Robinson, Todd
Summary: Boo Malone lost everything when he was sent to St. Gabriel's Home for Boys. There, he picked up a few key survival skills; a wee bit of an anger management problem; and his best friend for life, Junior. Now adults, Boo and Junior have a combined weight of 470 pounds (mostly Boo's), about ten grand in tattoos (mostly Junior's), and a talent for wisecracking banter. Together, they provide...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media Corp 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBSummary: The true story of William Pitsenbarger, an Air Force medic who saved more than sixty men in one of the bleakest battles of the Vietnam War. Presented the chance to escape on the last helicopter, Pitsenbarger stayed behind to save and defend his comrade in arms. Twenty years later, Pitsenbarger's fellow soldiers and father seek the help of investigator Scott Huffman and other surviving veterans...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LASCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FULLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LaSummary: Thirteen high school students who have elected to spend the 1960-61 academic year on board the American schoolship Albatross learn about sailing and unity from their captain. When they encounter a white squall, a sudden, violent, wind-and-lightning storm, it turns into a test of courage and their will to survive.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hollywood Pictures Home Video 1996
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE WHISummary: At the height of the cold war, the world holds its breath when a Soviet submarine armed with nuclear missiles goes missing in the Pacific. On board the vessel, the battle-tested captain and a rogue KGB agent are waging a life-and-death game of cat and mouse. With enemy forces closing in and time running out, the captain fights to keep control with nuclear armageddon hanging in the balance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PHASummary: Based on a true story. In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez became known as the notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". They would swindle and then viciously murder war widows who would answer their personal ads. Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Martha was Ray's initial mark. But when they met, it was love at first sight. With Martha posing as Ray's sister, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY LONCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LONContents: Hold me / Fleetwood Mac -- Drive / The Cars -- I want to be your man / Roger -- Just to see her / Smokey Robinson -- Even the nights are better / Air supply -- I need you / America -- I'll be around / The Spinners -- Hello its me / Todd Rundgren -- When I see you smile / Bad english -- We're in this love together / Al Jarreau -- Day dreaming / Aretha Franklin -- Stand by me / Ben E. King --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BODTodd, Traci N.
Summary: "A biography of Nina Simone, an acclaimed singer whose music gave voice to the struggle for racial equality during the Civil Rights Movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SIMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SIMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SIMSummary: "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