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Summary: "All The Presidents' Bankers is a compelling narrative of how a small group of private bankers and their financial institutions shaped America's economy and its global position since the start of the twentieth century. Through personal, political and professional networks, these bankers strategically exercised, and continue to exercise, disproportionate control over the destiny of billions of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.1 PRISummary: Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation's streets, and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KIL1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF KIL
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCFF KiLonghurst, Erin Niimi
Summary: "With the longest healthy life spans in the world, Japanese people understand the art of living well. This beautiful book distills traditional Japanese philosophies intrinsic to wellbeing, providing easy-to-follow exercises to inspire those who want to live a happier, more balanced life. With sections on kokoro (heart and mind) and karada (body), plus a guide on how to form and nurture good...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 LONNomo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN NOMSummary: Before he was King of the Jungle, Tarzan was an awkward young kid just trying to fit in. When one of his missteps puts his family in jeopardy, Tarzan decides they would be better off without him. Along his new journey he must come face to face with the mysterious Zugor, the most powerful force in the land. Together, Tarzan and Zugor discover that being different is not a weakness and that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TARSomi
Contents: First kiss : Eko oni baje -- Love juju #1 -- Lady revisited (featuring Angelique Kidjo) -- Ankara Sundays -- Ginger me slowly -- When rivers cry (featuring Common) -- Brown round things -- The story of Monkey -- Akobi : first born s(u)n -- Two dollar day -- Still your girl -- Four.One.Nine -- Love Nwantinti (featuring In His Image) -- Four African women -- Hearts & swag -- Love juju #2 -- Last...
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Publisher / Publication Date: OKeh 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SOMSummary: "Robin Williams stars as Lance Clayton, a man who has learned to settle. He dreams of being a rich and famous writer, but has only managed to make it as an unpopular high school poetry teacher. His only son Kyle (Daryl Sabara) is an insufferable jackass and won't give his father the time of day. Lance is dating Claire (Alexie Gilmore), the school's adorable art teacher, but she doesn't want to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WORSummary: Morning glory: A small-town community-theatre actress comes to New York dreaming of theatrical stardom. She amuses a producer and a playwright with her naiviete. Partly out of sympathy, the playwright arranges for her to understudy a troublesome theatrical star. When the star walks out on opening night, the young actress goes on to triumphant success. She is warned not to let it go to her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KATSummary: When young high school student Takao decides to skip school one day in favor of sketching in a rainy garden, he has no idea how much his life will change when he encounters Yukino. Despite the difference in their ages, they strike up an unusual relationship that unexpectedly continues and evolves with random meetings in the same garden on each rainy day. Between the raindrops, between the calms...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentai Filmworks 2013
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2 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME GARSummary: Tthe story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it. Her razor-sharp wit left both sides of the aisle laughing, and craving ink in her columns. She knew the Bill of Rights was in peril and said 'Polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country.' Molly's words have proved prescient.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RAISummary: On April 24, 1924 the movies changed forever. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio opened and soon assembled the most stars. MGM reigns as Hollywood's class act and legendary entertainment empire. Full of memorable film clips, rare interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and insider information, this is a mother lode for film fans. Profiles perfectionist moguls, glamorous and charismatic actors,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MGMSummary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VALSummary: Die hard (1988): NYPD police officer John McClane tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DIECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DIESummary: When newcomer Lena arrives in the small town of Gatlin she quickly captures the attention of Ethan, who only wants to escape what he views as a boring and dead end town. He quickly gets more than he bargained for. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alcon Entertainment 2013
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2 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY BEADrinks
Contents: Laying down rock (3:50) -- Focus on the street (4:18) -- Cannon Mouth (3:51) -- She walks so fast (5:27) -- Hermits on holiday (3:27) -- Spilt the beans (6:44) -- Tim, do I like that dog? (6:37) -- Cheerio (2:10) -- Time between (5:15).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DRIPaint
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Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PAIAries
Contents: Lágrimas I -- Eclipse total -- La fuerza del sonido -- Nieve de noche -- Memorias -- En el océano -- Nuestra casa -- El paseo -- Lágrimas II -- Adieu or die.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ARICribs
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CRIDrinks
Contents: Blue from the dark -- If it -- real outside -- When I was young -- In the night kitchen -- Greasing up -- Corner shops (side break) -- If it...(reprise) -- Ducks -- Leave the lights on -- Pink or die -- You could be better
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drag City 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DRISummary: Jane Campion returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape--pulsating with both freedom and menace--that she previously traversed in The Piano in order to plumb the masculine psyche in The Power of the Dog, set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana and adapted by the filmmaker from Thomas Savage's novel. After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA POW1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD DRAMA POW
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie PowerCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD POWSummary: The fictionalized biography of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2004
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS NIGEve, Nomi
Summary: "In Yemen in 1920 ... Adela Damari's parents desperately seek a future husband for their young daughter. After passage of the Orphan's Decree, any unbetrothed Jewish child left orphaned will be instantly adopted by the local Muslim community. With her parents' health failing, and no spousal prospects in sight, Adela's situation looks dire until her uncle arrives from a faraway city, bringing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EVEPrins, Mark
Summary: "In this wickedly sharp, propulsive debut, a classicist must outmaneuver her manipulative mentor. Tessa Templeton has thrived at Oxford University, under the tutelage and praise of esteemed classics professor Christopher Eccles. Yet shortly before her thesis defense, Tessa learns that Chris has sabotaged her career-and realizes their relationship is not at all what she believed. Driven by what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2022