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(Fictitious character from Carroll) Alice Drama Amputation Artificial limbs Brothers and sisters Drama Emperor of Rome Augustus 63 B.C.-14 A.D Drama Islands Drama Rabbits Drama Rome History Civil War, 43-31 B.C Drama Rome History, Military 265-30 B.C Drama Rome Politics and government 265-30 B.C DramaMcDonald, Heather
Summary: Comedian Heather McDonald, best known for her contributions to Chelsea Lately and After Lately, shares her story of life as a pretend grown up. She gives listeners a hilarious glimpse into awkward adult situations, including being a working mom whose parents live next door; having a stay-at-home husband who won't give an inch; having a sister who wants one of her eggs; and dealing with...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2013
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 792.7 MCDONALD, HEATHER MCDSummary: 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
Summary: Four decades ago, legions of young people trekked to San Francisco and its famed Haight Asbury district, the epicenter for the youth-driven counterculture revolution that was transforming American culture. They came for peace, politics, community, love...and they came for the music, the most enduring legacy of that very special place and time. It has proven to be the element that really tells...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LOVMac Donald, Heather
Summary: "America is in crisis, from the campus to the workplace. Toxic ideas--bred in college classrooms and nurtured by politicized scholarship--have undermined humanistic values, fueled intolerance, and widened divisions in the larger culture. Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton? Oppressive. American history? Tyrannous. Teachers upholding rigorous standards or employers hiring by merit? Racist and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.117 MACMac Donald, Heather
Summary: It has been call the "Ferguson effect": Since the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, officers have been backing off of proactive policing, and criminals are becoming emboldened. Mac Donald deconstructs the central narrative of the Black Lives Matter movement: that racist cops are the greatest threat to young black males. She argues that it is criminals and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 363.20973 MACMcDonagh, Thomas (Thomas M.)
Summary: Provides guidance for teenagers in managing anxiety in areas such as school, parents, and friends, describing strategies including meditation, mantras, and breathing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ulysses Press 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.85 MCDSummary: 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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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWIMcDonagh, Thomas (Thomas M.)
Summary: Break free from anxiety and manage stress with simple strategies and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques in this straightforward and encouraging handbook. Keeping up with friendships, relationships, school, extracurriculars, and social media is already a lot of work. And when anxiety spikes, it sometimes feels like it’s impossible to keep your life on track. You might feel like you’re...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloom Books for Young Readers 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Although Happy dreams of becoming a professional hockey player, he discovers that his hockey slap shot translates to an astonishing 400 yard tee shot. So when his grandmother loses her home to the IRS, Happy decides to earn the house back by joining the pro golf tour, bringing his ferocious temper and outlandish antics to the well-tended fairways. Before long, Happy is a media sensation,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Home Video 1998
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: DVD Movie Happy 1998Williams, Tennessee
Summary: While visiting, Blanche DuBois, a beautiful alcoholic who embodies the virtues of the Old South, clashes with her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski, a rising industrialist. As Blanche reveals the true nature of her visit to Stanley's residence, both Blanche and Stanley must face the saddening state of Southern values.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Caedmon 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN WILSummary: Meet the Silver Belles, five tap dancers who performed in 1930's Harlem at the famed Apollo and Cotton Club. Together again, they're dancing to standing ovations and sharing stories of the Harlem Renaissance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BEESummary: Spy kids: When their international spy parents are kidnapped by children's TV program host Fegan Floop, Carmen and Juni Cortez must criss-cross the globe in a quest to save their parents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax 2010
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SPYVarious artists
Contents: Crazy in love (Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z) -- Where is the love? (The Black Eyed Peas & Justin Timberlake) -- Clocks (Coldplay) -- Lose yourself (Eminem) -- Work it (Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) -- Going under (Evanescence) -- The way you move (Outkast) -- Cry me a river (Justin Timberlake) -- Beautiful (Christina Aguilera) -- I'm with you (Avril Lavigne) -- Dance with my father (Luther Vandross)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Grammy Recordings 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK GraSummary: Sixteen-year-old Irish immigrant Ned Kelly is sentenced to three years in prison for stealing horse. After his release, he finds work tending to horses owned by Richard Cook, whose wife becomes interested in Ned. Fitzpatrick, is a police officer interested in Ned's sister Kate. When she refuses his advances, Fitzpatrick steals the family's animals. Not being able to go straight, Ned goes on the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY NEDSummary: Recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerilla fighters in a Central American country, Schwarzenegger and his men encounter an enemy more deadly than any on Earth--because the Predator is not of this Earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRESummary: The parody of British Victorian life, spiced with the usual topical allusions to English customs and institutions, set in a Japanese Never-Never Land, is performed by The Australian Opera.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Australian Opera 2008
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA MIKSummary: Feisty, fearless Judy Moody is looking forward to the most super-duper, double-rare summer vacation ever. The trouble is, her parents are called out of town and her BFFs are going away with their own families. That leaves Judy trapped at home with her pesky brother Stink under the watchful eye of Aunt Opal. But with a little playful planning, and a lot of imagination, Judy turns a snoresville...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In Augmented, Hugh Herr, a biophysicist working to create brain-controlled robotic limbs, shares his personal journey. At age 17, Herr's legs were amputated after a climbing accident. Frustrated by the crude prosthetic limbs he was given, Herr set out to remedy their design, leading him to a career as an inventor of innovative prosthetic devices. Now, Herr is teaming up with an injured climber...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AUGSummary: "Season nine of Heartland finds the Bartlett-Fleming clan navigating the new normal as each family member starts an exciting chapter, leaving past hurt and hardships behind. With the idyllic Alberta foothills as their backdrop, this tightknit family knows that any challenge can be met and every struggle can be overcome as long as they have each other"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Entertainment One 2016
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD He 9Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Heartland 2016Summary: In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROMSummary: An animated musical version of Lewis Carroll's tale about a girl named Alice. Alice follows a White Rabbit through a very small door and enters Wonderland, where she has many unusual adventures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALI RATED GCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AlCopies Available at Woodmere
4 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ALICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ALISummary: A look at the life of journalist James Foley, who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012 and became the first American citizen to be killed by the terrorist group ISIS. Friends, family and professional colleagues share their recollections of him in this documentary. Directed by Brian Oakes who was a childhood friend of Foley's, this award-winning documentary provides an in-depth look into the life and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JIMSummary: Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROMFeather, Leonard
Summary: "This book is based in part on Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of jazz, The new encyclopedia of jazz, The encyclopedia of jazz in the sixties, and on a subsequent work by Mr. Feather and Ira Gitler, The encyclopedia of jazz in the seventies"
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1999