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African American motion picture producers and directors African Americans in motion pictures Eeyore (Fictitious character) Drama Halo (Game) Fiction Imaginary wars and battles Fiction Penguins Fiction Space warfare Fiction Traver, Robert 1903-1991 Trials (Murder) Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character) DramaSummary: A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife. A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom drama, Anatomy of a murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ANATanis, Preston N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [s.n.] 1970
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1542 TAN1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 378.1542 TAN
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 378.1542 TANSummary: The Complete First Season ignites a firestorm of suspense cloaked in the haze of a noir-inspired slow burn. Haunted by a tragedy that broke her world apart, Jessica Jones settles in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, and opens her own detective agency, called Alias Investigations, with the hope of rebuilding her life and keeping the lights on in her apartment. She discovers that the source of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV JESSummary: "When sad old Eeyore loses his tail, Owl sends the whole gang--Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga and Roo--on a wild journey to help Eeyore and save Christopher Robin from the mysterious Backson"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY WINSummary: "When sad old Eeyore loses his tail, Owl sends the whole gang--Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga and Roo--on a wild journey to help Eeyore and save Christopher Robin from the mysterious Backson"--Container. In the end, it turns out to be a very busy day for a bear who simply set out to find some 'hunny.'
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY WINReber, Deborah.
Summary: Join Steve and Blue when they take Periwinkle, the big city kitten, to the country festival to show him what's so great about spring. You can help Blue and Periwinkle hunt for eggs, make leaf prints, plant seeds, and visit all the booths at the fair!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight/Nick Jr. 2001
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE REBSummary: A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife. A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom potboiler, Anatomy of a Murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA ANARinker, Sherri Duskey
Summary: A young penguin's friends and family gather to celebrate all of the things they have accomplished and the strong person they have grown into.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RINSummary: Witness the inspirational true story of a real American hero, Ernie Davis. Rising from humblest of beginnings, Ernie Davis overcame impossible odds to become the first African-American to win college football's greatest honor-the Heisman Trophy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EXPSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: In this fun family comedy, the 'Duke' is livin' large in Orange County, California. But fitting in with his new four-legged friends isn't always easy for a super-sized teenage dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MARTraviss, Karen.
Summary: "HALO: GLASSLANDS saw a very different development in the war that Earth has been fighting for so very long. With terrible losses on both sides, finally open hostilities have ended. But though a fragile peace has been established between Earth and the peoples of the Covenant, forces on both sides make that peace precarious. A schism among the Sangheili is gaining strength, with a splinter group...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRARieger, Susan
Summary: Six months after Rupert Falkes dies, leaving a grieving widow and five adult sons, an unknown woman sues his estate, claiming she had two sons by him. The Falkes brothers are pitched into turmoil, at once missing their father and feeling betrayed by him. In disconcerting contrast, their mother, Eleanor, is cool and calm, showing preternatural composure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rieger 2017Roeder, Vanessa
Summary: Using a cardboard box as his home when he is born without a shell, Terrance the turtle enjoys the uniqueness and versatility of his home until another turtle’s insensitive remarks make him question his differences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ROESummary: Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of kilometers across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LIOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIO RATED PG 13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LiCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LIOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Lion 2017Rieger, Susan
Summary: "The story of a high-profile, messy divorce, and the endearingly cynical young lawyer dragooned into handling it, told solely via personal correspondence, office memos, emails, articles, and legal papers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIERoeder, Vanessa
Summary: King penguin Percival is off to find subjects who will listen to him, as long as they do not eat him first.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROETraviss, Karen.
Summary: "Welcome to humanity's new war: silent, high stakes, and unseen. This is a life-or-death mission for ONI's black-ops team, Kilo-Five, which is tasked with preventing the ruthless Elites, once the military leaders of the Covenant, from regrouping and threatening humankind again. What began as a routine dirty-tricks operation keeping the Elites busy with their own insurrection turns into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRATraviss, Karen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRAReeder, Carolyn.
Summary: At the end of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Will, having lost all his immediate family, reluctantly leaves his city home to live in the Virginia countryside with his aunt and the uncle he considers a "traitor" because he refused to take part in the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC REETraviss, Karen.
Summary: Jacen Solo's shadow of influence has threatened many, especially those closest to him. Jaina Solo is determined to bring her brother in, but in order to track him down, she must first learn unfamiliar skills from a man she finds ruthless, repellent, and dangerous. Meanwhile, Ben Skywalker, still haunted by suspicions that Jacen killed his mother, Mara, decides he must know the truth, even if it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2008
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Summary: In order to gain the power of a true Sith Lord, Jacen Solo must see to it that someone he values dies. The choice he makes will destroy two families and cast a dark shadow over the galaxy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TRA LF 5Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider)
Contents: King Solomon's mines -- Allan Quatermain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Leonaur 2008