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Rarus, Pat

Summary: LGBT rights have advanced greatly since the homophobic days of the 1960s. Still, challenges remain, including passage of a federal law mandating job equality nationwide. This book examines how and why social change occurs and the lasting influence of the LGBT movement on mainstream society. --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press, Inc. 2019

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Rodgers, Rick/ Caruso, Maren (PHT)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 0000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.52 ROD

Summary: Tharlo is a Tibetan shepherd, used to living with little human contact. Visiting a Tibetan town in Qinghai province to obtain a proper ID card from the local police station, Tharlo surprises Police Chief Dorje by reciting from memory a lengthy excerpt from one of Chairman Mao's essays. But things develop in a romantic rather than a political direction. To prepare for his ID photo, Tharlo needs...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THA

Summary: "Enter the world of Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva Dance Company. A man with an extraordinary vision, Naharin is regarded as one of the most important choreographers in the world today. He is known for developing "Gaga"--a movement language that resists labels, highlights somatic experience, emphasizes improvisation, and pushes dancers to use their body in ways that are ignored or overlooked by...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MR.

Marcus, Bat Sheva

Summary: Drawing on her twenty years of experience as a sex therapist, the author, in this refreshingly honest book, helps readers identify and analyze for themselves what factors are affecting their sex life by using the revolutionary Sex Points Assessment.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Go, Hachette Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 MAR

Summary: In his final film as director, Gordon Parks turned the camera upon himself and created a deeply personal and remarkably poetic self-portrait. Moments Without Proper Names blends Parks's striking photographs with newly-shot footage of the artist, his own musical compositions, and personal reminiscences performed by a trio of esteemed actors: Avery Brooks, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Joe Seneca.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOM

Summary: The complete third season of Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone," featuring thirty-seven episodes aired in 1961-62.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWI

Arbus, Diane

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Publisher / Publication Date: Aperture 1984

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779.2 ARB

Arbus, Diane

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Publisher / Publication Date: Aperture Foundation 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779.2 Arbus

Summary: One of the most talked-about comedy shows ever, this hilarious collection of classic laughs became a legend during its showings on NBC.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV RIC

Summary: A trio of British Muslims, known as the Tipton Three, were held in Guantánamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ROA

Summary: "When a young man notices several thefts of sought-after Tibetan mastiffs from local farms, he decides to sell his family's dog before it is stolen and sold on the black market. His father, an aging Tibetan herder, is furious when he discovers their dog missing. His search to buy back his dog leads to a series of tragicomic events that threaten to tear the family apart, while showing the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films Home Video 2012

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OLD

Summary: In the small town of Dillon, Texas, everyone comes together on Friday nights when the Dillon High Panthers play. But life is not a game and the charismatic football players, their new coach Eric Taylor, and the passionate fans find that their biggest challenges and obstacles come off the field.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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Summary: This historical drama tells the story of Juana Inés de la Cruz, one of the greatest poets of the Spanish Siglo de Oro. In order to pursue her passion for writing, Juana enters the convent. There, she develops an intimate relationship with the vicereine, who inspires her poetry. But when the forces of the Inquisition invade the convent, the women have only each other to turn to.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2003

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN I

Summary: The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SNO
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SNO

Summary: A beautiful woman feigns drug addiction to discover and destroy the evil dealers responsible for her sister's death.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2015

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE COF

Contents: Stay with me baby (Duffy) -- All day and all of the night (the Kinks) -- Elenore (the Turtles) -- Judy in disguise (John Fred & his Playboy Band) -- Dancing in the street (Martha Reeves & the Vandellas) -- Wouldn't it be nice (Beach Boys) -- Ooo baby baby (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles) -- This guy's in love (Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass) -- Hi ho silver lining (Jeff Beck) -- I can see for...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Republic Records 2009

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC PIR

Summary: Splendor in the grass: Two 1920s Kansas teenagers find their intense sexual feelings for each other are putting them at odds with their families and the rigid respectability of the town they live in.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009

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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE GRE

Summary: The story of Jesus of Nazareth, from his birth and teachings to His crucifixtion and Resurrection.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRE

Part, Arvo

Contents: Arbos -- An den Wassern zu Babel sassen wir und weinten -- Pari intervallo -- De Profundis -- Es sang vor langen Jahren -- Summa -- Arbos -- Stabat Mater.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: ECM 1987

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL PAR

Contents: I'm a man / Spencer Davis Group. -- Sunshine of your love / Cream. -- Kites / Simon Dupree & the Big Sound. -- Dear Eloise / Hollies. -- Love is all around / Troggs. -- Matthew and son / Cat Stevens. -- Hurdy gurdy man / Donovan. -- When I was young Eric Burdon & the Animals. -- Whiter shade of pale / Procol Harum. -- Desdemona / John's Children. -- My white bicycle Tomorrow. -- Conquistador /...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1991

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BRI

Summary: Is your mama a llama? Lloyd the llama asks all kinds of baby animals his question. Will he ever get the answer he longs to hear? Leo the late bloomer: What's the matter with Leo? He can't read, write or speak like the other baby animals can. Will Leo ever bloom? Elizabeti's doll: When her new baby brother arrives, Elizabeti wants a baby of her own. She finds a rock that will make a perfect...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2003

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV IS

Summary: Arthur is just an ordinary guy by day, who turns into Defendor, a self-made superhero, by night. His quest is to track down his archenemy, Captain Industry, the person he believes is responsible for killing his mother. But before he can do this, he must convince a court-appointed psychiatrist that he is sane enough to be on the streets, and befriending a teenaged prostitute doesn't help.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DEF

Tyrus

Summary: "The product of a 1970s mixed marriage, George Murdoch learned to fight early in life, fending off both race-baiting bullies and the demons of a dysfunctional home. Couch surfing all through high school and most of college, the quick-witted, sharp-tongued giant played football, ran drugs, and bounced at clubs to try to survive. After a false start with the WWE, he eventually became Snoop Dogg's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TYRUS TYR

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