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Thelonious Monk : the life and times of an American original / by Kelley, Robin D. G.(CARDINAL)265214;

Includes bibliographical references, discographies, filmography (page 572), and index.His angular melodies and dissonant harmonies shook the jazz world to its foundations, ushering in the birth of "bebop" and establishing Monk as one of America's greatest composers. Yet throughout much of his life, his musical contribution took a backseat to tales of his reputed behavior. Writers tended to obsess over Monk's hats or his proclivity to dance on stage. To his fans, he was the ultimate hipster; to his detractors, he was temperamental, eccentric, taciturn, or childlike. Now, historian Robin D. G. Kelley brings to light a startlingly different Thelonious Monk--witty, intelligent, generous, politically engaged, brutally honest, and a devoted father and husband. This is the saga of an artist's struggle to "make it" without compromising his musical vision; a story that, like its subject, reflects the tidal ebbs and flows of American history in the twentieth century.--From publisher description.Prelude -- "My mother didn't want me to grow up in North Carolina" -- "What is jazz? New York, man!" -- "I always did want to play piano" -- "We played and she healed" -- "Why can't you play music like the Ink Spots?" -- "They weren't giving any lectures" -- "Since you went away I missed you" -- "I'm trying to see if it's a hit" -- "Dizzy and Bird did nothing for me musically" -- "The George Washington of Bebop" -- "It's a drag to be in jail" -- "The 'un' years" -- "France libre!" -- "Sometimes I play things I never heard myself" -- "The Greta Garbo of jazz" -- "As long as I can make a living" -- "People have tried to put me off as being crazy" -- "My time for fame will come" -- "The police just mess with you ... for nothing" -- "Make sure them tempos are right" -- "Hell, I did that twenty-five years ago" -- "Bebopens oversteprast" -- "Maybe I'm a major influence" -- "Everything begins here and everything ends here" -- "That's a drag picture they're paintin' of me" -- "Sometimes I don't feel like talking" -- "Let someone else create something new!" -- "What do I have to do? Play myself to death?" -- "I am very seriously ill!" -- Postlude -- Appendix A: A technical note on Monk's music -- Appendix B: Records and tapes in Thelonious Monk's personal collection -- Notes -- Original compositions by Thelonious Monk -- Selected recordings by Thelonious Monk -- Selected documentaries and videos of Thelonious Monk -- Index.

Subjects: Biographies.; Monk, Thelonious.; Jazz musicians;

Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 18

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Double wedding [videorecording] / by Beal, John,actor.; Kennedy, Edgar,actor.; Loy, Myrna,actor.; Makniewicz, Jospeh L.,producer.; Powell, William,actor.(CARDINAL)756898; Ralph,actor.; Rice, Florence,actor.; Sweling, Jo,screenwriter.; Thrope, Richard, director.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,production company.(CARDINAL)150193; Warner Home Video,film distributor.;

William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice, John Beal, Jessie Ralph, Edgar Kennedy. Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.Not ratedDVD, region 1, widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital 5.0.

Subjects: Comedy films.; Romance films.; Families in motion pictures; Sisters;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Tootsie [videorecording] / by Coleman, Dabney,1932-(CARDINAL)844709; Davis, Geena.(CARDINAL)847679; Durning, Charles,1923-; Garr, Teri,1944-(CARDINAL)769758; Gelbart, Larry.(CARDINAL)739957; Hoffman, Dustin,1937-(CARDINAL)348257; Lange, Jessica.(CARDINAL)753073; Murray, Bill,1950 Sept. 21-; Pollack, Sydney,1934-2008.(CARDINAL)842306; Columbia Pictures.(CARDINAL)747663; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)332237;

Director of photography, Owen Roizman ; editors, Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp ; music, Dave Grusin ; costume designer, Ruth Morley ; production designer, Peter Larkin ; story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart.Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray.Michael Dorsey is a talented actor, but his demanding nature and stubborn temperament have antagonized every producer in New York. Now his agent insists no one will hire him. But Michael needs money - eight thousand dollars to be exact - and to earn it, he's willing to play the role of a lifetime.MPAA rating: PG.Academy Awards, 1982: Best supporting actress (Lange).

Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Films for the hearing impaired.; Romantic comedy films.; Actors; Female impersonators; Television producers and directors; Television soap operas;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 12

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Eminent Jews : Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer / by Denby, David,1943-author.(CARDINAL)303993;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: At home in America I -- Mel Brooks and the end of self-pity -- Betty Friedan and the end of subservience -- Norman Mailer and the end of shame -- Leonard Bernstein and the end of apprenticeship -- Epilogue: At home in America II."Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer. Brilliant, brash, 100 percent Jewish and 100 percent American, they were hell-bent on shaking up the world of their fathers. They worked in different fields, and, apart from clinking glasses at parties now and then, they hardly knew one another. But they shared a commonhistorical moment and a common temperament. For all four, their Jewish heritage was electrified by American liberty. As prosperity for American Jews increased and anti-Semitism began to fade after World War II, these four creative giants stormed through the latter half of the twentieth century, altering the way people listened to music, defined what was vulgar or not, comprehended the relations of men and women, and understood the nation's soul. They were not saints; they were Jews, children of immigrants, turbulent and self-dissatisfiedintellectuals who fearlessly wielded their own newly won freedom tofree up American culture. Celebratory yet candid, at times fiercelycritical, David Denby presents these four figures as egotistical and generous-larger-than-life, all of them, both daringly individual and emblematic of their Jewish generation"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.; Friedan, Betty.; Brooks, Mel, 1926-; Mailer, Norman.; Jews;

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Welcome to your child's brain : how the mind grows from conception to college / by Aamodt, Sandra.(CARDINAL)486843; Wang, Sam,1967-(CARDINAL)486844;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-314) and index.How well do you know your child's brain? -- The brain that builds itself -- Meet your child's brain. The five hidden talents of your baby's brain ; In the beginning : prenatal development ; Baby, you were born to learn ; Beyond nature versus nurture -- Growing through a stage. Once in a lifetime : sensitive periods ; Born linguists ; Beautiful dreamer ; It's a girl! : gender differences ; Adolescence : it's not just about sex -- Start making sense. Learning to see : Connect with your baby through hearing and touch ; Eat dessert first : flavor preferences -- The serious business of play. The best gift you can give : self-control ; Playing for keeps ; Moving the body and brain along -- Electronic entertainment and the multitasking myth -- Your child as an individual. Nice to meet you : temperament ; Emotions in the driver's seat ; Empathy and theory of mind ; Playing nicely with others -- Your child's brain at school. Starting to write the life story ; Learning to solve problems ; Take it from the top : music ; Go figure : learning about math ; The many roads to reading -- Bumps in the road. Hang in there, baby : stress and resilience ;Mind-blindness : autism ; Old genes meet the modern world : ADHD ; Catch your child being good : behavior modification ; A tough road to travel : growing up in poverty."How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries--and difficulties--of parenthood. The marketplace is full of gadgets and tools that claim to make your child smarter, happier, or learn languages faster, all built on the premise that manufacturers know something about your child's brain that you don't. These products are easy to sell, because good information about how children's minds really work is hard to come by. In their new book, neuroscientists Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang separate fact from fiction about the inner workings of young minds. Martialing results from new studies and classic research, Aamodt and Wang provide the most complete answers out there on this subject. It liberates readers from superstitions and speculation, such as Freud's idea that all relationships are modeled on one's mother, or that it's not safe to eat sushi while pregnant. And it will reveal new truths about everything from how to make your baby sleep, to why we love to snuggle, to how children learn, forget, play, talk, walk, and feel. Welcome to Your Child's Brain is eye-opening and necessary, soon to become a staple for parents and children alike"--

Subjects: Brain; Child development.; Neurophysiology.; Parenthood.;

Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 10

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The Christmas cantata: a St. Germaine Christmas entertainment / by Schweizer, Mark(CARDINAL)532949;

St. Germaine, North Carolina was in a crabby mood. Yes, the whole town. If a temperament could affect an entire populace, "crabby" was what St. Germaine was. Noylene's new personal Christian astrologer, a woman named Goldi Fawn Birtwhistle, blamed it on the convergence of Pluto and the third moon of Jupiter. Pete Moss, the owner of the Slab Cafe, thought that the crabbiness might have something to do with the increasing levels of positive ion bombardment from outer space. Also included in Pete's theory were sunspots, an ever-widening hole in the ozone layer, the federal deficit, CNN election coverage, armadillo migration, and the cancellation of two long-running soap operas. Usually in St. Germaine, the three weeks before Christmas were marked by an increase in good feelings toward one's fellow man. Not his year. St. Germaine's police chief, Hayden Konig, and all the usual suspects, return in this heartwarming Christmas tale. When a long-lost cantata is found in the basement of the courthouse, a Christmas Eve performance is the order of the day. What happens next is anyone's guess.

