Rucka, Greg
Summary: Dex is the proprietor of Stumptown Investigations, and a fairly talented P.I. Unfortunately, she's less adept at throwing dice than solving cases. Her recent streak has left her beyond broke - she's into the Confederated Tribes of the Wind Coast for 18 large. But maybe Dex's luck is about to change. Sue-Lynne, head of the Wind Coast's casino operation, will clear Dex's debt if she can locate...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 STUSummary: "Son is Cuba's principal dance and song form and the root of salsa. Fusing African and Spanish elements, it ranges in style from simple, rustic bands to the brassy arrangements of New York salsa. This rough guide, literally a 'who's who' in Cuban music, explores this rich tradition, from its conception in the early 1900s to the present day big-band revival"--Container verso.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ROUSummary: Miss Phryne Fisher is a lady detective from Melbourne with a fabulous sense of fun and a flair for solving crimes.In a country reemerging from the shadow of World War I, Phryne takes life in her stride, and murder too. Detective Inspector Jack Robinson works alongside her, although she often outraces him to the crime scene. Season three includes eight all new episodes of the glamorous,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MISCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MIS NOT RATEDSummary: The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD USSJunco, Carlos del.
Contents: Blues with a feeling -- No particular place -- Plain old (down home) blues -- Skatoon -- Don't bring me down -- Our man flint -- Run me down -- Let's mambo -- Long highway -- Blues mongrel -- Nine below zero -- Don't worry your pretty little head.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Northern Blues 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES JUNJunco, Carlos Del.
Contents: Diddle it -- Dull blade -- Jersey bounce -- Mashed potatoes Canada -- Movin' down the river rhine -- Paradise -- Amazing grace -- Simple life -- Bailey's bounce -- Bye for now -- Doodle it.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Northern Blues Music 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES JUNSummary: When a young boy witnesses his mother's accidental death, a lonely, retired school-teacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing. They then embark on a trip to find his father whom he has never met.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CENSummary: "Reset documents the creation of Benjamin Millepied's first ballet as Artistic Director of the Paris Opera Ballet, the oldest national ballet company in the world - and one of the most prestigious. The appointment of Millepied, best known for his choreography for the film Black Swan (2010), was an untraditional choice and his first ballet was eagerly anticipated. The film shows a work of love...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RESSummary: Based on a true story, Darlene longs for love, family and passion. She leaves her small rural town to find the one man that can fulfill all of her desires. One child, still single and three years later, Darlene, comes back home. She accepts a marriage proposal from a neighbor who turns her into his personal slave. Her husband's cousin comes to live with them and she finds comfort with him. A...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MEVarious artists
Contents: So what (P!nk) -- Hot n cold (Katy Perry) -- When I grow up (Pussycat Dolls) -- Disturbia (Rihanna) -- Closer (Ne-Yo) -- Forever (Chris Brown) -- Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon) -- Whatever you like (T.I.) -- Got money (Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain) -- Swing (Savage feat. Soulja Boy Tell 'em) -- Put on (Young Jeezy feat. Casha) -- The business (Yung Berg feat. Casha) -- One step at a time...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Music/Sony BMG/EMI 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWObama, Michelle
Summary: Protagonista de una vida plena y exitosa, Michelle Obama se ha convertido en una de las mujeres más icónicas y cautivadoras de nuestra era. Como primera dama de los Estados Unidos de América, y primera afroamericana en desempeñar esa función, contribuyó a que la Casa Blanca alcanzara sus mayores cotas de apertura y pluralidad de la historia; se erigió en destacada defensora de las mujeres y las...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Plaza Janés 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 OBASummary: The debut performance from Jonas Kaufmann as Goethe's love-lorn hero in Massenet's romantic opera. Kaufmann is supported by a cast including Sophie Koch and Ludovic Tézier.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca 2010
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA WERHines-Stephens, Sarah
Summary: Lex Luthor is up to his old tricks again. He's got a plan to defeat Superman and deceive Metropolis at the same time. Will Superman see through Lex's plot and put a stop to his plans? Can he overcome Lex's new and improved battle suit and other devious inventions? Or will the Man of Steel be defeated by the criminal mastermind? You choose the path to decide how Superman might defeat Lex...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED HINCafe De Paris.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN CafeSummary: Based on the true story of three armies in the bloody trenches of World War I and the miraculous Christmas Eve truce they unexpectedly forge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JOY RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF JOYArias, Patricia de
Summary: "One night they came ... The darkness grew colder, deeper, darker, and swallowed up everything ... Marwan is a young boy on a journey he never intended to take, bound for a place he doesn't know. On his journey, he relies on courage and memories of his faraway homeland to buoy him. With him are hundreds and thousands of other human beings, crossing the deserts and the seas, fleeing war and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minedition 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARIBrowne, Meghan P.
Summary: "A nonfiction picture book that tells the fascinating story of the honeybee colonies that lived on the roof of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and survived the devastating 2019 fire"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 BROSummary: Chronos imparts a unique vision of our world, the first non-verbal, non-fiction motion picture filmed in time-lapse photography. Chronos embarks on a cinematic journey across the worlds of natural beauty and manmade monuments, as it explores time.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: R&B Films 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHRGlass, Joe
Summary: "In The Pride, Fabman is sick of being seen as a joke. Tired of the LGBTQ+ community being seen as inferior to straight heroes, he thinks it's about damn time he did something about it. Bringing together some of the world's greatest LGBTQ+ superheroes, the Pride is born to protect the world and fight prejudice, misrepresentation, and injustice--not to mention a pesky supervillain or two. The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GLAContents: Bourbon Street parade / Paul Barbarin (5:57) -- Burgundy Street blues / George Lewis (4:13) -- My bucket's got a hole in it / Clarence Williams (3:07) -- Cielito lindo / Traditional (2:53) -- Salty dog / Traditional (2:49) -- Eh la bas / Traditional (3:17) -- The maple leaf rag / Scott Joplin ; arranged by Turk Murphy (3:09) -- Joe Avery's blues / Traditional (6:11) -- Nobody knows the way I...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Jazz 1986
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ATLSummary: "This collection features three classic noir films from the 1950s. Thunder on the Hill (1951)--directed by the great Douglas Sirk, a nun (Claudette Colbert) races against time to prove the innocence of a convicted murderess (Ann Blyth) who is being escorted to prison for a date with the gallows. The Price of Fear (1956)--a woman (Merle Oberon) guilty of a hit-and-run accident frames another...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY FILSummary: Ignacio 'Nacho' is a cook by day in a Mexican orphanage who moonlights as a lucha libre wrestler to raise money for the orphans.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2006