Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Summary: P.G. Wodehouse is recognized as the greatest English comic writer of the twentieth century, rightly admired throughout the world and translated into more than thirty languages. Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death, this series presents each Overlook Wodehouse as the finest edition of the master’s work ever published—beautifully designed and faithful to the original. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WODSummary: Wyatt Earp is the sturdy lawman who sets about the task of shaping up the disorderly Arizona town of Tombstone, with the help of the boozy, tubercular gambler and gunman Doc Holliday. Though initially at cross-purposes, the pair ultimately team up to confront the violent Clanton gang.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN MYEsperanza, C. G. (Charles George)
Summary: Colorful, psychedelic sneakers hang from telephones wires all over the city. Up in the sky, they hang for all to marvel at. But when a few special pairs get knocked down, the kids have to try them on. Soon they're racing, dancing, learning to fly! These enchanted sneaks are out of this world--but where did they come from? And who would ever leave these behind?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ESPSummary: A mysterious German woman named Jasmin comes across a dilapidated motel and diner in the American desert. The diner's owner, Brenda, is initially taken aback by Jasmin's appearance and demeanor; but eventually the women find that there is a chemistry between them. Gradually, by using their unique individual skills, Jasmin and Brenda turn the once-fledgling diner into a thriving desert oasis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BAGSummary: Who cares about the suffering--existential, financial, or other--of those who blindly mismanaged our monies into this ever-expanding, nay, verily bottomless pit of debt? No one, but this film may help viewers understand A) the birth of current financial woes, and B) what it might have been like, in those first few hours within the confines of an early investment trading firm casualty. Fueled by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MARSummary: SG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, on board the Odyssey, SG-1 travels to the Ori galaxy. The International Oversight Committee has their own plans and SG-1 finds themselves in a distant galaxy fighting two powerful enemies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor] 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE STACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Stargate 2008Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STASummary: Taking place largely over the course of one tense night, Carol Reed's psychological noir, set in an unnamed Belfast, stars James Mason as Johnny McQueen, a revolutionary ex-con leading a robbery that goes horribly wrong. Injured and hunted by the police, he seeks refuge throughout the city, while the woman he loves (Kathleen Ryan) searches for him among the shadows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA TODSummary: Sent to the seaside to stay with relatives for the summer, Anna strikes up a friendship with Marnie, who lives there in an old mansion surrounded by marshes. As their friendship grows, so does Anna's curiosity about the truth surrounding her new friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME WHE1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WHE
Summary: Evert Baackstromis a rock star among cops. Starring as a TV expert doesn't help his ego or reputation. He thinks he's a genius, and he is, at solving crimes. When a woman's skull is found, it seems she was murdered recently, but DNA points to her death in the 2004 tsunami. Prosecutor Hanna Hwassbelieves it's a mistake, but Backstrom sees a case only he can solve: a woman who has died twice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Green, K. C. (Kenneth Cary)
Summary: The first collection of the all-ages comic sensation based on the Cartoon Network animated series. A monster living under the park that lives off of unruly energy?! Arm Wrestling training? Mordecai and Rigby are always up to something.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KaBOOM!, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The relationship between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung and his mentor Sigmund Freud is torn apart when Sabina Spielrein, a troubled but beautiful young woman, comes between them and forever changes the face of modern thought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2012
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVDSummary: Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamworks Home Entertainment 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Le Clezio, J.-M. G. (Jean-Marie Gustave)
Summary: After being driven from their land by French colonial soldiers in 1909, Nour and his people, "the blue men" must search for a haven out of the desert that will shelter them. Interspersed with the story of Nour is the contemporary story of Lalla, a descendent of the blue men, who lives in Morocco and tries to stay true to the blood of her ancestors while experiencing life as a modern immigrant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David R. Godine 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LECSeales, Stephanie
Summary: While a young Panamanian American girl and her father share "just-us" time on an early morning horseback ride around their town, he tells her cowboy stories and she realizes she is a cowboy too.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The Man of Steel Stars in DC's New Superman: Red & Blue anthology mini-series! In the spirit of DC's iconic Eisner Award-winning Batman: Black & White anthology series, DC proudly announces Superman: Red & Blue, a new anthology mini-series presenting fresh new takes on the Man of Steel. Around the world, everyone knows that when they see a red and blue streak in the sky, it's not a bird...it's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SUPSummary: Times are hard in 1846 London and one must make do. So Nellie Lovett adds something extra to the meat pies she peddles on Fleet Street. The secret ingredient: freshly murdered victims of her partner in crime, barber Sweeney Todd.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Home Entertainment 2004
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SWEGarrett, Van G.
Summary: An African American family attends a modern-day Juneteenth parade in Galveston, Texas (the birthplace of the holiday). Text includes lines from "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify 2023
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Summary: "Text based on a Hebrew lullaby tells the story of a Jewish refugee family traveling by night to find a safe home in a new land"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GHumphreys, C. C. (Chris C.)
Summary: It is 1536 and the expert swordsman Jean Rombaud has been brought over from France by Henry VIII to behead his wife, Anne Boleyn. But on the eve of her execution Rombaud swears a vow to the ill-fated queen - to bury her six-fingered hand, symbol of her rumoured witchery, at a sacred crossroads. Yet in a Europe ravaged by religious war, the hand of this infamous Protestant icon is so powerful a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Browne, S. G. (Scott G.)
Summary: "A radically funny, irreverent, satirical novel about a loan shark who is able to steal people's luck--perfect for fans of bestselling authors Christopher Moore and Chuck Palahniuk. Nick Monday is a private detective with a penchant for coffeehouse baristas and the ability to steal other people's luck. Politicians and celebrities. Lottery winners and game show contestants. Accident survivors...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Hennessy, B. G. (Barbara G.)
Summary: One night, Claire and her toy unicorn, Capricorn, journey to a magical land filled with characters from fairy tales to find out what makes someone live "happy ever after."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HENHoward, A. G. (Anita G.)
Summary: A descendant of the inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, sixteen-year-old Alyssa Gardner fears she is mentally ill like her mother until she finds that Wonderland is real and, if she passes a series of tests to fix Alice's mistakes, she may save her family from their curse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2013