Summary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The beautiful widow Susan Vernon has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and her rather reluctant debutante daughter, Frederica.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LOVSummary: "Join your pals, Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph and Zuko in this treasure trove of short stories from the world of Avatar: the last airbender. From Earth King Kuei to the Kyoshi Warriors, and Mai to the Boulder, your favorite friends are back for a wide-ranging exploration of life in their world. And, where they go, danger, fun and hijinks are sure to follow!" -- Page [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk ways were maintained well into the twentieth century and was one of the last bastions of these mores in America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DAUSummary: With this anthology, bestselling author Brad Meltzer introduces twenty-one original stories from today's most prominent mystery writers.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2013
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MYSSummary: Frank Underwood is a cunning career politician. Zoe Barnes is an ambitious young journalist. Together they forge a partnership that trades powerful secrets for political access, and so much more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOUCheek, Chip
Summary: "It's 1957, and Henry and Effie, very young newlyweds from Georgia, arrive in Cape May, New Jersey, for their honeymoon. It's September, though, and the town is deserted. Feeling shy of each other and isolated, they decide to cut the trip short. But before they leave, they meet a glamorous set of people who sweep them up into their drama. There's Clara, a beautiful socialite who feels her youth...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC CHECoben, Harlan
Summary: Six years have passed since Jake Sanders watched the love of his life, Natalie, marry Todd. For six years, he hid a broken heart by focusing on his career as a college professor. But when he sees Todd's obituary in the newspaper, he can't stay away any longer. Finally, he sees Todd's wife--but it's not Natalie. Whoever the widow is, she and Todd have been married for over a decade; and with...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COBCoben, Harlan
Summary: Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again. For county prosecutor Paul Copeland, mourning the loss of his sister has only recently begun to subside. Balancing family life and a rapidly ascending...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COBCheek, Chip
Summary: "Late September 1957. Henry and Effie, very young newlyweds from Georgia, arrive in Cape May, New Jersey, for their honeymoon only to find the town is deserted. Feeling shy of each other and isolated, they decide to cut the trip short. But before they leave, they meet a glamorous set of people who sweep them up into their drama. Clara, a beautiful socialite who feels her youth slipping away;...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHESummary: When a freak virus kills all but four passengers on an airplane at JFK, Ephraim Goodweather, head of the Center for Disease Control's "Canary Team," is immediately called to the scene. With help from a mysterious Holocaust survivor, "Eph" and his colleague uncover the outbreak's ties to vampirism. Now, the only way to stop the terrifying disease from wiping out mankind is to face its source, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STRCoben, Harlan
Summary: "Mike held his son's hand and told him to "hold tight," and he could feel the little hand dig into his but the crush got bigger and the little hand slipped from his and Mike felt that horrible panic, as if a wave hit them at the beach and it was washing his baby out with the tide. The separation lasted only a few seconds, ten at the most, but Mike would never forget the spike in his blood and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COBUmino, Chica
Summary: Rei Kiriyama is a seventeen-year-old professional shogi player who lives alone in Tokyo's uptown. Unfortunately, the young man lost his family at a young age, sending his life into a deep world of solitude. This is a heartfelt tale of how he recovers his life upon coming into contact with the Kawamoto sisters--Akari, Hinata, and Momo.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Denpa, LLC 2023
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Summary: "Rei Kiriyama is a seventeen-year-old professional shogi player who lives alone in Tokyo's uptown. Unfortunately, the young man lost his family at a young age, sending his life into a deep world of solitude. This is a heartfelt tale of how he recovers his life upon coming into contact with the Kawamoto sisters--Akari, Hinata, and Momo." -- Page [4] cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Denpa, LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 MARCore, Leopoldine
Summary: "A sly, provocative, and psychologically astute debut story collection from a 2015 Whiting Award winner In Leopoldine Core's stories, you never know where you are going to end up. Populated by sex workers and artists, lovers and friends, her characters are endlessly striving to understand each other. And while they may seem to operate at the margins, there is something eminently relatable, even...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORHarrison, Cora.
Summary: June, 1510: the Burren, west coast of Ireland. Upon going unexpectedly into an early labour, Mara is alerted to the disappearance of Malachy, the local physician. Mystery follows birth, as shortly after the entrance of her son into the world the body of Malachy is discovered. But who stands to profit from this death and who therefore are Mara's lead suspects? For starters there is Malachy's new...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARReef, Cora
Summary: Simon gets carried away storytelling and immediately regrets announcing his plan to climb Mount Aquarius, but his friends are so excited for him that he does not have to heart to tell them the truth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2023
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Summary: Simon and his older sister try out for the bubble ball team together, but they end up on opposing sides.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE REEChieng, Chieh.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHICorben, Richard.
Summary: A collection of Edgar Allan Poe's classics adapted by master horror comics artist and Eisner Hall of Fame inductee, Richard Corben.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2014
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Corman, Avery.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CORGores, Joe
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2009