Noles, James L.
Contents: The baby flattops -- Crew for the "Listing Lizzie" -- Wildcats, avengers, and a rear admiral -- Into the breach -- Galvanic and Kourbash -- Three task forces, three brothers -- "The god of death has come" -- Twenty-three minutes and counting -- Abandon ship! -- Pacific dawn -- Surviving -- Aftermath.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Alabama Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 NOLSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANSummary: 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
Contents: Meet me in the city / Junior Kimbrough -- Going away, baby / R.L. Burnside & The Sound Machine -- Cut you loose / T-Model Ford -- Go back to your used to be / Jessie Mae Hemphill -- Write me a few lines / Mississippi Fred McDowell -- Catfish blues / Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes -- Love my baby / Little Junior's Blue Flames -- Rob & steal / Paul 'Wine' Jones -- Cotton crop blues / James Cotton -- Don't...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MOJBales, Richard
Contents: General Lee's grand march (2:58) -- All quiet along the Potomac tonight (5:36) -- The bonnie blue flag (2:04) -- Lorena (3:16) -- The yellow rose of Texas (2:41) -- Somebody's darling (4:38) -- We all went down to New Orleans for bales (1:57) -- Gen. Robert E. Lee's farewell order to the Army of Northern Virginia, Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, April 10, 1865 (2:42) -- The conquered banner...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Special Products 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK BALBales, Kevin.
Summary: In this riveting book, authors and authorities on modern day slavery Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter expose the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists now in the United States. In "The Slave Next Door "we find that slaves are all around us, hidden in plain sight: the dishwasher in the kitchen of the neighborhood restaurant, the kids on the corner selling cheap...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 BALGomes, Andreia
Summary: Whether you've been weaving for years or just starting out, Little Loom Weaving has everything you need to create trendy and timeless woven pieces on a small, portable loom. This helpful guide, packed with step-by-step instructions and stunning color photos, is full of inspiring and fun projects -- some easy and fast enough to finish in a few hours!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Craft Fiber GomesJoyes, Claire.
Summary: One of the most influential painters of modern times, Claude Monet lived for half his life in the famous house at Giverny. It was after moving here in 1883 with his future second wife, Alice Hoschede, and their eight children that Monet's work finally achieved recognition. His growing success meant that he was able to indulge his passion for comfort and good living. Family meals, special...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5944 JOYSummary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOGales, Eric.
Contents: Resurrection -- No one else -- Sign of the storm -- High anxiety -- Fed up with you -- Place and time/World for ransom -- Nothing to lose -- Give & take -- Changes in emotion -- Piece of my soul.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Elektra 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES GALGales, Eric
Contents: Death of me -- The storm -- Had to dip -- I want my crown (featuring Joe Bonamassa) -- Stand up -- Survivor -- You don't know the blues -- Rattlin' change -- Too close to the fire -- Put that back -- Take me just as I am (featuring Ladonna Gales) -- Cupcakin' -- Let me start with this -- I found her -- My own best friend -- I gotta go.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES GALJobes, Cecily
Summary: Its time to play. This book allows readers to follow an engaging narrator through their playtime, from playing with the family dog to playing with a friend.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Powerkids Press 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Four outcast high school girls a brainiac student, a scandal-ridden cynic, a tomboy, and a fashion maven join together to form their own "girl gang" and trigger a rock-'n'-roll revolution at Rydell High. Of course, the adults are in a 1950s moral panic over the burgeoning new era, but the Pink Ladies are ready to get this party started.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDJiles, Paulette
Summary: The story of two different families, headed by a former slave and by a Quaker, who settle in Texas during the Civil War.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JILJiles, Paulette
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hungry Mind 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 JIL1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.3 JIL
Jiles, Paulette
Summary: "In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION JILBales, Richard
Contents: The American Army (military quickstep) (3:13) -- Tenting on the old camp ground (4:01) -- The battle cry of freedom (2:29) -- Aura Lea (3:44) -- The invalid corps (2:27) -- Just before the battle, Mother (4:45) -- The field at Gettysburg ; The Gettysburg address ; The President's hymn (6:09) -- The vacant chair (4:29) -- Medley: Abraham Lincoln's funeral march ; Taps (1862) ; The President's...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Special Products 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK BALFake Names (Musical group)
Contents: Targets -- Expendables -- Delete myself -- Go -- Don't blame yourself -- Can't take it -- Damage done -- Madtown -- Caught in between -- Too little too late.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FAKSummary: Ten years after the events of Phantom menace, Senator Padme Amidala survives an assassination attempt as she returns to Coruscant for an important vote. The Jedi Council send Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to protect her. After tracking the assassin, but failing to get any information from her, Obi-Wan is sent to Kamino to continue their investigations while Anakin is sent with Amidala to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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2 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STASummary: Ten years after the events of Phantom menace, Senator Padme Amidala survives an assassination attempt as she returns to Coruscant for an important vote. The Jedi Council send Obi-Wan Kenobi and Annikin Skywalker to protect her. After tracking the assassin, Obi-Wan is sent to Kamino to continue their investigations while Annikin is sent with Amidala to Naboo. While Annikin and Amidala are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STA RATED PGSummary: Episode I: In this first episode of the "Star Wars" saga young Anakin Skywalker, a slave with a gift for pod-racing, gains his freedom with help from Queen Amidala's Jedi Knights and then, in turn, helps the Queen defend her planet Naboo from the evil Sith Lords.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Anastasia has broken off her relationship with the troubled Christian to pursue a new career in a Seattle publishing house. While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017