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Carnie King The Story of Patty Conklin and Conklin Shows [electronic resource] : by Thurston, John.aut; cloudLibrary;
The story of the audacious showman who built the greatest carnival dynasty in North America. Enter the realm of the carnie king, Patty Conklin, the flamboyant founder of what would become the world’s largest carnival company. Patty started on the mean streets of New York selling peanuts before becoming a a small-time operator. Willing to try anything to promote his show, he established himself as a carnie celebrity. Winning the midway contract for the Canadian National Exhibition in 1937, he made it his personal world’s fair. It became the foundation for his son and grandson to expand Conklin Shows until they were playing the biggest fairs and exhibitions throughout North America. Carnie King begins with the birth of Joseph Renker to German immigrant parents, tells of his personal transformation into Patty Conklin, and follows his incredible life through to his death in 1970. It covers his company's history after Jim Conklin took over, expanded it beyond recognition, then handed it on to his own son. Not only a history of Conklin Shows, Carnie King explores how midways work and their commercial and popular presence in North America The story it tells is based on dozens of interviews with carnies and access to the Conklin archives. It includes anecdotes about a range of characters and insights about life on the midway. Carnie King is at once a revealing look at a unique part of twentieth-century culture and a vivid account of three generations of showmen and their dominance of midways across the continent.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; 20th Century; Circus; Entertainment & Performing Arts;
© 2024., Dundurn Press,
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Rock 'n learn. [videorecording] / by Rock 'N Learn, Inc.,production company,film distributor.;
Live action, animation, songs, and games make learning the alphabet fast and fun.G.DVD ; wide screen presentation.
Subjects: Children's films.; Nonfiction films.; Educational films.; Instructional films.; English language; Language arts (Primary); Reading; English language;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rock 'n learn. [videorecording] / by Rock 'N Learn, Inc.,production company,film distributor.;
A series of songs and skits illustrating the sounds of letters, and how they make words.G.DVD ; full screen presentation.
Subjects: Children's films.; Nonfiction films.; Educational films.; Instructional films.; English language; Language arts (Primary); Reading; English language;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Cher The Memoir, Part One [electronic resource] : by Cher.aut; cloudLibrary;
The extraordinary life of Cher can be told by only one person . . . Cher herself. After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail, in a two-part memoir. Her remarkable career is unique and unparalleled. The only woman to top Billboard charts in seven consecutive decades, she is the winner of an Academy Award, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who has been lauded by the Kennedy Center. She is a lifelong activist and philanthropist. As a dyslexic child who dreamed of becoming famous, Cher was raised in often-chaotic circumstances, surrounded by singers, actors, and a mother who inspired her in spite of their difficult relationship. With her trademark honesty and humor, Cher: The Memoir traces how this diamond in the rough succeeded with no plan and little confidence to become the trailblazing superstar the world has been unable to ignore for more than half a century. Cher: The Memoir, Part One follows her extraordinary beginnings through childhood to meeting and marrying Sonny Bono—and reveals the highly complicated relationship that made them world-famous, but eventually drove them apart. Cher: The Memoir reveals the daughter, the sister, the wife, the lover, the mother, and the superstar. It is a life too immense for only one book.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Personal Memoirs; Pop Vocal; Composers & Musicians; Entertainment & Performing Arts; Women;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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The Dark Emu Story. by Clarke, Allan,film director.; Pascoe, Bruce,actor.; Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bruce PascoeOriginally produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2022.A thought provoking, revelatory and inspiring documentary telling the story of Bruce Pascoe’s "Dark Emu" – the publishing phenomenon that challenged Australia to rethink its history and ignited a raging debate.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Literature.; Arts.; Australians.; Foreign study.; History, Modern.; Social sciences.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Current affairs.; History.; Aboriginal Australians.; Agriculture.;
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Splice Here. by Murphy, Rob,film director.; Trumbull, Douglas,actor.; Maltin, Leonard,actor.; Tarantino, Quentin,actor.; Murphy, Rob,actor.; Gravitas Ventures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Douglas Trumbull, Leonard Maltin, Quentin Tarantino, Rob MurphyOriginally produced by Gravitas Ventures in 2022.FILM IS DEAD! The mantra that accompanied the dawn of the digital projection age. But was it really true? Now ten years on from that momentous transition, journey to find out what has really happened to film.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Motion pictures.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.; Motion pictures--Production and direction.; Motion pictures--History.; Mass media.;
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Kim's Video. by Sabin, Ashley,film director.; Redmon, David,film director.; Drafthouse Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Drafthouse Films in 2023.Physical media reigns supreme in KIM'S VIDEO, a tribute to the iconic video store in NYC that inspired a generation of cinephiles before it mysteriously closed its doors and sent its legendary film archive to a small Sicilian village for “safekeeping.” What starts as an homage to cinema quickly becomes a rescue mission to ensure the eternal preservation of the beloved video collection.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Business.; Economic development.; Motion pictures.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Artists.; Current affairs.; Biography.; Popular culture.;
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Shakespeare Behind Bars. by Rogerson, Hank,film director.; Philomath Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Philomath Films in 2005.Murderers, Fugitives, Thieves…Shakespeare would have loved these guys. Shakespeare Behind Bars is an unexpectedly delightful documentary that follows the casting, rehearsal, and presentation of Shakespeare's play, The Tempest, by convicted felons inside Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex. Winner of eight film festival awards, Shakespeare Behind Bars smashes many of our long held notions about prisoners and criminals as we watch these remarkably unique actors prepare. Ultimately, we get to see the human psyche unfold in all of its complexities, as these men, ostracized from society, reveal their kindness, generosity and faith. In the process, we accompany them as they discover the power of truth, forgiveness and transformation.Shakespeare Behind Bars does not glorify these men or excuse their crimes, but rather attempts to take a more humane look at them as human beings, not merely felons. Over the course of the year and the film, we see these men changed - enriched, challenged, awakened, and fulfilled.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Performing arts.; Arts.; Criminal law.; Social sciences.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Prisons.; Theater.; Rehabilitation.;
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The Paris deception / by Turnbull, Bryn,author.;
Sophie Dix fled Stuttgart with her brother as the Nazi regime gained power in Germany. Now, with her brother gone and her adopted home city of Paris conquered by the Reich, Sophie reluctantly accepts a position restoring damaged art at the Jeu de Paume museum under the supervision of the ERR, a German art commission using the museum as a repository for art they've looted from Jewish families. Fabienne Brandt was a rising star in the Parisian bohemian arts movement until the Nazis put a stop to so-called "degenerate" modern art. Still mourning the loss of her firebrand husband, she's resolved to muddle her way through the occupation in whatever way she can, until her estranged sister-in-law, Sophie, arrives at her door with a stolen painting in hand. Soon the two women embark upon a plan to save Paris's "degenerates," working beneath the noses of Germany's top art connoisseurs to replace the paintings in the Jeu de Paume with skillful forgeries, but how long can Sophie and Fabienne sustain their masterful illusion?
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Art thefts; Art; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cordwood building : a comprehensive guide to the state of the art / by Roy, Robert L.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-[226]), Internet addresses and index.
Subjects: Log-end houses.; Log-end houses;
© c2016., New Society Publishers,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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