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Frank, Jacob approximately 1726-1791 Fiction Jewish messianic movements Europe History 18th century Fiction Love Drama Man-woman relationships Drama Murder Investigation Fiction Olympic Winter Games (15th : 1988 : Calgary, Alta.) Drama Poland History 18th century Fiction Railroads Employees Drama Railroads Employees Pensions Drama Severance pay DramaSummary: Joe, a military policeman about to make officer, is infatuated with the flirtatious and sexy Carmen Jones. Their ill-fated romance comes to a grisly end by the conclusion of the drama but not before their liaison has wreaked havoc with their lives and all who cross their paths.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS/Fox Video 1991
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS CARSummary: Anthony Doerr and series editor, Heidi Pitlor, select twenty stories that represent the best examples of the form published in 2018.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC BESSummary: Carrie Mathison, a brilliant but volatile CIA agent, suspects that a rescued American POW may not be what he seems. Is Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody a war hero or an Al Qaeda sleeper agent plotting a spectacular terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Following her instincts, Mathison will risk everything to uncover the truth - her reputation, her career, and even her sanity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOM RATED RCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HomelandCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOMSummary: A crime-thriller about judicial cover-ups and corruption in Argentina, told through flashbacks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SEC1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SEC
Summary: Senate investigation into the President's newly nominated Secretary of State, gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ADVJanes, James.
Summary: Other Marvel Comics characters are included.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Publications International 1992
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LookSummary: Inspired by true events, it is a feel-good story about Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself, even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EDDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EdCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE EDDPatterson, James
Summary: On a cold January morning, Jack Morgan stands inside the New York Stock Exchange with his former US Marine comrade whose company is being launched onto the market, eagerly awaiting the opening bell. But before the bell rings, a bullet rips through the air and finds its mark. In the aftermath of the murder, the victim's wife hires Jack to find the killer. As the head of Private, Jack has at his...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PATO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: "In this illustrated book written by bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and James Patterson, a collection of artists each contribute a piece of art demonstrating why the word 'please' makes all the difference in the world"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ORDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ORECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ORESummary: Fantasia: Features a blend of animation set to classical music, and live action scenes of the orchestra. Pieces include: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, The Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas, The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky, The Pastoral Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, Dance of the Hours by Amilcare Ponchielli,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY FANSummary: Four young men form Jamaica's first bobsled team, in hopes of competing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Loosely based on a true story.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 1998
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COO RATED PGBrinkley, Jamel
Summary: In the nine expansive, searching stories of A lucky man, fathers and sons attempt to salvage relationships with friends and family members and confront mistakes made in the past. An imaginative young boy from the Bronx goes swimming with his group from day camp at a backyard pool in the suburbs, and faces the effects of power and privilege in ways he can barely grasp. A teen intent on proving...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BRIBicos, Olga.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BICGrushin, Olga
Summary: Follows the life of a woman born in Moscow who leaves for the United States, where she finds happiness and love but must also deal with the ghosts of her youth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRUHerrera, Olga
Summary: Told from the perspective of a dog, this humorous new-baby story follows Bongo as he encounters something monstrous on his way to get his breakfast and soon experiences the ups and downs that come with change.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The story of a witty but lonely secretary who takes a vacation in Venice, hoping to fall in love. She does - with a very handsome but very married Italian man.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 1998
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SUMBrinkley, Jamel
Summary: In these ten stories, each set in the changing landscapes of contemporary New York City, a range of characters--from children to grandmothers to ghosts--live through the responsibility of perceiving and the moral challenge of speaking up or taking action. Though they strive to connect, to remember, to stand up for, and to really see each other, they often fall short, and the structures they...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Tokarczuk, Olga
Summary: Finalist for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize. A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, and autonomy and fate. In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOKJameson, James
Summary: In a forest far away from the hustle and bustle of town grows the Fir Tree. The meadow he lives in is beautiful and serene, but the Fir Tree yearns for the excitement of the outside world. His friend the Robin brings him gifts and tells him stories of the places she's been, the people she's flown over, and the many things men construct out of wood. The Fir Tree dreams of adventure and wishes to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Ravn, Olga
Summary: "Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew becomes strangely and deeply attached to them, even as tensions boil toward mutiny, especially among the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RAVSummary: As big business takes hold of the rail industry, a local depot gang is forced to either adapt to the new managerial double-talk or take chances with receiving severance pay. Agreements set long ago are suddenly undermined by a new managing director who wipes the slate clean. Tensions mount when the men show up the the depot only to find there is no work for them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2003