Summary: Many people in the world today see those who do not look like them, or who speak differently as being separate; as "other." Relations challenges the human illusion of separation, illuminating the connections that link us all as humans, different though equal in every way. In this powerful anthology, new and established storytellers reshape the narratives that restrict and subjugate, revealing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harpervia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.8 RELSummary: Five hundred years have passed since humanity went extinct at the hands of the seventeen beasts. Now, the only ones left fighting are the Leprechauns--a group of fairy warriors with the power to wield holy swords. Enduring a life of uncertainty, these girls know only danger. But everything changes when the last human suddenly awakens and takes them in. Can Willem help these girls trapped in a war?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME WORDavies, Jacqueline
Summary: Ten-year-old Alice is moving for the eleventh time. She's lived in so many houses, each more broken than the last, that home to Alice is nothing more than a place you fix and then a place you leave. After all, who needs a permanent home when you're a whiz at fixing things? But when Alice arrives at her new home, she can't take her eyes off the house next door, the stately dark house that hulked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DAVSummary: For more than three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. In this anniversary edition, Datlow brings back her favorite stories of the series’ last decade in a special edition encompassing highlights from each edition of the work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Night Shade Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESIshiguro, Kazuo
Summary: A middle-aged Japanese woman, now living in England, relives her horrifying childhood memories of the bombing of Nagasaki.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1990
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ISHHeaney, Katie
Summary: "Young, PR star Rose Reed is thrown into the big leagues when her boss leaves town the day of the firm's meeting with Archie Fox, a young, hot, internationally famous British singer-songwriter. The meeting is going badly until Rose suggests a staged romance with up-and-coming, young indie star Raya. He'll do it, but only if Rose becomes his publicist. As the faux-mance begins to rehabilitate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEABarnes, Julian.
Summary: Offers an idiosyncratic, revisionist history of life on planet Earth, from a playful account of Noah by a stowaway on the Ark, to the spiritual odyssey of a American astronaut.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1990
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARElkins, Aaron J.
Summary: Buried ceremoniously, high in a cave, lies the skeleton of a human woman, clutching the skeleton of a part-human, part-Neanderthal child. Fascinated, Professor Oliver jumps at the chance to attend a conference near there. But two deaths, possibly murders, have rocked Gibraltar. As Oliver tries to piece things together, he's about to fall for some deadly tricks. After all, unlike the Gibraltar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELKMoore, Jonathan
Summary: "Who is Claire Gravesend? So PI Lee Crowe wonders when he finds her dead, in a fine cocktail dress, on top of a Rolls Royce in the most dangerous neighborhood in San Francisco. Claire's mother, Olivia, is one of the richest people in California. She doesn't believe the coroner: her daughter did not kill herself. Olivia hires Crowe, who--having just foiled a federal case against a cartel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOMoore, Jonathan
Summary: PI Lee Crowe finds Claire Gravesend dead, in a fine cocktail dress, on top of a Rolls Royce, in the most dangerous neighborhood in San Francisco. Claire's mother, Olivia, is one of the richest people in California. She doesn't believe the coroner: her daughter did not kill herself. Olivia hires Crowe, who--having just foiled a federal case against a cartel kingpin--is eager for distraction. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Highbridge Audio 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MOOBaum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
Summary: "Journey to Oz, a faraway land of magic, mayhem, and danger in this fantastical trilogy by L. Frank Baum. The Library Congress calls this "Americas greatest and best-beloved homegrown fairytale," and the stories will spark the imagination and wonder as you enter the wondrous Land of Oz."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: Divorced, thirty-five-year old New York speechwriter Marcia Green can't convince her Jewish family that she is perfectly happy with her work and Irish lover. When she meets a wealthy Harvard-educated man-about-town, she finds that her mother may be right after all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ISAMacPherson, Rett.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MACSummary: Inspector Marie Brand is back on the murder beat working with the self-described ladies' man Jürgen Simmel. It's a May/December spring that works: he's tolerant of her eccentricities once he comprehends the scope of her brilliance and she needs a little protection along with the common sense and physicality he brings to investigations. Together they are an entertaining German dream team,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MARChekhov, Anton Pavlovich
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.723 CHESummary: "26 new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction, selected by Lavie Tidhar. The Best of World SF draws together stories from across the spectrum of science fiction - expect robots, spaceships and time travel, as well as some really weird stuff - representing twenty-one countries and five continents."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESSummary: Twenty-nine new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction.The future is coming. It knows no bounds, and neither should science fiction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESSummary: In this immensely popular German comedy, Bjarne Mädel stars as Heiko "Schotty" Schotte - a man whose work begins where others pass in horror. He's a contract cleaner, sent to sanitize crime scenes after the police have finished their investigations. A high school dropout, Schotty accepts his place in life and has dedicated himself to two things: finding a hot girlfriend and being the best crime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CRIBauermeister, Erica.
Summary: Gathering at Lillian's Restaurant for a weekly cooking class, a young mother struggles with the growing demands of her family, an Italian kitchen designer works to adapt to life in America, and a widower mourns the loss of his wife to breast cancer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BAUSummary: 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 MELRaybourn, Deanna
Summary: "Veronica Speedwell navigates a dark world of scandal and murder in this new adventure from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award nominated author Deanna Raybourn. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian colleague Stoker are asked by Lady Wellingtonia Beauclerk to help with a potential scandal so explosive it threatens to rock the monarchy. Prince Albert Victor is a regular visitor to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RAYBaum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
Summary: After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great Wizard in order to return to Kansas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1992