Summary: Famously leading a team of codebreakers, mathematician Alan Turing created a computer capable of breaking the codes devised by Germany's Enigma machine during WWII, significantly contributing to shortening the war, and saving millions of lives. Only a few years later, British authorities ignorant of his contributions convicted him for the crime of homosexuality, significantly contributing to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA IMISummary: During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of "gross indecency," an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA IMICopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Imitation 2015Summary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOLOsofsky, Audrey.
Summary: A young boy with muscular dystrophy tells how he is teamed up with a dog trained to do things for him that he can't do for himself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OSOCampbell, Marcy
Summary: "Adrian Simcox brags about owning a horse, and Chloe just knows he's making stuff up...until she learns an important lesson in empathy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC CAMMarz, Ron.
Summary: "During a ceremony to celebrate the Skytrain connecting to the Skylands to the Cloudbreak Islands, the train is stolen by a gang of gear trolls and it's up to Jawbreaker to save the day. Meanwhile, Cynder meets a fairy named Calliope after winning a tournament" --From the Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARMarr, Andrew
Summary: As the United Kingdom decides whether or not to remain a member of the European Union or go its own way in September of 2017, a group of ruthless killers will stop at nothing to keep a shocking secret at the very heart of the government that could change everything in an instant from being revealed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Overlook Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMarr, Melissa.
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see faeries, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle between the Summer King and the Winter Queen, and the survival of her life, her love, and summer all hang in the balance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MARVichi, Marco
Summary: Enduring a grueling summer in nearly deserted 1963 Florence, Inspector Bordelli investigates suspicious alibis related to the death of a wealthy asthma patient, a case that is aided by his young protégé, the victim's brother, and a semi-retired petty thief.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VICMarr, Melissa
Summary: A mother makes her baby feel safe by sharing how all kinds of mama animals care for their little ones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Aislinn and Seth struggle with the unforeseen consequences of Aislinn's transformation from mortal girl to faery queen as the world teeters on the brink of cataclysmic violence.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MARMarr, Melissa.
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Leslie wants a tattoo as a way of reclaiming control of herself and her body, but the eerie image she selects pulls her into the dangerous Dark Court of the faeries, where she draws on inner strength to make a horrible choice.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MARCampbell, Marcy
Summary: "A modern-day response to 'The Giving Tree,' this lyrical picture book shows how family love is passed down from generation to generation"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAMDermansky, Marcy
Summary: Allison Brody is thirty-two and newly arrived on the East Coast after just managing to flee her movie producer boyfriend. She has some money, saved up from years of writing and waitressing, and so she spends it, buying a small house on the beach. But then a Category 3 hurricane makes landfall and scatters her home up and down the shore, leaving Allison adrift. Should she go home from the bar...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DERDermansky, Marcy
Summary: When Leah's former boss and mentor, Judy, dies in an accident and leaves Leah her red sports car, Leah takes off to San Francisco to claim the car, revisiting past lives and loves in a self she abandoned years ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DERAlinas, Marv
Summary: Kip and his friend Pip have adventures on a ship. This simple story for beginning readers teaches the "ip" sound through rhyming text and bright, original illustrations. Additional features to aid in comprehension include a word list for review, a note to parents and educators, and an introduction to the author and illustrator.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN ALIWolfman, Marv.
Summary: Two-face is back in town and he's out to get Batman, following orders from a voice on the radio which he 'knows' is just his own insane mind. Meanwhile a little boy, who mysteriously appears to know all about Bruce, Jason and Dick, confronts Dick Grayson, trying to convince him to be Robin again because 'Batman NEEDS a Robin'. Together they go on their way to help Batman, which eventually shall...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 1990
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WOLCampbell, Marcy
Summary: Future interior designer Maggie, a sixth-grader, focuses on an upcoming design contest to cope with friendship and family troubles, including having Tony, a half-brother she never knew existed, move in.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CAMCampbell, Marcy
Summary: Students are upset and begin acting mean after something bad is written on a school bathroom wall, but talking, listening, and an art project help them remember who they are.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAMMarz, Ron.
Summary: "Deja Vu advances to the final round of the Legendary Finals, but her opponents Fist Bump, Trail Blazer, and Fling Kong make her doubt her abilities. Meanwhile, Spyro saves a fairy named Calliope from the clutches of a tentacle beast" --From the Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARMarz, Ron.
Summary: "After being imprisoned, Spyro, Hex, Cynder, and Wallop learn of King Malefor's plan from Calliope as the undead king attacks the Skylander Academy. Meanwhile, Knight Mare and Doctor Krankcase compete in a Mabu Meander Race"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARFinnegan, Marco
Summary: In Southern California, during World War II, twin sisters Flaca and Cuata are harassed by soldiers stationed nearby, but a bigger problem arises when the lost member of an underground species, shaped like a five-foot-tall lizard, needs the sisters' help.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 FINLeonardi, Marco
Summary: In turn of the century Mexico, a young woman loves a boy whom her mother forces to marry her sister.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2011