Foer, Esther Safran

Summary: "Esther Safran Foer grew up in a family where history was too terrible to speak of. The child of parents who were each the sole survivors of their respective families, for Esther the Holocaust was always felt but never discussed. So when Esther's mother casually mentions an astonishing revelation--that her father had a previous wife and daughter, both killed in the Holocaust--Esther resolves to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FOER, ESTHER SAFRAN FOE

Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO

Summary: Death In a strange country. The body of a young man found floating in a Venetian canal has been stripped of all valuables, except for a very visible packet of cocaine. When the man is identified as a health inspector at the U.S. military base in nearby Vicenza, Brunetti's boss Patta gets worried about political reverberations and is eager to dismiss the case as a drug-related murder.--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Bavaria Media 2011

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DON

Summary: This hilarious and high-spirited musical stars Danny Kaye as a professor of high-brow music who inadvertently becomes involved with a sensual saloon singer (Virginia Mayo) and a crooked criminal gang.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SON

Summary: This story begins on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963 when a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism. It comes to a bloody end almost five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. In the years since those events unfolded, the man at the center, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has become a mythic figure, a minister whose...

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 CIT

Samia

Contents: Kill her freak out -- Charm you -- Pink balloon -- Mad at me -- Sea lions -- To me it was -- Breathing song -- Honey -- Nanana -- Amelia -- Dream song.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SAM

Sampa

Contents: Mwana (ft. Mwanje Tembo, Theresa Mutale Tembo, Sunburnt Soul Choir) -- Freedom -- Wake up (interlude) -- Time's up (ft. Krown) -- Grass is greener -- Dare to fly (ft. Ecca Vandal) -- Any day (ft. Whosane) -- OMG -- Light it up (interlude) -- Final form -- Heaven (ft. Whosane) -- Diamond in the ruff (ft. Thando, Krown) -- Leading us home -- Summer (ft. Steam Down) -- Brand new (ft. Silent Jay)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP SAM

Samia

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2021

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SAM

Sampa

Contents: Shadows -- Lane (ft. Denzel Curry) -- Never forget (ft. Chef 187, Tio Nason and Mwanjé) -- Mask on (ft. Joey Bada$$) -- Bona -- Can I live? (ft. W.I.T.C.H.) -- Imposter syndrome (ft. James Sakala) -- Tilibobo -- Lo rain (ft. Mwanjé) -- IDGAF (ft. Kojey Radical) -- Let me be great (ft. Angélique Kidjo).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP SAM

Summary: Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her drunk husband Paco. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago, in the sisters birth village, they lost their parents in a fire in La Mancha. Their aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and continues to speak about her sister Irene, mother of the two sisters, as if she were still alive....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VOL

Sarma, Kamya

Summary: Dash and Dot are a pair of robots that you can program using a tablet or smartphone. With this book, students learn the art of innovation through detailed explanations and hands-on activities built to foster creativity and problem solving. Fun, engaging text introduces readers to new ideas and builds on maker-related concepts they may already know. Additional tools, including a glossary and an...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.8 SAR

Hammer, Armie

Summary: The son of an Italian professor forms a relationship with his father's summer research assistant.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Enter 2018

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CAL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CAL

Hawksworth, D. L.

Summary: A latest entry in the series that includes Dinosaurium introduces readers to the world of fungi and why they are among the planet's most remarkable living organisms, explaining the vital role they play in medicine, agriculture, and the environment.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J 579.5 HAW

Summary: The 27th day (1947, b & w, 76 min.): Five ordinary humans are given a box by aliens containing capsules capable of killing millions of people. If they can refrain from using the capsules for 27 days, the Earth will be spared. Will they be able to stand firm, especially when word leaks out and a panicked and furious population starts to hunt them down?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI VIN

Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Summary: Ethel L. Payne always had an ear for stories. Seeking truth, justice, and equality, Ethel followed stories from her school newspaper in Chicago to Japan during World War II. It even led her to the White House briefing room, where she broke barriers as one of the first black journalists. Ethel wasn't afraid to ask the tough questions of presidents, elected officials, or any one else in charge,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PAY

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PAY

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio Payne

Summary: In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable, and animals are beginning to exhibit unusual behaviors. No one quite knows why, and no one foresees the strangest and most dangerous repercussion that will soon start plaguing the town. The dead rise from their graves and savagely...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DEA

Summary: Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2022

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 323.1196 MLK

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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MLK

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MLK

Saeta.

Contents: Can you forgive -- Grand Canyon -- You fade -- Anywhere but here -- Tonight, I'll have to dream you here -- Not for today -- Alright -- Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me -- Everything.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Fish the Cat Productions 2004

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK Saeta

Satwa.

Contents: Satwa -- Can I be Satwa -- Alegro piradissimo -- Lia a rainha da noite -- Apacidonata -- Amigo -- Atom -- Blue do cachorro muito louco -- Valsa dos cogumelos -- Alegria do povo.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Lag Records 1990

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/SOUTH AMERICAN SAT

Summary: Season four follows Ghost's arrest by his ex-girlfriend, AUSA Angela Valdes, for the murder of FBI Agent Greg Knox, a crime he did not commit.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV POW

Summary: For one 14-year-old boy, life can be a challenge sometimes. With all of the usual crises that accompany being an adolescent, foster kid Billy has some additional obstacles in life. A chance encounter with a mystical wizard completely changes everything. And it's not long before this boy discovers that one phrase grants him the ability to make a transformation into a superhero. In fact, it...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SHA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Shazam 2019

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SHA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Sh

Summary: "Billy Batson--aka Shazam!--and his fellow foster kids are still learning how to juggle teenage life with having adult Super Hero alter egos, but a vengeful trio of ancient gods has arrived on Earth in search of the magic stolen from them long ago. Now, Billy and his family are thrust into a battle for their superpowers, their lives and the fate of their world"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2023

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SHA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SHA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SHA