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Summary: "In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised and shaped some of America's most pivotal heroes: Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin. Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther, and Louise Little's son...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 TUBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 TUBSummary: In 2008 Hollywood filmmaker, Jennifer Lynch traveled to India to direct Hisss, a tale about the vengeful snake goddess, Nagin. This documentary captures her experience in the chaotic world of Bollywood-Hollywood filmmaking where "chaos is the process and filmmaking doubles as a crash course in acceptance and self-realization"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DESDobbs, Alda P.
Summary: Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's dangerous journey to cross the U.S. border.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD DOBDobbs, Alda P.
Summary: "Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOBDobbs, Alda P.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Petra Luna is in America, having escaped the Mexican Revolution and the terror of the Federales. Now that they are safe, Petra and her family can begin again, in this country that promises so much. She leads her family from a smallpox-stricken refugee camp on the Texas border to the buzzing city of San Antonio, where they work hard to build a new life. And for the first time...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC DOBMalika.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN MALSummary: In Ammritsar, the determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find matches for her four daughters. Second sister, Lalita, meets American Will Darcy - is it love? A classic story told with a Bollywood twist.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BRICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie BrideSummary: A group of four friends, all with different life goals, struggle to survive on one person's salary. After going into business together as thugs and assassins they find fame and fortune and at the same time strive to maintain their friendship.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Eros International 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GANTubes
Contents: She's a beauty -- Tip of my tongue -- Talk to ya later -- Sushi girl -- Don't want to wait anymore -- Bora Bora 2000/Love bomb -- No not again -- The monkey time -- Sports fans -- Come as you are -- Piece by piece -- Attack of the fifty foot woman -- When you're ready to come.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capital 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TUBRosendahl, Saskia
Summary: After her parents are arrested for war crimes after World War II, a fourteen-year-old girl leads her four siblings across war-torn Germany and encounters a Jewish man willing to help them complete their journey.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LOROlder, Malka Ann.
Summary: "It's been twenty years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring nation-states to global micro-democracy. The corporate coalition party Heritage has won the last two elections. With another election on the horizon, the Supermajority is in tight contention, and everything's on the line."--Front jacket flap.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OLDTubs
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TUBWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Summary: "The most renowned Native American Indian potter of her time, Maria Poveka Martinez learned pottery as a child under the guiding hands of her Ko-ōo, her aunt. She grew up to discover a new firing technique that turned her pots black and shiny, and made them-and Maria-famous. This inspiring story of family and creativity illuminates how Maria's belief in sharing her love of clay brought success...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARSummary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OTeebs.
Contents: You've changed -- Bound ball -- Double fifths -- While you doooo -- Moments -- Burner -- Wind loop -- Lakeshore Ave. -- Arthur's birds -- Gordon -- Bern rhythm -- Felt tip -- King bathtub -- My whole life -- Long distance featuring Gaby Hernandez -- Why like this -- Humming birds -- Autumn antique.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brainfeeder Records 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC TEESummary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PACSummary: Alice, an enigmatic young girl, wanders through a Victorian landscape populated by the most bizarre and astonishing characters. Alice gently questions each one in turn, subtly mocking their middle-class English values.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2 Entertain 2010
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ALISummary: A fun-filled holiday adventure that takes us to the beginning of Santa Claus' legendary friendship with Santa Paws. In this prequel to the hit holiday classic Santa Buddies, Santa Paws and his new canine and kid friends embark on a journey in New York City to find Santa Claus and restore the spirit of Christmas.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday STubbs, Michael
Summary: "The making of a visionary political leader-and a blueprint for a more equitable country "Don't tell nobody our business," Michael Tubbs's mother often told him growing up. For Michael, that meant a lot of things: don't tell anyone about the day-to-day struggle of being Black and broke in Stockton, CA. Don't tell anyone the pain of having a father incarcerated for 25 years to life. Don't tell...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TUBBS, MICHAEL TUBSummary: When a local politician attempts to come between a single dad and his adopted daughter, they fight to remain a family, and the bond between father and daughter is strengthened.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Simple 2003Teebs.
Contents: The endless -- View point -- Holiday (featuring Jonti) -- Shoouss lullaby -- SOTM -- Hi hat (featuring Populous) -- NY, pt. 1 -- Piano days -- Piano months -- NY, pt. 2 (featuring Prefuse 72) -- Mondaze -- Wavxxes (featuring Lars Hornveth).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brainfeeder 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC TEETusks
Contents: For You (3:49 min) -- False (3:08 min) -- Last (3:18 min) -- Dissolve (3:20 min) -- 1807 (2:01 min) -- Paris (3:38 min) -- Ivy (4:11 min) -- Toronto (3:19 min) -- My Love (4:34 min) -- London Thunder (5:16 min)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: One Little Indian 2017