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African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Bannister, Liz Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Biography Humorous stories Naturalists Great Britain Biography Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain Albert 1819-1861 Queens Great Britain BiographyTeffi, N. A. (Nadezhda Aleksandrovna)
Summary: In 1918, in the immediate aftermath of the Russian Revolution, Teffi, whose stories and journalism had made her a celebrity in Moscow, was invited to read from her work in Ukraine. She accepted the invitation eagerly, though she had every intention of returning home. As it happened, her trip ended four years later in Paris, where she would spend the rest of her life in exile. None of this was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TEFFI, N.A TEFSummary: "This captivating documentary film tells the story of the Russian all-girl punk rock band Pussy Riot, who stood up to the Russian government's human rights oppression and paid the price by being incarcerated in 2011. But rather than silencing their voices, the incident only amplified them, turning the band into a global symbol of feminist political activism, culminating in their widely seen...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ACTB Troup N Hefti
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Publisher / Publication Date: Consul Music 1965
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: Aliens abduct all adults; genius Jimmy and his friends build an interstellar spacefleet and rescue them, and get home in time for dinner.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV JIMLieberman, A. N. (Abraham N.)
Summary: Provides both the doctor's and patient's views and gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, quality of life, and sources of support. Written by an internationally recognized expert on Parkinson disease, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this devastating disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2011
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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
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robbins 1933
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMA Freed N Brown
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robbins 1929
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMA Freed N Brown
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robbins 1933
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMA Freed N Brown
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robbins 1936
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMA Gillespie N Osborne
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Publisher / Publication Date: Waterson Berlin * Snyder 1913
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMKang, A. N.
Summary: Papillon is a cat who is so fluffy he floats, so his owner tries many silly ways to keep him on the ground.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney HYPERION 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Kang 2016Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KANRoquelaure, A. N.
Summary: Beauty is sold into erotic slavery and forced to obey the orders of the Captain and Mistress Lockley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 1999
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROQWilson, A. N.
Summary: "Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of build, with a frenzied, hyper-energetic personality, Dickens looked much older than his fifty-eight years when he died--an occasion marked by a crowded funeral at Westminster Abbey, despite his waking wishes for a small affair. Experiencing the worst and best of life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DICKENS, CHARLES WILWilson, A. N.
Summary: In this companion biography to the acclaimed "Victoria", A.N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the royal consort's birth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALBERT, PRINCE WILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ALBERT WILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio AlbertSummary: Potemkin re-creats the 1905 mutiny on the battleship "Prince Potemkin." It focuses a mutiny by the battleship's crew and the subsequent massacre of civilians - that reflects the spirit of the times.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment, Inc. 1998
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BATA Freed N Brown
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robbins 1933
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMKang, A. N.
Summary: When Papillon's hiccups cause him to stop floating, Miss Tilly rushes him to a clinic where, once he feels better, he makes new friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Wilson, A. N.
Summary: A radical reappraisal of Darwin argues that the evolution pioneer was less of an original scientific intellect than a ruthless self-promoter who did not give credit to the actual sages whose ideas he advanced in his history-shaping book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARWIN, CHARLES WILWilson, A. N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.081 WILA Freed N Brown
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robbins 1929
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robbins 1929
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Summary: Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria's coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown, all set against the backdrop of a momentous epoch in Britain's history -- and the world's.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2014