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African American athletes Biography Friendship Fiction Friendship Juvenile fiction Jewish athletes United States Biography Kickboxing National socialism Philosophy Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany) Olympics Participation, American Racism Germany History 20th century Track and field athletes United States BiographySummary: Brides of Dracula: "Marianne is traveling to Eastern Europe from Paris for a teaching post. She gets stranded at an inn after her stagecoach mysteriously leaves her. She is persuaded to stay at Baroness Meinster's chateau. During her stay Marianne meets the Baroness's son who is chained to a wall. Feeling bad for the son, Marianne frees him, only to discover that he is a vampire. Luckily for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Chicago's leading medical heroes return to help save lives in Season 8 of the pulse-pounding and emotional medical drama from Emmy Awardʼ-winning executive producer Dick Wolf. This season, Dr. Will Halstead deals with a medical supply chain shortage; Dr. Daniel Charles remains at the forefront of psychiatric care; Sharon Goodwin safeguards quality care in the face of fiscal scrutiny; Dr. Ethan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Legendary director Nicholas Ray began his career with this lyrical, dark love story, the first in a series of existential genre films overflowing with sympathy for America's outcasts and underdogs. When the wide-eyed fugitive Bowie (Farley Granger), having broken out of prison with some bank robbers, meets the innocent Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell), each recognizes something in the other that no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY THESummary: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of the beloved Peanuts gang make their big-screen debut, like they've never been seen before, in state-of-the-art 3D animation. Charlie Brown, the world's most beloved underdog, embarks upon an epic and heroic quest, while his best pal, the lovable beagle Snoopy, takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis, the Red Baron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Studios 2016
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PEAFogliano, Julie
Summary: "Two friends share their delight in the little things that set them apart, and the big things that bring them together"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FOGContents: Wishing well / Terence Trent D'Arby. -- Shattered dreams / Johnny Hates Jazz. -- Seasons change / Expose. -- Get outta my dreams, get into my car / Billy Ocean. -- Anything for you / Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine. -- Hold on to the nights / Richard Marx. -- Wild, wild West / Escape Club. -- The flame / Cheap Trick. -- Baby, I love your way. -- Freebird medley. -- Free baby / Will to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1994
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BILContents: Danger zone (Kenny Loggins) (3:36) -- Mighty wings (Cheap Trick) (3:51) -- Playing with the boys (Kenny Loggins) (3:59) -- Lead me on (Teena Marie) (3:47) -- Take my breath away (Love theme from Top Gun) (Berlin) (4:15) -- Hot summer nights (Miami Sound Machine) (3:38) -- Heaven in your eyes (Loverboy) (4:04) -- Through the fire (Larry Greene) (3:46) -- Destination unknown (Marietta) (3:48) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC TOPSummary: Tells the never-before-told story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly committed to a life-threatening mission in Europe. Over two dangerous years they helped save scores of imperiled dissidents and refugees fleeing the Nazi occupation across Europe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DEFSchaap, Rosie.
Summary: "A vivid, funny, and poignant memoir that celebrates the distinct lure of the camaraderie and community one finds drinking in bars. Rosie Schaap has always loved bars: the wood and brass and jukeboxes, the knowing bartenders, and especially the sometimes surprising but always comforting company of regulars. Starting with her misspent youth in the bar car of a regional railroad, where at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Hardcover 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2SCASchaap, Annet
Summary: Every night Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter lights the lantern which warns the ships away from the rocks, but when the light goes out one night, a ship is wrecked and Lampie is sent to the Admiral's Black House in disgrace--there she finds and befriends the Admiral's son, who was born with a tail, and together they are pulled into an adventure of mermen and pirates, and secret...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCHSchaap, Jeremy.
Summary: In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers goose-stepping, an African American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four Olympic gold medals and single-handedly crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. This is the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 OWENS, JESSE SCHSchaap, Jeremy.
Summary: Boxing's true Cinderella story: James J. Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash of 1929. With one good hand, he was forced to labor on the docks of Hoboken. Only his manager still believed in him. The diminutive, loquacious Jew and the burly, quiet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.83 SCHSchaap, Jeremy.
Summary: In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers looming, an African-American son of sharecroppers set three world records and won an unprecedented four gold medals, single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports--but it is also the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Martyn
Contents: Forgiveness step 1 -- Glassbeadgames (with four tet) -- Empty mind -- Drones -- Love of pleasure (with copeland) -- Two leads and a computer -- Forgiveness step 2 -- Like that -- Lullaby -- Fashion skater.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MARSummary: Halloweentown High: To prove that humans have changed since the "dark times", Marnie invites Halloweentown teenagers to her school. When an evil knight shows up to destroy all things magical, Marnie must save her friends and her own magic. Return to Halloweentown: By now, everyone knows Marnie Piper is a witch. It comes as no surprise when she wins a full scholarship to prestigious Witch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2019
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY HALLeavitt, Martine
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Leavitt has traveled by covered wagon from Utah to the Northwest Territories of Canada, where her father and brothers are now homesteading and establishing a new community with other Latter-Day Saints. Rebecca is old enough to get married, but what kind of man would she marry and who would have a girl like her -- a girl filled with ideas and opinions? Someone gallant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LEASummary: The fifteen-part series explores the vast history of the British Empire from 3000 BC to 1965. Simon Schama's compelling storytelling skills breathe new life into the dramatic stories of lives and moments in Britain's rich and colorful past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HISMartines, Lauro.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945 MARDelerm, Martine.
Summary: Fany adore les fantômes. Poussée par la curiosité, elle décide de découvrir le mystère qui les entoure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallimard-Jeunesse 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: FRENCH J468 DELMurray, Martine
Summary: Molly longs for normalcy but when her mother accidentally turns herself into a tree, Molly must embrace all the things she has tried to run away from.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MURMartinet, Jeanne
Summary: Parodies the romance comics of the 1940s to the 1970s and offers irreverent dating attitudes and romantic advice, updating ten DC Comics romance stories with new word balloons and captions to accompany the original artwork.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 2001
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MARSprague, Martina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turtle Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.815 SPRVarious artists
Contents: Skating on the Harbourfront / Chris Coole -- Mama Tried / Bob Smakula -- I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Mike Seeger -- The Buffalo Girls/Puncheon Floor / Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer -- My God the Spring of All My Joys / Dan Gellert -- Sally Anne / Daniel Koulack -- Florida Blues / Gordy Hinners -- Old Skeddadalink / Kate Brett -- Paddy on the Railroad / Leonard Podolak -- Shoo Fly / Paul Brown --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rounderl Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY OLDMartino, Andy
Summary: "The definitive insider story of the cheating scandal that rocked Major League Baseball in 2019, bringing down high-profile coaches and players, and exposing a long-rumored "sign-stealing" dark side of baseball"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021