Summary: In the deepest reaches of space, the fight to save all human life from extinction has begun. Hoping for lasting peace following centuries of intense warfare, the Twelve Colonies gather to sign a treaty with their dreaded enemies, the Cylons. But after an act of treachery, the Cylons launch a devasting surprise attack, destroying the Colonies' home planet. A lone flagship, the Galactica, remains...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie TillCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD TILSummary: Rock star John Norman Howard has noticed that his career has begun to decline. Too many years of concerts, bad managers and life on the road have made him cynical. Then he meets the innocent, pure and very talented singer Esther Hoffman. John shows Esther the way to stardom while forsaking his own career. As they fall in love, her success only makes his decline even more apparent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STASummary: Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY TILSummary: An American tail: While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Captain Jonathan Archer leads the crew of the starship Enterprise in humanity's first contact with a myriad of alien species.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STALarison, John
Summary: Facing starvation and worse when she is orphaned on her family's 1885 homestead, seventeen-year-old sharpshooter Jessilyn Harney cuts off her hair and disguises herself as a boy to journey across the mountains in search of her outlaw brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LARLarison, John.
Summary: "With Holding Lies, John Larison takes us deep into a thriving subculture of the Northwest, one born of ferns and firs, rain and hotsprings, salmon and whitewater. He takes us even deeper into the troubles of Hank Hazelton, a fifty-nine-year-old river guide, as he struggles to reconnect with his daughter after a long estrangement. Before his daughter's arrival, Hank discovers a drift boat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LARSummary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OSummary: Season Three takes a heart-racing turn when Red and Agent Keen, become fugitives on the run. With Assistant FBI Director Harold Cooper under investigation, Agent Donald Ressler leads the FBI Task Force on the manhunt. As Keen delves deeper into Red's underworld of covert operations, she continues to struggle with self-discovery and her indefinable relationship with Tom. Both Red and Keen are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BLASummary: While the Task Force reels from Liz's resurrection and Red deals with the betrayal of those closest to him, Liz is targeted by a man claiming to be her father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BLACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV BlSummary: 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
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: Creature from the Black Lagoon: Members of a scientific expedition to the Amazon discover a gruesome half man/half fish creature. Revenge of the Creature: A monster, half man and half fish, kills two men and abducts a woman ichthyologist after escaping from the tank where it is chained. The creature walks among us: Despite the clear intention of enjoying his watery home deep in the Everglades,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR CREHutta, K. Emily.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Hutta 2010Summary: "A group of friends discover something horrible under the trap door of the cabin they're renting. A chance encounter with a talkative night watchman while on jury duty creates havoc with a man's experience of reality. A very special club in Australia collects steering wheels salvaged from fatal car accidents. Two hikers in the Montana mountains make a gruesome discovery during their descent. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Night Shade Books 2022
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC BESSummary: Relives the grand hopes, dreams, loves, and adventures of generations of residents in Centennial, Colorado-- from their risky attempts to establish a settlement in 1795 through the politics and power plays of the 20th century. Begins with French and Scottish trappers interacting with Native Americans and follows the increasing conflicts as more permanent settlers arrive. Shows how the town of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal City Studios, Inc. 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Matthew Poncelet is the convicted killer of two teenage lovers, preparing to end his life on death row. In response to a letter, Sister Helen Prejean visits Matthew and finds herself face-to-face with a killer who still pleads his innocence. When the date is set for his execution death by lethal injection, Poncelet asks Sister Helen to be his spiritual advisor and she agrees, little knowing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DEAClarkson, John
Summary: "Olivia Sanchez--smart, driven, and beautiful--started at the bottom and worked her way up the ranks of a brokerage firm only to be unjustly, brutally fired, then blackballed. With no place else to go, she turns to her cousin, Manny Guzman, ex-con and ex-gang leader, for help. Manny's first instinct is to hit back. Hard. But his partner, James Beck knows that out in the real world, things...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLASummary: Members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. Following the death of their patriarch, the Youngers await a life insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how best to use the money.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA RAIClarkson, John
Summary: "The death of Paco "Packy" Johnson shouldn't have surprised anyone. Paco Johnson spent a lifetime in the system -- starting in juvie at age 10, then prison for most of his adult life. But he managed to make some real friends in prison, friends who helped him get parole, a place to stay, and plans to help him adjust to a life outside prison after seventeen years behind bars. But only seventeen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Clarkson 2016Clarkson, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLALawton, John
Summary: Chasing a draft dodger in the turbulent summer of 1969, private eye Turner Raines is embroiled in the death of his oldest friend, whose demise is overshadowed by unresolved family dynamics and secrets from Vietnam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAWSummary: "The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. As the fate of all human life hangs in the balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for the rest of their lives"--Set container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008