Summary: Complilation of 7 films with introduction to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 'Toccata for toy trains' is a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. 'House : after five years of living' illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. 'Lucia chase vignette' follows a sister chasing her brother through the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIL

Summary: Two female soldiers, one rebellious and one controlled, find friendship with one another while patrolling the streets of Jerusalem.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2007

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

Sklar, David.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: O'Reilly 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005.13 PHP 5 SKL

Summary: Inspired by She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up, and rose up against the odds. This collection includes the first eight biographies in the series.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 920 SHE

Summary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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

Sears, David

Summary: Offers an account of the U.S. airmen's roles in the air battles that took place over the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 SEA

Summary: This episode interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present and introducing major concepts of evolutionary theory. It explores why Darwin's "dangerous idea" might matter even more today than it did in his own time, and reveals how science might be used to explain the past and predict the future of life on earth.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2001

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DAR

Summary: A young farmer named Wang Lung marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan. Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land and takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOO

Summary: Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. A pocket full of rye: Who poisoned the wealthy businessman Rex rotescue? Miss Marple barely has time to ponder this question before her former maid Gladys turns up strangled on the Fortescue estate. Murder is Easy: Murder is easy, says elederly Miss Pinkerton to Miss Marple...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV AGA

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

Robicheaux, Coco.

Contents: Walking with the spirit -- Pit bull -- Spiritland -- Broken string -- We will fly away -- Working man -- I knew without asking -- Saturday night before Christmas -- Cryin' inside -- St. John's eve.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Orleans Records 1994

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES ROB

Summary: The story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2018

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD 12

Summary: "[H]andsome young Tariq is about to marry Bilquis, eldest daughter of a prominent and powerful judge. But as he wanders the ancient city of Sana'a late one night, he spots a beautiful young woman dancing in the street and falls madly in love with her. Before long, the young groom must choose between following his heart and protecting his family's honor."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF NEW

Various Artists

Contents: Bertha (Los Lobos) -- Jack Straw (Bruce Hornsby & the Range) -- U.S. blues (The Harshed Mellows) -- Ship of fools (Elvis Costello) -- China doll ; Cassidy (Suzanne Vega) -- Truckin' (Dwight Yoakam) -- Casey Jones (Warren Zevon with David Lindley) -- Uncle John's band (Indigo Girls) -- Friend of the devil (Lyle Lovett) -- To lay me down (Cowboy Junkies) -- Wharf rat (Midnight Oil) -- Estimated...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Arista 1991

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

Summary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007

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

Contents: Timber (Pitbull feat. Ke$ha) -- Royals (Lorde) -- Wrecking ball (Miley Cyrus) -- Unconditionally (Katy Perry) -- Story of my life (One Direction) -- Say something (A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera) -- Demons (Imagine Dragons) -- Counting stars (OneRepublic) -- Hold on, we're going home (Drake feat. Majid Jordan) -- Do what u want (Lady Gaga feat. R. Kelly) -- Work work (Britney...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Music Group 2014

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

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

Anastasio, Dina

Summary: Introduces facts about the Super Bowl, including the history of the game, famous players throughout its history, and the spectacle of the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.332 ANA

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Sport What Anastasio

Contents: Heaven and all (Robert Levon Been, Dave Grohl, Peter Hayes) -- Time slowing down (Chris Goss, Tim Commerford, Dave Grohl, Brad Wilk) -- You can't fix this (Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee) -- The man that never was (Rick Springfield, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear) -- Your wife is calling (Lee Ving, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Alain Johannes, Pat Smear)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Roswell Records/RCA 2013

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC SOU

Summary: Members of the rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock n' roll history to record their much-anticipated tenth album.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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

Summary: Charlie, who has recently lost control over his life, searches New York City for a mysterious stranger who holds the key to his recovery.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Trimark Home Video 2001

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA URB