Summary: Mija is a South Korean girl growing up on an Edenic mountainside with her grandfather and best friend: Okja, a giant, empathetic "super pig" created as part of a secret GMO experiment. When Okja is abruptly torn away from her, Mija embarks on a perilous rescue mission that places her at the center of a sinister corporate conspiracy. While Bong's trademark virtuosic set-pieces dazzle, Okja's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN OKJMatson, Rachel/ Chou, Joey (ILT)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: School's out and Trot and Cap'n Bill are looking forward to a carefree summer of surfing. But trouble surfaces when Grandpa hooks a message in a bottle while fishing. Clia, the Sea Siren princess, and Anko, King of the Sea Serpents, need their help: Merla, their Sea Siren friend, has been kidnapped! Trot, her cat, and her grandfather join the rescue effort which takes them to an old abandoned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the aftermath of World War II, a group of surrendered German soldiers are ordered by Allied forces to remove their own landmines from the coast of Denmark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: "This irreverent debut delivers a headlong human comedy of trauma and triumph, narrated by the concealed inner selves of a woman on the brink. Katherine, a lost creative soul and the mother of two lovely teenagers with her strapping provider of a husband, has struggled into her forties with compulsive self-harm and intermittent fears of sexual intercourse. This brisk, mesmerizing version of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRUBoo, Sweeney
Summary: Mindy is a young woman living with an eating disorder and trapped in a battle for her own self-worth. When she accidentally discovers something that will give her a chance to revist her past, she thinks she has a chance to put her life back on track. But will she be able to find a way back to her present and treat herself with love and kindness at any size?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BOOSummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: He's lauched rockets into space, redefined artificial intelligence, and now eccentric billionaire Atticus Virtue (Chad Michael Murray) takes on his next project -- a competition for high school students. Five students, a lacrosse player, a social midia influencer, a gamer, a bully and Max Winslow, a computer hacker, compete in a series of games to win his mansion. The night takes a dark turn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAXRademacher, Cay
Summary: "International Dagger Award shortlisted author of The Murderer in Ruins, Cay Rademacher, delivers a beautifully atmospheric new story with a captivating main character in Murderous Mistral: A Provence Mystery. Capitaine Roger Blanc, an investigator with the anti-corruption-unit of the French Gendarmerie, was a bit too succesfull in his investigations. He finds himself removed from Paris to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017
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Summary: Beloved by generations of Chinese readers, The Dream of the Red Chamber is China's touching equivalent of the Romeo & Juliet story. In addition to being a tale of star-crossed lovers, this epic novel also follows the story of five generations of one Chinese family giving modern readers a multi-layered dramatic plot to get lost in at the same time as it offers up key insights into Chinese culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAOWalker, Boo.
Summary: Maine, 1969. After losing her parents in a car accident, aspiring artist Annalisa Mancuso lives with her grandmother and their large Italian family in the stifling factory town of Payton Mills. Inspired by her mother, whose own artistic dreams disappeared in a damaged marriage, Annalisa is dedicated only to painting. Closed off to love, and driven as much by her innate talent as she is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2021
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Summary: Armed with his knowledge of science, Leo Geo becomes an astronaut and heads into space, where he encounters pirates and tries to stop a comet that is headed toward his brother's science laboratory on Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC CHASummary: Howard is a widowed sailor living alone on the coast of Ireland. His daughter, Grace, hires Annie, a lovely older woman to help around the house. Initially resistant to this support, Howard is soon charmed by Annie's gentle care, and the two fall in love. This new romance illuminates the hurt within Howard's relationship with Grace, tearing at Howard and Annie's seaside love story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2024
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Summary: A story, in pictures and music, of children on their way to school on a rainy day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane/Miller Book Pub. 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LIUSummary: Chronicling the extraordinary life of Christopher 'The Notorious B.I.G.' Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Biggie transforms himself from a Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to a pregnant woman) to superstardom. He has to juggle the increasing demands of fatherhood, marriage, and a music career that is strife with chaos and controversy. On March 8, 1997, in Los...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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Summary: "In this graphic novel series, a crew of crime-fighting kid superheroes teach readers ages 8 and up foundational math skills, such as multiplication and division, as they battle their evil nemesis, Null Void. All math concepts are presented with fully illustrated step-by-step instructions and tons of superhero themed visual examples. When the evil Null Void steals the DivMulti Ray (a laser gun...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 CHASummary: Small-town girl Jerrica lives an unexceptional life; until she takes on a secret identity inspired by her music. She becomes Jem: the bold, stunning and absolutely fearless global superstar! But when it seems that she may lose touch with the things that really matter, Jerrica and her band of sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey, discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: A new collection featuring the legendary 1990s Batman epics "The Return of Scarface" and more! This new collection of 1990s Batman tales includes the legendary story "The Return of Scarface," one of DC's most vindictive villains made famous from the Batman: The Animated Series. This volume also includes the first appearance of the Gotham Gargoyle, and a run of stories in which the Dark Knight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATSummary: Thirteen-year-old Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin are guided by unearthly strangers as they go on a journey through space and time to search for Meg's and Charles' scientist father who disappeared while experimenting with a new form of space travel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WRI RATED PGSummary: London, 1965: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the Philistine life, especially his parents and his job in a company's mailing division
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC QUASummary: The squad in Station nineteen struggle to recover from the revelation of the identity of the mole. As their commander scrambles to save his own career, the patrollers reach for connection to each other. Nick, still rocked by guilt over his involvement in a murder, seeks closure by trying to find out what happened to his missing cousin Kaz. Ben finds love and happiness with Nick's sister,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NINSummary: Harold and Kumar take an ill-fated flight to Amsterdam, but Kumar's suspicious-looking bong is mistaken for a bomb. Their arrest prompts a racist Homeland Security official to send the boys to indefinite lockup at Guantanamo Bay. Once there, they watch as beefy guards sexually subjugate 'enemy combatants.' The guys manage to get away and make it back to the U.S., hoping the well-connected...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HARBunn, Cullen
Summary: With the original five X-Men lost in space, Emma Frost, Havok, Bastion and Miss Sinister hatch their devious plans -- and unleash Project: Mothervine! Meanwhile, Jimmy Hudson and Bloodstorm feel the wrath of Polaris -- once again a victim of the body-stealing Malice! And with his mutant charges missing, Magneto mobilizes against his enemies. His first target: Sebastian Shaw! But Magneto will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 XMEAhiyya, Vera
Summary: Kindergartener Mason learns there are lots of different ways to grow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2024