Summary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: Presents a collection of nature and science essays published in American periodicals in 2014.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 BES

Summary: An American writer in Italy becomes an amateur sleuth when he witnesses a failed attempt by a serial killer to take the life of the wife of a wealthy gallery owner.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY BIR

Chan, Crystal S.

Summary: "Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned boy to help out around their farm, Green Gables - instead, they got Anne Shirley. A plucky redheaded girl with a vibrant imagination, Anne turns first Green Gables and then the rest of Prince Edward Island on its ear."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Manga Classics, Inc. 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ANN

Summary: An American writer in Italy becomes an amateur sleuth when he witnesses a failed attempt by a serial killer to take the life of the wife of a wealthy gallery owner.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2005

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BIR

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: Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MAR

Khun Narin (Musical group)

Contents: Lam phu thai -- Lai sing -- Sut sanaen #2 -- Show wong Khun Narin.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Innovative Leisure 2014

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

Summary: The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE MEL

Summary: A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in tribute to, Shirley Jackson. Chilling, human, poignant and strange, her stories have inspired a generation of writers and readers. This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, will bring together today's leading horror writers to offer their own personal tribute to the work of Shirley Jackson.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHE

Connolly, M. T. (Marie-Therese)

Summary: "An elder justice expert uncovers the failures in the systems that are supposed to protect us as we age, and provides a battle plan for families and policy-makers to counter the greed and incompetence. Between 1900 and 2000, Americans gained, on average,thirty years of life. That dazzling feat allowed tens of millions of Americans to reach the once-rare age of 85, now the fastest-growing age...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.26 CON

Summary: Hotel Transylvania: "Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula invites all his best friends--Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Werewolf family and more--to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. For Dracula, catering to all...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures 2015

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

Taxi Chain.

Contents: Memphis -- Smarten up! -- James Brown ate my bagpipe -- Cut me a key -- Buck a joy -- Tandoori mustache -- It's your birthday -- Zimbobby -- Memphis.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: NorthernBlues Music 2004

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

Summary: Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GAN

Summary: Charlotte's web: When Wilbur the pig is terrified that he'll end up on the dinner table, his friend Charlotte the spider weaves words into her web to try and convince the farmer that Wilbur is too special a pig to kill.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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

Karim, Violet Chan

Summary: Maya is looking forward to a summer full of cooking and mixing in the kitchen, but when her dad's girlfriend registers her for culinary summer camp, she soon learns she is the only human at a camp full of vampires.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KAR

Contents: I don't mind the weather (Jim Henry) -- Diamond Joe (Charlie Butler) -- Joe the grinder (Irwin Lowry) -- Another man done gone ; Boll weevil blues (Vera Hall) -- Two white horses ; Country rag (East Texas rag) : (guitar solo) ; Shorty George (Smith Casey) -- Blues (up an down buildin' the KC line) ("Little Brother") -- Country blues ; I be's troubled (McKinley Morganfield) -- Lost John ; Fox...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Select 1999

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

Summary: Hunt follows two agents in Korean Central Intelligence tasked with hunting a North Korean spy embedded within their agency. In this tense situation where if they cannot find the mole, they may be accused themselves, they slowly start to uncover an unthinkable plot to assassinate the South Korean president. -- provided by publisher.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HUN

Summary: Flint Lockwood is a young inventor who dreams of creating something that will improve everyone's life. Sam Sparks is a weathergirl covering the town's weather phenomenon, but chooses to hide her intelligence behind a perky exterior. Tim Lockwood is Flint's technophobic father. Brent is the town bully who has plagued Flint since childhood. Mayor Shelbourne exploits Flint's newest invention so he...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010

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

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

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

Summary: Every 30 seconds in America, normal life stops. Someone is reported missing. That's where special agent Jack Malone comes in. On the behalf of victims and loved ones, Jack and his FBI team do the hard, exciting work of turning the missing into the found. Among the vanished: a man terrified of extraterrestrials, a spoiled celebrity heiress and an idealistic woman caught up in a romance with a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2012

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

Summary: Authors David M. Chalmers (Hooded Americanism) and Wyn Craig Wade (The Fiery Cross) trace the history of the Klan from its birth in 1866 to the present.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2005

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

Summary: Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker. He is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide...

Format: moving image

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

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIT RATED R

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Little 2006

Summary: Percy Jackson is no ordinary teenager, he's the son of Poseidon and is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, the most powerful weapon ever created! With storm clouds brewing, Percy embarks on an incredible cross-country journey to prove his innocence, recover the bolt, and prevent a war among the gods that could destroy our world!

Format: moving image

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

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Percy 2010

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

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

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

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PER RATED PG