Summary: Biographical film following the life of American soldier Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus, the soldier responsible for turning the Israeli Army into a true power for their fight for independence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE CASPfister, Marcus
Summary: "When Rainbow Fish meets a new friend, Humbert, he isn't sure what to think. Humbert tells all kinds of strange stories: Somewhere at the bottom of the ocean there's a plug! There's a blue whale living near here . . . and he's going to eat up all of our food. But before Rainbow Fish and his friends panic, they realize that Humbert just likes to make up tall tales. Rainbow Fish and his friends...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2024
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Summary: Someone has stolen Squirrel's hazelnuts and he is determined to find out who.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PFISummary: Saw: Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer is abducting morally wayward people and forcing them to play horrifric games for their own survival. Faced with impossible choices, each victim must struggle to win back his or her life, or else die trying.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SAWPfister, Marcus
Summary: "At first glance, all penguins look the same. But a closer look reveals that every penguin is different. Theo is the smartest of them all, but doesn't want to show it. Felix has short wings, Sarah loves to draw more than talk, and Lena is attracted to Ida. Each penguin has worries and fears, strengths and dreams. And yet, together they form a community"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North-South 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PFISummary: "In partnership with Second Sight Publishing, Dark Horse Comics is proud to present, Shook! A Black Horror Anthology. With over 190 pages of terrorizing material, the anthology is filled with stories from a range of award-winning Black writers and artists. Stemming from a love of Southern gothic horror, this anthology boasts a cadre of award winning or nominated writers representing awards...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SHORediker, Marcus Buford.
Summary: Charts the history of slave ships, their crews, and their enslaved passengers, documenting such stories as those of a young kidnapped African whose slavery is witnessed firsthand by a horrified priest from a neighboring tribe responsible for the slave's capture.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 306.3 REDLester, David
Summary: "Under the Banner of King Death explores the sub-culture and resistance of eighteenth-century pirates, telling the tales of John Gwin, an African American fugitive from bondage in South Carolina; Ruben Dekker, a common seaman from Amsterdam; and Mark/Mary Reed, an American woman who dressed as a man and went to sea"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2023
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Summary: "Prophet against Slavery illustrates the life and times of an eighteenth-century dwarf abolitionist who performed guerrilla theater against slaveowners and became one of the first to demand immediate and abolition"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.8 LESContents: Maputo / Marcus Miller (6:50) -- More than friends / Marcus Miller (6:17) -- Moon tune / Bob James, David Sanborn (7:03) -- Since I fell for you / Woodrow Buddy Johnson (Al Jarreau, vocals) (5:50) -- It's you / David Sanborn (5:15) -- Never enough / Bob James, David Sanborn (6:29) -- You don't know me / Cindy Walker, Eddy Arnold (5:37).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Records 1986
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ JAMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD PMJ James 1986King, B. B.
Contents: Ain't nobody here but us chickens -- Is you is, or is you ain't (my baby) -- Beware, brother, beware -- Somebody done changed the lock on my door -- Ain't that just like a woman -- Choo choo ch'boogie -- Buzz me -- Early in the mornin' -- I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town -- Jack, you're dead! -- Knock me a kiss -- Let the good times roll -- Caldonia -- It's a great, great pleasure --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES KINWalker, David
Summary: Big Jim and the White Boy is a radical retelling of this American classic, centering the experiences of Jim, an enslaved Black man in search of his kidnapped wife and children, along with his cheeky sidekick, Huckleberry Finn. Jim and Huck's high-stakes adventures take them on an epic voyage across the antebellum South and Midwest, through Confederate war camps and runaway safe houses, into Old...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Graphic 2024
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 WALWalker, David
Summary: "A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the Black Panther Party"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.42 WALSummary: Thirteen prominent cartoonists discuss their creative processes and the experiences and influences that led to their success in one of today's most vibrant art forms. Each interview is followed by an original graphic short on the common theme of "the city."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 COMSummary: Pilot Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. To rescue the passengers,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE PLACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PLASummary: In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: They met in the dark: Discharged for treason, a former Navy commander sets out to expose the espionage ring that destroyed his career.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2015