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Series
There there volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion Prison Castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians, an institution dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture, and identity. A generation later, Star's son, Charles, is sent to the school, where...
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"Not since Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine has such a powerful and urgent Native American voice exploded onto the landscape of contemporary fiction. Tommy Orange's There There introduces a brilliant new author at the start of a major career. "We all came to the powwow for different reasons. The messy, dangling threads of our lives got pulled into a braid--tied to the back of everything...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return. He becomes a thief for a band of dwarves and soon finds himself in the midst of a war with the evil goblins and wargs, and is forced to make a decision between the call of duty and the pull of the simple life.
4) There there
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A lover's doubt in the cold light of morning leads a chain of uneasy intimacies -- counselors, disruptors, peacemakers, and fire starters -- everyone looking to have a little faith rewarded.
6) There, there
Author
Publisher
Templar Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A day of stumbles, tumbles, and boo-boos are soothed for cub Little Hansie Bear by his comforting dad, who imparts reassurance and hugs that help make everything all right again.
7) Almost There
Publisher
Factory 25
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
For many, Peter Anton’s house embodies an end-of-life nightmare: the utility companies long ago shut off the heat and electricity, the floorboards are rotting, and the detritus of a chaotic life is precariously stacked to the ceiling. But for the filmmakers Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden, Anton’s home is a treasure trove, a startling collection of unseen and fascinating paintings, drawings, and notebooks, not to mention Anton himself, a character...
9) Going there
Author
Language
English
Description
In this memoir, the iconic media star discusses her professional and personal life, including losing her husband at a young age, her historic turn as anchor of the CBS Evening News, and experiences dealing with gender inequality.
10) There Be Dragons
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life. This action-packed story stars Charlie Cox (Boardwalk Empire) and Wes Bentley (American Beauty).. "As played by [Charlie] Cox, Escriva is earnest, heartfelt and full of tolerance, driven by his message of love and forgiveness for all,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U.N. Owen." At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead. Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one ... as one by one ... they begin to die. Who among them is the killer and will any of them survive?"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations, a #1 IndieNext pick, a gorgeous and pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands. Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the remote Highlands. She hopes to heal not only the dying landscape, but Aggie, too, unmade by the terrible secrets that drove the sisters out of Alaska....
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The study of motion is not all there is to physics. By the 18th century, scientists were delving into the relationship between the two phenomena. Today, electromagnetism is known to be responsible for the chemical interactions of atoms and molecules and all of modern electronic technology.
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD intimately follows an extended Black family of View Park-Windsor Hills, California as they experience changes due to gentrification and reflect on their shifting community.
15) A fool there was
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 67 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The original "Vamp," Theda Bara stars as an exotic temptress who lures a once faithful man away from his wife. Only a handful of Bara's films survive today, but this is the drama for which she is best remembered. The film shocked audiences and brought something unexpected to the silent screen: an unrepentant woman with a voracious sexual appetite.
16) There Is No Evil
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (151 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran, THERE IS NO EVIL is an anthology film comprising four moral tales about men faced with a simple yet unthinkable choice – to follow orders to enforce the death penalty, or resist and risk everything. Whatever they decide, it will directly or indirectly affect their lives, their relationships, and their consciences. Says director Mohammad Rasoulof: "As responsible citizens, do we have a choice when enforcing...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1981.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
John Huston's legendary film about the effects of war and post-traumatic stress returns with fully restored sound and visual quality. Shot at Mason General Hospital in Long Island at the end of World War II, Huston follows the stories of seventy-five different soldiers suffering long after their traumatic experiences overseas. Labeled too disturbing and controversial for its time, the film was suppressed by the U.S. Army until its long-awaited premiere...
Publisher
Label Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When politicians and property developers threaten to take over the working-class inner-city Sydney suburb of Waterloo and force public housing battlers to the edges of the city, the locals fight back: their war cry an ambitious artwork, the making of which will both unite and divide.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (80 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A group of scientists are approaching the final steps of a machine decades in the making: an artificial star that could provide millions of years of clean energy. Are scientists about to crack nuclear fusion, or chasing a delusion? Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the **SXSW Film Festival**. Winner of the University of Bergen's Gulluglen Award at the **Bergen International Film Festival**. *"... More thrilling than any late-90s Keanu Reeves...
Author
Series
Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery volume 5
Language
English
Description
Gemma Doyle and her friends travel to London for a Sherlock Holmes convention--but will Gemma's father take the fall for a felonious forger's fatality?
Gemma Doyle and her friends travel to London for a Sherlock Holmes convention--but will Gemma's father take the fall for a felonious forger's fatality? The 6th of January is Sherlock Holmes's birthday, and lucky for Gemma Doyle, January is also the slowest time of the year at both the Sherlock Holmes...
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