Summary: Based on a real historical event, this is the story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who appeared in a small German town in 1820 after having lived in total isolation from humans since birth. He is taught to speak, read, and write by townspeople, but is then mysteriously murdered.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ENIWaldner, Bruce.
Summary: Offers a comprehensive review of topics in high school algebra 2 and trigonometry courses, covering operations, functions, relations, exponents, logarithms, identities, regression, and other related topics; and includes a sample Regents examination with answers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 512 WALBrunk, Thomas W. (Thomas Walter)
Summary: "This book presents a comprehensive history of Pewabic Pottery in Detroit, Michigan, its founders, and its place in the Arts and Crafts movement"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738.09774 BRUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 738.09774 BRUSummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATContents: Disc 1. Some Commodore highlights: Love is just around the corner Eddie Condon (3:03) -- Strange fruit Billie Holiday (3:10) -- A good man is hard to find pt. 1 (jam session) (4:25) -- (You're some) Pretty doll Fats Waller (with Eddie Condon) (2:49) -- (Back home in) Indiana Don Byas, Slam Stewart (5:13) -- At a Georgia camp meeting Sidney Bechet (3:13) -- A handful of stars: Way down yonder in...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: GRP Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ COMWagner, Bruce
Summary: "An emotional thriller by novelist Bruce Wagner, I Met Someone is the story of a fictional Hollywood marriage on the precipice of disaster--and an enthralling meditation on the world in which we live. Bruce Wagner's I Met Someone is the story of Oscar award-winning actress Dusty Wilding, her wife Allegra, a long-lost daughter, and the unspeakable secret hidden beneath the glamor of their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAGWagner, Bruce
Summary: "Comprised of companion novellas, The Empty Chair is a profound, heart-wrenching piece of spiritual storytelling from Bruce Wagner, the internationally acclaimed author of Dead Stars"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAGWagner, Bruce
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WagneSummary: Using extraordinary and rarely seen archival footage, director Robert Stone brings to light the largely untold story of Bikini Atoll. A peaceful, tropical island in the Pacific, it was the sight of a series of atomic bomb tests in 1946.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by New Video Group 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RADSummary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: Set during the height of the Bosnian War in 1993, a group of Bosnian soldiers are advancing on Serb territory under the cover of a foggy night. At daybreak, the fog lifts, and the Serbs open fire. Soon there is only one Bosnian survivor because he was able to dive into a trench in no man's land. He then watches as two Serbian soldiers use the body of a fallen Bosnian to bait a land mine. He...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie NoWagner, Bruce
Summary: Traces the experiences of very young breast cancer survivor Telma, who crosses paths with actor Michael Douglas during the latter's efforts to achieve his professional dream against a backdrop of riotous Hollywood culture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAGPalmer, Bruce.
Contents: Alpha-omega-apocalypse -- Interlude -- Oxo -- Calm before the storm.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Music Enterprises 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PalmeSummary: Play Misty for me: A radio disc jockey becomes the victim of psychotic obsession when he tries to end a torrid love affair with a fan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Having defined the espionage genre with Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler, Fritz Lang returned to the genre with this surprisingly fast-paced and remarkably grim thriller. Rudolf Klein-Rogge starts as Haghi, the head of an elaborate criminal empire, and Willy Fritsch is the undercover agent assigned to topple the diabolical king from his throne. Filled with the sexual intrigue and high-tech gadgetry that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER SPISummary: As animators, puppeteers, designers, writers, or directors, Philadelphia natives and identical twins Stephen and Timothy Quay are renowned for artisanal methods and unusual sources of inspiration. Described as 'Kafkaesque' or 'post-apocalyptically Bruegelian' their films are inspired by twentieth-century European visual and literary culture, especially the surrealist and expressionist...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International Corp. 2000
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Summary: "This is the story of an emancipation, that of a young Black and poor woman living in an American marked by segregation. This is the story of a fierce battle, that of a musician involved in the civil rights movement. This is the story of a long career, that of a pianist and singer as talented as determined. This is the story of Nina Simone, a unique artist, role model, and inspiration for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Graphic Novels 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 SIMONE, NINA ADRSummary: Follows the trials and tribulations of a busload of tourists who get stranded in an abandoned mining town in the middle of the African desert. After a fine bout of partying, they fall prey to the heat, isolation, and fear of death that pushes them to the extremes of introspection and emotional exploration. And in a beautifully futile gesture, they begin to rehearse a production of Shakespeare's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KINSummary: After locking up an embezzling CEO, Jeanne pushes the limits of her power even further and winds up in a dangerous game of threats and intimidation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COMSummary: Now that the nefarious forces of Black Claw have been silenced, Nick faces an all too familiar foe in Captain Sean Renard. Having gained a seat of power as the mayor elect of Portland, Renard is poised to bring rise to his own brand of law and order. Nick must take a stand to protect his city and those closest to him, especially his child with Adalind. It will take the full force of Nick and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRISummary: It is the Middle Ages, and nothing is more feared in England than Viking warriors. In one of many raids, Viking leader Ragnar kills the English king and forces himself on the Queen. With the King dead, his brother takes the thrown but unknown to anyone but a trusted servant, the Queen is now with child. In order to protect the boy, he is sent away to be raised in safety away from the new King....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 2002
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE VIKSummary: The early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18 to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018