Summary: A compilation of American traditional music, featuring twelve tracks by a variety of artists, including Alison Brown, Ruthie Foster, Mulehead, Old Crow Medicine Show, Josh Ritter, The Little Willies, and others.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD WM PutumayoOffspring (Musical group)
Contents: Welcome -- Have you ever -- Staring at the sun -- Pretty fly (for a white guy) -- The kids aren't alright -- Feelings -- She's got issues -- Walla walla -- The end of the line -- No brakes -- Why don't you get a job? -- Americana -- Pay the man.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OFFContents: Todos vuelven (RubGen Blades) (4:26) -- El desierto (Lhasa) (3:54) -- Fried neck bones and some home fries (Willie Bobo) (3:01) -- Suavecito (Malo) (6:36) -- Eva (Ozomatli) (3:09) -- Low rider (War) (3:20) -- A matter of time (los Lobos) (3:48) -- Guajira (Santana) (5:38) -- QuGe tengo que hacer (Frankie NegrGon) (5:06) -- Melao de caSna (Celie Cruz) (2:51) -- Postizo (Marc Ribot y los Cubanos...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Recording Corp. 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN AMEDavies, Ray
Summary: The British Invasion musician discusses his love/hate relationship with America, from his first U.S. tour in the early 1960s to being nearly murdered during a botched robbery in New Orleans in 2004.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub Co Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 DAVAntopol, Molly.
Summary: Traces the experiences of protagonists from a range of cultures, including a blacklisted Hollywood actor who struggles to connect with his son, and a dissenting gallery worker who begins smuggling and curating underground art.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANTDavies, Ray
Contents: Americana (4:02) -- The deal (5:03) -- Poetry (5:05) -- Message from the road (2:57) -- A place in your heart (5:03) -- The mystery room (3:51) -- Silent movie (1:11) -- Rock 'n' roll cowboys (4:21) -- Change for change (3:23) -- The man upstairs (1:37) -- I've heard that beat before (4:03) -- A long drive home to Tarzana (4:59) -- The great highway (4:43) -- The invaders (3:47) -- Wings of...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Recordings 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DAVConners, Peter H.
Summary: Draws on interviews with some of the most recognizable names in the jam band scene to trace the genre's origins and evolution, offering insight into key musical influences, songwriting styles, and tour experiences.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 CONSummary: After nearly half a century of communist rule, poverty stricken Albania falls subject to the invasion of two exploitive capitalists looking to prosper within the changing economy. As Albania's people try desperately to flee destitution, Gino and Fiore arrive from Italy with plans to use a makeshift manufacturing plant to front their next scam. Forced to name an Albanian as their company's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by New Yorker Films 2004
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF LAMKafka, Franz
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAFVulliamy, Ed.
Summary: Amexica is a street-level portrait of the extraordinary terror unfolding along the U.S.-Mexico border--"a country in its own right, which belongs to both the United States and Mexico, yet neither"--as the narco-war escalates to a fever pitch. In 2009, after reporting from the border for many years, journalist Ed Vulliamy traveled the frontier from the Pacific coast to the Gulf of Mexico, from...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.45 VULFerlinghetti, Lawrence.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 FERAdichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Summary: "A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: That's what I get (BR549) (3:24) -- Wishbones (Slaid Cleaves) (3:24) -- I'm so ashamed (Willie Nelson & Ray Price) (3:04) -- Ain't looking closely (Tift Merritt) (4:24) -- Gold watch & chain (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Kris Kristofferson) (4:05) -- Every time you say goodbye (Alison Krauss & Union Station) (2:59) -- Life in the country (Danny Barnes) (3:47) -- All the right reasons (The...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Americana Music Association 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY THISrinivasan, Bhu
Summary: From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana takes us on a four-hundred-year journey of this spirit of innovation and ambition through a series of Next Big Things -- the inventions, techniques, and industries that drove American history forward: from the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 SRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 330.973 SRIWitzel, Michael Karl
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lowe & B. Hould Pub. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 WITYoung, Neil
Contents: Oh Susannah -- Clementine -- Tom Dula -- Gallows pole -- Get a job -- Travel on -- High flyin' bird -- Jesus' chariot -- This land is your land -- Wayfarin' stranger -- God save the queen.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise Records 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK YOUMcHugh, Jess
Summary: "What does it take to be a good American? And who gets to decide? Journalist Jess McHugh examines thirteen seemingly innocuous, mega-bestselling reference books, guidebooks, and self-help books that have become blueprints for core American values and shaped our national story"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MCHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MCHBlack Crowes (Musical group)
Contents: Gone -- A conspiracy -- High head blues -- Cursed diamond -- Nonfiction -- She gave good sunflower -- P. -- 25 London -- Ballad in urgency -- Wiser time -- Downtown money waster -- Descending.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: American Recordings 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BLACKMeier, Matt S.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0468 MEISummary: In 1993, Mohammed Aideed's militia triumphantly paraded U.S. corpses through the streets of Mogadishu. In stunning irony, Mohammed's son, Hussein, though not a representative of Somalia's official government, now offers the U.S. strategic bases. This program presents a candid interview with Somalia's de facto leader, a warlord with unusual credentials: American citizen, former Marine, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Colon, Willie
Contents: Aerolinea desamar -- Color Americano -- Me voy -- Estoy por ti rezando -- Carmelina -- Vida nocturna -- Colgaditos -- Hasta que te conoci.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Discos 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ColonKeb' Mo'
Contents: The worst is yet to come -- Somebody hurt you -- Do it right -- I'm gonna be your man -- Move -- For better or worse -- That's alright -- The old me better -- More for your money -- So long goodbye.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES KEBEverett, Cheryl.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Studio Books 1993