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Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO

Summary: Beautifully filmed in and around Oxford this engaging biopic follows the creator of The Chronicles of Narnia from the tragic death of his mother when he was just nine years old, through his strained relationship with his father, to the nightmare of the trenches of World War I to Oxford University, where friends like J.R.R. Tolkien challenged his unbelief.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOS

McCarthy, T. C.

Summary: "San Kyarr is a noviate within a secretive holy order tasked by Fleet to infiltrate the home world of mankind's most dangerous enemy: the Sommen. If caught, her mission could bring war to Earth-long before its forces are ready. When a competing faction within Fleet learns of the clandestine assignment and sends her own brother to destroy her, San is set on a journey toward destinies far greater...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Baen Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCC

Shelley, T. C.

Summary: Imp, hatched in the underground monsters lair looking like a human boy, does not know where he fits, but Thunderguts, king of the ogres, has a dangerous destiny in mind for him.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHE

Summary: "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 BAT

Smollett, T. (Tobias)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Georgia Press 1988

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM FIC SMO

Summary: In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogota, Colombia, and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's speaker system to participate in a series of murderous moral decisions.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2017

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEL

Summary: In a remote Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become entangled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to horrifying encounters with a legendary ancestral creature who came before them.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR ANT

Summary: Storm of the century: When a murder shakes the island of Little Tall, the local constable must stop the evil that is growing as quickly as the snowstorm.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2015

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD St

Summary: A compulsively neat detective's tidy world goes to the dogs when he is forced to team up with a drooling slob of a junkyard dog named Hooch to find a murderer.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 2002

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TUR

George, Jean Craighead

Summary: A child rescues a young crow that has fallen out of his nest during a storm, then tries to prove to Sis that Crowbar is a very smart bird.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GEO

McGahan, Andrew.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2006

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCG

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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SUP

Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

Summary: After the Snow Queen abducts her friend Kai, Gerda sets out on a perilous journey to find him.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 AND

Summary: Film noir semi-documentary style treatment based on an actual Los Angeles Police Department case. A cop killer manages to elude detection by intercepting police radio calls and by altering his appearance. Evidence points to an alienated electronics expert.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER HE

Summary: The world famous thief, Carmen Sandiego, plays an intricate game of cat and mouse with teen ACME detectives, Zack and Ivy. Based on the award-winning line of educational computer games, the energizing series is rich in both excitement and education as Carmen Sandiego attempts to steal the most valuable objects in the world. It's up to the detectives and the audience to figure out where in the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Cookie Jar 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WHE

McCahan, Erin

Summary: "The summer after senior year of high school, Briggs Henry works as a personal assistant to an eccentric elderly woman in a house on the shores of Lake Michigan, and finds himself distracted by the mysterious girl next door"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2017

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCC

McLean, Gill

Summary: Nelephant's friend Waggy finds a tricycle outside. Out of all their toy friends, Nelephant is the only one big enough to ride it. She tries it out excitedly, but soon crashes. Nelephant vows to never ride on the tricycle again. Then, she decides to draw about all the places the tricycle could take her with her friends. With new confidence and the support of friends like Waggy, Nelephant gets...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books 2024

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McLean, Danielle

Summary: A board book with heart-shaped flaps and a mirror surprise at the end, this is a perfect way for daddies to say "I love you!" to their little ones.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales/Little Tiger Press Ltd. 2021

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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BRD

McLean, Gill.

Summary: Trying something new can be scary. Nelephant and her toy friends are in the garden on a hot summer day. Waggy, Ziggy Zaggy, and Wolly Olly jump right into the pool, but Wabbit and Nelephant are a bit more cautious. Nelephant takes her time to get used to the idea by drawing colorful underwater scenes and imagining what it'd be like to visit them. That's all it takes to give Nelephant and her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books 2024

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McLean, Danielle

Summary: "10 bedtime kisses just for you to sleep the whole night through. A sweet bedtime book full of love, with touch and feel textures to explore on every page!"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2023

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McLean, Danielle

Summary: "You may have had a few hard days, but now here comes the sun. The rainbow lights the gloomy sky, it's hope for everyone. With stunning illustrations, uplifting text, and a shiny rainbow, this is the perfect book to reassure toddlers that hope and happiness can be found everywhere that we look for them." --Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MCL (BOARD)

McLean, Felicity

Summary: Tikka Malloy was eleven and one-sixth years old during the long, hot, Australian summer of 1992. The TV news in the background chattered with debate about the exoneration of Lindy ("dingo took my baby") Chamberlain. That summer was when the Van Apfel sisters--Ruth, Hannah, and the beautiful Cordelia--mysteriously disappeared. Did they just run far away from their harsh, evangelical parents, or...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCL

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MCL

McLean, Gill.

Summary: "Meet Detective Zebra and his trusty sidekick, Dot, in their first adventure where they investigate the untimely disappearance of the jam tarts"--P. [4] of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books 2021

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