Boston (Mass.)

Contents: v. 1. 1700-1751.--v. 2. 1752-1809.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1977

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Boston (Mass.)

Contents: v. 1. 1700-1751.--v. 2. 1752-1809.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1977

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Summary: Just outside of Dallas, Texas a violent haunted house is serving as the pulpit for a modern-day fire and brimstone sermon. Taking the viewer behind the scenes, this documentary examines why this small town church has resorted to such graphic means of saving souls and allows us a brief glimpse of what they believe they're saving us from.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Plexifilm 2003

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Summary: Ruby Ridge is a riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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First Reformed Church of Easton (Easton, Pa.)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1973

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Summary: Richard Alpert, after being expelled from Harvard in 1963 for experimenting with LSD, morphed into Ram Dass, a serious and much loved spiritual leader, author and lecturer. This film visits Ram Dass in 2001 as he remakes his life since suffering a stroke five years ago. Balances fascinating, often hilarious footage from the hippie era with contemporary material and interviews with Ram Dass and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Video 2003

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Summary: Examines the history, science, and business of fireworks. Covers the origin of fireworks in China and their further development in England and Italy. Visits the "fireworks capital of the U.S.", New Castle, Pennsylvania, home of the Zambellis, the self-proclaimed "first family of fireworks."

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2006

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Contents: Disc one. Give me back my wig / Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers (3:31) -- I'm a woman / Koko Taylor (4:36) -- Have mercy / Big Walter Horton ; with Carey Bell (3:45) -- Somebody loan me a dime / Fenton Robinson (2:54) -- It's my fault, darling / Professor Longhair (4:54) -- Telephone angel / Son Seals (5:25) -- Lights out / Johnny Winter (2:35) -- Blue Monday hangover / Albert Collins...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: Tells the sweeping and dramatic story of religious life in America, examining more than 500 years of American religious history, from the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the 2008 presidential election. Examine this history as it has played out in public life, exploring the complex interaction between religion and democracy in the United States; the origins of the American concept of religious...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2010

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Summary: An overcrowded maximum-security prison is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program. A dramatic tale of human potential and transformation that closely follows and documents the stories of the prison inmates.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Freedom Behind Bars Productions 2010

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McDonnell, Christine

Summary: Relates the story of social activist Kip Tiernan and her efforts to open Rosie's Place, the nation's first homeless shelter for women, in Boston.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022

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Wechsler, Pamela

Summary: Chief of homicide district attorney Abby Endicott hasn't had the easiest adjustment to normal life. Her wealthy Boston family has cut her off because of her dangerous job, her new apartment with her musician boyfriend Ty is not up to her standards, and her impending position as godmother to her new niece or nephew is overwhelming. However, her personal life is about to be put on hold when the...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018

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Contents: Sardinia (Alabama Sacred Harp Singers) -- Testimony on pioneer religion (D.N. Asher) -- Amazing grace (Howard Adams & Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church) -- Lonely tombs (Preston and Hobart Smith, Texas Gladden) -- Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah (George Spangler and Congregation of Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church) -- The old gospel ship (Ruby Vass) -- The little family (Ollie Gilbert) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder 1997

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Haring, Keith.

Contents: For the same man (B Beat Girls) -- It's music (Damon Harris) -- Danger (Pylon) -- Pak man (the Jonzun Crew) -- Love money (Funk Masters) -- Bump and grind it (John Sex) -- Over and over (12" disco mix) (Sylvester) -- Jeffrey I hear you (the Girls) -- Jam hot (Johnny Dynell) -- I Zimbra (Talking Heads) -- Sortie 134 (part 2) (Art Zoyd) -- Weekend (Larry Levan mix) (Class Action) -- Chuka-ja (Get...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: Holmes and Dr. Watson must use all their cunning and detective skills in some risky operations to foil the criminal element in each of these 5 mysteries.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2003

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Kelly, David A. (David Andrew)

Summary: Cousins Mike and Kate are at Boston's Fenway Park when the Red Sox's star hitter discovers that his lucky baseball bat has been stolen.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011

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Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008

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Summary: This miniseries opens in Berkeley, California in 1938, where pampered, tenured professors, safe on the shores of peaceful America, dabble in radical politics as the world heads inevitably towards war. J. Robert Oppenheimer is such a one. Two events--one personal, one scientific--combine to change Oppy's life forever and catapult him from a moderately successful theoretician to a world famous...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2008

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Summary: In 2014, to reduce costs, city officials changed the source of Flint, Michigan's drinking water supply and as a result subjected its population to dangerous levels of lead contamination. This program looks at the logistics of the Flint water crisis and exposes vulnerabilities that exist in water systems throughout the county.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Summary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Summary: Mini-series that chronicles the lives of an English couple who live in Bucharest when WWII breaks out.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2005

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