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Summary: A boy experiences the anger and sorrow involved in seeing his parents get divorced, but he comes to realize that they both still love him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ideals Children's Books 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC OSMBorman, Tracy
Summary: "Anne Boleyn may be best known for losing her head, but as Tudor expert Tracy Borman reveals in a book that recasts British history, her greatest legacy lies in the path-breaking reign of her daughter, Elizabeth. Much of the fascination with Britain's legendary Tudors centers around the dramas surrounding Henry VIII and his six wives and Elizabeth I's rumored liaisons. Yet the most fascinating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BORBorman, Tracy.
Summary: Chronicles the achievements of Matilda of Flanders, the ruthless wife of William the Conqueror, who eschewed the traditional views of women in medieval society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATILDA, QUEEN BORBorman, Tracy
Summary: "At the end of The King's Witch, the first book in Tracy Borman's Stuart-era trilogy, Frances Gorges was pregnant with the child of her dead lover, Thomas Wintour, executed for his role as a conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Now, in The Devil's Slave, Frances is compelled to return to the dissolute and dangerous court where she has been suspected of witchcraft. Catholics have gone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BORBorman, Tracy
Summary: "Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite England's various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain's throne: "shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue's gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs," as Tracy Borman evocatively describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Crown &...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.0099 BORBorman, Tracy
Summary: In March of 1603, as she helps to nurse the dying Queen Elizabeth of England, Frances Gorges dreams of her parents' country estate, where she learned to use flowers and herbs to become a much-loved healer. When King James of Scotlant succeeds to the throne Frances is only too happy to stay at home. His court may be shockingly decadent, but his intolerant Puritanism see witchcraft in many of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BORSummary: This epic ten-episode limited event series tells the extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of Oscar®-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's journey of bringing Francis Ford Coppola's cinematic masterpiece The Godfather to the big screen. This critically acclaimed series contains over 2.5 hours of special features, including featurettes, deleted scenes, and more!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2022
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OFFSummary: 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
Bolton-Fasman, Judy
Summary: ,"Judy Bolton-Fasman's fascinating saga, "Asylum : a memoir of family secrets," recounts the search for answers to the mysteries embedded in the lives of her Cuban-born mother, Matilde Alboukrek Bolton, and her elusive, Yale-educated father, K. Harold Bolton"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mandel Vilar Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOLTON-FASMAN, JUDY BOLHandy, W. C. (William Christopher)
Contents: St. Louis blues (8:50) -- Yellow dog blues (4:16) -- Loveless love (4:28) -- Aunt Hagar's blues / J. Tim Brymn, W.C. Handy (4:57) -- Long gone (from Bowlin' Green) / Chris Smith, W.C. Handy (5:08) -- The Memphis blues (or Mister Crump) / George A. Norton, W.C. Handy (2:59) -- Beale Street blues (4:56) -- Ole Miss Blues / W.C. Handy, Walter Hirsch (4:56) -- Chantez les bas (Sing 'em low) (4:48)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ARMSummary: This musical rendering of Mark Twain's classic captures the genuine friendship between Huckleberry Finn and Jim. Strong-willed and self-raised, Huck decides to flee his hometown of Hannibal, Missouri, when his cruel absentee father tries to kidnap him. Accompanying him is the sharp-witted Jim, who fears he is about to be sold. As this unlikely pair journey north to freedom, they develop a bond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Huckleberry 2005Summary: This episode interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present and introducing major concepts of evolutionary theory. It explores why Darwin's "dangerous idea" might matter even more today than it did in his own time, and reveals how science might be used to explain the past and predict the future of life on earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DARSummary: DI Robert Lewis comes out of retirement to assist newly promoted DI James Hathaway investigate a series of crimes in and around Oxford.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INSHolman, Olmar
Summary: Omar Holmon’s debut book We Were All Someone Else Yesterday is a book of poems and essays that are drenched in both sadness and unmistakable humor. These works urgently embrace growth in the face of grief. After the loss of his mother, Holmon loses touch with reality until he re-learns how to live by immersing himself in popular culture. Teeming with references that are palpable, and emotions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Button Poetry 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 HOLSummary: When Ryan Atwood, a tough, guarded, fiercely intelligent 16-year-old plunges headlong into the wealthy community of Newport Beach, he soon discovers that the ruling families of Orange County are every bit as territorial as the tough crowd with which he ran on the streets of Chino. For Sandy Cohen, the idealistic public defender who takes Ryan in; his wife Kirsten, the linchpin of O.C. society;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OCSummary: "There must be something in the air because everyone on Sesame Street is singing! In 'Sesame Street, the musical,' Elmo and Rosita have planned a play date but keep missing each other. Can they find their way back together with a song, or will their melody fall flat? In 'A family thing,' Elmo, Zoe, Grover and Rosita have started a singing group. 'The Cute and Furry Four' will be together...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SESSummary: An urban epic set in Baltimore, where police detectives investigate cases involving the illegal drug trade, the seaport system, the city government and its bureaucracy, the school system, and the print news media.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2010
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WIRSummary: Grinding out her life in a small Southern town as a worker in a non-union textile shop, Norma Rae (Sally Field) joins forces with a New York labor organizer to unionize the mill.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NORFour Man Fishing Tackle Choir
Contents: Sentimental gentleman from Georgia -- Basin street blues -- I dream of Jeanie with the ligh brown hair (parody) -- Shine on harvest moon -- To a swimmin' hole with a fishin' pole -- Dream a little dream of me -- Hello Mary Lou -- Walkin' my baby back home -- Up a lazy river -- Java jive -- Sentimental journey -- When I'm sixty-four -- I'll fly away -- Amazing grace -- I'm gonna live till I die
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Frontier
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL FOUSummary: Listen closely, it's a finger-snapping, toe-tapping good time! With help fro Mr. Noddle, Rosita, Baby Bear and everyone's favorite goldfish Dorothy, Elmo finds out all the different things his body can do as he plays patty cake, hops on one foot, wiggles his ears and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Wonder 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SESUndisputed Truth
Contents: Disc One : Cosmic Truth Earthquake shake -- Down by the river -- UFO's
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: City Hall Records 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES UNDSummary: "In 1946, Branch Rickey ... owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson ... to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field win over...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA FORGarland, Judy
Summary: During a tornado in rural Kansas, a young girl is swept away to a magical land and embarks on a journey to see the Wizard who can help her return home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eurpac 2013
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Wizard 2013Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WIZSummary: This documentary explores the powerful struggle of conscience experienced by several people from traditional farming backgrounds who come to question the basic assumptions of their way of life. A riveting story of transformation and healing, the documentary portrays the farmers' sometimes amazing connections with the animals under their care, while also providing insight into the complex web of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tribe of Heart 2012