Waters, Michael W.

Summary: Pastor, award-winning author, and rising civil rights leader Michael W. Waters (Stakes Is High, For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World) ruminates on the sacred places and spaces he visited as part of a cross-country trek in 2019-2020 through America's racial history. From reflections on the river's edge where Emmit Till's body was recovered in the 1950s, to the spot of Malcolm...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chalice Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 WAT

Summary: "The Man of Steel Stars in DC's New Superman: Red & Blue anthology mini-series! In the spirit of DC's iconic Eisner Award-winning Batman: Black & White anthology series, DC proudly announces Superman: Red & Blue, a new anthology mini-series presenting fresh new takes on the Man of Steel. Around the world, everyone knows that when they see a red and blue streak in the sky, it's not a bird...it's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SUP

Summary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RAN

Mischel, Walter.

Summary: "Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it. A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behavior later in life? The world's leading expert on self-control, Walter Mischel has proven that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 MIS

Summary: "A young F.B.I. agent is assigned watchdog duty over a fellow agent, but finds herself drawn into his investigations of paranormal and unexplained phenomena."

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV X

Summary: An extensive biography of the American film producer and director William Castle, with a focus on his classic horror films. Castle was famous for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. Includes extensive film clips and commentary by his family, friends and actors, producers, directors and film historians.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Automat Pictures 2011

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SPI

Mischel, Walter

Summary: Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it. A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behavior later in life?

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2014

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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 155 MIS

Summary: A refugee's escape, a prisoner's promise, and a daughter's painful secret converge in this inspiring true story of hope. As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become intertwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: GVN Releasing 2018

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEA

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEA

Summary: A drama about the deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2000

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRI

Summary: "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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAU

Summary: "For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and creating the enduring I (heart) NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's remarkable artistic output is revealed in this documentary portrait, Milton Glaser: to inform & delight. From newspapers and magazine designs, to interior spaces, logos and brand identities, to his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIL

Summary: A collection of crime tales includes contributions by Harley Jane Kozak, Jeffrey Somers, Elaine Viets, Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane, Martin Meyers, and Charlaine Harris.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2011

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC CRI

Summary: Forthright and observant, Detective Superintendent Wycliffe leads an investigative team charged with solving baffling cases. Immigration, insurance swindlers, kidnappers, treasure seekers, suspicious suicides, and murderous doctors are some of the cunning criminals they pursue.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia 2010

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WYC

Summary: Detective Superintendant Wycliffe takes a traditional approach to solving crimes on his Cornwall beat, a land of myths and magnificent scenery.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia 2010

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WYC

Contents: Indhold: Music Box: Songs Of Sunshine(4:16 min) -- Hennessy, Christie: High In The Trees(2:44 min) -- Raven, Michael: Death And The Lady(4:29 min) -- Penny Wager: Marcie(4:05 min) -- Folkal Point: Sweet Sir Galahad(3:37 min) -- Donald, Mike: Visions Of Cumbria(2:48 min) -- Blue Horizon: Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye(3:36 min) -- Cunningham, Porter: Photographs(2:27 min) -- Peregrine: Lazy...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Grapefruit Records 2022

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK BEF

Summary: For Tom, it was love at first sight when Summer Finn walked into the greeting card company where he worked. Summer is the new administrative assistant. Soon, Tom knows that Summer is the woman with whom he wants to spend the rest of his life. Although Summer does not believe in relationships or boyfriends, Tom and Summer become more than just friends. Through the trials and tribulations of Tom...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD F

Summary: This story begins on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963 when a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism. It comes to a bloody end almost five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. In the years since those events unfolded, the man at the center, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has become a mythic figure, a minister whose...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CIT

Summary: For his first studio picture, John Waters took advantage of his biggest budget yet to allow his muse Divine to sink his teeth into a role unlike any he had played before: Baltimore housewife Francine Fishpaw. Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine turns to the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY POL

L McPhail W Michels

Format: notated music

Publisher / Publication Date: L.B.Curtis 1920

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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHM

Summary: All Batman favorites on two discs.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE BAT

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BAT

Summary: The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2018

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HOU