Summary: In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BLIDirie, Waris.
Summary: Fashion model and UN ambassador Waris Dirie recounts her life, from her roots as a desert nomad in Somalia, her escape from an arranged marriage, her modeling career, and other related topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Virago 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 659.152 DIRIE, WARIS DIRSummary: Human trafficking, a woman seized by cannibalistic urges, a serial killer with a crush, and a ghostly presence. A horror anthology of four tragic, interlocking, and intertwined stories that take place within one seemingly normal neighborhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Jane Austen's Emma: beautiful, rich and infuriating emma woodhouse meddles in other's romantic lives with unexpected results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RLJ Entertainment 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CLAJulius Watkins Sextet
Contents: Linda Delia -- Perpetuation -- I have known -- Leete.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Note 1950
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ WATSummary: A tale of two turbulent love affairs plays out amidst a tangled web of wealth, corruption, passion and betrayal in 1860s London.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Our 2005Summary: "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 PAUContents: Yorckscher Marsch / Ludwig van Beethoven ; arr. J. Schade (2:32) -- Torgauer Marsch / anonym. (3:09) -- O du mein Österreich / Ferdinand Preis ; nach Franz von Suppé ; arr. L. Doblinger (2:10) -- Unter dem Grillenbanner / Wilhelm Lindemann ; nach Johann Strauß ; arr. K. Schmidt (2:43) -- Des Grossen Kurfürsten Reitermarsch / Cuno Graf von Moltke (3:04) -- Pariser Einzugsmarsch / Johann Heinrich...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL MARContents: Match box blues (Larry Hensley) -- Black snake moan (Cobb & Underwood) -- Johnson City blues (Clarence Green) -- Franklin County blues (Dixie Ramblers) -- Blue grass twist ; Bibb County grind (South Georgia Highballers) -- Barber's blues ; Dust pan blues (Frankie Marvin) -- I'm blue and lonesome (Gene Autry & Frankie Marvin) -- Do right daddy blues ; Black bottom blues ; The rheumatism blues ;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: JSP Records 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Suite, no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068. Air / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Concerto for guitar, D major, RV 93. Largo / Antonio Vivaldi -- Gymnopédies, nos. 1 and 3 / Erik Satie (orch., Claude Debussy) -- Thaïs. Meditation / Jules Massenet -- Carnival of the animals. The swan / Camille Saint-Saëns -- Concerto for harpsichord, no. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056. Largo / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Rèverie / Claude...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Music & Video 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE FORSummary: Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. Towards zero: Eyebrows arch when the dashing Wimbledon tennis star Nevile Strange arrives with his attractive new wife, even though the first wife is also attending. Miss Marple observes the tightly wound group as they holiday by the sea, sensing the sexual tensions and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: v. 1. (1934-1945) The continental / Fred Astaire -- Lullaby of Broadway / Dick Powell -- The way you look to-night / Fred Astaire -- Sweet Leilani / Bing Crosby -- Thanks for the memory / Bob Hope & Shirley Ross -- Over the rainbow / Judy Garland -- When you wish upon a star / Cliff Edwards -- The last time I saw Paris / Kate Smith -- White Christmas / Bing Crosby -- You'll never know / Dick...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC ENVWatkins, Julia
Summary: "A guide to creating and growing a backyard garden simply and sustainably--from planning to planting to harvest, with profiles of essential vegetables and herbs, ecological tips, and fun and creative projects." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Garden WatkinsWatkins, Julia
Summary: "Easy recipes, DIY projects, and other ideas for living a beautiful and low-waste life, from the expert behind @simply.living.well on Instagram"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 WATSummary: A year has passed since the explosive finale of Riviera Season Two. Georgina has abandoned the Riviera and reinvented herself as Georgina Ryland. She has partnered up with charismatic art restitution expert, Gabriel Hirsch, and together they scour the world for stolen artworks. However, when Gabriel confiscates an artifact from a corrupt dealer, this catapults them into a dangerous conspiracy....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV RIVWatts, Julia
Summary: Abandoned by her mother and raised by her loving but religiously zealous grandmother, 16-year-old Heavenly Faith Simms (H.F. for short) has never felt like she belonged anywhere. When she finds her mother's address in a drawer, she and her best friend, Bo, an emotionally repressed gay boy, hit the road in Bo's scrap heap of a car and head south. Their journey through the heart of the American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alyson Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WATSummary: A collection of top-selected mystery writing from the past year is culled from a variety of respected sources and offers insight into evolving genre trends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Summary: "In rural Kentucky, a sixteen-year-old boy with a love of quilting, cooking and Dolly Parton helps his grandma care for his opioid-addicted mother, until the discovery of a family secret upends everything he has ever believed. While other sixteen-year-old boys in Morgan, Kentucky, love hunting and football, Kody prefers to spend his time quilting with his grandmother ("Nanny"), watching Golden...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rooms Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WATHarding, Tim.
Contents: By the river -- Array -- The stillness -- Awaken -- Breaking waves -- Stirring -- Selah -- Power of one -- Chasm.
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL HARSummary: Georgina is focused on trying to get away with murder as she gets to retain power within the Clios household and her position at the top of the elusive art world. The Clios family is still reeling from the devastation caused by Constantine's mysterious death, while Georgina continues her battle for dominance and control with Irina Clios and her children Christos and Adriana.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV RIVSummary: Christina Clausen's documentary offers an affectionate, deeply personal glimpse into Haring's life, from his early years growing up in a small, conservative Pennsylvania town to his heyday as a world-renowned artist, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Madonna and others. Includes audio excerpts of original interviews with Keith Haring conducted by his biographer, John Gruen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arts Alliance America 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNIEwing, Wallace K.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.415 EWISummary: Jeremiah Johnson: Jeremiah is an American soldier who goes west to escape the Mexican War and becomes a mountain man. He is taken in by an old trapper who teaches him how to survive. After unavoidably violating an Indian burial ground, he loses his new Indian wife and their adopted child to vengeance. A vendetta between him and the Crows ruins his idyllic life as a fur trapper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Kelly, Sarah.
Summary: Practical step-by-step guide for creating mosaic, including basic and advanced techniques and 30 projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2004