Summary: Profiles the life and career of the 1960s folk iconoclast Phil Ochs.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2010

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

Summary: Commercial motion pictures were invented at the Edison Laboratory between 1888 and 1893. Perhaps none of the component parts were strictly new, but the ability of Edison and his staff to reorganize them for a specific purpose was an extraordinary cultural achievement. In 1894, Edison was the sole producer of motion pictures in the world. Many Edison films continue to be impressive as the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2005

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

Contents: Daffy Duck's rhapsody (Mel Blanc) -- Yoda ("Weird Al" Yankovic) -- The elements (Tom Lehrer) -- Deteriorata (National Lampoon) -- Charlie Brown (the Coasters) -- Dungeons and dragons (the Dead Alewives) -- Eskimo (Corky & the Juice Pigs) -- The ballad of Bilbo Baggins (Leonard Nimoy) -- Kill the wabbit (Ozzy Fudd) -- Stress (Jim's Big Ego) -- On the shoulders of freaks (Henry Phillips) -- Bars...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 2000

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

Summary: 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 PIO
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO

Summary: Andre "Dre" Johnson has it all...a job as a top ad exec, a beautiful doctor wife, four great kids and a lovely, well-appointed house in the suburbs. And he's not about to let his family forget how they got there. Keeping cultural identity alive is not without its challenges for this man on a mission. With perpetual pushback from clueless coworkers, an outspoken father, and even the wife and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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

Summary: A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery-- that what the downtrodden need most is laughter.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SUL

Powder

Contents: The hidden operator/Samo DJ -- Open door/Tornado Wallace -- Release/Acid Pauli -- Southern Shore/Don't DJ -- When you love someone/Daphne -- Untitled II/Vedagor -- The party (Bluntman deejay's mould meditation)/Second Language -- Roy Brooks/Tiago -- Ton 10/Karamika -- Ancient echoes/The Sun God -- Gift/Powder -- The water margin/Vertigo Inc -- Saxopetu/K-LINE -- New tribe/Powder -- Just for a...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC POW

Summary: Traces the history of black America back to ancient African civilization, examining attempts by the white establishment in the U.S. to conceal this knowledge as a means of undermining African American identity. Presents theories of scholars and social commentators which comprise a history in which African Americans have been systematically oppressed as a people.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2011

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

Rowser, Jamila

Summary: "A graphic novel love letter to the beauty and resilience of Black women, their hair, and friendships"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022

Copies Available at East Bay

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

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

Bowker, John

Summary: The distinctive identities of different faiths are explored in World Religions by studying the main principles and thinking of each religion. The book's reproduction allows the symbolism and meaning in religious imagery and iconography to be revealed in great detail.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2006

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Rel Bowker

Bowler, Kate

Summary: "Tender and powerful spiritual reflections and blessings that invite readers to honestly and joyfully walk through their everyday, wonderful, messy humanity, from the New York Times bestselling author of Good Enough. Kate Bowler, author of the instant New York Times bestseller Good Enough and national bestseller The Lives We Actually Have, wants to encourage people to develop their capacity to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent 2024

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 BOW

Bowyer, Chaz.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Books 1983

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.133 BOW

Bowker, John

Summary: An essential guide to learning everything you need to know about the history, central practices, and the key teachings of many religions. A compelling and insightful guide for uncovering and understanding a variety of the world's major religions. This book will be the perfect gift for thinkers, borrowers, and students of religious studies and philosophy. Learn new and profound information about...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200.9 BOW

Bowyer, Peter

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Nautical Books 1983

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.872 BOW

Boser, Ulrich.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.1628 BOS

Bower, Gary.

Summary: With rhyming text and colorful illustrations, children explain how they earn money and consider what to do with it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Storybook Meadow Pub. 2009

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BOW

Boser, Ulrich.

Summary: One museum, two thieves, and the Boston underworld--the story behind the lost Gardner masterpieces worth $500 million and the art detective who swore to get them back.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.16 BOS

Bower, Gary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Storybook Meadow 2005

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 917.74 BOW

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI Bower

Bowler, Kate

Summary: "A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of living without certainty. Thirty-five-year-old Kate Bowler was a professor at the school of divinity at Duke, and had finally had a baby with her childhood sweetheart after years of trying, when she began to feel jabbing pains in her stomach. She lost thirty pounds, chugged antacid, and visited...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOWLER, KATE BOW

Bowler, Mark

Summary: Fly anglers can be found on streams, rivers, lakes, stillwater, and even the seas. It's sport that anyone of any age can get into, but it does require mastering some essential skills in order to enjoy it at its full potential. Presented in full colour, with step-by-step sequences and clear diagrams, the 'Fly Fishing Manual' will give anyone the tools they need to succeed. It will cater for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Haynes Publishing 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 BOW

TOWER OF POWER

Contents: Souled out -- Taxed to the max -- Keep comin' back -- Soothe you -- Do you wanna (make love to me) -- Lovin' you forever -- Gotta make a change -- Diggin' on James Brown -- Sexy soul -- Just like you -- Once you get a taste --Undercurrent.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Epic 1995

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES TOWER

Bower, Gary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Storybook Meadow Publishing 2008

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E Bow

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BOW

Bowler, Kate

Summary: "We all know, intellectually, that our time on earth is limited. What would we change if we knew it viscerally? Kate Bowler was thirty-five when she was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. Now that she's responded to immunotherapy Kate has to figure out how to make a new life between CT scans. Before she got sick, she'd accepted the very American idea that life was an endless horizon of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOWLER, KATE BOW