Summary: Franȯis and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contemporary France. As amusing and inspiring as the teenaged students can be, their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CLALauretta, D. S. (Dante S.)
Summary: "On September 11, 1999, humanity made a monumental discovery in the vastness of space. Scientists uncovered an asteroid of immense scientific importance--a colossal celestial entity. As massive as an aircraft carrier and towering as high as the iconic Empire State Building, this cosmic titan was later named Bennu. Remarkable for much more than its size, Bennu belonged to a rare breed of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aquamarine 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 LAUDante Alighieri
Summary: In what may be his most ambitious project to date, Merwin has translated, in verse, the central section of Dante's "Divine ComedyQPurgatorio, " a journey up the Mountain of Purgatory, where souls are cleansed in preparation for their ultimate ascent to heaven.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 458.4 DANSummary: Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BURPartridge, Elizabeth
Summary: "Legendary photographers Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams all photographed the Japanese American incarceration, but with different approaches-and different results. This nonfiction picture book for middle grade readers examines the Japanese-American incarceration-and the complexity of documenting it-through the work of these three photographers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 PARBallesta, Laurent
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 577.7 BALLaurent, Monique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1990
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 730.92 LAUDubois, Laurent
Summary: Even before the 2010 earthquake, Haiti was known as a benighted place of poverty and corruption, and has often been blamed for its own wretchedness. But as historian Laurent Dubois makes clear, its difficulties are rooted in its founding revolution, the only successful slave revolt in the history of the world; the hostility that this rebellion generated among the colonial powers; and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.94 DUBSummary: Eli Roth explores the dark power and wicked fun of scary movies, the craft that went into making them and the ways that horror films reflect the anxieties of their times. The themes include Houses of Hell, Monsters, Body Horror, Witches, Chilling Children, and Classic Horror. Interviewees include Stephen King, Quentin Tarantino, Jordan Peele and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ELIRichard, Laurent
Summary: "Pegasus is widely regarded as the most effective and sought-after cyber-surveillance system on the market. The system's creator, the NSO Group, a private corporation headquartered in Israel, is not shy about proclaiming its ability to thwart terrorists and criminals. "Thousands of people in Europe owe their lives to hundreds of our company employees," NSO's cofounder declared in 2019. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005.8 RICSinema, Laurene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quilt Digest Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 SinemaLARGENT, STEVE.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1991
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 631.7 LARLaureys, Steven
Summary: Steven explores the effect of meditation on the brain, using hard science to explain the benefits of a practice that was once thought of as purely spiritual. The result is a highly accessible, scientifically questioning guide to meditation, designed to open the practice to a broader audience. A mix of fascinating science, inspiring anecdote and practical exercises, this accessible book offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Green Tree 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.12 LAUSummary: Legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans, the man behind such films as Rosemary's baby, Love story, Chinatown, and The Godfather - tells it like it is and was in Hollywood. Includes his appeal to the Board of Directors short film that saved Paramount Pictures in 1970. Also, includes archival interviews about Evans with stars and filmmakers. Includes an Evans gag reel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KIDLaurino, Maria
Summary: Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true Italian-American experience. Looking beyond the familiar caricatures fostered by popular culture, she tells the stories of Sicilian workers imported to replace the labor of freed slaves, the grim realities from which most immigrants came, the lynchings of Italian Americans, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 LAUBrunhoff, Laurent de
Summary: Babar the elephant demonstrates and provides step-by-step instructions for basic yoga techniques and positions, then shows how he and Celeste use them to relax and have fun as they travel around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.7 BRUBrown, Laurene Krasny.
Summary: As a family wanders through an art museum, they see examples of various art styles from primitive through twentieth-century pop art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: E.P. Dutton 1986
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 708.13 BROMontet, Pierre
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Publisher / Publication Date: Editions Ferni : distributed by Friends of History 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 932 MONGoo, Maurene.
Summary: Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not the carefree summer Clara had imagined. Maybe Rose isn't so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet (yes, Hamlet) crushing on her is pretty cute. Maybe Clara actually feels invested in her dads business....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOOCantin, Elaine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Elaine Cantin 2012
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8530 CANMasterton, Laurey.
Summary: Highlighting a different honey variety each month (orange blossom, tupelo, acacia, avocado, raspberry, tulip poplar, sourwood, blueberry, sage, eucalyptus, cranberry, and chestnut), beekeeper and chef Laurey Masterton offers dishes made from simple, fresh ingredients.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.68 MASBrunhoff, Laurent de
Summary: Pom, Flora, Alexander, and Arthur go to Babar's studio and learn about mixing and using colors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2012
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Summary: Biography of Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned during the apartheid years and became the elected leader of South Africa after being released.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2006