Patel, Reema
Summary: "A savvy former street child working at a human rights law office in Mumbai fights for redemption and a chance to live life on her own terms in this fresh, propulsive debut novel about fortune and survival"-- Rakhi is a twenty-three-year-old haunted by the grisly aftermath of an incident that led to the loss of her best friend eleven years ago. Constantly reminded she doesn't belong, Rakhi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATSummary: A laugh-out-loud real-life romantic comedy about Ravi Patel, an almost-30-year-old Indian American who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams and...his parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MEE1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MEE
Summary: Phoolan Devi was a murderer, kidnapper and living folk legend who had endured a life of rape and abuse after beng sold into marriage at the age of eleven. A spree of murders known as the Behmai Massacre to avenge the death of her lover made Devi the object of a police hunt. In prison from 1983 until 1994, she spent years being prosecuted by the Indian police, only to be turned into a legend by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BANSummary: "The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. As the fate of all human life hangs in the balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for the rest of their lives"--Set container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATFreeman, Pamela.
Summary: Bramble is impetuous with a talent for trouble, and she finds it when an accident brands her a criminal. But she expects no mercy with her Traveller blood - so when the village gods tell her to flee, she hits the road. In ghost-ridden Turvite, Ash leaves the road for an apprenticeship, the only one available for a Traveller such as himself. Then his employer trains him to kill on demand and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC FRESummary: A bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru who marries a follower with a son who's a punk rocker named Charlie Hero. Consequently, the guru's son is propelled from his bland life into a series of erotic experiences in London. Set to a backdrop of politics, fashion, music, drugs, morality and race, Karim must negotiate adolescence, a dysfunctional family and his own sexuality, as he seeks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BUDOllivier, Reina
Summary: "In this book, nine animals are presented which are, in their own way, the largest. Discover the world of the giraffe, the Komodo dragon, the African elephant, the colossal squid, the moose, the blue whale, the ostrich, the Galápagos tortoise, and the hippopotamus"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Anna and Ben are a couple who can't stop fighting. Advised by their therapist to try and work through their grief unconventionally, they are reminded of their shared love of music. In a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, they decide to turn all their fights into song, and with the help of their neighbor Dave, they start a band.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BANSummary: Dead to Me stars Christina Applegate as Jen, a poised and put together woman with a dark sense of humor and an anger problem that she doesn't necessarily want to deal with. Jen has been struggling to keep it together in the months since her husband was killed in a hit-and-run accident. When she joins a grief support group she meets Judy (Linda Cardellini), a free spirit with a shocking secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD DEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DEACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DEAContents: Baba O'Riley (ConfidentalMX remix) / The Who -- Things can only get better / Howard Jones -- Material girl / Madonna -- Cold as ice / Foreigner -- She's got you / Patsy Cline -- R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. / John Mellencamp -- Neutron dance / The Pointer Sisters -- Can't fight this feeling / REO Speedwagon -- Wake me up before you go-go / Wham! -- My Bologna / "Weird Al" Yankovic -- Moving in stereo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC STRSummary: Jack Malik was just another struggling songwriter... but that was yesterday. After a mysterious blackout, Jack discovers he is the only person on earth who remembers The Beatles! As he rockets to fame by passing off the Fab Four's songs as his own, Jack risks losing Ellie--the one person who has loved him and believed in him from the start. Before the door to his old life closes forever, Jack...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY YESCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE YESCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD YESCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD YESCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD YeSummary: 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?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE MELSummary: Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: After the population is restored following Thanos' click, an unexpected tragedy forces a group of ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years out of the shadows to reunite against mankind's most ancient enemy, the Deviants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ETECopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ETESummary: Ramón Sampedro wants to end his life because a diving accident 28 years before that turned him into a quadriplegic. For most of those years he made the most of it: writing, developing a close relationships with his family, who all help to care for him. While grateful to his family and friends for their help, Ramón was always an active person. He has come to see his life as frustrating and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie SeaSummary: Wanting a fresh start after a broken relationship and a stressful job in the UK, Dr. Ruby Walker takes a job in India. Although she applied to work at a new urban clinic, Ruby ends up at the overcrowded and underfunded Good Karma Hospital run by the formidable Dr. Lydia Fonseca. As she adjusts to her new life in rural India, Ruby slowly realizes that the hospital may be more than the rundown...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV GOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GOOSummary: He has survived on the streets for twenty years. He's a gambler-- a thief-- a killer and a cop. Now he's investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth, his self-destructive past is closing in.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE BADReese, Willy Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 REESE, Willy REESummary: The civil war amongst the Cylons escalates and Galactica's quest for Earth continues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the 1940s, the Third Reich has joined forces with the evil Grigori Rasputin, who has used his occult powers to summon up a demon from the depths of Hell. However, the demonic creature is captured by American forces, and put in the care of Professor Broom. Under Broom's care, Hellboy develops the desire to do good. Sixty years later he takes action as part of an elite secret defense team...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY HELOllivier, Reina
Contents: African lion -- Rooster -- Cicada -- Donkey -- Common Frog -- Black howler monkey -- European green woodpecker -- Pistol shrimp -- Tawny owl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.594 OLLOllivier, Reina
Summary: For animals, mommies and daddies are also very important. And the nine animals you'll get to know in this book are very caring parents! Discover the world of the emperor penguin, the fox, the orangutan, the clown fish, the American flamingo, the red kangaroo, the zebra finch, the wolf, and the yellow seahorse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.56 OLLOllivier, Reina
Summary: "Just like people, animals need a place to live. The nine animals in this book are very talented builders and make their own homes! Discover the amazing beaver, cross spider, sociable weaver, termite, stork, meerkat, honeybee, Japanese puffer fish, and mole." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing 2020