Meck, Su.
Summary: "Just twenty-two years old, Su Meck was already married and the mother of two children in 1988 when a ceiling fan in the kitchen of her home fell from its mounting and struck her in the head. She survived the life-threatening swelling in her brain that resulted from the accident, but when she regained consciousness in the hospital the next day, she didn't know her own name. She didn't recognize...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 MECK, SU MECSun Ra
Contents: I am an instrument -- I am strange -- Chicago USA ; Spaceship lullaby (the Nu Sounds with Sun Ra) -- Daddy's gonna tell you no lie (the Cosmic Rays with Sun Ra and Arkestra) -- A foggy day (the Nu Sounds with Sun Ra and Arkestra) -- I'm coming home ; Last call for love (Billie Hawkins with Sun-Ra and his orchestra) -- Soft talk ; Super blonde (Sun-Ra and his Arkistra [sic]) -- Saturn ; Call...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SUNSummary: Mulan: Mulan is a young Chinese woman who breaks tradition and joins the Imperial army, accompanied by a her guardian dragon, Mushu, to battle an invading army.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment] 2013
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MULCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MULCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MULCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Mulan 2013Macy, Sue.
Summary: A photographic biography of Annie Oakley, discussing her early life, her prowess with a gun, her stint with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and her enduring image in movies, books, television shows, and plays.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OAKContents: Disc one: Let no man steal your thyme / The Pentangle -- Willow's song (from The Wicker Man) / Magnet -- Come all your travellers / Wight -- Love is a funny thing / Spirogyra -- Images of passing clouds / Garry Farr -- Peek strangely and worried evening / Synanthesia -- Glass of water / Bob and Carole Pegg -- Winter is blue / Vashti Bunyan -- Winter is a coloured bird / Comus -- The Seagulls...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Grapefruit Records 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK DUSSummary: A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NINMacy, Sue
Summary: Presents the story of the man who founded the National Yiddish Book Center, and describes the worldwide effort he currently leads to collect unwanted Yiddish books and save the Yiddish language from extinction.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LANMacy, Sue.
Summary: Raised on a cattle ranch, Agnes Morley was sent to Stanford University to learn to be a lady. Yet in no time she exchanged her breeches and spurs for bloomers and a basketball; and in April 1896 she made history. In a heart-pounding game against the University of California at Berkeley, Agnes led her team to victory in the first-ever intercollegiate women's basketball game, earning national...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.323 MACCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MACMacy, Sue.
Summary: Explore the role the bicycle played in the women's liberation movement.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.6082 MACWu-Tang Clan (Musical group)
Contents: Wu-Tang The Saga Continues Intro (feat. RZA) -- Lesson Learn'd (feat. Inspectah Deck and Redman) -- Fast and Furious (feat. Hue Hef and Raekwon) -- Famous Fighters (Skit) -- If Time Is Money (Fly Navigation) (feat. Method Man) -- Frozen (feat. Method Man, Killa Priest and Chris Rivers) -- Berto and the Fiend (Skit) (feat. Ghostface Killa) -- Pearl Harbor (feat. Ghostface Killah, Method Man, RZA...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP WUMacy, Sue
Summary: "Macy offers a rare and fascinating glimpse into the journey of women's rights through the lens of women in sports during the pivotal decade of the 1920s. With elegant prose, poignant wit, and fascinating primary sources, Macy explores the many hurdles presented to female athletes as they stormed the field, stepped up to bat, and won the right to compete in sports. Featuring bold and talented...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.082 MACSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: Liu Jin-xi is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper's life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu. Convinced that Liu's martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region's vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WUSummary: The atomic brain: Inside an evil mansion, a mad scientist and an old woman hire three young women as servants. Grave robbing and forced brain transplants by atomic power add to the horror as the three women are chained to the devil's love lab ; The brain that wouldn't die: A crazed surgeon accidentally decapitates his attractive fiancée. He takes her head to his lab to keep if alive while he...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR CULRaekwon
Contents: Return of the north star (featuring Popa Wu) -- House of flying daggers (featuring Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, GZA) -- Sonny's missing -- Pyrex vision -- Cold outside (featuring Ghostface Killah, Suga Bang Bang) -- Black Mozart (featuring Inspectah Deck, RZA, Tash Mahogany) -- Gihad (featuring Ghostface Killah) -- New Wu (featuring Method Man, Ghostface Killah) -- Penitentiary...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: H2O 2009
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP RAESummary: They were crack troops skilled in the techniques of unconditional warfare, the soldiers of the Special Forces-- and the focus of Hollywood's first feature film about the Vietnam War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRESummary: A retired ship captain moves west to marry and start life over as a rancher. He finds himself between two families at war over cattle watering rights, unaccepted by the local people, and in a deteriorating relationship.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment, Inc. 2001
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2 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN BIGVarious artists
Contents: Now that we found love (Heavy D & the Boyz) -- Mary Mary (Run-D.M.C.) -- Pray (M.C. Hammer) -- Tennessee (Arrested Development) -- A nightmare on my street (DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince) -- Ain't gonna hurt nobody (Kid 'N Play) -- Do you want me? (Salt N Pepa) -- Wipeout (Fat Boys) -- Rico suave (Gerardo) -- Flava in ya ear (Craig Mack) -- Deeper shade of soul (Urban Dance Squad) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Razor & Tie 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP MONSummary: An aging poet, Younghwan, summons his two estranged sons to a solitary hotel beside the Han River because he feels his death is near. While waiting for them to arrive, he meets two women out walking in the new-fallen snow and is struck by their angelic beauty. But the women have come to the hotel to do some healing of their own. As Younghwan moves between the women and his sons, he also moves...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOTSummary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSYu, Su-mei.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5959 YUKidd, Sue Monk
Summary: This is the Spanish text edition of the New York Times best selling novel, "The Secret Life of Bees". It is a beautifully written, coming of age story, set in rural South Carolina in 1964 against the back drop of the civil rights movement. It is the touching story of a young white girl, fourteen year old Lily Owens, whose mother died in a tragic accident when Lily was about four. Lily lives...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005