Summary: Garnering recognition for his stellar athletic abilities and intellectual accomplishments "Luce" follows the titular characters struggle of maintaining his integrity while dealing with the circumstances of his background. Adopted from a war-torn country just ten years prior, Luce becomes the very essence of what many consider to be the American Dream. However, all changes when his teacher...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LUCCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LUCAndros, Camille
Summary: The author presents a picture book biography of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, co-founder and director of the first private orphanage in New York City and wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton.--adapted from publisher's description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB HAMILTON ANDSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "A family feud before the start of seventh grade propels Meilan from Boston's Chinatown to rural Ohio, where she must tap into her inner strength and sense of justice to make a new place for herself"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WANCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WANWang, Andrea
Summary: While driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's Chinese immigrant parents spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. They stop the car, grabbing rusty scissors and an old paper bag, and the whole family wades into the mud to gather as much as they can. At first, she's embarrassed. Why can't her family just get food from the grocery store, like everyone else?...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2023
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Summary: "When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found himself wishing time would slow down. Looking to create a more meaningful connection with Sam before he fled the nest, as well as recreate his own life-altering journey decades before, McCarthy decided the two of them should set out on a trek like few others: 500 miles across Spain's Camino de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MCCCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MCCGross, Andrew
Summary: "February, 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. In New York City, twenty-two thousand cheering Nazi supporters pack Madison Square Garden for a raucous, hate-filled rally. In a Hell's Kitchen bar, Charles Mossman is reeling from the loss of his job and the demise of his marriage when a group draped in Nazi flags barges in. Drunk, Charlie takes a swing at one with tragic results and a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC GROKrivak, Andrew
Summary: Rooted in the small, mountain town of Dardan, Pennsylvania, where patriarch Jozef Vinich settled after surviving World War I, Like the Appearance of Horses immerses us in the intimate lives of a family whose fierce bonds have been shaped by the great conflicts of the past century. After Bexhet Konar escapes fascist Hungary and crosses the ocean to find Jozef, the man who saved his life in 1919,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellevue Literary Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KRISummary: A sizzling comedy about two lifelong friends whose romance is threatened by their parents' rival pizzerias.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LiCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LITAndrews, V. C. (Virginia C.)
Summary: "The newest book from #1 New York times bestselling author V.C. Andrews, and the second book in The Umbrella Lady Series. Out of the Rain follows Saffron Anders as she leaves the clutches of the umbrella lady and reunites with her family. But this reunion may not be as happy as it seems"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDAndrews, V. C. (Virginia C.)
Summary: Forbidden passions have shaped and haunted the Dollanganger family since their first novel - Flowers in the Attic - debuted 40 years ago. Now discover how twisted the family roots truly are, and witness the clan's origins as a result of one wild and complicated relationship. Two generations before Corinne Foxworth locked her children in an attic, her grandmother, a gorgeous young girl named...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC ANDSummary: A deeply moving portrait of a family's unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son's addiction and his attempts at recovery. As David's son repeatedly relapses, the family are faced with the harsh reality that addiction is a disease that does not discriminate and can hit any family at any time.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEASummary: There's never a dull moment in the town of Odyssey! From a mysterious police investigation to an internship at a funeral home, every situation leads to unexpected results. Don't miss a single shock, twist, or turn as the folks in Odyssey learn about fame, friendship, family, and more in these six exciting stories. It's no surprise that you never know what will happen next when you have an...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus on the Family 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC ADVSummary: An actor has dinner with his friend, a theater director, at an Upper West Side restaurant. Together they discuss everything from money to death to love and all the superstition in between.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Sebastian is encouraged by his fiancé to bring his Italian hairdresser father Salvo to a weekend get-together to meet her wealthy and eccentric family. As the weekend turns into an outrageous clash of cultures, Sebastian and Salvo discover that the great thing about family is everything about family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ABOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ABO1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ABO
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ABOCisneros, Ernesto
Summary: Isaac and Marco already know sixth grade is going to change their lives. But it won't change things at home, not without each other's help. This year, star basketball player Isaac plans on finally keeping up with his schoolwork. Better grades will surely stop Isaac's parents from arguing all the time. Meanwhile, straight-A Marco vows on finally winning his father's approval by earning a spot on...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: A graphic novel adaptation of the move the good dinosaur. What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In this epic journey into the world of dinosaurs, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC DISSummary: When Katie Mitchell, a creative outsider, is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her plans are upended when her nature-loving dad Rick determines the whole family should drive Katie to school together. The Mitchells' plans are interrupted by a tech uprising: all around the world, the electronic devices people love decide it's time to take over. With the help of two friendly...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY MITSummary: When Frank Goode's grown children cancel a family reunion, the recent widower sets off on a cross-country journey to reconnect with each of them. A family separated by physical and emotional distance finds a way to come together.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ESummary: A 40-year-old father of two still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves from Paris to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him, so he decides to move there as well.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CHISummary: When Katie Mitchell, a creative outsider, is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her plans are upended when her nature-loving dad Rick determines the whole family should drive Katie to school together. The Mitchells' plans are interrupted by a tech uprising: all around the world, the electronic devices people love decide it's time to take over. With the help of two friendly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Charles is a renowned author whose alcoholism drove his family away years back. New he spends his days drowning his sorrow in copious amounts of wine. To make matters even worse, he receives a surprising visit from a man claiming to be his brain cancer! Annoying, talkative and wickedly sarcastic, the cancer lingers and taunts while Charles begins to reexamine his life. With time running...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Métropole 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BRUSummary: During a family trip, the Moore's vechile breaks down outside of an out-of-the-way bed and breakfast owned by the Morton family. Soon, Gator's sleuthing abilities find him crossing ways with a foreboding stranger while trying to solve a Morton family mystery. Bonus content: a HeuMoore Productions film, Bubble Trouble.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Multimedia Group 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Heartstrings 2007Wojcicki, Esther
Summary: The Godmother of Silicon Valley, legendary teacher, and mother of a Super Family shares her tried-and-tested methods for raising happy, healthy, successful children using Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness: TRICK. Esther Wojcicki--"Woj" to her many friends and admirers--is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019