Summary: In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager missions as a way of exploring the solar system's outermost planets, capturing images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and their moons. "The farthest" documents Voyager's journey, including first-hand accounts of the men and women who built the ships and guided their missions. Bonus film "Second genesis" explores the scientific quest to find life, or...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Clemons, Jack
Summary: "In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons -- a former lead engineer in support of NASA -- takes listeners behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years. Discover the people, the events, and the risks involved in one of the most important parts of space missions: bringing the astronauts back home to Earth."--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 629.45 CLESummary: Director Robert J. Flaherty journeyed with his wife, Frances, and their children to the South Seas island of Savai'i to capture on film the exotic lifestyles of the Samoan people. In doing so, they resurrected and dramatized the recently vanished customs and struggles of the people just before modernization permanently altered the cultural landscape of the island. In 1975, nearly 50 years after...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOASummary: When several diamonds are stolen from a jewelry store in Marseilles, the heist bears the hallmarks of the supposedly retired Pink Panther gang. After a child is accidentally killed in their getaway, the thieves resort to desperate measures to fence the jewels. This sparks a series of events that set a British insurance-loss adjuster, a French-Algerian cop, and a Serbian soldier turned diamond...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "With the Army of the Dead--led by the Night King, his White Walkers and an undead dragon--bearing down on Jon and Dany and their combined forces, a denouement eight seasons in the making will be reached, answering a myriad of questions surrounding the fate of the series' protagonists. Meanwhile, Jon's true identity promises to undermine Dany's claim to the Iron Throne...and, or course, Cersei...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GAMCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GAMSummary: 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
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOContents: Do the 45 / Ryan Shaw -- Am I wasting my time? / Eli "Paperboy" Reed & the True Loves -- 100 yard dash / Raphael Saadiq -- Disrespectful / Chaka Khan with Mary J. Blige -- 100 days, 100 nights / Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings -- No smoke without fire / James Hunter -- Love and happiness / Thelma Houston -- Tonight I'll be staying here with you / Ann Peebles -- Love comes and goes / Lee Fields &...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory/NPR 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES SOUSummary: Although the fighting lasted for only six days in June of 1967, the effects of the Six Day War are still apparent today. On its 40th anniversary, the region remains trapped in conflict and is every bit as explosive as it was then. For Israel, the 1967 war was a military success. But it also redrew the map of the Middle East and mired the region in a never-ending cycle of occupation, terrorism...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SIXSummary: After a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet, he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies. When NASA realizes he is alive, they must devise a rescue mission.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Barker, Wanda
Summary: "Anishinaabe ABC Mazina'igan is filled with Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe sentences, and their English translations. It is written in the double vowel writing system and is intended to show the sequence of the Ojibwe alphabet."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre 2017
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE ANISHINAABE BARContents: Sign of the judgement ; Lay down body (McIntosh County Shouters) -- Lay down body ; Run, Mary, run, you got a right to the tree of life (Seniorlites) -- One morning soon ; I wanna go where Jesus is ; You better run to the city of refuge (Rev. C.J. Johnson and family) -- I heard the voice of Jesus say ; Give me Jesus ; I am a soldier in the army of the Lord (United Southern Prayer Band of...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian/Folkways 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN AFRSummary: An absorbing drama about a Belgian teenager who is gradually coming to understand the implications of his father making a living off of abusing illegal alien workers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PROSummary: Documents the 72-year struggle for women's suffrage which culminated in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. It illuminates the alliances, infighting, betrayals and defeats that paved the way for victory in the battle for women's right to vote. Historical footage is enhanced with vocal performances, and interviews with historians provide the viewer with both current and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Home Video 2005
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ONESummary: "In Japanese, tora means "tiger." In December of 1941, "tiger, tiger, tiger" was the code phrase that unleashed one of history's most devastating surprise attacks. But the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor also awakened the "sleeping giant" of American military might, and in the process, sealed Japan's fate"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PEASummary: Fresh from the farm, Claude Bukowski arrives in New York City for a date with the Army Induction Board, only to walk into a hippie "happening" in Central Park and fall in love with the beautiful Sheila. Befriended by the hippies' pacifist leader, Berger, and urged to crash a formal party in order to declare his love for Sheila, Claude begins an adventure that lands him in jail, Central Park...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS HAIBarker, Wanda
Summary: "This book uses the Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) Double Vowel writing system. Teachers and students can use the book to learn the alphabet and words associated with each letter symbol. Teachers may wish to discuss the cultural relevancy of the word associated with each letter. Students can look at the illustrations for help with translating the word to English. A glossary is provided at the back...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE ANISHINAABE BARSures, Ben
Summary: "A children's storybook about a young Ojibway boy, Leo, and his family-centred, traditional upbringing on Serpent River First Nation. Leo's life turns to darkness when forced to attend residential school. Back home for Christmas, Leo uses inspiration from an Ojibway childhood game to remain with his loving family."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SURSummary: History reports that the mighty Inca were swiftly wiped out by a small band of Conquistadors, but new evidence is being unearthed that may help rewrite history. Uncovered remains of those who died in battle along with recently discovered documents suggest that even after forming military alliances with thousands of Indian mercenaries, it took the Spanish many years to defeat the Inca Empire.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GRECassutt, Michael
Summary: "One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W.S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord," "the Godfather," and "UNO" (unidentified NASA official) by those within NASA. He was said to be secretive, despotic, a Space Age Machiavelli. Yet Abbey had more influence on human spaceflight than almost anyone in history. From young pilot and wannabe astronaut to engineer,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018