Summary: It is set in Switzerland in 1971 where, despite the worldwide social upheavals of the previous decade, women, were still denied the right to vote. When unassuming and dutiful housewife Nora is forbidden by her husband to take a part-time job, her frustration leads to her becoming the poster child of her town's suffragette movement. Her newfound celebrity brings humiliation, threats, and the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2018
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DIVSummary: "The Benedetti family has been haunted by a curse for generations. On a long drive to visit their reclusive grandfather in Tuscany, Luigi Benedetti tells his children the mysterious story of their ancestors -- a tragic tale filled with forbidden love, passion, vengeance and betrayal"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Koch Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FIOSummary: Quietly in their sleep : Mysterious deaths in a Venice retirement community are brought to Inspector Brunetti's attention by a young nun who is then nearly killed herself. Brunetti's investigation turns up some unsettling connections to a secret church organization and to one of its charismatic members, a priest who is the community's resident confessor.--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MHz Networks Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DONSummary: Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARSummary: This version of Frederick Ashton's Sylvia has restored the splendour of its elegant and opulent three-act form for the 75th anniversary celebrations of The Royal Ballet. Taken from Greek mythology, it tells the story of Sylvia, loved by Aminta, abducted by Orion and eventually rescued by Eros.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Opus Arte 2007
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA SYLSummary: 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 ROOSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Get ready for a battle of the ages when the Justice League faces off against its archenemies, the Legion of Doom, in an all-new movie from DC Comics. A mysterious being known as the Time Trapper arises, and a sinister plan led by Lex Luthor sends the Legion of Doom back in time to eliminate Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman before they become super heroes. For Aquaman, Flash and Cyborg, along...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV JLAContents: Bonito y sabroso / Beny More -- El jamiquino / Ni~no Rivera -- Campi~na / Afro Cuban Jazz Project -- Al vaiven de mi carreta / Afro Cuban All Stars -- Chucho / Mario Bauza -- To Mario Buaza / Bebo Valdes -- El carretero / Guillermo portables / El carretero -- Quizas quizas / Cuarteto Patria & Manu Digbango -- Quiero a me guajira / Maraca -- Fania / Pancho Amat -- Yaye boy / Orquesta Aragon --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN CUBThomas, Prins.
Contents: Disc 1 Forever more pt. III / Turns -- Galatea's guitar / Gabor Szabo -- Drum odyssey / Brian Bennett -- Ibiza / Aqua Bazzino -- Vin / Claude Speeed -- Ma holo / Sun Araw -- Samba trip / Richard Schneider Jr. -- Starship 109 / Mistral -- Weggeputscht / Durian Brothers -- Lamuka / Azaou Bikaye & Cy1 -- El Amarna / Berliner Ring -- Dalbouka / C. Cat Trance -- Scandinavian bellydance / Split...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Eskimo 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC THOSummary: Through private letters, unpublished memoirs, performances, and TV interviews, this documentary is the first to tell the life story of the Greek-American opera soprano completely in her own words.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MARDavis, Hope
Summary: A woman enlists her dysfunctional family to help her discover the truth after she finds a love letter written to her husband.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DAYJourney (Musical group)
Contents: Only the young -- Don't stop believin' -- Wheel in the sky -- Faithfully -- I'll be alright without you -- Any way you want it -- Ask the lonely -- Who's crying now -- Separate ways (worlds apart) -- Lights -- Lovin', touchin', squeezin' -- Open arms -- Girl can't help it -- Send her my love -- Be good to yourself -- When you love a woman (bonus track).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Bmg Music 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD PM Journey 2003Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JOUSummary: Poor Charlie Bucket's luck is just about to change. He found a coveted golden ticket for entrance into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, and now gets to take a thrilling tour of the magical place.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WILSummary: When she's fired from her job at an upscale law firm for voicing her stance against the testing of cosmetics on animals, Elle heads to Capitol Hill to fight for her cause before Congress. Once there, she runs into plenty of adversity and red-tape and can't seem to find anyone who will listen to her proposals. She meets and befriends an elderly bellman who's been around long enough to know the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LEGSummary: "Babylon Berlin is one of the most critically acclaimed European televisions shows of the decade, a sumptuously paranoid thriller set in 1929 Berlin, a metropolis in turmoil. In Seasons 1 and 2, the glittering excesses of the city's nightlife sparkle while an army of the impoverished strives for a better life. Organized crime and political extremists take advantage, extending their power...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Cole, Peter
Summary: "Peter Cole "sings like nobody else in English today" (Richard Sieburth), and Draw Me After is a potent and profound new refrain"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 811 COLKelpe
Contents: Astrolomy -- Beaks of eagles -- Superzero theme -- Go visible -- Nice eyes in my size -- Single stripe -- Glinterlude -- Puds -- Outwhere? -- Answered.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Drut Recordings 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC KELSpinner, Stephanie
Summary: Describes the life and career of the 266th pope, including his early life in Argentina, his decision at sixteen to become a priest, and his work to help end poverty and aid United States and Cuban relations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2017
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRAPearla
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PEAVogue.
Summary: " Vogue: Fantasy & Fashion celebrates the magazine's strong and deeply rooted tradition of storytelling through magical, narrative portfolios. Fashion's greatest power is its ability to make people dream; to create new worlds. Whether falling down a rabbit hole, conquering new, digital frontiers, or exploring the limits of surrealism, the heroines who feature in photographs by great talents...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABRAMS 2020
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 391 VOGBritten, Benjamin
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Classics 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD O BRIPress, Petra.
Summary: Discusses the culture, religion, survival and daily life of the Mayan people.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2002