Summary: In the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins as US Secretary of Labor, the first woman to sit on a presidential cabinet. Against overwhelming odds, she became a driving force behind the New Deal social safety net, including Social Security, the 40-hour workweek, the 8-hour day, minimum wage, and unemployment compensation. Featuring compelling interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SUMSummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATHalford
Contents: Disc 1. Resurrection -- Made in hell -- Into the pit -- Nailed to the gun -- Light comes out of black -- Stained class -- Jawbreaker -- Running wild -- Slow down -- The one you love to hate -- Life in black -- Hell's last survivor -- Sad wings -- Saviour -- Silent screams.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: BMG 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HALSummary: En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER MINShaw, Woody
Contents: Love dance / J. Bonner (15:50) -- Light valley / L. Willis (11:32) -- Why / V. Lewis (18:58) -- Stepping stone / W. Shaw (10:58).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighNote 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SHAShaw, Woody.
Contents: CD 1. Rosewood. Rosewood / Woody Shaw (7:12) ; Everytime I see you / Onaje Allan Gumbs (7:14) ; The legend of Cheops / Victor Lewis (6:04) ; Rahsaan's run / W. Shaw (5:11) ; Sunshowers / Clint Houston (7:49) ; Theme for Maxine / W. Shaw (7:16) -- CD 2. Stepping stones : live at the Village Vanguard. Stepping stone (9:12) ; In a Capricornian way (11:17) / W, Shaw ; Seventth Avenue / V. Lewis...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SHASafford, Ría
Summary: As a new or expecting parent, you're bombarded with seemingly endless advice-from how to nurse or feed your child to how to sleep and potty train them. But conventional guidance misses a crucial aspect of the early years of parenting: how to organize your home for life with your little one. From dirty dishes piling up to heaps of new toys and clothes in every corner of your home, life with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Star Press 2023
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Summary: "English teacher Victorya Rouse has assembled a collection of real-world experiences of teen refugees from around the world. Learn where these young people came from, why they left, and how they arrived in the United States. Read about their struggles to adapt to a new language, culture, and high school experiences, along with updates about how they are doing now and what they hope their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.235 ROUSwafford, Jan
Summary: At the earliest ages it was apparent that Wolfgang Mozart's singular imagination was at work in every direction. He hated to be bored and hated to be idle, and through his life he responded to these threats with a repertoire of antidotes mental and physical. Whether in his rabidly obscene mode or not, Mozart was always hilarious. He went at every piece of his life, and perhaps most notably his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS SWAMiroshnichenko, Viktoria
Summary: Two young women struggle to rebuild their lives amidst a devastated Leningrad in 1945.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BEASwafford, Jan
Summary: An esteemed music historian provides a rich, detailed overview of the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, traveling from Enlightenment-era Bonn to the musical capital of Europe, Vienna, to vividly describe the composer's career, ill health and romantic rejections.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN SWASella, Vittorio
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aperture 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779 SUMSpafford, Suzy.
Summary: Suzy Ducken and her friend, Emily Marmot, love autumn because they like to jump into piles of dry leaves. But the leaves aren't falling from the trees, so the two girls try everything they can think of to encourage the leaves to fall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1980
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Summary: "An inspiring study in inner self care, told through 14 personal stories from award-winning actress Tina Lifford"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 LIFStarford, Rebecca
Summary: "A twisting, sophisticated World War II novel following a spy who goes undercover as a part of MI5. But in chasing the secrets of others, how much will she lose of herself?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STASwofford, Anthony.
Summary: Describes how the author found redemption from a life of drugs, alcohol, fast cars, and women by taking a series of RV trips with his ailing, Vietnam veteran father and a chance encounter with his future wife.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SWOFFORD, ANTHONY SWOWong, Stanford.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pi Yee Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795.42 WONSereni, Vittorio.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guernica 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 851.912 SERSafford, Edward L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tab Books 1978
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. W. Derby & Co. 1882