Summary: The true story of Donald Rugoff, the crazy genius who kicked art films into the mainstream in the 1960's and 1970's with outrageous marketing schemes and pure bluster. Rugoff's impact on cinema culture in the United States is inestimable, and his influence on the art film business is undeniable. Yet, mysteriously, Rugoff has become a virtually forgotten figure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SEABeethoven, Ludwig van
Contents: Symphony no. 1 (25:41) -- Symphony no. 2 (33:46) -- Symphony no. 3 (44:40) -- Symphony no. 4 (31:58) -- Symphony no. 5 (33:48) -- Symphony no. 6 (40:51) -- Symphony no. 7 (35:37) -- Symphony no. 8 (27:53) -- Symphony no. 9 (1:05:16)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bescol 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BEESummary: Explore the long, fascinating life and complicated career of architect and designer Eileen Gray, whose uncompromising vision defined and defied the practice of modernism in decoration, design, and architecture. Making a reputation with her traditional lacquer work in the first decade of the twentieth century, she became a critically acclaimed and sought-after designer and decorator before...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRARudoff, Carol.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Allergy Publications 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.563 RUDSummary: Poor Charlie Bucket's luck is just about to change. He found a coveted golden ticket for entrance into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, and now gets to take a thrilling tour of the magical place.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hartley & Marks 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.104 RUORuoff, Abby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hartley and Marks Publishers 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Craft Wood RudoffRuoff, Abby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hartley & Marks 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Crafts RuoffRuoff, Abby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hartley & Marks 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.18 RUORyan, Donal
Summary: Donal Ryan's short stories pick up where his acclaimed novels The Spinning Heart and The Thing About December left off, dealing with the human cost of loneliness, isolation and displacement. Sometimes this is present in the ordinary, the mundane; sometimes it is triggered by a fatal encounter or a tragic decision. At the heart of these stories, crucially, is how people are drawn to each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Steerforth Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RYARyan, Donal
Summary: While the Celtic Tiger rages, and greed becomes the norm, Johnsey Cunliffe desperately tries to hold on to the familiar, even as he loses those who all his life have protected him from a harsh world. Village bullies and scheming land-grabbers stand in his way, no matter where he turns.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Steerforth Press 2014
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Summary: Investigators Mila Vasquez and Goran Gavila unravel the layers of a series of twisted murders that begin with the discovery of the severed arms of five missing girls who were abducted in broad daylight.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARMiller, Donalyn.
Summary: "Explores whether or not we are truly instilling lifelong reading habits in our students and provides practical strategies for teaching 'wild' reading. Based on survey responses from over 900 adult readers and classroom feedback, [the book] offers ... advice and strategies on how to develop, encourage, and assess key lifelong reading habits, including dedicating time for reading, planning for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 372.4 MILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 372.4 MILRakoff, David.
Summary: The witty David Rakoff defends the notion that you should always assume the worst, because you'll never be disappointed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.6 RAKRosoff, Meg.
Summary: To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ROSLuloff, Joanna
Summary: To those living in the south of Sri Lanka, the civil war between the Sinhalese and the Tamils in the northern sector seems unreal, until north and south lives intersect.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LULMiller, Donalyn.
Summary: Known for her popular blog, "The Book Whisperer," Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. She shares her teaching methods and includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372.6 MILMontanari, Donata.
Summary: Twelve children from different countries describe how they live.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 390 MONDonato, Joao
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN DONLuloff, Joanna
Summary: "Claire wakes in a hospital room with no memory of how she got there or why. She tries to piece together her past by looking at a box of photos saved by her husband and her best friend, but she senses a mystery at the center of these fragments. Is Charlie still her husband? Is Rachel still her friend?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LULRoloff, Jeremy
Summary: More than 2.3 million people watched as Jeremy and Audrey Roloff shared their vows and committed their lives to each other. Now, the former co-stars of TLC's show Little People, Big World share their imperfect, resilient, and inspiring love story. The journey to their wedding day was the culmination of a bumpy and complicated dating relationship. From health problems, to emotional walls, to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 241 ROLRosoff, Meg.
Summary: Jonathan Trefoil's boss is unhinged, his relationship baffling and his apartment just the wrong side of legal. His girlfriend wants to marry someone just like him - only richer and more organised with a different sense of humour. On the plus side, his two flatmates are determined to fix his life - or possibly to destroy it altogether. It's difficult to be certain as they only speak dog. Poor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSKobald, Irena
Summary: A homesick little girl who has recently moved to an unfamiliar country comforts herself by clinging to an old blanket, but when she meets a new friend, the relationship helps her take her first steps into a new culture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KOBMaggipinto, Donata.
Summary: These days, Halloween is the most popular holiday next to Christmas. At its heart are family and friends having fun together-which is what this book is all about. In this cornucopia of creative Halloween ideas, simple crafts, tasty treats, and ghoulish good times abound. From delicious "one cauldron" dinners such as creamy pumpkin soup to luscious devil's food cake and black cat cookies, here...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1998