Summary: "A group of hedonistic middle-aged friends gather eatch night on a luxurious houseboat for dancing, love-making and smoking hashish. When a young news reporter visits the houseboat to write a story on the group, she is outraged to learn the tragic depths of their social alienation"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arab Film Distribution 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ADRSummary: In this gorgeously animated drama, the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician intersect. Their stories reveal the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society, where sex, drugs, and corruption coexist with strict religious law. In the bustling metropolis of Tehran, avoiding prohibitions has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TEHMonsef, Kiyash
Summary: When fifteen-year-old Iranian American Marjan discovers her murdered father was secretly a veterinarian to magical creatures, she realizes she must take up his mantle, despite the many dangers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MONDeclercq, Al.
Summary: "In 1925 a sailboat named Bernida wins the inaugural Port Huron to Mackinac Race. She wins again in 1927. But then for decades the boat is neglected and passed from owner to owner. In 2012 with new owners, the ship once more enters the race and wins"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DECCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DECEwing, Al
Summary: The God of Mischief is stronger, smarter, sexier and just plain sneakier than ever before. As Asgardia's one-man secret service, he's ready to lie, cheat, steal, bluff and snog his way through the twistiest, turniest and most treacherous missions the All-Mother can throw at him - starting with a heart-stopping heist on Avengers Tower! And that's just the beginning as Loki takes on Lorelei in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC LOKSarrantonio, Al.
Summary: When amateur astronomer Jason Blake and his son are out star-gazing one night, thousands of meteors suddenly fill the sky. Some of them fall nearby, but when Jason and Ritchie go to investigate, they are attacked by a werewolf-like creature, and Ritchie is injured. This is a novel of relationships, of apocalyptic adventure, and very personal sacrifice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossroad Press 2010
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Pacino, Al
Summary: A young man and woman try to maintain their relationship as their heroin addiction threatens to destroy them both.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PANRoker, Al
Summary: "After waking up the neighborhood with The Morning Show Murders, and keeping readers up late solving The Midnight Show Murders, Al Roker returns with his most tantalizing mystery to date. Celebrity chef turned sleuth Billy Blessing finds his plate full of danger once again, as secrets from his long-buried past threaten to make a comeback. Before Billy had his five-star restaurant in New York,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROKRoker, Al.
Summary: BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Al Roker and Dick Lochte's The Talk Show Murders. Professional chef turned amateur sleuth Billy Blessing finds himself in hot water when a brutal killing cancels a TV show--and its host--during its debut. Billy has reluctantly agreed to fly westward and play second banana on a new late-night talk show hosted by comic Desmond O'Day in Los Angeles, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2010
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Roker, Al.
Summary: After waking up the neighborhood with The Morning Show Murders, and keeping readers up late solving The Midnight Show Murders, Al Roker returns with his most tantalizing mystery to date. Celebrity chef turned sleuth Billy Blessing finds his plate full of danger once again, as secrets from his long-buried past threaten to make a comeback. Before Billy had his five-star restaurant in New...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2011
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Cody, Al.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Linford 1992
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP W CODPerkins, Al.
Summary: Scorned by his new dog friends because he never learned to dig, Sam suddenly discovers his inherent dog talent and turns the countryside into a series of ruts and holes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1967
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Summary: A boy and his dog hear a variety of sounds, including popcorn popping, flutes tooting, hands clapping, and fingers snapping.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1968
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Summary: Easy-to-read rhyming text describes what can be done on a drum with hand, fingers, and thumb. On board pages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1998
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board Perkins 1998Perkins, Al.
Summary: Easy-to-read rhyming text describes what can be done on a drum with hand, fingers, and thumb.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1969
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Summary: Sequel to the author's mystery debut, "The Morning show murders." Professional chef turned amateur sleuth Billy Blessing finds himself in hot water, when a brutal killing cancels a TV show -- and its host -- during its debut. -- Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROKRoker, Al.
Summary: BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Al Roker and Dick Lochte's The Midnight Show Murders . As famous for his popular cooking segment on Wake Up America! as for his swank Manhattan bistro, Billy Blessing can add prime murder suspect to his impressive list of accomplishments. Because when one of the network's top honchos ends up dead, it's a poisoned serving of Blessing's coq au vin ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2009
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Yankovic, Al
Summary: On the first day of school, the imaginative and energetic Billy clashes with a somber new teacher who will not believe his fanciful tales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC YANEwing, Al
Summary: "Captain Malik and the crew of his spaceship are in search of the only resources that matter - and can only be found by harvesting the giant corpses of alien gods that are found on the edge of human space..and now they see an opportunity to finally break free from this system: by being the first to find a living god. THE GODS ARE ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL... ...AND THE GODS ARE ALWAYS DEAD. Captain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WERoker, Al
Summary: Celebrity chef Billy Blessing struggles to clear his name by solving the murder of his producer, who has been poisoned while eating a dish from Billy's four-star restaurant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M ROKRoker, Al
Summary: Celebrity chef Billy Blessing struggles to clear his name by solving the murder of his producer, who has been poisoned while eating a dish from Billy's four-star restaurant.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROKRoker, Al
Summary: Billy Blessing is reinventing himself as a chef down in North Fork, Long Island. That is, until a young woman walks into the restaurant he works at talking about murder, asking if Billy could look into it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2024
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Summary: An exuberant eight-year-old details for his teacher and classmates the astonishing variety of inventive careers he is thinking of pursuing when he grows up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011