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Don Coldsmith, a family physician who gained worldwide fame with a series of historical novels on Plains Indians, has died. He was 83. Read his popular Spanish bit saga or his biographies Horsin' Around and Still Horsin' Around.
Michael Jackson's unique blend of soul, funk and rock made him...
Brooklyn-based Grizzly Bear's latest album, Veckatimest, is a meticulously well-crafted, densely layered, fantastic new album AND your library has ordered it!
If you haven't heard Grizzly Bear, check out the hypnotic and kinda creepy video for the first single off the album, "Two Weeks," and see what you think.
What is that big metal box?
The DVD Dispenser gives customers access to the newest and most popular DVDs and games. This new service allows people to search the dispenser catalog from home, place holds on titles they want and pick them up that same day. Customers can be assured that what they...
Each year the Library of Congress adds 25 motion pictures to the
National Film Registry, which was established in 1988, in an effort to
preserve films which are significant in some way, be it culturally,
aesthetically, or historically. Here is a list of some of the films
that entered the Registry in 2008:
This list of 100 movies is comprised from AFI’s lists of the top 10s. See where you rank - how many have you seen?
(x) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
(x) Pinocchio 1940
(x) Bambi 1942
(x) The Lion King 1994
(x) Fantasia 1940
(x) Toy Story 1995
(x) Beauty and the Beast 1991
(x)...