Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable, and animals are beginning to exhibit unusual behaviors. No one quite knows why, and no one foresees the strangest and most dangerous repercussion that will soon start plaguing the town. The dead rise from their graves and savagely...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DEAKramer, Jackie Azua
Summary: "This profoundly moving tale about a grieving boy and an imaginary gorilla makes real the power of talking about loss. On the day of his mother's funeral, a young boy conjures the very visitor he needs to see: a gorilla. Wise and gentle, the gorilla stayson to answer the heart-heavy questions the boy hesitates to ask his father: Where did his mother go? Will she come back home? Will we all die?...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRADriver, Adam
Summary: A New York couple hoping for an amicable divorce find themselves in a system that pits them against each other.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MARCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE MARSummary: Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect escape from the Earth moments before its destruction and join forces with Zaphod Beeblebrox on board the ship Heart of Gold. They meet many people and aliens in their search for the ultimate question.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HITSummary: Five warned his family (so, so many times) that using his powers to escape from Vanya's 2019 apocalypse was risky. Well, he was right--the time jump scatters the siblings in time in and around Dallas, Texas. Over a three-year period. Starting in 1960. Some, having been stuck in the past for years, have built lives and moved on, certain they're the only ones who survived. Five is the last to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE UMBCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV UMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV UMBSummary: When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE BATAnderson, Derek
Summary: "Ally asks Croc to help him remove his spots. After that, Ally gets ready for anything that could possibly happen that day. Finally, Croc helps Ally figure out what he is the best at being"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN ANDFridolfs, Derek
Summary: When Clark Kent and his friends, Bruce and Diana, are invited to Camp Evergreen, their initial fun with new and old friends is thrown into chaos by disappearing campers and rumors of monster sightings.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FRICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC SECLandy, Derek
Summary: Valkerie. Darquesse. Stephanie. The world ain't big enough for the three of them. The end will come...The War of the Sanctuaries has been won, but it was not without its casualties. Following the loss of Valkyrie Cain, Skulduggery Pleasant must use any and all means to track down and stop Darquesse before she turns the world into a charred, lifeless cinder. And so he draws together a team of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LANLandy, Derek.
Summary: Skulduggery is gone. All our hopes rest with Valkyrie. The world's weight is on her shoulders, and its fate is in her hands.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC LANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LANGrater, Lindsay
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lester Pub. 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: FIC GRATrapero, Pablo
Summary: An ambulance-chasing attorney and a doctor cross paths while investigating car accidents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CARGraver, Elizabeth
Summary: Returning to Ashuant Point to escape from the chaos of rapidly changing times, Helen Porter and her son Charlie soon discover that the Point has not remained unscathed from events unfolding beyond its borders.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRASummary: A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife. A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom drama, Anatomy of a murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ANABenz, Derek.
Summary: When Max Sumner and three friends play a magical card game called Round Table, they realize that it is up to them to prevent the wicked creatures of the cards from destroying their town, indeed, their world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC BENFridolfs, Derek
Summary: Darkseid has kidnapped Jason Blood and plans to free the demon Etrigan who, because of Merlin's curse, shares Jason's body--and it is up to the members of the Justice League to confront the supervillain on the planet Apokolips and discover why he needs Etrigan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Fridolfs 2017Haas, Derek
Summary: What happens when an elite assassin becomes a father? Now a new dad, the infamous Silver Bear finds himself staying up late for feedings and changing diapers--all while leading the double life of a contract killer. The struggle is not with his conscience. He enjoys his gig. But a child forces him to weigh selfishness versus safety. Continue his line of work, and he'll always wonder if he's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAAHansen, Derek
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HANLandy, Derek
Summary: Skulduggery and Valkyrie are back in the tenth instalment in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series - an incredible and unexpected treat for the legions of fans around the world. We can't say much but we can say this: Skulduggery and Valkyrie are going to team up with beloved characters from the first 9 books as well as an all-new cast, including new teen co-star Omen Darkly, for an...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LANLandy, Derek.
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Valkyrie and the skeleton mage, Skulduggery Pleasant, try to foil a plot set in motion fifty years before to find and open the gate that will allow the Faceless Ones to return to this reality.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bowen Press 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC LANRobinson, Derek
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cassell 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBDeere, Dicey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEEBeres, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Medallion Press 2005