, and battle the Goddess of Chaos or his best friend Proteus will die.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SINSummary: In spite of his stuttering problem, the high school debate team star invites Hal to join the team. Stumbling his way to the championship, Hal falls in love, gains confidence, and ultimately realizes that love and life should not be rocket science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ROC1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ROC
Summary: The Best Horror of the Year showcases the previous year's best offerings in short horror fiction. This edition includes award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Andy Davidson, Tananarive Due, Gemma Files, Jeffrey Ford, John Langan, Livia Llewellyn, Angela Slatter, and others. For more than four decades, award-winning editor and anthologist Ellen Datlow has had her finger on the pulse of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Night Shade Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Mike Flaherty is "a lovable yet long-suffering lawyer and high school wrestling coach... When Mike... comes across a teenage runaway who also happens to be a champion wrestler, Mike's luck turns around in spectacular fashion. But his win-win situation soon becomes more complicated than he ever imagined when the boy's family affairs come into play"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WINJaffrey, Madhur
Summary: Contains over six hundred recipes from around the world for vegetarian dishes, grouped in the categories of dried beans, dried peas, lentils, and nuts; vegetables; grains; dairy; soups, salads, and drinks; and sauces and added flavorings. Includes information on preparation, storage, and cooking techniques.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 JAFJaffrey, Madhur
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5954 JAFJeffreys, Garland.
Contents: Moonshine in the cornfield -- Welcome to the world -- Don't call me Buckwheat -- Color line -- Hail hail rock 'n' roll -- I was afraid of Malcolm -- Bottle of love -- The answer -- Racial repertoire -- Spanish blood -- Lonelyville -- Murder jubilee -- I'm not a know it all.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JEFJeffreys, Garland.
Contents: Coney Island winter -- I'm alive -- Streetwise -- The contortionist -- All around the world -- 'Til John Lee Hooker calls me -- Love is not a cliché -- Rock and roll music -- The beautiful truth -- Roller coaster town -- In God's waiting room.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Luna Park Records 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JEFKarsh, Yousuf
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Graphic Society 1976
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.2 KARSummary: Inspector Alleyn has the upper crust contacts and manners, but like more modern detectives, he's a bona fide cop. Offers elegant country house settings, complex cases, and a detective who works for Scotland Yard. Agatha Troy is the Inspector's independent and insightful lady friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the 1940s, the Third Reich has joined forces with the evil Grigori Rasputin, who has used his occult powers to summon up a demon from the depths of Hell. However, the demonic creature is captured by American forces, and put in the care of Professor Broom. Under Broom's care, Hellboy develops the desire to do good. Sixty years later he takes action as part of an elite secret defense team...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY HELSummary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SUMEarth.
Contents: Mirage -- Land of some other order -- The dire and ever circling wolves -- Left in the desert -- Lens of unrectified night -- An inquest concerning teeth -- Ralford (The felon wind) -- The dry lake -- Tethered to the polestar.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Lord 2005