Wright Faladé, David

Summary: "By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks. Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but Confederate irregulars still roamed the region. In December, the newly formed African Brigade, a unit of these former slaves led by General Edward Augustus Wild--a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022

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Summary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MID

Summary: Frank Underwood is a cunning career politician. Zoe Barnes is an ambitious young journalist. Together they forge a partnership that trades powerful secrets for political access, and so much more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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

Blight, David W.

Summary: Slave narratives are extremely rare, with only 55 post-Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives join that exclusive group. Handed down through family and friends, they tell gripping stories of escape: Through a combination of intelligence, daring, and sheer luck, the men reached the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7115 BLI

Blight, David W.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2007

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Summary: Season one of the Netflix original series House of Cards. Frank Underwood is a cunning career politician. Zoe Barnes is an ambitious young journalist. Together they forge a partnership that trades powerful secrets for political access, and so much more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2013

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Summary: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historical struggle to secure voting rights for all people. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1964.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA SEL

Summary: Join Mary and the rest of the crew from the WJM-TV newsroom for another season of the classic sitcom. This time around Mary deals with more adventures, both in the newsroom and with her romantic life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

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

Blight, David W

Summary: "The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018

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Summary: "The public enemy": A young hoodlum rises up through the ranks of the Chicago underworld, even as a gangster's accidental death threatens to spark a bloody mob war. "White heat": A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. Shortly after the plan takes place, events take a crazy turn. "Angels with dirty...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment/Warner Bros. Entertainment 2016

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY GAN

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: An undercover CIA operative gets stuck in hostile territory in Afghanistan after his mission is exposed. Accompanied by his translator, he must fight enemy combatants as he tries to reach an extraction point in Kandahar.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1963

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.921 EIS

Contents: LA, Memphis, Tyler, Texas (Dale Hawkins) (2:44) -- Hello LA., bye-bye Birmingham (John Randolph Marr) (3:03) -- Georgia morning dew (Johnny Adams) (3:20) -- Lucas was a redneck (Mac Davis) (2:50) -- Light blue (Bob Darin) (3:38) -- I wanta make her love me (Jim Ford) (3:09) -- Hawg frog (Gray Fox) (3:26) -- Fire and brimstone (Link Wray) (4:20) -- Street people (Bobby Charles) (3:44) -- Funky...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Light in the Attic Records 2012

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Various artists

Contents: Tell mama (Etta James) -- Mojo queen (Ike & Tina Turner) -- Thank you (Sam & Dave) -- Plantation Inn (The Mar-Keys) -- We're gonna make it (Little Milton) -- Pass the hatchet (Roger & the Gypsies) -- I'll take her (Eddie Floyd) -- Mojo Mama (Dan Varner) -- Temptation 'bout to get me (The Knight Brothers) -- Drowning on dry land (O. V. Wright) -- Light my fire (Erma Franklin) -- Pouring water on...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Mojo 2005

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

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1967

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Summary: No longer the new girl in town, Mary has come to think of the newsroom staff as family. But along with the good times and close friendships come the often trying and ultimately hilarious situations every family faces. From Mary explaining the facts of life to Phyllis' daughter to going on a blind date to attending her disastrous high school reunion, Mary has to cope with every situation...

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 MAR

Contents: disc one (141 min.). The one with Ross' new girlfriend -- The one with the breast milk -- The one where Heckles dies -- The one with Phoebe's husband -- The one with five steaks and an eggplant -- The one with the baby on the bus -- disc two (167 min.). The one where Ross finds out -- The one with the list (with optional audio commentary by the executive producers) -- The one with Phoebe's dad...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002

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