Esguerra, A. C.
Summary: "A pilot wants nothing more than to fly. Or so he thought, until he crosses paths with a mysterious thief whose tricks draw him into unchartered territory and new adventure. In a life where the truth changes as quickly as clouds in the sky, the pilot must decide for himself what freedom really means."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archaia 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ESGSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Higgins, C. A. (Caitlin A.)
Summary: Ananke, who is a sentient artificial intelligence, sets out to find Matthew, the computer programmer who she considers to be her father with Althea, the engineer who she considers to be her mother, and the three head toward a violent collision.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIGHiggins, C. A. (Caitlin A.)
Summary: "C. A. Higgins's acclaimed novel Lightless fused suspenseful storytelling, high-caliber scientific speculation, and richly developed characters into a stunning science fiction epic. Now the dazzling Supernova heightens the thrills and deepens the hauntingexploration of technology and humanity--and the consequences that await when the two intersect. Once Ananke was an experimental military...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIGHiggins, C. A. (Caitlin A.)
Summary: "Serving aboard the Ananke, an experimental military spacecraft launched by the ruthless organization that rules Earth and its solar system, computer scientist Althea has established an intense emotional bond--not with any of her crewmates, but with the ship's electronic systems, which speak more deeply to her analytical mind than human feelings do. But when a pair of fugitive terrorists gain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIGCastle, C. A.
Summary: Accepting a position as live-in tutor for the Edwards family, Brontë Ellis arrives at Greenwood Manor where he is welcomed into the household with warmth until a tragic fire reveals dark secrets smoldering under the surface of this once elegant estate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alcove Press 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC CASGaughen, A. C.
Summary: Will Scarlet shadows Robin Hood, with an unerring eye for finding treasures to steal and throwing daggers with deadly accuracy, but when Gisbourne, a ruthless bounty hunter, is hired by the sheriff to capture Robin and his band of thieves, Robin must become Will's protector risking his own life in the process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GAUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: YA FIC GAUKrones, C. A.
Summary: While spending time in the country during Halloween, George is spooked by the legend of "No Noggin," a headless scarecrow that kicks people's hats off.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE KROBelmond, C. A.
Summary: American freelancer-turned-heiress Penny Nichols is back for more fun and another engaging international romp with her English hero, Jeremy. Pursued by gigolos, gold-diggers, an ex-wife, and highly aggressive salesmen chasing after their millions, Penny and Jeremy decide to take the summer off and sock away most of their inheritance for one year. But they allow themselves one big "splurge" from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BELBelmond, C. A.
Summary: Penny Nichols is a historical researcher working on a big-budget film in the south of France when she gets an urgent call. Her aunt Penelope has just died, and Penny's presence is required in London for the reading of the will.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BELGaughen, A. C.
Summary: After escaping Prince John's clutches and longing to return to Rob in Nottingham, Scarlet learns that King Richard's life is in jeopardy and accepts Eleanor of Aquitaine's demand that Scarlet spy for her and help bring Richard home safe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GAUGaughen, A. C.
Summary: Scarlet's true identity has been revealed and she has been forced to marry Lord Gisbourne and participate at court, acting the part of a noblewoman in hopes of helping her beloved Robin Hood's cause and forging a future with him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GAUGaughen, A. C.
Summary: Posing as one of Robin Hood's thieves to avoid the evil Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept her identity secret from all of Nottinghamshire. Only Big John and Robin Hood know the truth-that the agile thief posing as a whip of a boy is actually a fearless young woman with a secret past. It's getting harder to hide as Gisbourne's camp seeks to find Scarlet and drive Robin Hood out of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Childrens 2012
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Crispin, A. C.
Summary: Spock and his father, Sarek, join forces to foil a plan that threatens to destroy the Federation. For Sarek the mission could not come at a worse time as his wife Amanda, is dying. But duty to the Federation wins out over love for a woman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1994
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CRI ST #7Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult- Science Fiction, Call number: SF CRIKrones, C. A.
Summary: Curious George needs to be creative to help his friends make Mother's Day special.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KROWise, A. C.
Summary: "Once invited, always welcome. Once invited, never free. Captain James Hook, the immortal pirate of Neverland, died a thousand times. He was drowned, stabbed by Peter Pan's sword, eaten by the beast swimming below the depths, but every time he was resurrected by one boy's dark imagination. Until he found a door in the sky, an escape. And he took the chance no matter the cost. Now in London...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WISWise, A. C.
Summary: "Find the second star from the right, and fly straight on 'til morning, all the way to Neverland, a children's paradise with no rules, no adults, only endless adventure and enchanted forests - all led by the charismatic boy who will never grow old. But Wendy Darling grew up. She has a husband and a young daughter called Jane, a life in London. But one night, after all these years, Peter Pan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WISCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WISCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WISSummary: Adaptation of A.E.W. Mason's classic 1902 adventure novel about the British Empires exploits in Africa, and a crowning achievement of Alexander Kordas legendary production company, London Films. Set at the end of the nineteenth century, follows the travails of a young officer accused of cowardice after he resigns his post on the eve of a major deployment to Khartoum; he must fight to redeem...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2011
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE FOUSummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: Set in San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1950's. Pretty Mei Li has stowed away on a Chinese steamer with her professor father to become a mail-order bride for nightclub owner Sammy Fong. Sammy, however, is completely infatuated with saucy showgirl Linda Low, who is intent on making him jealous enough to propose to her. As Sammy sets out to assign his marriage contract (and Mei Li) to Wang...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2006
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS FLOSmith, A. C. H. (Anthony Charles H.)
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Sarah must reach the center of a dangerous labyrinth within thirteen hours in order to save her little brother Toby from Jareth, King of the Goblins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archaia, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMIGuerra, Wendy
Summary: "A lush, sensuous, and original tale of family, love, and history, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath. Nadia Guerra's mother, Albis Torres, left when Nadia was just ten years old. Growing up, the proponents of revolution promised a better future. Now that she's an adult, Nadia finds that life in Havana hasn't quite matched its promise; instead it has stifled her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUESummary: A sensitive study of three surfing friends coming to terms with adulthood, during the Vietnam War. As the obstacles of their lives pull them apart, the call of the waves eventually brings them together one last time to test themselves against it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA BIGSummary: Set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the film tells the story of director Mario Suarez's quest to make the ultimate tango film. Lonely after his wife (one of the film's stars) has left him, Mario must find the themes that will hold the film together, while simultaneously permitting his musicians and dancers the freedom of expression that is necessary to satisfy the tango-hungry Argentine audience....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 1999