Shorto, Russell
Summary: "Family secrets emerge as a best-selling author dives into the history of the mob in small-town America. Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a city "in its brawny postwar prime," is where "Little Joe" Regino and Russ Shorto build a local gambling empire on the earnings of factory workers for whom placing a bet-on a horse or pool game, pinball or "tip seal"-is their best shot at the American dream. Decades...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1092 SHOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1092 SHOShorto, Russell.
Summary: Shorto tells a grand and strange history of the on-going debate between religion and science--seen through the oddly momentous journey of the skull and bones of the great French philosopher Rene Descartes. Shorto shows how this argument first started with Descartes and how his ideas (and bones) have remained central to this theoretical struggle for over 350 years.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 194 SHOShorto, Russell.
Contents: The man who died -- Banquet of bones -- Unholy relics -- The misplaced head -- Cranial capacity -- Habeas corpus -- A modern face.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 194 SHOShorto, Russell.
Summary: In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery: 12,000 pages of centuries-old correspondence, court cases, legal contracts, and reports from a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.71 SHOSummary: Contains the entire third season of the television program "House" in which the controversial Dr. Gregory House and his team diagnose and treat mysterious illnesses. Includes special features.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOUSummary: Seminole territory: In Seminole territory, Daniel and Mingo encounter a magician who soon dazzles the Native Americans with his tricks. Wouldn't you know it, soon the magician begins fancying himself as a potential leader of the Seminoles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DANSummary: Two friends graduate from high school and find life in the real world difficult. Becky sets her sights on Josh, on whom both girls have a crush, and their friendship is changed forever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY GHOContents: disc 1. You upset me baby (B.B. King) -- Midnight in the Barrel House (Johnny Otis feat. Pete "Guitar" Lewis) -- First time I met the blues (Buddy Guy) -- Cotton crop blues (James Cotton feat. Pat Hare) -- Lookin' for my baby (Little Milton) -- Rock me (Muddy Waters) -- The stumble (Freddy King) -- All your love (I miss loving) (Otis Rush) -- Chicken-hearted woman (Clarence Samuels feat. Johnny...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantastic Voyage/Future Noise Music 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES SCRSummary: 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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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Indhold: Isaacs, Gregory: Set The Children Free : Set The Captives Free(2:57 min) -- Brown, Dennis: Children Of Israel(2:31 min) -- Earth and Stone: Wicked Have To Dressback(3:08 min) -- Delgado, Junior: Devils Throne(2:39 min) -- White, Joy: Tribulation(2:38 min) -- Brown, Dennis: Whip Them Jah Jah(2:33 min) -- Ross, Junior: Judgment Time / Junior Ross & The Spear(3:01 min) -- Ross, Junior:...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sanctuary Records Group 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE UNISummary: Dr. Gregory House is devoid of bedside manner and wouldn't even talk to his patients if he could get away with it. Dealing with his own constant physical pain and ignoring his pain killing addiction, he uses his cane to punctuate his acerbic, brutally honest demeanor. House and his team deal with unusual medical mysteries.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOUShepp, Archie.
Contents: Syeeda's song flute (8:26) -- Mr. Syms (7:38) -- Cousin Mary (7:11) -- Niema (7:06) -- Rufus (Swung, his face at last to the wind, then his neck snapped) (6:23).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Impulse! 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SHESummary: Bob is a playboy who recklessly crashes his boat, necessitating the use of a resuscitator. While the equipment is used on Bob, a beloved physician dies of a heart atttack because the resuscitator was unavailable. To atone for this, Bob decides to become a doctor himself. He becomes involved with the doctor's widow, but an accident that causes her to go blind will shadow the rest of their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MAGSummary: Documentary celebrating the intergenerational, interracial, and undeniable influence of Memphis, Tennessee on American culture and its music, bringing together award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians for a one-of-a-kind musical project and following them through the creative process of recording a historic new album. Features Terrence Howard, William Bell, Snoop Dogg, Mavis...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC TAKRuss
Contents: Sheep -- Blue chip (feat. Ransom) -- Bucket hat low (feat. Papoose) -- Nothin new (feat. the Game) -- Salute (feat. Westside Gunn & Styles P) -- Faith (feat. Jadakiss) -- Free (feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Snoop Dogg)-- Top of the world (feat. Jay Electronica) -- Note to self (feat. Big Sean, Joey Bada$$ & Wale) -- Hustler freestyle -- Distance (feat. Conway the Machine & Ghostface Killah) -- Get it...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP RUSContents: Disc 1. Song to a seagull: I had a king ; Michael from mountains ; Night in the city ; Marcie ; Nathan la Franeer ; Sisotowbell Lane ; The dawntreader ; The pirate of Penance ; Song to a seagull ; Cactus tree -- disc 2. Clouds: Tin angel ; Chelsea morning ; I don't know where I stand ; That song about the midway ; Roses blue ; The gallery ; I think I understand ; Songs to aging children come ;...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MITSummary: This version of Frederick Ashton's Sylvia has restored the splendour of its elegant and opulent three-act form for the 75th anniversary celebrations of The Royal Ballet. Taken from Greek mythology, it tells the story of Sylvia, loved by Aminta, abducted by Orion and eventually rescued by Eros.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Opus Arte 2007
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA SYLSummary: The moment the Grace family moves into the dilapidated Spiderwick Estate, strange things begin to happen. Jared, a curious, adventurous boy, quickly seeks out and finds the hidden laboratory of his great great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. He unleashes a mysterious force when he locates a field guide full of the secrets of the magical creatures that inhabit the forest surrounding the mansion. His...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Chronicles 2008Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SPICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SpSummary: Takes the viewer behind the walls of government, as CIA, Pentagon and foreign service experts speak out detailing the lies, misstatements and exaggerations that served as the reasons for fighting a "preemptive" war against Iraq that wasn't necessary. Includes interviews with more than 20 experts in opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disinformation Co. 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNCSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANContents: Called to the foreign field ; I am bound for the promised land ; Where we'll never grow old ; When they ring the golden bells ; To the work ; Do not wait 'till I'm laid beneath the clay ; The days of my childhood plays ; We shall be reunited (Alfred G. Karnes) -- Crossed old Jordan's stream (Bird's Kentucky Corn Crackers) -- I am on my way to heaven (Hill Brothers with Willie Simmons) -- Music...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: JSP Records 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS MOUContents: Just a little while to stay here (Eureka Brass Band) (3:56) -- Shine-hambone (Shoeshine boy) (1:02) -- Tiger rag (Freddie L. Small) (1:42) -- Blackberries! (Dora Bliggen) (:18) -- Red white and blue got the golden band (Mardi Gras Indians) (5:07) -- Times done changed (Sister Dora Alexander) (1:24) -- Dark was the night (Rev. Lewis Jackson and Charlotte Rucell) (:52) -- Back to the time (Choir...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways 2010