Summary: "Paul Hegeman highlights the music of renowned Estonian composer Arvo Pärt while attempting to unveil the mystery around the purportedly reclusive writer of such famed works as "Tabula Rasa," "Fratres," "Trivium" and "Für Alina," all stirringly performed here. But Hegeman, who also shot the film (with Auke Dijkstra), eschews a typical biographical recounting of the 83-year-old maestro's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THAKershaw, Alex
Summary: Details the history of the U.S. Navy submarine Tang in the Pacific theater of World War II, the explosion that led to its sinking, the ordeal of its surviving crew members, and their capture by the Japanese followed by months of brutal captivity.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.545 Kershaw 2008Luft, Lorna
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 LUFLuft, Sid
Summary: The third of Judy Garland's five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy's meteoric comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot: he produced her iconic, Oscar-nominated vehicle A Star Is Born and expertly shaped her concert career. Previously unpublished, Sid Luft's intimate autobiography tells his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUFT, SID LUFSummary: "An Honest Liar tells the story of the world-famous magician, escape artist and enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. He devised intricate invesigations exposing the 'miracles' of psychics, faith healers and con-artists. A master deceiver who came out of the the closet [at] 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, the artist Jose...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HONSheinkin, Steve
Summary: "National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin tells the story of the 1929 Women's Air Derby, the first official all-female air race in the U.S."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 797.5 SHESlater-Putt, Dawne
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Genealogical Society 2012
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3772 SLASummary: The startling true story of Kurt Gerron, a beloved German-Jewish actor, director and cabaret star in Berlin in the 1920's and '30's. He was captured and sent to a concentration camp where he was ordered to write pro-Nazi propaganda films.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PRISummary: A revealing new look at legendary entertainer Judy Garland fifty years after her tragic, untimely death. Fusing the unpublished recollections of producer, manager and third husband, Sid Luft, with film clips, rare concert footage and Judy's own inimitable words. What emerges is a complex portrait of a woman whose vulnerabilities were exploited by an industry she helped to build but whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SIDBrown, Curt
Contents: Storm within the storm -- The Mataafa -- The scow, the Umbria, and the Owen.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MBI Pub. Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.749 BROPant, Pushpesh
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silverdale 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 294.3 PantPuhn, Laurie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 PUHSkordas, Gust
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1968
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3757 EARDutt, Yashica
Summary: "Born into a "formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India," Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear "Dalit looking." Although prejudice against Dalits, who compose 25% of the population, has been illegal since 1950, caste-ism in India is alive and well. Blending her personal history with extensive research and reporting, Dutt provides an incriminating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2024
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Summary: "Forget the 24/7 lifestyle; productivity expert Juliet Funt explains how to avoid burnout, speed execution, reduce waste, and help teams do more meaningful work by introducing strategic pauses--what she calls "whitespaces"--into their work days and theirpersonal lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Gift, Nancy
Summary: "'Good Weed, Bad Weed' is a friendly, authoritative, easy-to-use guide to the uninvited plants in our yard: who they are, how to control them safely - and why it's a good idea to love some of them just the way they are (including a chart for how best to let our labor-intensive lawns go native."--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Lynns Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 581 GIFGuinness, Os
Summary: Guinness offers a comprehensive presentation of the art and power of creative persuasion. Christians have often relied on proclaiming and preaching, protesting and picketing. But we are strikingly weak in persuasion-- the ability to talk to people who are closed to what we are saying. He demonstrates how apologetic persuasion requires both the rational and the imaginative. Persuasion is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2015] 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248 GUIJudt, Tony.
Summary: It might be thought the height of poor taste to ascribe good fortune to a healthy man with a young family struck down at the age of sixty by an incurable degenerative disorder from which he must shortly die. But there is more than one sort of luck. To fall prey to a motor neuron disease is surely to have offended the Gods at some point, and there is nothing more to be said. But if you must...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2010
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Jessen, Gene Nora
Summary: The inspiring, true story of the first female pilots taking their rightful place in the exciting world of aviation. In 1929, nineteen gutsy women blazed out of the darkness by setting out from California in propeller-driven planes, each competing to be the winner of the first female cross-country air race. The hazards were many, from disastrous weather to possible sabotage, but by facing the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 797.5 JESYomtov, Nelson
Summary: "Story of men who tunneled to escape a German prisoner-of-war camp. Learn about the planners, task leaders, and key players of the escape from Stalag Luft III"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 YOMAult, Diana
Summary: "Embark on a foodie's journey through the world of anime-and learn to recreate delicious dishes from your favorite series-with this practical guide to anime food. Japanese animation has beautiful designs, fleshed out characters, and engaging storylines-and it's also overflowing with so many scrumptiously rendered meals! Do you ever watch your favorite anime series and start craving the crunch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 AULJudt, Tony.
Summary: The first truly European history of contemporary Europe, from Lisbon to Leningrad, based on research in six languages, covering 34 countries across 60 years, using a great deal of material from newly available sources. The book integrates international relations, domestic politics, ideas, social change, economic development, and culture--high and low--into a single grand narrative. Every...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.55 JUDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.55 judPuck, Wolfgang.
Summary: The chef presents more than 125 of his favorite recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, pizzas, pasta dishes, main dishes, side dishes, and desserts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 PUCPuhn, Adele.
Summary: Presents a low-carbohydrate eating plan that regulates blood sugar and can be used as an effective tool to lose weight, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and reduce the risk of a host of age-related diseases.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2003