David, Anna

Summary: Using "Sex and the single girl" by Helen Gurley Brown as a lesson plan, Anna David ventured out of her comfort zone in the hope of overcoming fears and insecurities that had haunted her for years.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Paperbacks 2011

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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Summary: Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR LOV

Summary: Anna David's True Tales of Lust and Love began as a one-time-only reading and storytelling show in January of 2012, a venue for writers and comedians to share and laugh at their dating disaster stories. But after selling out the venue and attracting immediate press and buzz with articles in The LA Weekly, LA Times, Time Out, Flavorpill, and LAist, among others, David agreed to produce the show...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 TRU

Contents: Crazy hair day -- and more funny school adventures. Crazy hair day / written and illustrated by Barney Saltzberg -- Petunia / written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin -- How do dinosaurs go to school? / written by Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Mark Teague -- Monty / written and illustrated by James Stevenson -- Will I have a friend? / by Miriam Cohen ; illustrated by Lillian Hoban.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods Studios 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CRA

Diop, David

Summary: "A 'Chocolat' soldier with the French army during World War I, Senegalese Alfa Ndiaye's friend Mademba Diop is in the same regiment. Injured in battle, Diop begs Alfa to kill him and spare him the pain of a long and agonizing death in No Man's Land. Unable to commit this mercy killing, madness creeps into Alfa's mind. He sees this refusal as cowardice. To avenge the death of his friend and find...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020

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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC DIO

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DIO

Summary: Visits marine biology professor David Scheel, who has hosted an octopus in his home. Examines Octopus behaviors and traits, focusing on the relationship that evolves between Heidi the octopus and Dr. Scheel and his teenage daughter.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV OCT

Summary: A group of present-day archeology students are stunned to discover a handwritten plea for help dated April 2, 1357 ... from their own professor. He's been blasted back in time to the 14th century. To rescue him, they must travel back and survive one of the most violent battles in world history--and make it back to the 21st century alive.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Timeline 2004

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TIM

Summary: Created, written by, and starring Scott Aukerman, and based on Scott's popular podcast of the same name, the show infuses celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by his bandleader, one-man musical mastermind Reggie Watts....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV COM

Summary: When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boys family into further turmoil and upends the lives of all of the towns residents.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRA

Eisenberg, Jesse

Summary: Follows the five-day interview between Rolling Stone report David Lipsky and novelist David Foster Wallace.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2015

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY END
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF END

Summary: A three-part British police drama tells the true story of scientist Alec Jeffrey's discovery of DNA fingerprinting in the 1980s and its introductory use by Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker in catching a double murderer.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COD

Summary: Out gathering berries one day, Strawberry and her pets find a tiny fairy named Margalo among the berry vines. Strawberry is thrilled to meet Margalo until she learns that she just want to goof off and let others take care of her. Then another fairy named Sherry Bubble Berry is blown off course by a strong wind and it's up to Strawberry and her friends to get her home and warn the other fairies...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD Strawberry

Firth, Rachel.

Summary: Introduces major topics in the sciences, and suggests related activities.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 503 FIR

Summary: A tale of two turbulent love affairs plays out amidst a tangled web of wealth, corruption, passion and betrayal in 1860s London.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Our 2005

Woltz, Anna

Summary: "It's the first day of the holidays and Sam is roaming the island of Texel, imagining what it'd feel like to be the last person on earth. Then, like a whirlwind, 12-year-old islander Tess swoops into his life. Sam's only option is to go along for the ride. Soon he's dancing the waltz, burying a pet canary and coming up with an especially weird plan to help Tess find her father, who doesn't even...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rock the Boat, an imprint of Oneworld Publications 2023

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

Summary: An anthology of ten stories by young adult authors about surprising and unusual collections.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books 2023

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC COL

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COL

Summary: Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea in this hilarious comedy about family being the worst.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY EST

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE EST

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Estate

Summary: Chipmunk singing sensations Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are back for an encore in this hilarious 'squeakquel' packed with more action and more nutty fun for the whole family. When a concert mishap lands Dave in the hospital, the Chipmunks take a break from superstardom and enroll in school to fit in with kids their age. But they soon face some stiff competition when they meet the Chipettes, a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD A

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ALV

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ALV

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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD Alvin

Summary: "With the Middle East in turmoil, Israel's pre-eminent ally is thrust into an impending war-- America is now the target as the battle for Jerusalem begins."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pure Flix Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Je

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Summary: Examines the history of violence, whether or not it has declined, and what steps people have taken in order to prevent it.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2020

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV VIO