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Life of the party [sound recording] : the remarkable story of how Brownie Wise built, and lost, a Tupperware party empire / by Kealing, Bob,author.; Farr, Kimberly,narrator.; Kealing, Bob.Tupperware, unsealed.;
Read by Kimberly Farr.Before Mary Kay, Martha Stewart, and Peggy Olson, there was Brownie Wise, the charismatic Tupperware executive who converted postwar optimism into a record breaking sales engine powered by American housewives. Here Bob Kealing offers the definitive portrait of Wise, a plucky businesswoman who divorced her alcoholic husband, started her own successful business, and eventually caught the eye of Tupperware inventor, Earl Tupper, whose plastic containers were collecting dust on store shelves.
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Wise, Brownie.; Tupper, Earl Silas.; Tupperware Corporation; Tupperware Home Parties; Businesswomen; Home parties (Marketing); Plastic container industry; Plastic tableware;
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The front runner [videorecording] / by Farmiga, Vera,actor.; Jackman, Hugh,actor.; O'Brien, Mark,1984-actor.; Ephraim, Molly,actor.; Reitman, Jason,1977-film producer,screenwriter,film director.; Simmons, J. K.,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Bai, Matt.All the truth is out.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Mark O'Brien, Molly Ephraim.In the spring of 1987, the smart money was on charismatic Colorado senator Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) to head the Democratic presidential ticket the following year. However, his jousting with the political press over his rumored infidelities would all too quickly scuttle his ambitions and forever alter the landscape of government-media relations.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Political films.; Biographical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Historical films.; Bai, Matt.; Hart, Gary, 1936-; Adultery; Presidents; Character; Mass media; Presidential candidates; Press and politics; Public opinion; Scandals; Tabloid newspapers;
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Holding the line : inside Trump's Pentagon with Secretary Mattis / by Snodgrass, Guy M.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."As the first book written by an insider with firsthand knowledge of key decisions and moments in history, Holding the Line is a must-read for those who care about the presidency and America's national security. It's filled with never-before-told stories that will both alarm and reassure, a testament to the quiet and steady efforts of General Mattis and the dedicated men and women he led at the Department of Defense"--
Subjects: Mattis, James N., 1950-; Snodgrass, Guy M.; Trump, Donald, 1946-; United States. Department of Defense; United States. Department of Defense; National security;
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King [videorecording] : a filmed record-- Montgomery to Memphis / by Dee, Ruby.; Jones, James Earl.; Landau, Ely.; Woodward, Joanne,1930-; Commonwealth United Corporation (Firm); Kino Classics (Firm); Kino Lorber, Inc.;
Editors, John Carter, Lora Hays; associate producer, Ricahard Kaplan.Readings by Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, Anthony Quinn, Clarence Williams III, Joanne Woodward.The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Originally screened in theaters for only a single night in 1970. King: a filmed record is an indispensable primary resource of a pivotal moment in American and world history.E.DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation.
Subjects: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Civil rights; Documentary films.; Race discrimination;
© c2013., Kino Classics,
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Driving while black [videorecording] : race, space and mobility in America / by Burns, Ric,television director.; Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan,television director.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences, at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming, of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond, it explores the deep background of a recent phrase rooted in realities that have been an indelible part of the African American experience for hundreds of years.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; African Americans; African American automobile drivers; African Americans; African Americans; Automobile travel; Civil rights; Segregation in transportation;
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Act of Oblivion / by Harris, Robert,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Follows General Edward Whalley's and his son-in law Colonel William Goffe's flight to America in 1660 after their involvement in the beheading of King Charles I.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649; Goffe, William, 1605?-1679?; Whalley, Edward, -1675?; Fugitives from justice; Regicide; Treason;
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The definitive guide to the mob [videorecording]. by Franzese, Michael.; Arts and Entertainment Network.; Lions Gate Home Entertainment.;
Host, Michael Franzese.Definitive Guide to The Mob, a two hour special, takes viewers through the varied and captivating history of organized crime in the United States. From the Cosa Nostra to the Irish Mob, Definitive Guide to The Mob touches upon the origins, structure and culture of America's most notorious and prominent organized crime groups. In doing so, the special explores these groups' relationship to each other and their roles in America's Mafia landscape.E.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Mafia; Mafiosi; Organized crime;
© c2013., A&E Television Networks ; Distributed by Lionsgate,
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Revolutionary war on Wednesday / by Osborne, Mary Pope.; Murdocca, Sal.;
Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and help General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River."RL: 2.2, 006-009"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Jack (Fictitious character from Osborne); Annie (Fictitious character from Osborne); Washington, George, 1732-1799; Time travel; Magic; Tree houses;
© c2000., Random House,
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Who we are [videorecording] : a chronicle of racism in America / by Crutcher, Tiffany,interviewee.; Kunstler, Emily,1978-film director,film producer.; Kunstler, Sarah,film director,film producer.; McCall, Josephine Bolling,interviewee.; Payne, Carolyn,interviewee.; Robinson, Jeffery,screenwriter,film producer,interviewee.; Sawyer, Tami, ,interviewee.; Off Center Media (Firm),production company.; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm),presenter.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Josephine Bolling McCall, Tiffany Crutcher, Carolyn Payne, Jeffery Robinson, Tami Sawyer.Interweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, lawyer Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Race discrimination; Racism against Black people; Racism;
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Always in season [videorecording] / by Olive, Jacqueline,film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Bernier, Don,1970-screenwriter,editor of moving image work.; Glover, Danny,narrator.; Sheehan, Patrick(Cinematographer),director of photography.; Chiang, S. Leo,director of photography.; Essed, Osei,1974-composer.; Giant Interactive (Firm),film distributor.;
Original music by Osei Essed ; cinematography by Patrick Sheehan, S. Leo Chiang ; edited by Don Bernier.Narrated by Danny Glover.When Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina, his mother's search for justice begins while the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 2.0 stereophonic.Winner, 2019 Sundance Film Festival, Special Jury Prize for Moral Urgency
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; Historical films.; Lynching; African Americans; Race discrimination;
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