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Cabinet officers United States Biography Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Friends and associates Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Biography Statesmen United States Biography United States United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California Drama United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California. United States Politics and government 1861-1865 United States Politics and government 1865-1869Summary: Go behind the Oklahoma State Penitentiary walls to follow convict cowgirls on their journey to the 2007 Oklahoma State Penitentiary Rodeo.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Documentary Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SWEClester, Shane
Summary: Presents the lyrics to the "Spider-Man" theme song with colorful illustrations showing Spider-Man saving the day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Press 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this fact-based story, a convict is confined to the dungeons of Alcatraz for three years in isolation after a failed escape. When he at last emerges from the total darkness, he's confused, savage, barely human, and he immediately kills the stoolie who ratted on his escape. It's an open-and-shut case of Murder One. But his resolute attorney puts Alcatraz and its sadistic associate warden on...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MURSummary: A retired US Marine general (Ed Harris) seizes a stockpile of chemical weapons and takes over Alcatraz with 81 tourists as hostages. His demand: restitution to families of soldiers who died in covert operations. A Navy SEAL team with support from an FBI chemical warfare expert (Nicolas Cage) and a former Alcatraz escapee (Sean Connery) assemble to penetrate the terrorists' defenses on the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ROCSummary: In 1962, three prisoners escaped from Alcatraz, a prison surrounded on all sides by the waters of San Francisco Bay, and disappeared. The fates of the three men have remained unknown to the present day. In this program, three scientists from the Netherlands employ 3D modeling technology to reconstruct the water currents of the day of the prison break in an attempt to uncover whether or not it...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ALCWoodfox, Albert
Summary: Nearly forty years in solitary confinement in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell for 23 hours a day for a crime he did not commit, Albert Woodfox survived and emerged with his humanity and sense of hope for the future intact.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOODFOX, ALBERT WOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WOODFOX WOOCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD CHOHayes, Neil
Summary: Based on exhaustive reporting and interviews, "The Last Putt" tells the story of an epic rivalry that encapsulated the changing face of golf. On one side was Oklahoma State, and on the other side was the Stanford Cardinal--with a freshman named Tiger Woods.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 HAYWarner, Gertrude Chandler/ Clester, Shane (ILT)
Summary: The Alden children, who are on vacation on a deserted South Seas island, discover clues that suggest that they may not be alone.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Widescreen. Account of the only 3 men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The true story of a convicted killer who avoids the depths of despair by becoming a world-renowned authority on birds during his imprisonment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment Inc. 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BIRWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: Years ago, a man disappeared from the yellow house on Surprise Island. Why? The Aldens have found a clue to the mystery! Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this new version introduces young readers to a Boxcar Children classic.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence. The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict. For the last six decades, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli Electa 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Alexander, Heather
Summary: Introduces the former first lady, senator, and secretary of state while describing how she became a role model for women as a lawyer, a staunch supporter of important political and social causes, and the first woman to run as the Democratic candidate forpresident.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CLIWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: The Alden children head to their aunt's ranch for the summer and make an amazing discovery! Adapted from Gertrude Chandler Warner's story of the same name, this early reader allows children to start reading with a Boxcar Children classic.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE WARMcAllister, Angela
Summary: Collects fifty-two folktales and legends from around the world, including tales commemorating such holidays and events as Chinese New Year, Purim, World Oceans Day, World Food Day, and Kwanzaa.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MCASummary: Sue Parker finds herself in a desperate battle to save her family's struggling business, which is on the brink of collapse due to her father's neglect. When a handsome drifter comes into town she sees him as the only chance to prevent their bar from falling into the hands of a ruthless local tycoon. What starts as a simple plan to save her family, quickly spirals into larceny, lawlessness, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DIRSazaklis, John
Summary: Angry that the Clean Team was awarded the key to Electropolis, Sludge and his Snot-bots decide to crash the celebration party and muck the city up.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SAZShepherd, Jodie
Summary: Celebrate Thanksgiving together on Sesame Street with this Little Golden Book starring Elmo and his family and friends--including Oscar, Abby, Cookie Monster, and Julia! Elmo and his parents have invited all their friends over for a special Thanksgiving meal. But the party was supposed to be outside, and it's raining! Elmo is disappointed until he takes a walk around Sesame Street and learns...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHEStaves
Summary: 2012 debut album from folk-rock trio The Staves. The album is produced with Glyn and Ethan Johns, who have worked with a plethora of huge artists from past and present between them, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, as well as the likes of The Vaccines, Kings of Leon and Kaiser Chiefs. The Staves are three sisters from Watford who share vocal duties in addition to some...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: WARNER BROS UK 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK STAParkinson, Betsy
Summary: "Piper the piglet is a very picky eater, who will only eat food beginning with the letter "P"--and somehow her parents must break her of this strange quirk, and get her to eat other good foods."--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PARWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: After the Alden siblings visit their Great-Aunt Jane's ranch in a mining town, there is a mysterious fire which damages three houses, but Benny's friend Mike notices a strange man in a blue hat in the paper and Mike and Benny suspect he may be the culprit.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE WARShake.
Contents: Disc 1. Mood swing -- Live for friction -- Plugged in -- Here, there & nowhere -- Arise -- The floor filler -- Happy to be here -- March into darkness -- Breathe deeper -- Electron rider -- Stereotype -- Detroit state of mind.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fractional Recordings/Rush Hour Recordings 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC SHAStaves
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2021