Williams, Moyra.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wilshire Book Co. 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.1 WILMoyers, William Cope.
Summary: The son of broadcaster Bill Moyers shares his personal battle with alcoholism and drug addiction, describing his privileged childhood, multiple relapses, and rise to a key player at the Hazelden Foundation, an addiction treatment center.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOYERS, WILLIAM MOYSummary: After failing to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta wields the power of the mythic Black Trident to unleash an ancient and malevolent force. Hoping to end his reign of terror, Aquaman forges an unlikely alliance with his brother, Orm, the former king of Atlantis. Setting aside their differences, they join forces to protect their kingdom and save the world from irreversible destruction.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD AQUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD Movie AquamanSummary: Who cares about the suffering--existential, financial, or other--of those who blindly mismanaged our monies into this ever-expanding, nay, verily bottomless pit of debt? No one, but this film may help viewers understand A) the birth of current financial woes, and B) what it might have been like, in those first few hours within the confines of an early investment trading firm casualty. Fueled by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MARSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering layabout. A vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LIFSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: 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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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on a overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Delacourt ... will stop at nothing to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium--but that doesn't stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can"--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY SCI-FI ELYSummary: Peter Falk plays a worldly, cynical gumshoe who takes on San Francisco, thugs, crooks, Nazis, femme fatales and the Golden Gate Bridge in this tribute to Bogie and the Hammett/Chandler school of hard-boiled detectives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CHEContents: Big ten-inch record (Moose Jackson with Tiny Bradshaw's Orchestra) -- Big long slidin' thing (Dinah Washington) -- Laundromat blues (the "5" Royales with Charlie "Little Jazz" Ferguson & his orchestra) -- The walkin' blues (Walk right in, walk right out) (the Jesse Powell Orchestra with Fluffy Hunter) -- Wasn't that good (Wynonie Harris) -- Butcher Pete, pt. 1 (Roy Brown & his Mighty-Mighty...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES RISContents: Disc one: Stax writers, Stax releases (part one). Comfort me / Carla Thomas -- You make a strong girl weak / Jeanne & The Darlings -- What did I do wrong / William Bell -- Another night without my man / Carla Thomas -- I got everything you need ; Mister fix it ; I'll always have faith in you ; Got to make a comeback / Eddie Floyd -- I've seen what loneliness can do / Homer Banks -- Slow train /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in NEW Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES WRIMcCutcheon, John
Contents: Leftovers (4:17) -- Each season it's the same (2:59) -- Way it's supposed to be (3:31) -- Walk on (4:13) -- Memory of old Jack (4:30) -- Nothing to lose (3:21) -- Losers like you (4:39) -- Here on the islands (4:28) -- Paint me a picture (3:50) -- Lefty's bar tonight (5:31) -- My old man (4:29) -- Wish you goodnight (4:03).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK MCCContents: Disc 1. The camp meeting jubilee (Unknown) -- My man rocks me (Trixie Smith) -- Kansas city blues (Jim Jackson) -- Going to move to Alabama (Charley Patton) -- Move it on over (Hank Williams) -- It's tight like that (Tampa Red) -- Pinetop's boogie woogie (Clarence "Pinetop" Smith) -- Jimmy's blues (Jimmy Blythe) -- Crazy about my baby (Blind Roosevelt Graves) -- Tiger rag (Washboard Rhythm...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Famous Flames Recording 2011
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES FIRSummary: Steve Ford is a L.A., based private investigator whose professional and personal worlds collide after his pet, Buddy, is stolen by a gang. Due to bizarre circumstances, Steve does the gang's bidding while being chased by two vengeful Samoan brothers, a loan shark's goons and a few other shady characters. Steve shows how far a man will go to be reunited with his best friend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RLJ Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OnSummary: A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's epic story of passion, betrayal and revenge. The president of the Denmark Corporation is dead, and already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder. No one is more troubled by this than her son, Hamlet. Now, after this hostile takeover, trust is impossible, passion is on the rise and vengeance is in the air.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAMSummary: Die hard (1988): NYPD police officer John McClane tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DIECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DIESummary: Brides of Dracula: "Marianne is traveling to Eastern Europe from Paris for a teaching post. She gets stranded at an inn after her stagecoach mysteriously leaves her. She is persuaded to stay at Baroness Meinster's chateau. During her stay Marianne meets the Baroness's son who is chained to a wall. Feeling bad for the son, Marianne frees him, only to discover that he is a vampire. Luckily for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Now you has jazz / Bing Crosby -- I've got the world on a string / Frank Sinatra -- Until the real thing comes along / Dean Martin -- Let's face the music and dance / Matt Monro -- Always / Bobby Darin -- I want a little girl / Billy Eckstine -- I cried for you (now it's your turn to cry over me) / Andy Russell -- But not for me / Chet Baker -- It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol Records 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD VOCAL PENMaysa
Contents: Back 2 Love (4:29) -- Keep It Movin' (4:19) -- Heavenly Voices (4:42) -- Miracle (4:16) -- Smilin' (3:42) -- Go Away Little Boy (3:55) -- Tear It Up Tear It Down (4:19) -- Unforgettable (3:54) -- Last Chance For Love (4:40) -- The Radio Played Our Song (3:40) -- Beautiful Symphony (3:48) -- Back 2 Love (Remix) (4:31).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Shanachie 2015
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Summary: A boy named Kevin escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarves. Armed with a map stolen from the Supreme Being, they plunder treasure from Napoleon and Agamemnon; but Evil is watching their every move. A giddy fairy tale, a revisionist history lesson, and a satire on technology gone awry.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Moire
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MOISummary: Manhattan melodrama: Two brothers, orphaned by a steamship disaster, grow up on different sides of the law. Evelyn Prentice: A woman, hurt by the inattention of her lawyer husband, begins a flirtation of her own, with disastrous consequences. Double wedding: A romantic comedy featuring Powell as a Bohemian artist who becomes involved with a would-be actress and her uptight, domineering sister....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2007