Summary: It's a riotous comedy that follows former child actor, David Gold, as he makes one bad decision after another. Recently unemployed and with nothing left to lose, he fakes his resume and gets a job as a high school guidance counselor. Quickly winning over the students with his bad behavior, David forms a friendship with Jabrielle, a teenage outcast and they hit the road as an unlikely pair of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GUI

Rogers, Alexandria

Summary: Much to their initial dismay, a twelve-year-old boy and girl discover they are destined to become knights of King Arthur's legendary Round Table, but first they must find and reforge Excalibur and break a curse that has weakened the magic of the Twenty-Five and a Half Realms.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ROG

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ROG

Asking Alexandria

Contents: Alerion -- Final episode (Let's change the channel) -- A candlelit dinner with inamorta -- Nobody don't dance no more -- Hey there Mr. Brooks (featuring Shawn Milke) -- Hiatus (instrumental) -- If you can't ride two horses at once-- you should get out ofthe circus -- A single moment of sincerity -- Not the American average -- I used to have a best friend (but then he gave me an STD) -- A...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Sumerian 2009

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ASK

Bellefleur, Alexandria

Summary: Brendon Lowell loves love. It's why he created a dating app to help people find their one true pairing and why he's convinced "the one" is out there, even if he hasn't met her yet. Or... has he? When his sister's best friend turns up in Seattle unexpectedly, Brendon jumps at the chance to hang out with her. He's crushed on Annie since they were kids, and the stars have finally aligned, putting...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BEL

Caine, Rachel

Summary: The opening moves of a deadly game have begun. Jess Brightwell has put himself in direct peril, with only his wits and skill to aid him in a game of cat and mouse with the Archivist Magister of the Great Library. With the world catching fire, and words printed on paper the spark that lights rebellion, it falls to smugglers, thieves, and scholars to save a library thousands of years in the...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CAI

Giardino, Alexandria

Summary: The day the baby boy was born, on a beautiful Hawaiian island, the world sang him a lullaby. What a good song. But what is the good song? The boy listens for it and finds it in his heart and shares it with the world. Inspired by the medley of the classic songs "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World" sung by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, the good song is aloha--love.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids, an imprint of Cameron + Company 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GIA

Charest, Benoît.

Contents: Under the Bridge (Sandy Silver) (1:51) -- Belleville Rendez-Vous (French Version) (-M-) (3:09) -- Opening Theme (0:50) -- Cabaret Opening (Beatrice Bonifassi, Lina Boudrault, and Marie-Lou Gauthier) (3:11) -- Tour de France (Jean-Claude Donde) (1:25) -- Attila Marcel (Beatrice Bonifassi) (2:20) -- Bruno's Theme (Marin Natsurika, accordion) (1:24) -- Easy, Bruno, Easy (Benoît Charest, guitar)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Les Amateurs 2003

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC TRI

Pioulard, Benoît

Contents: With no advantage -- The gilded fear that guides the flow -- Of everything that rhymes -- Is in its clearest form -- An image apart from ourselves -- Whose palms create -- As would a weaver -- A shade of celadon -- So etched in memory -- Upon the break arch -- That wounded weathered -- Shut-ins on Sunday see -- The very edge of its flame -- And relent.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PIO

Oliva, Alejandra

Summary: In this powerful and deeply felt memoir of translation, storytelling, and borders, Alejandra Oliva, a Mexican-American translator and immigrant justice activist, offers a powerful chronical of her experience interpreting at the US-Mexico border. Having worked with asylum seekers since 2016, she knows all too well the gravity of taking someone's trauma and delivering it to the warped demands of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 OLI

Poelvoorde, Benoit

Summary: The owner of a chocolate company and one of his workers suffer from extreme anxiety, which threatens to ruin their new relationship.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2012

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ROM

Benoit, Peter

Contents: Europe at war -- The allies plan an impossible invasion -- The big picture -- Men + machines = victory -- D-Day -- The drive to victory.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BEN

Benoit, Peter

Summary: Describes the crash of the Hindenburg airship in 1937, relaying the history of international airship flight and the events leading to the disaster, and explains what measures have been taken to make airship travel safer.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.12 BEN

Benoit, Peter

Summary: Recounts the events of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it caused in New Orleans, discusses the global efforts to help the victims, and describes the rebuilding efforts.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.3 BEN

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.3 BEN

Benoit, Peter

Summary: Examines the history of nuclear fission and its role in weaponry and as an energy source.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355.0217 BEN

Benoit, Peter

Summary: Presents the timeline of the Vietnam War, including the causes of the conflict and the role played by the United States' involvement, and explores the war's impact upon today's political and cultural development.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 959.7043 BEN

Benoit, Sophia

Summary: "From GQ columnist and Twitter sensation, this hilarious, clever, and eye-opening memoir-in-essays explores the ins and outs of modern womanhood-from finding feminism, the power of pop culture, and how to navigate life's constant double standards-perfectfor fans of Shrill and PEN15. Like so many women, Benoit spent her formative years struggling to do the "right" thing-to make others...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEN

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENOIT, SOPHIA BEN

Benoit, Tab.

Contents: Night train (4:17) -- Little girl blues (5:10) -- I smell a rat (7:03) -- Fever for the bayou (3:11) -- Lost in your lovin' (3:42) -- Golden crown (6:48) -- I can't hold out (3:24) -- The blues is here to stay (6:00) -- Got love if you want it (3:17) -- Blues so bad (3:50) -- My bucket's got a hole in it (2:20).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Telarc 2005

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES BEN

Alexandre, Frédérique

Summary: "At last, a baby knits collection specifically designed to make pattern instructions as easy as can be! Take your pick of 34 designs for a baby's wardrobe that couldn't be simpler. With even the most complicated pattern instructions, finishing techniques, and sizing changes laid out using Marie Claire's straightforward, easy-to-understand method, knitters of all levels of experience can create...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Trafalgar Square 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 ALE

Desplat, Alexandre

Contents: The midnight sky (3:31) -- Aether spaceship (3:32) -- Mission (4:22) -- Iris in the stars (4:30) -- Evacuation (2:46) -- Families & friends (2:29) -- In the Milky Way (2:54) -- A child (1:55) -- Peas battle (3:20) -- First alert (3:51) -- Crashed plane (5:20) -- The ice breaks (3:07) -- Visual on Earth (3:03) -- Survivors (3:12) -- Is there hope? (7:42) -- Changing route (3:54) -- Asteroids...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC MID

Pizarnik, Alejandra

Summary: Revered by the likes of Octavio Paz and Roberto Bolano, Alejandra Pizarnik is still a hidden treasure in the U.S. Extracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962 1972 unearths this extraordinary poet for English readers in a bilingual edition that spans the heights of Pizarnik s oeuvre. In her brief life, Pizarnik produced an astonishingly powerful body of work. In her own words, she was drawn to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 PIZ

Schrader, Alejandra

Summary: Determining a food's carbon cost can be difficult. From examining the impact of the supply chain for foods to evaluating the carbon footprint of various plant-based options, this cookbook shows you exactly how to make the most environmentally friendly food choices. Packed with over 140 delicious recipes made with sustainable ingredients, this climate-friendly cooking book will teach you how to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56362 SCH

Benoit, Peter

Summary: Describes the rocky and often deadly beginnings of the English colony of Jamestown in the early 1600s.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 975.502 BEN