Filter By Subjects
African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Duke of Windsor, Edward 1894-1972 Families Great Britain HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General Kings and rulers Politics and government VI, King of Great Britain George 1895-1952 Windsor, House ofFilter By Subjects
African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Duke of Windsor, Edward 1894-1972 Families Great Britain HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General Kings and rulers Politics and government VI, King of Great Britain George 1895-1952 Windsor, House ofNorman, Alexander
Summary: "The first definitive biography of the Dalai Lama-a story by turns inspiring, surprising-from an acclaimed Tibetan scholar with exceptional access to his subject"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DALAI LAMA NORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B DALAI LAMA NORJoyce, James
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kyle Cathie 1996
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Larman, Alexander
Summary: "Alexander Larman, the master chronicler of the House of Windsor, brings his acclaimed trilogy to a dramatic and poignant conclusion. When the Royal Family took to the balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE Day in 1945, they knew that the happiness and excitement of the day was illusory. Britain may have been victorious in a painful war, but the peace would be no easier. Between the abdication...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Larman, Alexander
Summary: A definitive account of the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936 draws on archival material and interviews with the king's closest friends to detail the role played by the king's opponents and supporters and the resulting scandal at a time when war was imminent.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 941.084 LARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.084 LARLarman, Alexander
Summary: "The next volume in Alexander Larman's biographical chronicle of the Windsor family, as they go to war with Adolf Hitler--and each other. At the beginning of 1937, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and terrified brother Bertie to become George VI, surrounded by a gaggle of courtiers and politicians...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023