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African Americans Fiction Diplomatic Reception Rooms (Washington, D.C.) Farmers China Drama Harry S. Truman Federal Building (Washington, D.C.) Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Lynch, David 1946- Presidents United States Biography Sullivan, Arthur 1842-1900 Drama United States United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st.Ouimette, David S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ancestry 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.1 OUISummary: 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...
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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
Said, S. F.
Summary: Guided by the spirit of his legendary Mesopotamian ancestor, Jalal, Varjak Paw, a pure-bred cat, leaves his home and pampered existence and sets out to save his family from the evil Gentleman who took their owner, the Contessa, away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Based on the 1913 U.S. Open golf championship - at which two equally sympathetic young men, both of whom grew up economically and socially disadvantaged, go club to club in one of the most exciting and dramatic athletic events of the 20th century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: Blu /DVD Family GreatestDavis, Tanita S.
Summary: Henri has attended a special school for her learning disability, dyscalculia, but when she is mainstreamed, she finds herself struggling to balance other parts of her life, and not just in math class--a family feud, drama on the soccer team, and a passion for poetry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DAVSummary: In this Shakespearean tale of jealousy and betrayal, a man who is an honorable itinerant cattleman, befriended and hired by a bighearted ranch owner despite his unwillingness to talk about his past. When the new hand becomes the target of the flirtatious attentions of the owner's bored wife and is entrusted by the boss with a foreman's responsibilities, his presence at the ranch starts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN JUBDavis, Tanita S.
Summary: "After her best friend, JC, has a kidney transplant, Serena feels that they are falling out of touch, especially as JC makes a new best friend in the hospital"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DAVSummary: When Cruella DeVille dognaps all of the Dalmatian puppies in London, brave animal heroes launch a daring plan to save all puppies from Cruella's clutches!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney 2020
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ONECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ONECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ONEDavis, Daniel S.
Summary: Discusses the forced internment of Japanese Americans in camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor, their way of life there, and their eventual assimilation into society following the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1982
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5317 DAVDavis, Tanita S.
Summary: In desperate need of clear skies as she starts a new school, Madalyn has days filled with clouds that lead to serious storms until she learns the power of community and family after disaster strikes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DAVSummary: Brings the world of Gilbert and Sullivan to life as a dramatization of the staging of the duo's legendary 1885 comic opera, The Mikado. The world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production becomes an epic about the harsh realities of creative expression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS TOPSummary: "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.Summary: An augmented human and Sarah Connor must stop an advanced liquid Terminator from hunting down a young girl, whose fate is critical to the human race.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI TERCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TeSummary: William Burroughs: the Beats éminence grise, "literary outlaw," culture hero to generations of poets, musicians, artists, and filmmakers who had their minds blown by his 1959 classic, banned-in-America "Naked Lunch." This film covers his life in a straightforward manner, but the portrait drawn is at odds with the character who wrote in outlandish graphic detail about then-forbidden sexuality in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yonilizer Productions 2011
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WILKahn, David S.
Summary: "Ace the AP Calculus AB Exam with this Premium version of The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide. Includes 7 full-length Calculus AB practice tests (more than any major competitor) with complete explanations, plus thorough content reviews, targeted test strategies, and access to online extras. Techniques That Actually Work. · Tried-and-true strategies to help you avoid traps and beat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 378.1664 PRIReynolds, David S.
Summary: "ABE is a cultural biography of Abraham Lincoln, following Lincoln's monumental life from cradle to grave while weaving a narrative that includes Lincoln's cultural influences and the nation-wide and regional cultural trends and moods and happenings of his day, and how Lincoln both shaped and was shaped by his America. The music, humor, literature, and fashions of the time and their impact on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM REYReynolds, David S.
Summary: America experienced unprecedented expansion and turmoil in the years between 1815 and 1848. Historian David S. Reynolds illuminates the period's political story as well as the social and cultural movements that influenced it. He casts fresh light on Andrew Jackson, who redefined the presidency, along with John Quincy Adams and James K. Polk, who expanded the nation's territory and strengthened...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.5 REYWisnia, David S.
Summary: "This powerful memoir takes the reader from a peaceful home in Sochaczew to terror in Auschwitz-Birkenau and lastly to the safety of the Screaming Eagles. David Wisnia, a child singing star, was the middle child in a family of five. His father was a prosperous furniture manufacturer; his mother a contented housewife. After the family moved to Warsaw, David's family happily celebrated his Bar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ComteQ Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 WISWyman, David S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5315 WYMBrown, David S. (David Scott)
Summary: "A revelatory, timely, and masterful biography of President Andrew Jackson that offers a new perspective on this charismatic figure in the context of American populism--identifying the reasons for his unprecedented appeal as it shows us the man and politician in his full complexity."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Brown, David S. (David Scott)
Summary: The fierce polarization of contemporary politics has encouraged Americans to read back into their nation's past a perpetual ideological struggle between liberals and conservatives. However, in this timely book, David S. Brown advances an original interpretation that stresses the critical role of moderate statesmen, ideas, and alliances in making our political system work. Beginning with John...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.2 BROSummary: An absorbing portrait of the filmmaker David Lynch, as well as an intimate encounter with the man himself. From the privacy of his home and painting studio in the Hollywood Hills, a candid Lynch conjures people and places from his past, from his boyhood in Idaho and Virginia to his experiences at art school in Boston and Philadelphia to the beginnings of his filmmaking career in Los Angeles, in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DAVBrown, David S. (David Scott)
Summary: "Henry Adams is perhaps the most eclectic, accomplished, and important American writer of his time. His autobiography and modern classic The Education of Henry Adams was widely considered one of the best English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century. The last member of his distinguished family--after great-grandfather John Adams, and grandfather John Quincy Adams--to gain national...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADAMS, HENRY BROSan Souci, Robert D.
Summary: Contains thirteen of Robert D. San Souci's new stories that will keep you reading (and shivering) late into the night while David Quimet's creepy illustrations pounce from the pages to haunt your imagination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cricket Books 2009