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African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures California Los Angeles California Los Angeles Hollywood Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama New York (State) New York Reading Remedial teaching Superheroes Drama United StatesMizruchi, Susan L.
Summary: Drawing from the actor's personal letters, audiotapes and annotations on screenplays and books, the author paints a unique picture of the legendary star's off-screen life including his embrace of foreign cultures and his collection of 4,000 books.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRANDO, MARLON MIZSummary: A portrait of a woman victimized by the strictures of seventeenth-century feudal Japanese society, from her beginnings as the daughter of a samurai and ending up as a prostitute.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN LIFSummary: "One of a string of late-career masterworks made by Kenji Mizoguchi in the first half of the 1950s, A Story from Chikamatsu (a.k.a. The Crucified Lovers) is an exquisitely moving tale of forbidden love struggling to survive in the face of persecution. Based on a classic of eighteenth-century Japanese drama, the film traces the injustices that befall a Kyoto scroll maker's wife and his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Percy Schmeiser, a third-generation farmer, is sued by a corporate giant for allegedly using their patented seeds. With little resources to fight the giant legal battle, Percy joins forces with up-and-coming attorney Jackson Weaver and environmental activist Rebecca Salcau to fight one of the most monumental cases all the way up to the Supreme Court.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PERCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PERCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PERCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PERHall, Susan L. (Susan Long)
Summary: Acknowledging that parents often lose valuable years by waiting for their school systems to test for a child's reading disability, Hall and Moats offer a detailed, realistic program for making parents actively involved in their children's reading lives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.58 HAL1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649.58 HAL
Roth, Susan L.
Summary: A guinea pig tells her child the true story of giant guinea pigs that lived in Venezuela about eight million years ago.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2006
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION RothRoth, Susan L.
Summary: A family of mice celebrates the eight days of Hannukah with friends in this illustrated version of the holiday song.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2004
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE ROTSmalley, Susan L.
Summary: Explores the practical art and science of mindfulness as it relates to the traditions of Buddhism with a helpful guide to improving a mindful stance and an awareness of life experiences in any situation or circumstance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 SMARoth, Susan L.
Summary: Construction workers ask Kristen, a young apprentice, to bring them snacks and supplies. Provides information on the workers' jobs and equipment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROTSummary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VALSmalley, Susan L.
Summary: Mindfulness has attracted ever?growing interest and tens of thousands of practitioners, who have come to the discipline from both within and outside the Buddhist tradition. In Fully Present, leading mindfulness researchers and educators Dr. Sue Smalley and Diana Winston provide an all?in?one guide for anyone interested in bringing mindfulness to daily life as a means of enhancing well?being....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 616.89 SMAJ Eaton,L Wagner F Shuman
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Dreyer Music Corp. 1947
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: 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: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA VALMalloy, Sean L. (Sean Langdon)
Contents: Introduction : "Its use must weigh heavily on our minds and on our hearts" -- The education of Henry L. Stimson -- The road to Pearl Harbor -- "A most terrible thing" -- "The international situation" -- The ordeal of Henry L. Stimson -- Hiroshima and Nagasaki by way of Potsdam -- The last full measure -- "The full enumeration of the steps in the tragedy" -- Conclusion : "a grave and continuing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cornell University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MALSummary: "The ASVAB is the qualifying test required for recruits entering all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as current service members who want to raise their score to qualify for more exclusive specialties or officer training. This comprehensive test preparation guide includes: a diagnostic ASVAB to identify areas needing improvement, four full-length practice exams, including the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barrons Educational Series, Inc. 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Son is Cuba's principal dance and song form and the root of salsa. Fusing African and Spanish elements, it ranges in style from simple, rustic bands to the brassy arrangements of New York salsa. This rough guide, literally a 'who's who' in Cuban music, explores this rich tradition, from its conception in the early 1900s to the present day big-band revival"--Container verso.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ROUCramer, Harriet L.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Friedman/Fairfax Publishers 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Gardens CramerSummary: Pilot Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. To rescue the passengers,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE PLACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PLAUlanski, Stan L.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.46 ULASummary: When peace breaks out in America, killing machine Major Benson Winifred Payne, United States Marine Corps Special Forces, is given his marching orders--to the unemployment line. Unable to cope with civilian life, Payne is thrust back into the military regimen as commander of the Madison Academy Junior ROTC.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Now that the world knows billionaire inventor Tony Stark is the armored super hero Iron Man, his life has suddenly become even more intense. Everyone wants in on the Iron Man technology, whether for power or profit, but for Ivan Vanko, it's revenge. With Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, Stark must once again suit up and face his most dangerous enemy yet.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2010
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE IROCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IRO RATED PG-13Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Iron 2010Sagan
Contents: Migration rights -- MacyCon '98-- Professional ascender -- Half-earth -- Starship and canoe -- Human use -- Crystal eyed -- Self-described -- Sillin keeper -- Anti-ark -- The myth of Invariance
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Seeland
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SAGSuba
Contents: Tantos desejos (Cibelle, vocals ; João Parahyba, percussion) -- Você gosta (Taciana, vocals ; percussion, João Parahyba) -- Na neblina (Patricia H., landscapes) -- Segredo (Katia B., vocals) -- Antropòfagos (Mestre Ambrosio, percussion, bass, rabeca) -- Felicidade (Cibelle, vocals ; Luis do Monte, guitar ; João Parahyba, drums) -- Um dia comum (em SP) (Kuaker, guitar) -- Sereia (Cibelle,...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Six Degrees Records 2000