Summary: FROM THE PUBLISHER : After the Nancy Cruzan case was decided by the Supreme Court in 1990, and ultimately resolved by the Courts of the State of Missouri, the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging nutrition and hydration appeared to many to be as noncontroversial as decisions to refuse respirators or dialysis. Even the Catholic Church held that, although there should be a presumption...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.7 CASA Domino
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alan Edwards 1959
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMPacyga, Dominic A.
Contents: Introduction: Writing an urban biography -- Location, location, location! -- Emporium of the West -- The era of urban chaos -- Reacting to chaos : Pullman, the West Side, and the Loop -- The progressive and not so progressive city -- The immigrant capital and World War I -- Twentieth-century metropolis -- Years of crises : Depression and war -- Chicago after the war : changing times -- Daley's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Van Sise, B. A.
Summary: "With this fascinating synthesis of word and image, internationally renowned photographer B.A. Van Sise offers a visually stimulating anthology that will enchant lovers of both poetry and photography. At times whimsical, surreal, challenging, enigmatic, joyful and sobering, these portraits--running adjacent to poems by each of their subjects--highlight some of the most influential poets of our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schaffner Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 779.2 VANZimmermann, Chas. A. (Charles A.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robbins Music Corp. 1935
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMPisano, Dominick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, in association with Harry N. Abrams 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.13 PISContents: Disc one: Yakety yak / Coasters -- What'd I say / Ray Charles -- Mack the knife / Bobby Darin -- Stand by me / Ben E. King -- In the midnight hour / Wilson Pickett -- I got you babe / Sonny & Cher -- When a man loves a woman / Percy Sledge -- Respect / Aretha Franklin -- Soul man / Sam & Dave -- (Sittin' on) the dock of the bay / Otis Redding -- Sunshine of your love / Cream -- Suite: Judy blue...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FifCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD VA 50 YearsSummary: Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLISummary: Clara is searching for the special key to unlock a box from her late mother. Inside that box is a priceless item that her mother left for her. During her godfather's yearly holiday party, Clara almost gets the key but it disappears. She embarks on a quest into a mysterious world which has four different realms: a snowflakes realm, flowers realm, sweets realm, and the challenging realm where the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY NUTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD JUV NUTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NuSummary: Two young men, one rich, one middle class, are in love with the same woman, but must leave her behind when they become fighter pilots in World War I.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Teen beat (Sandy Nelson) -- Swanee River hop (Fats Domino) -- Raunchy (Ernie Freeman) -- Rumble (Link Wray) -- The green mosquito (the Tune Rockers) -- Poor boy (the Royaltones) -- Topsy II (Cozy Cole) -- So rare (Jimmy Dorsey) -- Tequila (the Champs) -- The happy organ (Dave 'Baby' Cortez) -- The clouds (the Spacemen) -- Twitchy (Rene Hall) -- Guitar boogie shuffle (the Virtues) -- Wild bird...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Records 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TEESisti, Alessandro
Summary: Dusty is a crop duster with dreams of competing in the greatest air race but has to find the inspiration and courage to be more than he was built for.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DISCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISSummary: Set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the film tells the story of director Mario Suarez's quest to make the ultimate tango film. Lonely after his wife (one of the film's stars) has left him, Mario must find the themes that will hold the film together, while simultaneously permitting his musicians and dancers the freedom of expression that is necessary to satisfy the tango-hungry Argentine audience....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TANSummary: Captain Jonathan Archer leads the crew of the starship Enterprise NX-01 in humanity's first contact with a myriad of alien species.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Sisti, Alessandro
Summary: A girl named Penny and her dog Bolt are the stars of a TV series, called Bolt. To make the series more realistic, the producers stage a fake kidnap of Penny ... Bolt thinks that happened for real and decides to go and look for his master! Convinced he has super powers, Bolt starts his journey in search of Penny, a journey that takes him to New York, Hollywood and Las Vegas, where he meets new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DISCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISSummary: "Son is Cuba's principal dance and song form and the root of salsa. Fusing African and Spanish elements, it ranges in style from simple, rustic bands to the brassy arrangements of New York salsa. This rough guide, literally a 'who's who' in Cuban music, explores this rich tradition, from its conception in the early 1900s to the present day big-band revival"--Container verso.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ROUSisti, Alessandro
Summary: "Racing star Lightning McQueen gets lost on his way to his next big race, but he learns there's more to life during his stay at Radiator Springs. "--provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISSummary: Michel, who wrote poetry, and Harry, a rich spoiled brat, were school chums. Now twenty years later, Michel, who is married with three young girls, meets up with Harry on the way to Michel's summer home. Harry "forces" his way into their lives and nothing will be the same again. Trying to make Michel's life "easier", Harry embarks on a path that will become self-destructive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WITRissi, Anica Mrose
Summary: "A contemporary collection of original short stories by Anica Mrose Rissi that is sure to elicit chills, laughs, and screams, even from the most devoted fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RISSisti, Alessandro
Summary: World-famous air racer Dusty joins forces with a dynamic crew of firefighting aircraft to battle a wildfire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DISCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISSummary: A stirring drama about the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between book editor Maxwell Perkins (who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway) and Thomas Wolfe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GENCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GEN RATED PG-13Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Genius 2016Contents: Zara zara (Bombay Jayashri) (4:57) -- Khwaab (Niraj Chag feat. Swati Natekar) (3:51) -- Naino sey (Sanjay Divecha feat. Kailash Kher) (4:43) -- Shiva panchakshara stotram / Shiva shadakshara stotram (Uma Mohan) (4:07) -- Homeward journey (Satish Vyas) (2:43) -- Tere bina (A.R. Rahman & Chinmayee) (5:05) -- Nagumomo (Susheela Raman) (4:45) -- Ganesha (Deepak Ram) (4:23) -- Vo kuch (Kiran...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN INDONESIAN PUTStansberry, Domenic.
Summary: Set in San Francisco in the crumbling vestiges of Italian North Beach. Before becoming a private investigator, Dante Mancuso worked for a secret corporate security firm that prized effectiveness over legality. When he left, it was not on good terms, so he made sure to take enough inside information to keep himself safe from reprisal. When SFPD Detective Leanora Chin starts asking questions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2010