Subjects: Choirs (music); Choirs; Police chiefs; Christmas stories; Konig, Hayden (Fictitious character);

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Terribly happy [videorecording] = Frygtelig Iykkelig / by Genz, Henrik Ruben,1959-director,screenwriter.; Gammeltoft, Thomas,producer.; Dalhoff, Tina,producer.; Jensen, Gry Dunja,screenwriter.; Cedergren, Jakob,actor.; Christensen, Lena Maria,actor.; Bjerkø, Kåre,composer.; Jepson, Erling.Frygtelig Iykkelig.; Fine & Mellow Productions.; Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm);

Director of photography, Jr̜gen Johansson ; editor, Kasper Leick ; music, Kåre Bjerkø.Jakob Cedergren, Lene Maria Christensen, Kim Bodnia, Lars Brygmann, Anders Hove.Set to take up the mysteriously vacated job of town marshal, Robert quickly finds himself mixed up in a community governed by its own rules. Robert's big-city temperament makes it impossible for him to fit in, or to understand the uncivilized behavior displayed by the townspeople: the sultry blond femme fatale, the ten-gallon hat and bolo-wearing town bully, and the sinister doctor with a penchant for maniacal cackling.Not rated.DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround and stereo.

Subjects: Suspense films.; Film adaptations.; Feature films.; Foreign films; Jepsen, Erling; Police; Men; Small cities;

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The agony and the ecstasy [videorecording] / by Andrews, Harry.; Celi, Adolfo,1922-1986.; Cilento, Diane.; Harrison, Rex.(CARDINAL)126894; Heston, Charlton.(CARDINAL)713093; Lupo, Alberto.; North, Alex.; Reed, Carol,1906-1976.(CARDINAL)745582; Stone, Irving,1903-1989.(CARDINAL)123265; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.(CARDINAL)340075;

Music composed and conducted by Alex North ; director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; art director, Jack Martin Smith ; production designed by John DeCuir ; film editor, Samuel E. Beetley.Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo Celi.When Pope Julius II (Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. Virtually forced to do the job by Julius, he later destroys his own work and flees Rome. Eventually resumed, the project becomes a battle of wills fueled by the artistic and temperamental differences that form the core of this movie.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD.

Subjects: Biographical films.; Epic films.; Historical films.; Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564; Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City); Feature films.; Films for the hearing impaired.;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5

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How to start a home-based day-care business / by Steelsmith, Shari.(CARDINAL)754026;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Family child care-- is it for me? The benefits of family child care ; Is this for me? ; Kinds of family child-care providers ; How is a family child care different from other kinds of care? ; Styles of family child care ; Do you have the room? ; Take inventory of your skills and experience ; Are you willing to run and maintain a business? ; Outfitting a family child care on a budget ; The three most common reasons a family child care doesn't succeed ; Visit a provider -- Starting out. Where to start ; The next step : licensing and/or registration ; The basic components of licensing ; Planning to make a profit ; It's not really as hard as it sounds -- Policies and procedures. Enrollment records and policies ; Setting your fees ; Termination policy ; Hours of operation ; Holiday schedule ; Vacations ; When the children (or you) get sick ; Meals ; Guidance or discipline ; Other policies you may wish to consider -- Your daily schedule. Age mix of the children ; Your background and training ; Your temperament ; Devising a daily schedule ; Mealtimes : an essential part of the day ; Naptime ; Free play ; Structured time ; Special events ; Storytime -- Fun activities for children. Language activities ; Science activities ; Learning games ; Movement activities ; Cooking and snack activities ; Music activities ; Art activities ; Personal safety activities -- Positive guidance tools. Children's developmental ages and stages ; Discipline/guidance techniques ; Increasing good behavior ; Decreasing difficult behavior ; Fostering good social skills ; Where to go when a child needs more help than you can give ; Ten common guidance problems -- Back to business. Generating enrollment ; Screening parents and children ; Setting up your office ; Computer and printer ; Record-keeping -- Solving common problems. Problems with parents ; Problems with your family ; Problems with a multiage mix of children Minimizing interruptions -- Planning for the future. Small versus large license ; Your physical and emotional well-being ; Planning for a substitute ; Hiring an assistant ; Increasing your fees ; Networking : the importance of being well connected ; Planning for accreditation ; Setting goals ; A word about professionalism ; A wish for success.

Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Day care centers; New business enterprises; Family day care;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 9

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The agony and the ecstasy [videorecording] / by Reed, Carol,1906-1976.(CARDINAL)745582; Heston, Charlton.(CARDINAL)713093; Harrison, Rex.(CARDINAL)126894; Cilento, Diane.; Andrews, Harry,1911-1989.; Lupo, Alberto.; Celi, Adolfo,1922-1986.; North, Alex.; Stone, Irving,1903-1989.Agony and the ecstasy.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.(CARDINAL)340075;

Music composed and conducted by Alex North ; director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; art director, Jack Martin Smith ; production designed by John DeCuir ; film editor, Samuel E. Beetley.Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo Celi.When Pope Julius II (Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. Virtually forced to do the job by Julius, he later destroys his own work and flees Rome. Eventually resumed, the project becomes a battle of wills fueled by the artistic and temperamental differences that form the core of this movie.Not rated.DVD; Dolby Digital.

Subjects: Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564; Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City); Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Films for the hearing impaired.;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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