Verdi, Giuseppe
Summary: The four parts of the opera have the titles The Duel, The Gypsy, The Gypsy's Son and The Execution. Ferrando tells the story of the revenge taken by a gypsy for the death of her mother, the apparent destruction in the fire of the son of the old Count di Luna. In the palace gardens Leonora waits for her lover, the troubadour Manrico, mistaking the Count di Luna, who also loves her, for him, an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2009
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA TROSummary: Characters and themes from Stephen King's multiple universes converge in the fictional town of Castle Rock. In season two a feud between warring clans comes to a boil when budding psychopath Annie Wilkes, nurse from hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock. And as the town celebrates its 400th anniversary, Castle Rock's first settlers -- including Henry Deaver -- find themselves joining in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CASRizzo, Theresa
Summary: How far would you go to save the one you love? Reporter Skylar Kendall has run from commitment all her life, pushing people away before they leave her, until her niece worms her way into Skye’s heart and settles in tight. Skye relaxes into a career she enjoys and relishes being a doting aunt. Then her niece becomes gravely ill. Unable to bear yet another loss, Skye is determined to find a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzo Publishing 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIZSheen, Michael
Summary: Tells the story of Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson, two pioneering researchers of human sexuality in the 1950s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment Llc 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MASSummary: Chronicles the lives of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Masters, a successful OB/GYN, is conducting a secret study of human sexuality. Soon, he meets Virginia Johnson, a former nightclub singer who is now part of the hospital secretarial staff. He enlists her help with his study, and she quickly proves to be an asset to Masters' work. Together, they delve deeper than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MASSummary: Sabata: Sabata is a mysterious steely-eyed gunslinger who, after he discovers the town of Daugherty's elite are the masterminds behind the big bank heist, imposes his bullet-laced brand of justice on the town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM 2005
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN SABThoman, Lauren
Summary: Is it the right place at the wrong time? Or the wrong place at the right time? Trapped in a dead-end town, Justin Warren has had his life defined by the suspicious deaths of his grandparents. The unsolved crime happened long before Justin was born, but the ripple effects are still felt after thirty-eight years. Justin always knew he wouldn't have much of a future. He just never imagined that...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction ThomanDel Rizzo, Suzanne
Summary: "A beloved toy fox is swept away from his best friend (human girl) Emi and their mountain home. He ends up tattered and alone on a distant shore. Fox is eventually found by a kind old man and given as a gift to his frail granddaughter, Kiko. It is shown, but not necessarily explained, that Kiko has a visual impairment and is recovering from a leg injury. Here in their valley cabin, the fox is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DELIzzo, Kim
Summary: After her family's home is sold, a Jane Austen devotee decides to find out if she can, indeed, marry for money when she is forced to choose between Mr. Rich and Mr. Right. Set in Scotland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC IZZPalacios, Tomas
Summary: Peter Quill, son of the king of Spartax, leads the Guardians of the Galaxy, a group of intergalactic heroes set on protecting the universe from the evil Badoon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PALPalacios, Tomas
Summary: Join Thor, the Warriors Three, and Lady Sif as they render order across the cosmos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PALPinto, Freida
Summary: A young Indian woman falls for a British businessman who has come to India to work for her father's business, but must overcome the pressure of society in order to make their relationship work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2012
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRIDel Rizzo, Suzanne
Summary: "A young girl introduces herself to a new neighbor from Syria and bonds with him over shared interests in nature, birdwatching, and finding small treasures. His anxieties about his new life are eased when his knowledge from having pet pigeons in Syria helps save an injured cardinal. Polymer clay art depicts fall and winter scenes in a neighborhood where most residents are immigrants and where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DELTomasi, Peter
Summary: "Batman and Robin Vol. 5 collects the DC Comics--The New 52 origin of Two-Face and Carrie Kelley! The origin of Two-Face begins as Batman finds himself in the crossfire of a vengeful war between Two-Face and Erin McKillen! Both are hell bent on killing each other and anyone else who dares to step between them. And what are the mysterious connections between Harvey Dent's life and the origin of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATPalacios, Tomas
Summary: No single hero can defeat the evil trickster, Loki -- but with six of Earth's mightiest heroes combined, they stand a chance! Find out how Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and the Hulk all first met and what forces them to band together to form the Avengers!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PALMoniz, Tomas
Summary: "Big Familia follows Juan Gutiérrez, a self-employed single father, as he navigates a tumultuous year of inescapable change. His daughter, Stella, is on the verge of moving away to college; his lover, Jared, is pressing him for commitment; and his favorite watering hole--a ramshackle dive presided over by Bob the Bartender--is transforming into a karaoke hotspot. The story is set in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acre 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MONPalacios, Tomas
Summary: Introduces the origin story of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PALThomason, Dustin.
Summary: From the co-author of the two-million copy mega-bestseller The Rule of Four comes a riveting thriller with a brilliant premise based on the 2012 apocalypse phenomenon--perfect for readers of Steve Berry, Preston and Child, and Dan Brown. For decades, December 21, 2012, has been a touchstone for doomsayers worldwide. It is the date, they claim, when the ancient Maya calendar predicts the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2012
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Tomasi, Peter.
Summary: It's the prelude to "The Blackest Night" as the "War of Light" continues to intensify! Mongul attempts to establish his hold on the Sinestro Corps by enslaving the planet Daxam and making it the home world of his Corps. What does Sinestro's right hand man, Arkillo, think of all this? And will Sodam Yat, the Green Lantern known as Ion, fight to save his homeworld, which he's vowed to never...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TOMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC TOMThoms, Susan Collins.
Summary: On each of the twelve days during her Christmas visit with her cousin Will, Katie writes home describing the history, geography, animals, and interesting sites of Michigan that she has explored. Uses the cumulative pattern of the traditional carol to present amusing state trivia at the end of each letter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2010
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2 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E THOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Holiday ThomsCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE THOSummary: Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLIThomason, Dustin.
Summary: Shortly before December 21, 2012, a CDC expert encounters a confounding medical mystery, and a talented Mayan scholar comes into possession of a priceless codex with terrifying implications for modern civilization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2012