Summary: From writers Nick Antosca (Channel Zero) and Michelle Dean comes The Act, based on Dean's 2016 Buzzfeed article "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom To Be Murdered" and explores the tragic relationship between young Gypsy Blanchard and her overprotective mother Dee Dee (Patricia Arquette, in her Primetime Emmy winning performance). As Gypsy strives to break free from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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2 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDMartel, Seth Christian
Summary: "A juvenile fiction coming-of-age story in graphic novel format, exploring issues of self-doubt and restlessness in the late teenage years"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Mundi 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 MARWrobel, Stephanie
Summary: For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. She was allergic to everything, used a wheelchair and practically lived at the hospital. Neighbors did all they could, holding fundraisers and offering shoulders to cry on, but no matter how many doctors, tests, or surgeries, no one could figure out what was wrong with Rose Gold. Turns out her mom, Patty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WROCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Wrobel 2020Gregory, Julie.
Summary: The author describes growing up as the victim of Munchausen by proxy, a form of child abuse in which her mother invented or caused a series of illnesses and ailments, and her struggle to escape her mother's problems to rebuild her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind GregoryCorrigan, Eireann
Summary: It feels like Cara has been sick all her life, but she and her mom have never stayed in one place long enough for doctors to really understand what is happening to her. Now, at fourteen, Cara is tired of being tired, and sick of being sick. And it's only getting worse. Unable to afford the care she needs, Cara's mom starts a Caring for Cara campaign online. The money starts pouring in. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CORStrauss, Darin.
Summary: In Long Island Josh Goldin loves his wife Dori and their eight month old son Zack. However, the TV salesman is very worried about Zack who twice has been rushed to the emergency room with strange life-threatening symptoms. African-American ICU pediatric chief Dr. Darlene Stokes reports the Goldin case to the Child Protective Services based on her theory that Zack's mom suffers from Munchausen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STRPalmer, Daniel
Summary: "The Gerard family has lived a charmed life. Carl is a highly successful residential developer with millions in the bank who married his high school sweetheart, Becky, and they have a beautiful daughter, Meghan. But when Meghan is suddenly struck with a mysterious illness that starts out as chronic headaches and joint pain but progresses rapidly to affect her cognitive ability, the family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PALSummary: "Celebrate Friendship Day with every pony's favorite fashionista -- not to mention Spike's #1 crush -- Rarity! Not only ids she always up to date on the latest trends and styles, Rarity is one of the most generous ponies you'll ever meet. See for yourself as Rarity -- along with her best friends Twilight Sparkles, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, and of course, Spike -- prepare...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Kids 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MYSummary: Enjoy all episodes of the remarkable sixth season. That starts with the birth of a very special new member of the Crystal Empire. Celebrate the occasion alongside Twilight Sparkle and her best friends Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Spike and then, come along for the ride, as the favorite ponies embark on some brand new exciting adventures!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MYSummary: Join Twilight Sparkle and her best friends for some not-so-scary thrills and chills as they celebrate this most spooktacular time of year in this Halloween special. Together, they embark on exciting adventures: to vanquish monsters, explore a castle, and use the power of friendship to help Princess Luna. Even the fillies of the Cutie Mark Crusaders join in the fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MYArtist Not Provided
Summary: Twilight Sparkle and her friends learn about true friendship and honesty in a collection of episodes featuring Applejack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MYArtist Not Provided
Summary: Follows the adventures of Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and others in the kingdom of Equestria.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MYSummary: Twilight Sparkle is sent to Ponyville where she meets five new ponies who teach her about the most powerful magic there is, friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD MyArtist Not Provided
Summary: After moving to Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle continues to study friendship under Princess Celestia's guidance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory Kids 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MYSummary: Set in 1985. Revolves around two very different men with AIDS, one fictional, one fictionalized. Roy Cohn personifies all the hypocrisy, delusion and callousness of the official response to the plague. Nothing shakes Roy's lack of empathy: even on his death bed, he's fighting with his gay nurse and taunting the woman he helped put to death, Ethel Rosenberg. The other patient is Prior Walter,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ANGSummary: It's Hearts and Hooves Day and Big Mac has big romantic plans for Sugar Belle, but the day takes a turn when he overhears his special somepony tell Mrs. Cake that she's planning on breaking up with him! This sweet story and four additional love-themed stories pack this Valentine's Day release.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Kids 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MYSummary: Join sweet young ponies Starlight, Sweetheart, Melody, Bright Eyes, Patch, Clover and Bon Bon on their adventures in Ponyland. Together, these pony friends navigate school, hang out at the local ice cream shop, enter a talent contest, roller skate and even fall in love! Whether they are getting together for a slumber party, planning a tea party or acting in the school play, the girl ponies of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MYArtist Not Provided
Summary: Follows the adventures of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and others in the kingdom of Equestria.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MYSummary: During the spring of 1977, sci-fi-obsessed teenager Pat Johnson finds himself torn between making 8mm sequels to his favorite movies and pursuing the girl of his dreams, Linda. Desperate to help her son escape his likely future in Wadsworth, Illinois, (population 750), his mother Janet cold-calls the editor of 'American Cinematographer's magazine, and Pat soon finds himself on "the ultimate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FIVNegendank, Megan
Summary: "In Loving Someone Who Has Sexual Trauma, a sex therapist offers self-compassion and attachment-based communication skills to help readers nurture intimacy and trust, and cultivate a more secure relationship with a partner who has experienced past sexual trauma. In the book, readers will learn powerful, trauma-informed techniques to help them understand the full impact of their partner's past...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Shaun's proposed treatment for a homeless patient puts him and Jared in Andrews' crosshairs. Meanwhile, Claire tries to overcome Melendez' reluctance to do a risky heart operation while Glassman must overcome his personal feelings about his oncologist, Dr. Marina Blaize, and face a difficult decision about his health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Malle, Mirion
Summary: "In This is How I Disappear, Mirion Malle paints an empathetic portait of a young woman wrestling with psychological stress and the trauma following an experience of sexual assault. Malle displays frankness and a remarkable emotional intelligence as she explores depression, isolation, and self-harm in her expertly-drawn novel. Her heroine battles an onslaught of painful emotions and while Clara...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MALGreenwood, T. (Tammy)
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRESummary: The boundless imagination of Terry Gilliam yields a dazzling fantasy of epic proportions. Inspired by the extravagant exploits of the fabled Baron Munchausen, this spectacle born of a famously turbulent production follows the whimsical eighteenth-century nobleman as he embarks on an outlandish quest that takes him from faraway lands to the moon to the belly of a sea monster and beyond,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023