Zusak, Markus.
Summary: Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Based upon the best-selling novel. The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2014
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Summary: Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel -- a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Zusak, Markus.
Summary: Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2006
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1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: YA CD FIC ZUSZusak, Markus.
Summary: An incredible young adult novel about how a young girl’s love of books helps a community survive World War II and the Holocaust. It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, this groundbreaking novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2006
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Zusak, Markus.
Summary: It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2007
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Maihack, Mike.
Summary: "A mysterious thief has stolen the ancient sword Cleo recovered in book one: Target practice, and she's determined to get it back. But her teachers at Yasiro Academy forbid her from risking her life, so she's stuck at school, trying to adjust to her newfound popularity and responsibility. And when she learns more about the prophecy that names her the savior of the galaxy, she must go on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MAIBachmann, Stefan
Summary: "A spellbinding tour, filled with stories and photographs, of some of the world's most fascinating architectural mysteries. This wondrous guide for the curious and the intrepid takes readers on a lushly photographed and lyrically written tour of eighteen of the world's most captivating architectural mysteries. Delve into both the secretive places themselves and the eccentric and obsessive minds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Zusak, Markus.
Summary: Before THE BOOK THIEF, Markus Zusak wrote a trilogy of novels about the Wolfe Brothers: THE UNDERDOG, FIGHTING RUBEN WOLFE, and GETTING THE GIRL. Cameron and Ruben Wolfe are champions at getting into fights, coming up with half-baked schemes, and generally disappointing girls, their parents, and their much more motivated older siblings. They're intensely loyal to each other, brothers at their...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC ZUSCarr, Nicholas G.
Summary: As we enjoy the Internet's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Carr describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind"--from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer--and interweaves recent discoveries in neuroscience. Now, he expands his argument into a compelling exploration of the Internet's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.802 CARBartlett, Allison Hoover.
Summary: Unrepentant book thief John Charles Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the county. Yet unlike most thieves, who steal for profit, Gilkey steals for the love of the books. Perhaps equally obsessive, though, is Ken Sanders, the self-appointed "bibliodick" driven to catch him. Sanders, a lifelong rare book collector and dealer turned amateur detective, will stop at nothing to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 002.075 BARHerman, Gail
Summary: Hard cover book of Scooby-Doo stories including Snack Snatcher, The Race Car Monster, The Haunted Ski Lodge, Mummies at the Mall, Sea Monster Scare, The Apple Thief, all six books in one hard cover book
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2005
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE HERBartlett, Allison Hoover.
Summary: Unrepentant book thief John Charles Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the country. Yet unlike most thieves who steal for profit, Gilkey steals for love - the love of books. Perhaps equally obsessive is Ken Sanders, the self-appointed "bibliodick" driven to catch him. A lifelong rare book collector turned amateur detective Sanders will stop at nothing to catch the thief...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 GILKEY, JOHN CHARLES BARDunning, John
Summary: The possibility of recovering a copy of an unknown edition of a rare book leads a rare bookseller across the country to a young woman who shares his love for books and may be the rare book thief he is after.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUNCarr, Nicholas G.
Summary: Describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind", from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer. The technologies we use to find, store, and share information can literally reroute our neural pathways. Building on the insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, the author makes a convincing case that every information...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 612.8 CARTurner, Megan Whalen.
Summary: Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2006
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Bartlett, Allison Hoover.
Summary: Book thief John Charles Gilkey stole hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of rare books from book fairs, stores, and libraries around the country. Determined to catch Gilkey, Ken Sanders, a book dealer with a penchant for detective work, tirelessly pursued him. Journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett befriended both eccentric characters, obtaining crucial details on both men's stories. Here, she...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2009
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Summary: "One book can change your life. Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy of Sylvia's. She just never expected the fantasy to come true, or for it to lead her to answers about her mysterious family. The silver clasps binding the pages contain rare magic--the same magic that might run through Sylvia's veins. To discover a link to her ancestors means understanding the book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: C. J. Archer 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ARCNielsen, Jennifer A.
Summary: When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds himself in possession of an ancient amulet filled with magic once reserved for the Gods, and becomes the center of a conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and destroy Rome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC NIEMobley, Jeannie
Summary: Juliette Pitau, the daughter of a master gem-cutter, hopes to avoid execution by telling the court clerk--who is also her paramour--the story of how King Louis XIV's magnificent blue diamond was stolen. Includes author's note.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MOBPrineas, Sarah.
Summary: A young thief is drawn into a life of magic and adventure after picking the pocket of the powerful wizard Nevery Flinglas, who has returned from exile to attempt to reverse the troubling decline of magic in Wellmet City.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2008
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Summary: When Maren breaks the strict rules of her family's dream shop to help her comatose sister, she is caught and blackmailed by a woman with evil plans for the town of Rockpool Bay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Young Readers 2021
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Summary: When Special Agent Patrick Bowers is called in to investigate an arson attack on a top-secret research facility, he is caught up in a race against time to stop an international assassin before it is too late.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell 2008