Summary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Christian, an idealistic and impoverished young writer who, newly arrived in Montmartre, is haphazardly inducted into a circle of young bohemians led by Toulouse-Lautrec. A comedy of mistaken identities ensues, quickly enmeshing the young poet in a love triangle involving the unobtainable and consumptive Satine, queen courtesan of the Moulin Rouge, and the foppish Duke of Roxbury, his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOUCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MOUSummary: The Final Season revolves around more court machinations, complicated relationships, and coup attempts. Catherine is still in charge, meeting with peasants and nobles to get input on her quest to modernize Russia. She₂s working on bonding with Peter and their young son Paul. Meanwhile, the sidelined Peter tries his hand at "First Husband" duties like hunting and inventing new cuisines but soon...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRESummary: Cornelius, Zira and Dr. Milo, three apes from the future, escape from their planet as it is being destroyed and land on 20th century Earth where they are taken to the Los Angeles Zoo for examination. When Zira reveals their ability to speak to a psychologist, the apes are treated as curiosities. However, when the U.S. government begins to believe their story that the Earth will eventually be...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI ESCSummary: When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE BATSummary: "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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: After the stunning events in the first season finale that found all of the survivors of the Ark attempting to return to the surface, and the epic battle with the Grounders, there are plenty of questions for Season Two. Foremost: Who are the mysterious Mountain Men? Who survived the battle with the Grounders? And what₂s with that mysterious white room in Mt. Weather?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD 100Summary: "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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATMcDonell, Nick.
Summary: "Mike Teak has a classic Harvard profile. But only on the surface. He's a twenty-five-year-old scholar/athlete from an upper-class family who was recruited by his godfather to work for a U.S. intelligence agency. On a covert mission in a Somali village, he delivers cash and cell phones to Hatashil, a legendary orphan warrior turned rebel leader. It's a routine assignment until, minutes after...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCDSummary: An aging film star retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse to recover from surgery. While there, mysterious forces of revenge emerge from the land where witches were burned.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR SHEMcDonell, Nick
Summary: "First came the pandemic, then came The Calamity. The few remaining humans are huddled in impoverished villages. The animals, meanwhile, have convened a gathering, each group sending a representative to debate and vote on whether to help the last human stragglers . . . or to kill and eat them. As each animal makes its case, the fate of humanity depends on whether each species will act in its...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCDSummary: A bemused would-be poet gets entangled with an unctuous cemetery entrepreneur, a mom-obsessed mortician and other bizarre characters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Sgt. Jack Driscoll had to leave Dublin fast when his affair with a senior officer's wife was discovered. But Jack's father, Gerry, comes to his son's aid. Recently retired from his post as Garda Sergeant in a small Connemara town, Gerry manages to 'swing it' so that Jack inherits the job. Jack's now on his own, in charge of hundreds of square miles of remote, beautiful rural Ireland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SINMcDonell, Nick.
Summary: White Mike, a seventeen-year-old prep school dropout and drug dealer, and his privileged peers spend their time partying with sex, drugs, and escalating violence in the pursuit of ever more exotic and dangerous thrills.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCDSummary: Spaceships appear and wonder turns to terror as they attack cities all over the earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD INDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCFF InMcDonnell, Patrick.
Summary: Grouch, Grump, and little Gloom 'n' Doom spend much of their time arguing over who is the "biggest and baddest" until they build a monster together that turns out to be very different that what they expect.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MCDSummary: Includes seven original Christmas classics, such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town; Frosty the Snowman; and others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Media 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORISummary: A young bride joins her new husband's rich, eccentric family in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY REACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE REACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD REAWhiteford, Merry.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHISummary: Columbo, a disheveled, cigar-chomping, trench coat-wearing police lieutenant, who appears to be an incompetent bumbler. Despite his appearance, Columbo is the shrewdest, most resourceful detective in the LAPD.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Givens, Terryl.
Summary: Although they are twins, Jonathan and Rachel neither look the same nor do they see things the same way--especially in the forest.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC GIVMcDowell, Kara
Summary: Eighteen-year-old American, Wren, is stranded in England when news of an impending world-ending comet causes global chaos, but when she meets a runaway prince with an agenda of his own, she realizes he might be her only chance of getting home in time to say goodbye.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCDMcDonnell, Christine
Summary: "The first baby arrived on the mail plane, the second two on the ferry, the fourth asleep on a pile of nets, smelling of mackerel. Who were the babies? Where did they come from? The notes left with them said "Please keep this baby safe" and "Please give my child shelter." Only the librarian can take them home, and the library is where they grow up. The whole island helps to raise them. The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCDMcDonnell, Christine.
Summary: An understanding cat helps a young Korean girl adjust to her new home in America.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Children's Books 2011