Summary: 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
Summary: Explores filmmaker Rithy Panh's quest to create the missing images during the period when the Khmer Rouge ruled over Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The film uses wood figures, archival footage, and narration to recreate his firsthand experiences and those of his family and friends' suffering during the communist regime.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MISSummary: Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment [distributor] 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BESCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BESWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: "A playful otter follows two children home and eats popcorn for lunch, swings on the curtains, and eventually encounters the ranger who reminds everyone this otter belongs in the water"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Wargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: In rhyming text, the reader is asked how to scare a bear if one wanders into camp, or wants to go for a boat ride, or stays for supper.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Rhyming text poses a series of questions about how the reader would deal with a moose that is on the loose, in the yard, in the house, or taking a bath.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC WARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Wargin 2009Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WARSummary: It's love when a greaser falls for a good girl in this classic musical depicting young life in the fifties.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRE RATED PGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCFF GrSummary: It's Mississippi, the summer of 1970, and two children are determined to build the ultimate treehouse with their friends, while their father, a newly returned Vietnam vet, has equally high hopes to rebuild his life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Video 1999
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WARContents: Tall pines / Laurie Lewis -- It rains everywhere I go / Lynn Morris -- I'll stay around / Alecia McRight -- I wonder where you are tonight / Jeannie Kendall -- Leaving the land / Suzanne Thomas -- Pretending I don't care / Rhonda Vincent -- Don't neglect the rose / Ginny Hawker -- Love me or leave me alone / Hazel Dickens -- Hideaway / Kathy Kallick with Laurie Lewis -- Who's crying for you now...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY OSIBaths
Contents: Worsening -- Miasma sky -- Ironworks -- Ossuary -- Incompatible -- No eyes -- Phaedra -- No past lives -- Earth death -- Inter.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Anticon 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BATBaths
Contents: Yeoman -- Extrasolar -- Abscond -- Human bog -- Adam copies -- Lev -- I form -- Out -- Superstructure -- Wilt -- Coitus -- Broadback.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC BATSummary: Frank Capra adapted a hit stage play for this marvelous screwball meeting of the madcap and the macabre. On Halloween, newly married drama critic Mortimer Brewster returns home to Brooklyn, where his adorably dotty aunts greet him with love, sweetness...and a grisly surprise: the corpses buried in their cellar. A bugle-playing brother who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, a crazed criminal who's a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ARSSummary: As metabolism begins to slow in our 50's, regular aerobic exercise helps combat weight creep, increase energy and relieve stress. It's not just about looking good anymore. It's about feeling good and having fun! A complete aerobic workout that includes insights into the importance of aerobic training in your 50's; exercise tips for achieving maximum results; 30-minute core routine; 10-minutes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 KEECathon
Summary: "It's a beautiful day in the garden when Poppy and her friend Sam (a panda bear) hear a commotion nearby. Basil is crying, for someone has nibbled the leaves of his crown! But not to worry - Poppy is on the case. Putting their detective skills to work, Poppy and Sam try to catch the thief red-handed, but the friends fall asleep during the stakeout. They attempt to trap the culprit by spreading...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 CATSummary: Napa Valley, 1976. For connoisseur Steven Spurrier, there is no finer art than French wine. But rumors bandy about of a new California wine country that holds the future of the vine. Positive the small Napa wineries are no match for established French vintages, Spurrier challenges the Americans to a blind taste test. He finds the valley full of ambitious, and talented, novice vintners like Jim...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BOTCandy
Contents: Good to feel -- Lust for destruction -- Systemic death -- Panic is on -- Bring water -- Distorted dreams -- Joy of life -- Human target -- Bigger than yours
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CANCathon
Summary: "Winter is coming, and Poppy and Sam's tiny garden neighbors are getting ready to hibernate. After stocking their pantries for the colder days ahead, Poppy and Sam settle in for a long winter's nap as well. But what is Poppy doing wrong? She can't sleep and nothing seems to work! Determined to hibernate like her friends, Poppy sets out with Sam to ask the other creatures for their deep-sleep...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Muscles tighten in your 50s, inhibiting the full range of motion and making a regular flexibility program more important than ever to improve posture, prevent injury and relieve stress. A complete flexibility workout that includes insights into the importance of flexibility training, ; exercise tips for achieving maximum results; 40-minute core routine; introductory Pilates and yoga workouts; Q...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 KEESummary: Muscle is the body's natural heating system. Regular strength training revs up your metabolism and helps protect against the bone loss that naturally occur in your 50s. A complete strength workout includes insights into the importance of strength training; exercise tips for achieving maximum goals; 40-minute core routine, including abdominal section; advanced exercises; Q & A session.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 KEESandall, Ellie
Summary: After a busy day, young rabbits put on pajamas, brush their teeth, trim their claws, snuggle into bed--and find a surprise.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SANCarthy, Martin.
Contents: Death of Queen Jane (4:23) -- Ship in distress (5:21) -- Whalecatchers (3:03) -- When I was a little boy (3:05) -- Bride's march from Unst/True lover's lament/Lord Inchiquin (5:52) -- Royal oak (3:22) -- Treadmill song (6:05) -- Unfortunate tailor (2:46) -- Bold Benjamin(4:02) -- Mrs. Marriott (4:02) -- Jacky Tar (4:21) -- Mermaid (4:12) -- Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (5:52) -- My heart's in...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Topic Records 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN CarthSandall, Ellie
Summary: "Bunnies dance, play, sing, and learn to include everyone in their games"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: McElderry Books 2017