Thurston, Alexander
Summary: "Drawing on sources in Arabic and Hausa, rare documents, propaganda videos, press reports, and interviews with experts in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Niger, Alexander Thurston sheds new light on Boko Haram's development. He shows that the group, far from being a simple or static terrorist organization, has evolved in its worldview and ideology in reaction to events. Chief among these has been Boko...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 THUSummary: 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
Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUSummary: "The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence. The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict. For the last six decades, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli Electa 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Betterway Publications 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 731.75 JAMMoore, Thurston
Summary: Thurston Moore's first solo record since 2010's Demolished Thoughts, radiates with both his signature dynamism of dense thrashing electric guitars as well as blissful twelve-string acoustic ballads.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOOSummary: Follows the lives and comedic adventures of three older men living in the English town of Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video. 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LASContents: All your love (I miss loving) (Otis Rush) -- Hound dog (Willi Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton) -- It ain't right (Little Walter) -- Hey, hey (Big Bill Broonzy) -- I can't hold out (Elmore James) -- Mean ole Frisco blues (Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup) -- Five long years (Eddie Boyd) -- Have you ever loved a woman (Freddy King) -- Stormy Monday (T-Bone Walker) -- Blues before sunrise (Leroy Carr) -- You don't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MOJClarke, Thurston.
Summary: After JFK's assassination, Robert Kennedy--Jack's political warrior--almost lost hope. He was haunted by his brother's murder, and by the nation's inabilities to solve its problems of race, poverty, and the war in Vietnam. Bobby sensed the country's pain, and when he announced that he was running for president, the country united behind his hopes. Over the action-packed days of his campaign,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 CLAClarke, Thurston.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 996.9 CLAHarris, Thurston.
Contents: Over and over -- Little bitty pretty one -- Do what you did -- Hey baba leeba (on container: Hey baba leba) -- You don't know -- I'm asking forgiveness -- Hey little girl -- Send me some lovin' -- Only one love -- Tell me so -- Fine fine frame -- Cross my heart -- My love will last -- I got loaded at Smokey Joe's joint.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EMI America 1986
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES HARMoore, Thurston.
Contents: Queen bee and her pals -- Ono soul -- Psychic hearts -- Pretty bad -- Patti Smith math scratch -- Blues from beyond the grave -- See-through play/mate -- Hang out -- Feathers -- Tranquilizer -- Staring statues -- Cindy (Rotten tanx) -- Cherry's blues -- Female cop -- Elegy for all the dead rock stars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David Geffen 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOOSummary: A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in 'The French Dispatch.'
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FRECopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FREJames, Thurston
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Publisher / Publication Date: Betterway Publications 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.025 JAMMoore, Thurston.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.6609 MOOMoore, Thurston.
Contents: Exalted -- Cusp -- Turn on -- Smoke of dreams -- Aphrodite.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Caroline 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOOMoore, Thurston
Summary: Thurston Moore moved to Manhattan's East Village in 1978 with a yearning for music. He wanted to be immersed in downtown New York's sights and sounds--the feral energy of its nightclubs, the angular roar of its bands, the magnetic personalities within its orbit. But more than anything, he wanted to make music--to create indelible sounds that would move, provoke, and inspire. His dream came to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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Contents: Hashish -- Cantaloupe -- Breath -- Siren -- Calligraphy -- Locomotives -- Dreamers Work -- They Believe In Love (When They Look At You) -- Venus (Instrumental).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daydream Library Series 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOOMoore, Thurston.
Contents: Benediction -- Illuminine -- Circulation -- Blood never lies -- Orchard Street -- In silver rain with a paper key -- Mina Loy -- Space -- January.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Matador Records 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MooThurston, Howard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Ribbon Books 1940
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Contents: Mules and men -- Tell my horse -- Dust tracks on a road -- Selected articles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.092 HURSummary: Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIG RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BIGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BIGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie BigSummary: Sense and sensibility: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Elinor, sensitive to social convention, struggles to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Will the sisters learn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008