Summary: A Connecticut adult swim class sets the stage for this comedy-drama about love, loss and second chances. Three strangers, inextricably connected through personal heartbreak, find themselves entering deep water as they learn that life isn't always about diving right in-- it's about getting your feet wet once in awhile.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BIGSimonds, Sandra
Summary: With the lyric beauty of the poet she is, Sandra Simonds gives us a fresh portrait of Assia Wevill, a woman previously conceived mostly as a consort, a homewrecker, or a femme fatale. Simonds' novel refuses to be bound by the pedantry of what we think we know about Assia Wevill's life, reimagining timelines, history, and Assia's inner life and creative work to bring her to life as never...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Noemi Press 0000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Frankie is an African-American go-go dancer with dissociative identity disorder (DID). She struggles to retain her true self while fighting against two very different personalities: a seven-year-old girl named Genius, and a Southern white racist named Alice. Inspired by a remarkable true story.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FRAAdriansen, Sophie
Summary: "This is the story of an emancipation, that of a young Black and poor woman living in an American marked by segregation. This is the story of a fierce battle, that of a musician involved in the civil rights movement. This is the story of a long career, that of a pianist and singer as talented as determined. This is the story of Nina Simone, a unique artist, role model, and inspiration for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Graphic Novels 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 SIMONE, NINA ADRPhaedra
Contents: Death will come -- Honeydewed autumn - The first to die -- Oserian -- Black dog -- Sister -- The darkest hour -- The sea.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rune Grammofon 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PHAKhandro
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.374 RINSummary: Who cares about the suffering--existential, financial, or other--of those who blindly mismanaged our monies into this ever-expanding, nay, verily bottomless pit of debt? No one, but this film may help viewers understand A) the birth of current financial woes, and B) what it might have been like, in those first few hours within the confines of an early investment trading firm casualty. Fueled by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MARSummary: Don't panic! The British TV adaptation of Douglas Adams's cult science fiction book series follows the misadventures of Arthur Dent, sole survivor of the demolished planet Earth. Join Dent and interplanetary researcher Ford Prefect as they encounter bad alien poetry, a depressed robot, a two-headed spaceship thief, and the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HITSummary: This compilation contains all six episodes of the BBC's adaptation of a sci-fi fantasy about an unassuming Englishman and his outwardly average neighbor who is actually an alien from the vicinity of Betelgeuse.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Hitchhikers 2002Summary: The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE VICChandra, Sheila.
Contents: All you want is more -- Out on my own -- Village girl -- Storm trance -- From a whisper... to a scream -- Prema, Shanti, Dharma, Satya -- Unchanged malady -- Missing the voice -- Fly to me -- Songbird.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Narada World 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN/INDONESIAN CHAChandra, Deborah.
Summary: A rollicking rhyme portrays George Washington's lifelong struggle with bad teeth. A timeline taken from diary entries and other nonfiction sources follows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE 973.4 CHACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHASirom
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Forced Exposure 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK SIRSpoon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SPORubenstein, David M.
Summary: "What do the most successful investors have in common? David M. Rubenstein, cofounder of one of the world's largest investment firms, has spent years interviewing the greatest investors in the world to discover the time-tested principles, hard-earned wisdom, and indispensable tools that guide their practice.​"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.678 RUBAdaf, Shimon
Summary: Cycle of poems composed after Adaf's sister's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alice James Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 492.4 ADABeauvoir, Simone de
Summary: From the moment Sylvie and Andrée meet in their Parisian day school, they see in each other an accomplice with whom to confront the mysteries of girlhood. For the next ten years, the two are the closest of friends and confidantes as they explore life in a post-World War One France, and as Andrée becomes increasingly reckless and rebellious, edging closer to peril.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BEAManning, Chandra
Summary: Even before shots were fired at Fort Sumter, slaves recognized that their bondage was at the root of the war, and they began running to the Union army. By the war's end, nearly half a million had taken refuge behind Union lines in improvised "contraband camps". These were crowded and dangerous places, with conditions approaching those of a humanitarian crisis, yet families and individuals took...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 MANRam, Chandra
Summary: The Instant Pot® is a game-changer for Indian cooking because it replaces a pressure cooker, slow cooker, yogurt maker, rice cooker, bread proofer and steamer all in one. Gone are the days when preparing Indian food just seemed too intimidating or for weekends only. Dried lentils and chickpeas cook in a flash, even when they haven't been soaked overnight. Rice is perfectly done in ten minutes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robert Rose 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.587 RAMChandra, Sheila.
Contents: Speaking in tongues I (1:45) -- Dhyana and Donalogue (4:40) -- Nana (2:45) ; The dreaming (5:37) -- Ever so lonely ; Eyes ; Ocean (3:26) -- The enchantment (4:49) -- The call (1:38) -- Bhajan (7:06) -- Speaking in tongues II (3:08) -- Sacred stones (5:30) -- Om Namaha Shiva (2:55).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Realworld Records 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN INDONESIAN CHABlumberg, Chandra
Summary: Alisha Blake creates delectable desserts for her grandfather's restaurant in rural Illinois... but dreams about opening a cookie shop in Chicago. When a dinosaur bone turns up in her grandparents' backyard, paleontologist Quentin Harris is hoping that the fossil will distract him from a recent painful breakup. Sparks fly... but Alisha is scared to fall in love. And Quentin is trying to make a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Montlake 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLUChandra, Sheila.
Contents: Quiet 1 -- Quiet 2 -- Quiet 3 -- Quiet 4 -- Quiet 5 -- Quiet 6 -- Quiet 7 -- Quiet 8 -- Quiet 9 -- Quiet 10.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Indipop Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN/INDONESIAN CHASimone.
Contents: Começar de novo = To begin again : The island (3:42) -- Canôa canôa = Canoe, canoe (3:51) -- Reis e rainhas do Maracatu = Kings and queens of Maracatu (2:55) -- Então vale a pena = Then it was worth it (4:07) -- Itamarandiba (3:16) -- Pedaço de mim = Piece of me (3:49) -- Face a face = Face to face (4:29) -- Tô voltando = I'm returning (3:56) -- Valso rancho = Carnival waltz (3:26) -- Cigarra =...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI-Odeon 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN SIMNicolaides, Kimon
Contents: Contour and gesture -- The comprehension of gesture -- Weight and the modelled drawing -- Memory drawing and other quick studies -- The modelled drawing in ink-the daily composition -- The modelled drawing in water color-right-angle study -- Emphasis on contour-the head -- Special form studies -- An approach to the subject of technique -- The simple proportions-effort -- The study of drapery --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1969