Meyers, Morton A.

Summary: A look at the role of serendipity in major medical and scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century explains how chance led to the discovery of such medical advances as penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, and Viagra.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.9 MEY

Summary: Cornelius, Zira and Dr. Milo, three apes from the future, escape from their planet as it is being destroyed and land on 20th century Earth where they are taken to the Los Angeles Zoo for examination. When Zira reveals their ability to speak to a psychologist, the apes are treated as curiosities. However, when the U.S. government begins to believe their story that the Earth will eventually be...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI ESC

Summary: The legendary life of Fidel Castro, from exiled revolutionary to the world's most controversial and longest serving head of state. As seen through the eyes of his wife, mistress and female cohort, this film reveals the untold story of Fidel's rise to become one of the world's most powerful leaders.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FID

Summary: "Following a bloody conflict between her clan and that of the "men from the land of ice", Maïna (Roseanne Supernault) the daughter of Grand Chief Mishtenapuu (Graham Greene), sets off on a mission to rescue a captured boy - little knowing her actions will result in the poignant meeting of two of America's founding nations. A truly epic tale of adventure and romance in a time before European...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MAI

Summary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV O

Summary: "This holy grail for both documentary and theater aficionados offers a tantalizingly rare glimpse behind the Broadway curtain. In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim's groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his director Harold Price, the show's stars, and a large pit orchestra all went into a Manhattan recording studio as part of a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ORI

Summary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROO

Summary: 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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWI

Contents: The uncrowned king (Marion Hayden) (6:59) -- You (Kenny Cox) (5:27) -- Many blessings (James Carter) (9:07) -- Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson) (8:02) -- Lottie The Body's mood (Marcus Belgrave) (8:52) -- Reza (Elvin Jones) (7:12) -- Ghost dancers (A. Spencer Barefield) (8:15) -- French spice (Donald Byrd) (8:00) -- Sheila's blues (Sheila Jordan) (7:26).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ DET

Summary: Recounts the career and times of talent manager and Hollywood insider Shep Gordon, told through interviews with Shep Gordon himself as well as Alice Cooper, Emeril Lagasse, Michael Douglas, Anne Murray and many of his other clients and friends.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SUP

Summary: Another supernatural force has come to light in Bon Temps, witchcraft, and life for its residents will never be the same. Sookie finds herself entangled in a love triangle, torn between a vengeful Bill, the new Vampire King of Mississippi, and Eric, who's not the former Viking he once was. Led by a charismatic witch named Marnie, who threatens to let no one living or dead stand in her way, a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment, [2012] 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TRU

V Horton A Beul

Format: notated music

Publisher / Publication Date: Chas. K. Harris 1946

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHM

Morton, David A.

Summary: "This comprehensive book covers both SSDI and SSI, shows the reader how to prove a disability, and explains how one's age, education, and work experience affect his or her chances. Parents will find special information about benefits available to childrenwith a disability. The reader will learn how to: find the disability criteria for a medical condition, prove the severity of a disability,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo Law for All 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 368.38 MO

Summary: A repressed minister with a devoted wife must come to terms with his adulterous feelings for a beautiful, free-spirited woman.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SAN

Summary: Orbiting the liberated planet of Bajor, a Federation space station guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the Galaxy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STA

Summary: In Depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA OF

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OFM

Summary: The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TWE

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie 12 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWE

Meeks, Wayne A.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1993

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 241.09 MEE

Summary: A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROC

Summary: The story of the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, who is adopted by billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2003

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD ANN

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ANN