Summary: "This is the way it was--the story of the battle that was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, told wherever possible with actual film shot during combat. It exemplifies the combination of planning, courage, error and pure chance by which great events are often decided."--Title screens. In June of 1942, quite possibly the most important naval encounter of WWII took place in the middle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MIDClement, Hal
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1978
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLEKatchur, Karen
Summary: Buried bones of the past rise to the surface in this chilling mystery from the bestselling author of River Bodies. When the long-buried bones of a man turn up in the middle of December, Pennsylvania homicide detective Parker Reed knows he's in for a cold case. Trisha and her friends were teenagers when Trisha's stepdad went missing. Now, thirty years later, his remains have been found in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KATSummary: Tells an epic story of military strategy, politics, romance, and family conflict set against the backdrop of world events from 1938 through the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Follows naval officer Victor "Pug" Henry as he is sent to Berlin as the U.S. Naval attaché. Shows how "Pug" and his family are drawn into the center of the conflicts that lead to America's involvement in World...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WINBorland, Hal
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lippincott 1963
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BORJohnson, Hal
Summary: Meet the fearsome creatures of the lumberwoods! The Hodag, like a spinybacked bull-horned rhinoceros packing 3,000 pounds of carnivorous fury. The Snoligoster, the reptilian beast that feeds on the shadows of its victims. And deadlier than a rattler, copperhead, or cottonmouth combined, the Hoop Snake, which can chase prey at speeds up to 60 miles per hour and then, with one sting of its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JOHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC JOHPeet, Mal
Summary: Award-winning YA author Philip Murdstone is in trouble. His star has waned. The world is leaving him behind. His agent, the ruthless Minerva Cinch, convinces him that his only hope is to write a sword-and-sorcery blockbuster. Unfortunately, Philip—allergic to the faintest trace of Tolkien—is utterly unsuited to the task. In a dark hour, a dwarfish stranger comes to his rescue. But the deal he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEESummary: Greek fisherman Demetrios guides a lost princess home to Atlantis, but is imprisoned there and must fight for his life, before rescuing the princess again as they flee the doomed realm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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Summary: This vibrant story follows Bear's colorful hat as it goes on an unexpected adventure, through all of Bear's animal friends back to his head, after being blown away by a strong wind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAIHao, Jingfang
Summary: In a future where the world is roughly divided into two factions, the Pacific League of Nations and the Atlantic Division of Nations, tensions are high as each side waits for the other to make a move. But neither side is prepared for a powerful third party that has apparently been an influential presence on Earth for thousands of years, and just might be making a reappearance very soon. With...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2024
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Summary: A reclusive man seeks justice when three teens kill his dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE REDGal, Susan.
Summary: "As the seasons change, the industrious pigs of Day by Day build a home, plant a garden, help their neighbors, and then gather in a harvest grown with hard work and kindness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GALKatchur, Karen
Summary: "For Linnet, owner of a Bed and Breakfast in Mountain Springs, Pennsylvania, life has been a bit complicated lately. Hundreds of snow geese have died overnight in the dam near the B & B, sparking a media frenzy, threatening the tourist season, and bringing her estranged sister, Myna, to town. If that isn't enough, the women's father has been charged with investigating the incident. But when a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KATKatchur, Karen.
Summary: "Jo has been hiding the truth about her role in her high school boyfriend's drowning for sixteen years. Every summer, she drops her children off with her mother at the lakeside community where she spent summers growing up, but cannot bear to stay herself;everything about the lake reminds her of the guilt she feels. For her daughter Caroline, however, the lake is a precious world apart; its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2015
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Summary: "A century after the Martian war of independence, a group of kids are sent to Earth as delegates from Mars, but when they return home, they are caught between the two worlds, unable to reconcile the beauty and culture of Mars with their experiences on Earth in this spellbinding novel from Hugo Award-winning author Hao Jingfang. This genre-bending novel is set on Earth in the wake of a second...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAOGal, Susan.
Summary: A dog gives many good reasons it likes to go for a walk--to chase away the neighbor's cat, to greet people on the street, to watch guys shooting hoops, and to feel the wind lifting its ears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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Summary: Young Yazul's love for making kites with his grandfather meets with disapproval from his father, a lord along the Silk Road, until their community is attacked by bandits and Yazul and his grandfather use their skills to help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PEEHan, Jenny.
Summary: Lara Jean didn't expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren't. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean's feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2015
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HANHan, Kang
Summary: Follows the aftermath of a young boy's shocking death during a violent student uprising as told from the perspectives of the event's victims and their loved ones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HANMeachum, Grace K.
Summary: Within a hidden mountain dwelling, a new race with unnatural gifts, powerful beings with both elven and human ancestry, thrive. The aura. Even as the spirited teen known as Fleta attempts to discover the aura buried beneath her skin, she fears she is only human. Fleta’s uncertainty grows with each passing year and each departure of younger auras to their calling. An episode of terror, leads to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Myswell Write 0000
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MEACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MEAEverett, Cal
Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text lead the reader through all the preparations for Halloween, from first noticing signs of autumn, through picking a costume, to trick-or-treating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC EVESummary: The legend of the invincible fleet begins! Set five years before the epic battle depicted in The Admiral: Roaring Currents, Hansan: Rising Dragon is based on the true historical naval engagement, Battle of Hansan Island. In July 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his Korean naval fleet face off against invading Japanese naval warships. Falling into crisis, the admiral must use his secret weapon to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HANHam, Jo
Summary: Starring the iconic black-silhouetted bunny, this picture book finds cheeky, curious and sweet-toothed Rabbit embarking on a series of misadventures that capture the joy of everyday life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2024