Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARHess, Elizabeth.
Summary: Nim Chimpsky, a chimpanzee that was raised like a human child and taught American sign language, has problems when Project Nim funding is ended, but no matter where Nim goes his ability to converse is his salvation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.9885 HESLim, Elizabeth
Summary: "Princess Shiori made a deathbed promise to return the dragon's pearl to its rightful owner, but keeping that promise is more dangerous than she ever imagined. She must journey to the kingdom of dragons, navigate political intrigue among humans and dragons alike, fend off thieves who covet the pearl for themselves and will go to any lengths to get it, all while cultivating the appearance of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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Summary: When Shang is greviously harmed by a blow meant for her, Mulan, still disguised as Ping, travels to the Underworld with Shang's lion guardian to bring him back.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC LIMLim, Elizabeth
Summary: The exiled Princess Shiori must unravel the curse that turned her six brothers into cranes, and she is assisted by her spurned betrothed, a capricious dragon, and a paper bird brought to life by her own magic.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIMLim, Elizabeth
Summary: Disguising herself as a boy to compete for the position of imperial tailor, Maia must somehow complete the impossible task of sewing three magic gowns for the emperor's bride-to-be from the sun's laughter, the moon's tears, and the blood of stars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fantasy Lim 2019Lim, Elizabeth
Summary: "Maia Tamarin proved her skill as a tailor when she wove the dresses of the sun, the moon, and the stars, but it will take more than a beautiful gown to hide the darkness rising up within her in the sequel to Spin the Dawn"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIMLim, Elizabeth
Summary: Channi was not born a monster. But when her own father offers her in sacrifice to the Demon Witch, she is forever changed. Cursed with a serpent’s face, Channi is the exact opposite of her beautiful sister, Vanna—the only person in the village who looks at Channi and doesn’t see a monster. The only person she loves and trusts. Now seventeen, Vanna is to be married off in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC LIMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIMLim, Elizabeth
Summary: What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper? Unable to prove that she's the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve under the king's visiting sister, Cinderella becomes witness to a grand conspiracy to take the king--and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2020
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Series Twisted LimCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIMLim, Elizabeth
Summary: Forty years after becoming the Blue Fairy, Chiara Belmagio defies the rules of magic to help her old friend Geppetto, and when her sister--now the heartless Scarlet Fairy--discovers the transgression, they decide to settle things with a wager, with the lives of Geppetto and Pinocchio hanging in the balance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIMHeim, Alastair
Summary: Mr. Elephant wants nothing more than some peace and quiet--that is, until he gets it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HEISummary: The Best Eighties Album contains the defining tracks of the decade features some of the biggest hits from artists including Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Bonnie Tyler, Toto, Adam & The Ants, KC & The Sunshine Band, The Bangles, Billy Ocean, James Brown and many more.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ONEBest, Elizabeth
Summary: Presents a travelogue about the authors' pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago trail in Spain, the emotional trials each one experienced along the way, and the lessons they learned about themselves and each other.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arena 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.92 BESSummary: Includes seven original Christmas classics, such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town; Frosty the Snowman; and others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Media 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORIHeim, Alastair
Summary: "Big Bub the monster needs a bath, but his bathtub is too small. What will he do? He will try everything!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE HEISummary: Poppy discovers that Branch was once part of a boy band, BroZone, with his brothers: Floyd, John Dory, Spruce, and Clay. But when Floyd is kidnapped, Branch and Poppy embark on a journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Don't know who Tom Shadyac is? As a writer and a director, Shadyac first unleashed Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor remake on the world, and then a string of film fiascoes, but that's all behind him now. A bike accident left him with a host of debilitating maladies and brought him to the verge of suicide, so he took stock of his life and set out on a quest to answer some of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shady Acres, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc IBass, Elizabeth
Summary: Becca Hudson has come a long way since she was a tween starring in the sitcom Me Minus You, but as far as she’s concerned, she finally has her act together. She’s relocated to Leesburg, Virginia, owns a successful bakery, and has a great set of friends—even a friendly ex-husband. She ignores “Whatever Happened To?” speculation and the occasional overly obsessed fan, and flatly turns down a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BASSummary: John Forbes is a family man who's tired of the 9 to 5 humdrum of his job an insurance company executive. Life gets a little more exciting for him when he calls upon femme fatale Mona Stevens. Her boyfriend has robbed a store insured by Forbes' company and has showered her with gifts using the loot. Forbes comes to collect the ill-gotten gifts, but the boyfriend is in jail, and Forbes falls hard...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Chest 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PITHess, Annette
Summary: "Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963 ... [this] is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator--caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to power--as she fights to expose the dark truths of her nation's past. For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. At...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC HESKim, Elizabeth.
Summary: A Korean War orphan retraces her steps from the Korean countryside, where her mother was murdered for sleeping with an American GI, to the United States, where she found both hardship and salvation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KIM, ELIZABETH KIMHess, Annette
Summary: "Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess's international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator-caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to power-as she fights to expose the dark truths of her nation's past. For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HESSummary: When the mother of a young woman goes missing with her boyfriend while vacationing in Columbia, she fears the worse. Although she is thousands of miles away, she uses everything in her power to get answers. After getting stonewalled and running into miles of international red tape, the young woman relies on her wit and savvy to find the answers. As time runs out, can she get the proof she needs...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023