Summary: Set in a dreary, unforgiving mid-nineteenth century German village in Hunsruck, it captures the plight of hundreds of thousands of Europeans who immigrated to faraway South America to escape the famine, poverty and despotism that ruled at home. Edgar Reitz's film is a heart-wrenching drama and love story set against the backdrop of this forgotten tragedy. Jakob, our protagonist, tries to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOMSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Beethoven, Ludwig van
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BEESummary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISSlott, Dan/ Dematteis, J. M./ Van Meter, Jen/ Elson, Richard (ILT)/ Ramos, Humberto (ILT)
Summary: When Otto Octavius takes over Peter Parker's body, he dons Parker's famous mask in order to prove he can be a better Spider-Man than ever before.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Enterprises 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 SPIContents: A spectacle (Can) (5:39) -- Devotion (Between) (3:46) -- Dino (Harmonia) (3:29) -- This morning (Gila) (5:45) -- Rambo Zambo (Kollectiv) (11:39) -- La chasse aux microbes (Michael Bundt) (8:30) -- Filmmuzik (E.M.A.K.) (3:15) -- Morgengruss (Popol Vuh) (2:57) -- Auf dem Schwarzen Canal (Conrad Schnitzler) (3:12) -- Rheinita (La Düsseldorf) (7:37) -- Veterano (Harmonia) (3:55) -- It's a rainy day...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DEUSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISchneider, Peter
Contents: Everyone can grow roses -- A rose for every purpose -- Roses that can stand alone -- Growing roses in harmony with other plants -- Bedding and cutting roses -- Miniature roses -- Climbing roses -- Tree roses -- Roses in containers -- Getting started: buying and planting roses -- The basics of care: food, water, mulch -- Dealing with problems: insect and animal pests, blind shoots, and diseases...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 SCHSchneider, Peter
Summary: "A vibrant look at Berlin--perhaps Europe's most exciting city--since the fall of the Wall"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: The cohost of the podcast "No Such Thing as a Fish" investigates the world's most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories about time travel, aliens, ghosts, mysterious creatures, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 032.02 SCHSummary: [Head] An exciting kaleidoscope of surreal vignettes set to music, this fast-paced film takes a psychedelic look at the pop phenomenon called the Monkees as they shatter their pre-fab image. A technically innovative rock musical.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AME1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DRAMA AME
Schweizer, Peter
Summary: "Washington insiders operate by a proven credo: when a Peter Schweizer book drops, duck and brace for impact. For over a decade, the work of five-time New York Times bestselling investigative reporter Peter Schweizer has sent shockwaves through the political universe."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 SCHCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 SCHSchweizer, Peter
Summary: "Conventional wisdom holds that Washington is broken because outside special interests bribe politicians. The reverse is true: politicians have developed a new set of brass-knuckle legislative tactics designed to extort wealthy industries and donors into forking over big donations... Until now, Washington's extortion racket has gone unreported. Yet thanks to an extraordinary effort by Peter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 SCHSchweizer, Peter
Summary: "The #1 bestselling author of Profiles in Corruption and Secret Empires, Peter Schweizer, is back with his next blockbuster. This time, the six-time bestselling author will expose how foreign governments influence Washington"-- That the Chinese government seeks to infiltrate American institutions is hardly surprising. Schweizer shows that a number of American elites are eager to help the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 SCHSchweizer, Peter
Summary: "Peter Schweizer investigates the apathy American elites' have about China's undermining of American society"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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Summary: One of the biggest scandals in American politics is waiting to explode: the full story of the inside game in Washington shows how the permanent political class enriches itself at the expense of the rest of us. Insider trading is illegal on Wall Street, yet it is routine among members of Congress. Normal individuals cannot get in on IPOs at the asking price, but politicians do so routinely. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011
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Summary: The wedding bells are ringing, but will Castle and Beckett really tie the knot? On the biggest day of his life, Castle is nowhere to be found, and it's not because he has cold feet. Now, in a season of brilliant twists and turns, Castle and Beckett take on New York City's most fascinating cases while they try to solve the mystery of their own relationship.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CASSchweizer, Peter
Summary: In 2000, Bill and Hillary Clinton owed millions of dollars in legal debt. Since then, they've earned over $130 million. Where did the money come from? Most people assume that the Clintons amassed their wealth through lucrative book deals and high-six figure fees for speaking gigs. Now, Peter Schweizer shows who is really behind those enormous payments.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.1 SCHSchweizer, Peter
Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Clinton Cash comes an explosive new political expose! In many parts of the world, the children of powerful political figures go into business and profit handsomely, not necessarily because they are good at it, but because people want to curry favor with their influential parents. This is a relatively new phenomenon in the U.S.; but for relatives of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.9 SCHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.9 SCHSchweizer, Peter
Summary: Schweizer, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, discusses the state of government and the depths of its political corruption.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1323 SCHSummary: When the tyrannical ruler Stalin dies, his hapless inner circle scrambles to come up with the next evolution of the revolution, but it's clear everyone is really out for themselves. Proof that comedy, like politics, is all in the execution.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DEASummary: Henry Roth lives an enviable life in a Hawaiian paradise, spending every night with a different beautiful tourist in search of an island fling. It's a great life, no strings attached ... until he meets Lucy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD 50Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movei 50 2004Biemer, Jon R.
Summary: "We create "Handprints" by planting trees, eating healthfully, eco-remodeling, introducing youth to nature, and giving to earth-friendly causes. This book shows us how, individually and together, we can revive rivers, revitalize agriculture, curtail carbon emissions, form a circular economy, and foster a better world"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 BIESchneider, Josh
Summary: A father tells outlandish stories while trying to get his young son, who is a very picky eater, to eat foods he thinks he will not like.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012