Summary: The Whangara people of New Zealand, believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea. But then a young mother dies in childbirth along with her newborn male son. His twin sister survives and the little girl, Pai, is brought up by...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WHA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WHA

Gragg, Rod

Summary: Describes the expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the unknown western regions of America at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Includes facsimiles of journal entries, maps, and letters inserted in folders and under flaps.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rutledge 2003

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.8 GRA

Summary: Prepare yourself for a terrifying onslaught of monstrous man-eating Graboid, flying Ass-Blasters, and heat-seeking Shriekers in this complete collection of all Seven movies in the Tremors franchise. Throughout the years and may International locations, the Graboids have evolved and become ever more menacing and deadly. Only the gonzo survivalist Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) can stop them all....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2020

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

Summary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RAN

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 PIO
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO

Summary: A feature documentary film following six individuals deploying and grappling with the current systemic failures of how we have dealt with addiction and their journey to develop and employ new, innovative, and often controversial solutions to the problem.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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

Contents: Mahogany wood (Only A Mother) -- Bach is dead (Idiot Flesh) -- Time's up (Heavy Vegetable) -- Everyone comes to the freak show (Frank Pahl) -- Constantinople (Borgia Popes) -- What could the matter be (UBZUB) -- Union local 282 electrocutioner (Thinking Fellers) -- Firefly/Vinegar (The Mooseheart Faith) -- 6 things to a cycle pt. 1 (Splatter Trio) -- Act of being polite (Amy Denio) -- N-err-gee...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Vaccination Records 1996

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

(Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Soc.)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1992

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1 available in Local History Room (LHR), Call number: LHR 917.3 GRA

Grant, Bob.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1996

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.929 GRA

Summary: If we knew how much longer we had to live, what would we choose to do with the time we have left? Set in a British hospital, it follows poised and put-together Hollywood star Julia Roth, who seems to be in the sunset of her career, as she begins her journey with a critical medical issue. Preferring to be incognito, Julia is instead thrust into a room with three remarkable women who, with humor...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MY

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie My

Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAU

Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Traverse Genealogical Society 0000

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-Gen Census Michigan Antrim 1860 & 1870

Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society 0000

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-Gen Census Michigan Grand Traverse 1870

Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society 0000

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-Gen Census Michigan Leelanau County 1870

(Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Soc.)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1989

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1 available in Reference, Call number: R-GEN 929.5774 G.T. CO LON

Player, Margaret.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society 1993

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.5774 GRA

Summary: With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, filmmaker Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change and reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy an option that may become a vital way to ensure our continued survival sooner than we think.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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

Contents: Disc 1. Volumes 1-7. Lucy Mae blues ; I woke up crying ; Love blues ; I told you not to do that / Cecil Barfield -- In the evening ; Hey lawdy Mama ; Thousand woman blues ; Blue shadow falling ; Cold rainy day ; Amy / Buddy Moss -- Motherless child ; Hush, somebody is calling my name ; What God can do ; He'll understand and say well done / Leon Pinson -- Big road blues ; Cool water blues ; Big...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Fat Possum Records 2008

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MIT

Summary: Bait: A tale of deception and seduction, directed by and starring Hugo Haas features three people searching for a lost gold mine: the dangerous Marko, young miner Ray and the comely Peggy. As Marko and Ray search for the mine, Peggy arrives, stirring Ray's passion and igniting Marko's suspicion. As months pass, the three find themselves closing in on the mine, but the tension between them is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY NOI

Summary: This is the story of Marlon Cruz, a young Colombian man who, motivated by his beautiful girlfriend Reina leaves his life in Colombia to illegally cross the border and find fortune in New York. Marlon's journey, which takes him to through seedy strip clubs, dance halls, homeless hostels, and the streets of Jackson Heights, ultimately takes him to a place he could have never predicted.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distibuted in the USA by Phase 4 Films 2009

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

Summary: Told from the perspectives of eight different Pacific Island cultures, directed by eight different female Pacific filmmakers, and starring eight different indigenous actresses as the title character, this portmanteau film about female empowerment tells the story of one fictitious woman's life in eight separate vignettes, each segment advancing a decade or so forward, deploying a single...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

Baptiste, Tracey

Summary: "Introduces readers to two brave Black women who stood up against segregation, setting in motion the Montgomery Bus Boycott and showing the nation how positive change can start with a single defiant act"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BAP

Summary: Scooby-Doo! and the legend of the vampire: While on vacation in Australia, Scooby and the gang attend a music festival at Vampire Rock. When a legendary creature called Yowie Yahoo begins kidnapping the acts and turning them into vampires Scooby and crew help crack the mystery.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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