Wayland-Smith, Ellen.

Summary: "Amidst the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening, John Humphrey Noyes, a spirited but socially awkward young man, attracted a group of devoted followers with his fiery sermons about creating Jesus'' millennial kingdom here on earth. Noyes and his followers built a large communal house in rural New York where they engaged in what Noyes called "complex marriage," an elaborate system of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.7 WAY

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

Summary: Complete second season, 1960-1961, of Rod Serling's classic, groundbreaking series exploring the fantastic and frightening.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWI

Contents: Called to the foreign field ; I am bound for the promised land ; Where we'll never grow old ; When they ring the golden bells ; To the work ; Do not wait 'till I'm laid beneath the clay ; The days of my childhood plays ; We shall be reunited (Alfred G. Karnes) -- Crossed old Jordan's stream (Bird's Kentucky Corn Crackers) -- I am on my way to heaven (Hill Brothers with Willie Simmons) -- Music...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: JSP Records 2005

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS MOU

Summary: 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 O

Summary: In a searing parody of American television and racial attitudes a young African American network executive, under pressure from his white boss, creates a minstrel show, hoping that it will fail and that he will be released from his network contract -- but the TV show becomes both a hit and the subject of much controversy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2001

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

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Society 1995

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.377428 Oakland

Contents: Blank generation / Richard Hell & The Voidoids -- Lesson no. 1 / Glenn Branca -- Nothing left / Alan Vega -- Eternity / Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith -- All is loneliness / Moondog -- Basement contender / Sonic Youth -- Howl (Part II) / Allen Ginsberg -- Dark time in the revolution / Laurie Anderson -- Monkey / Dim Stars -- Get it right now / Jon Spencer & The Hitmakers -- Instrumentals...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJ

Keith, Ellen

Summary: "When the Nazis invade Amsterdam, singer Johanna Vos watches in horror as the vibrant music scene she loves is all but erased, her Jewish friends forbidden from performing with her onstage. Alongside her friend Jakob, Johanna helps organize the Artists' Resistance, an underground network allowing Jews to perform at house concerts hosted by their allies. When Johanna hears of a Jewish orphan...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KEI

Keith, Ellen

Summary: "Amsterdam, May 1943. As the tulips bloom and the Nazis tighten their grip across the city, the last signs of Dutch resistance are being swept away. Marijke de Graaf and her husband are arrested and deported to different concentration camps in Germany. Marijke is given a terrible choice: to suffer a slow death in the labor camp or--for a chance at survival--to join the camp brothel. On the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KEI

Arlen, Harold

Contents: Main title -- Over the rainbow -- Cyclone (extended version) -- Munchkinland musical sequence: Come out, come out ; It really was no miracle ; We thank you sweetly ; Ding dong! The witch is dead ; As mayor of Munchkin City ; As coroner, I must aver ; Ding dong! The witch is dead (reprise) ; The Lullaby League ; The Lollipop Guild ; We welcome you to Munchkinland -- Follow the yellow brick road...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Movie Music 1995

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC WIZ

Summary: [Head] An exciting kaleidoscope of surreal vignettes set to music, this fast-paced film takes a psychedelic look at the pop phenomenon called the Monkees as they shatter their pre-fab image. A technically innovative rock musical.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AME
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DRAMA AME

Summary: Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, she forms an unlikely alliance with Jess, an idealistic young protege of the public defense team, who decides to take on Beth's cause, whether Beth likes it or not.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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

Summary: Set in England in the years leading up to the First World War, Downton Abbey tells the story of a complicated community. The house has been home to the Crawley family for many generations, but it is also where their servants live, and plan, and dream, and they are as fiercely jealous of their rank as anyone. Some of them are loyal to the family and committed to Downton as a way of life, others...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DOW

Smith, Helen

Summary: Demonstrates that society has become anti-male, and reveals why men are either consciously or unconsciously going on strike due to the laws, attitudes, and hostility against them for being male in the twenty-first century.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.332 SMI

Contents: Little things mean a lot (Kitty Kallen) -- Here In my heart (Al Martino) -- Walk hand In hand (Tony Martin) -- Its a sin to tell a Lie (Somethin Smith & The Redheads) -- Its almost tomorrow (Dream Weavers) -- Yellow rose of Texas (Mitch Miller & His Orchestra) -- Band of gold (Don Cherry with Ray Coniff & His Orchestra) -- Miracle of love (Eileen Rodgers) -- Rock Island line (Lonnie Donegan) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Eric Records 1999

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HAR

Smith, Zachary A. (Zachary Alden)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ABC-CLIO 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 SMI

Summary: Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of the time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable awards between them. They are also longtime friends who invite viewers to join them for a weekend in the country as they catch up with one another, reminisce, and share their candid,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2019

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD TEA

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5 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TEA

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