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Acton, Helly Alard, Nelly. Buchet, Nelly Davy, Nelle. Helle, Helle Reilly, Kelly Tucker, NeelyBuchet, Nelly
Summary: "A story of a blended family-- from the pets' point of view!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Alard, Nelly.
Summary: Juliette, a computer engineer, and Olivier, a journalist, have two young children and the busy lives of a modern Parisian couple. On a beautiful spring day, while sitting by the river watching her children play, Juliette’s cell phone rings. It is her husband. When Olivier confesses to having an affair, Juliette’s world is shattered. How do you survive betrayal? Can a couple ever be united...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALABuchet, Nelly
Summary: When Dog is handed a strawberry from the fruit bowl, she sizes it up, dances around it, and decides she is going to race the Strawberry--and win.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A celebrated literary scholar, seemingly happily married, embarks on an affair with a gorgeous stewardess, who is captivated by his charm and reputation. As their romance gets serious, the film grows anxious, leading to a wallop of a conclusion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: the Criterion Collection 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SOFSummary: Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, is home to one-eyed artist Michele and alcoholic street performer Alex. It is also their stage as they break up and get back together in increasingly explosive reunions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LOVSummary: The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of 'A Christmas Carol,' a timeless tale that would redefine the holiday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MANCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE MANSummary: Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng. One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A former pro football quaterback suddenly lands in a maximum security prison. Using fellow inmates, he must put together a motley group of cons to play a no-holds-barred grudge game against the sadistic guards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The story of Bertrand Morane, a bachelor who is obsessed with women. Bertrand is no Don Juan-he is an intelligent and sensitive man who adores women of all ages, shapes and sizes. In an effort to understand his obsession, Bertrand writes his memoirs and remembers all the women he has loved.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment Inc. 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MANSummary: Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng. One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: LP FIC FOUSummary: Monsieur Oscar, a mysterious, shadowy character, spends a day traveling through Paris in a limousine driven by his loyal chauffeur, Celine. During his travel, he journeys from one life to the next, taking on the appearances of a wide variety of characters, including a captain of industry, an assassin, a beggar, a monster, a reptilian sex god, a melancholy father, and a dying old man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vivendi Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOLSummary: Zero Motivation is a unique, sharply observed, sometimes dark and often hilarious portrait of everyday life for a unit of young, female soldiers in a remote Israeli desert outpost. Playing out like M*A*S*H meets Orange is the New Black, Talya Lavie's debut details the power struggles of three women with different agendas and very little to do. Pencil-pushers in the Human Resources Office, best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ZERTucker, Neely
Summary: ""The test of a crime series is its main character, and Sully is someone we'll want to read about again and again."--Lisa Scottoline, The Washington Post "Tucker raises the stakes and ramps up the darkness in this series and makes you wonder, and even worry a little about, what's coming next."--Kirkus Reviews(starred review) "Provocative. Tucker realistically depicts the newspaper industry in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TUCTucker, Neely
Summary: "When the teenage daughter of a powerful Washington, D.C., judge is found dead, three local black kids are arrested for her murder--but reporter Sully Carter suspects there's more to the case. From the city's grittiest backstreets to the elegant halls ofpower, wry yet wounded Sully pursues a string of cold cases, all the while fighting against pressure from government officials, police,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TUCTucker, Neely
Summary: When the teenage daughter of a powerful Washington, D.C., judge is found dead, three local black kids are arrested for her murder--but reporter Sully Carter suspects there's more to the case. From the city's grittiest backstreets to the elegant halls of power, wry yet wounded Sully pursues a string of cold cases, all the while fighting against pressure from government officials, police,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TUCReilly, Kelly
Summary: A detective investigates a series of murders of young women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rlj Entertainment 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ABOHelle, Helle
Summary: "Dorte is twenty and adrift, pretending to study literature at Copenhagen University. In reality she is riding the trains and clocking up random encounters in her new home by the railway tracks. She remembers her ex, Per - the first boyfriend she tells usabout, and the first she leaves - as she enters a new world of transient relationships, random sexual experiences and awkward attempts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HELDavy, Nelle.
Summary: For generations, Aurelia was the crowning glory of more than three thousand acres of Iowa farmland and golden cornfields. The estate was a monument to matriarch Lavinia Hathaway's dream to elevate the family name--no matter what relative or stranger she had to destroy in the process. It was a desperation that wrought the downfall of the Hathaways--and the once-prosperous farm. Now the last...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIRA 2012
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Acton, Helly
Summary: "Have you ever wanted to change the past and discover the result of choices not taken? Now, in this brilliantly fun novel of what-ifs, missed chances, and new beginnings, Frankie McKenzie discovers what starting over might bring... Despite living firmly in her comfort zone, Frankie McKenzie feels unsettled. She can't help feeling something's missing. Is it a home to call her own? Travel? A more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: While investigating the death of the son of Washington, D.C.'s most influential African-American family, veteran metro reporter Sully Carter discovers the real story--one that forces him to strike a dangerous balance between the city's violent back streets and its highest corridors of power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TUCSummary: Andre "Dre" Johnson has it all...a job as a top ad exec, a beautiful doctor wife, four great kids and a lovely, well-appointed house in the suburbs. And he's not about to let his family forget how they got there. Keeping cultural identity alive is not without its challenges for this man on a mission. With perpetual pushback from clueless coworkers, an outspoken father, and even the wife and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015