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Summary: An adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel about the joys and sorrows of Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March, four sisters growing into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Pub. 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ALCLuca, Luciana De
Summary: "A gorgeously illustrated, sparingly written story about the often complicated feelings brought on by anxiousness, perfect for helping young readers identify this complex emotion. The little girl in this picture book would love to dance, sing, and play with her friends, but she is struggling with anxious feelings that get in the way. Sometimes she feels scared and sometimes she feels shy....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUCSummary: 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 PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Whitehouse, Lucie
Summary: When her husband disappears during a business trip to the U.S., Hannah, who believes she has married the perfect man, begins to have doubts when his co-workers tell a different story, prompting her to dig into his life, which unexpectedly leads her to a place of violence and fear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHIMorelli, Licia
Summary: "Emma's little brother Henry is a good kid--but when his day has been too busy and too full, Henry can become a hurricane! Emma wishes that she could teach Henry to be still. One day, she shows Henry how meditation can make a big difference in both their lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORDD'Andrea, Luca
Summary: New York City native Jeremiah Salinger is one half of a hot-shot documentary-making team. He and his partner, Mike, made a reality show about roadies that skyrocketed them to fame. But now Salinger's left that all behind, to move with his wife, Annelise, and young daughter, Clara, to the remote part of Italy where Annelise grew up, the Alto Adige. Nestled in the Dolomites, this breathtaking,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction D'Andrea 2018Brunellière, Lucie
Summary: "A scientific team has boarded the submarine Oceanos to explore the ocean's depths. Suddenly, it gets caught in a violent storm, causing it to drift thousands of miles off-course. From the glittering surface of the sea to the darkness of the abyss, Deep in the Ocean takes readers on a bewitching journey through fascinating waters--some warm, colorful, and crowded with sea creatures, others...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed, an imprint of ABRAMS 2019
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRUSummary: A fun and tender story about friendship and the complications of young love. Leo is a blind teenager who's fed up with his overprotective mother and the bullies at school. Looking to assert his independence, he decides to study abroad to the dismay of his best friend, Giovana. When Gabriel, the new kid in town, teams with Leo on a school project, new feelings blossom in him that make him...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing Home Video 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WAYWhitehouse, Lucie
Summary: When the artist Marianne Glass falls to her death, everyone insists it was a tragic accident. Yet Rowan Winter, once her closest friend, suspects there is more to the story. Ever since she was young, Marianne had paralyzing vertigo. She would never have gone so close to the roof's edge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHISummary: As Kylo Ren and the sinister First Order rise from the ashes of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is missing when the galaxy needs him most. It's up to Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, a defecting stormtrooper, to join forces with Han Solo and Chewbacca in a desperate search for the one hope of restoring peace to the galaxy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY SCI-FI STACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STAWolf, Winfried
Summary: Contradicts the doubts about the existence of the Easter Bunny with stories that give evidence to the animal's magical place in Easter tradition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE WOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: P-J Basket WOLSummary: A waggish, free-wheeling bachelor and a bookish law student take a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany. This unpredictable journey careers from slapstick to tragedy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SORSobrado, Lucía G.
Summary: "Tras la caída del Hada Madrina, el malefi cio no se ha dispersado del todo. Las princesas no han despertado de su letargo y los secretos más oscuros de Lobo han salido a la luz, condenándolo para siempre: Roja no volverá a confiar en él. Cuando los príncipes reúnen al consejo para decidir quién buscará a las gobernantas, las peores pesadillas de Lobo se hacen realidad. Desde el mundo de los...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ediciones B 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 FIC SOBConklin, Lynia
Summary: Capturing both the dark and lovable sides of the human experience, a collection of humurous and heartrending stories follows queer, trans and gender-nonconforming characters as they seek love and connection.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONLucier, Makiia
Summary: When men start vanishing at sea without a trace, seventeen-year-old Reyna, a Master Explorer, must travel to a country shrouded in secrets to solve the mystery before it is too late.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LUCLuciani, Brigitte.
Summary: The reader is asked to guess what Roxanne must leave behind (ball, umbrella, book, turtle, or baby) as she tries various means of transportation to get to the beach.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North-South Books 2000
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LucSebald, Winfried Georg
Summary: The road to exile of four men. One is a teacher, fired by the Nazis from his job for having a Jewish ancestor, then inducted into the German army. Of the others, all Jews, one is a surgeon who commits suicide as he is unable to assimilate into British society, a second is an artist, a third becomes a butler in New York.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SEBTortolini, Luca
Summary: "Out for a walk one day, a girl stumbles upon a lost "dog." Having always wanted a dog of her own, she brings the "little" creature home and takes care of it in secret, hiding it from her parents. Proud of her new "dog," she plays with it, feeds it, and even takes it around town-much to the chagrin of the townspeople and other kids who have been mean to her in the past. But one day, when her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milky Way Picture Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TORZhang, Lijia
Summary: "In the mesmerizing debut novel Lotus, a young woman defies her fate and escapes to the city and all it holds for her--be it love, danger, or destiny Surviving by her wits alone, Lotus charges headlong into the neon lights of Shenzhen, determined to pullherself out of the gutter and decide her own fate. Shes different than the other streetwalkers--reserved, even defiant, Lotus holds her secrets...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ZHASebald, Winfried Georg
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SEBRobson, Lucia St. Clair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBSaracino, Luciano
Summary: In this graphic novel adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic, the ex-convict Jean Valjean strives to build a new life in nineteenth century Paris and protect his adopted daughter, Cosette, but he is pursued by the fanatical police inspector Javert who does not believe in redemption--until it is too late for both of them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SARSummary: Marcus Aurelius Antonius is philosopher-emperor of Rome who summons his empire's governors and princes to his German war headquarters for a Pax Romanus. He confides to his daughter, Lucilla, that his adopted son, Livius, will succeed him instead of his more unstable heir, Commodus. Overhearing this, Cleander, a blind prophet loyal to Commodus, presents Marcus with a poisoned apple. After the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FALBlackburne, Livia.
Summary: "As tensions rise within Forge's Council, and vicious Demon Rider attacks continue in surrounding villages, Kyra knows she must do something to save her city. But she walks a dangerous line between opposing armies: will she be able to use her link to theDemon Riders for good, or will her Makvani blood prove to be deadly? Kyra and Tristam face their biggest battle yet as they grapple with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2015