Adler-Olsen, Jussi
Summary: Sixteen years before Democratic Senator Bruce Jansen was elected president of the United States, a PR stunt brought together five very different people: fourteen-year-old Dorothy "Doggie" Rogers, small-town sheriff T. Perkins, single mother Rosalie Lee, well-known journalist John Bugatti, and the teenage son of one of Jansen's employees, Wesley Barefoot. In spite of their differences, the five...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ADLSummary: Police inspector Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad investigate a cold case about a disappeared woman; when the murder of young twins implicates a group of students as the killers, Carl Mørck investigates; Department Q must catch a serial killer before time runs out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DEPSummary: Based on remarkable real-life stories, this gripping drama series follows the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service as they navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart-stopping emergencies they attend to across some of the most beautiful and inhospitable places in the Australian outback.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Amanda Price gets propelled into the scheming 19th century world of Pride and Prejudice while the book's Elizabeth Bennet is hurled into hers. As the plot unfolds, Amanda triggers new romantic twists and turns as she tries to help the Bennet sisters nab husbands and even manages to captivate the tantalizing Mr. Darcy. But what about Elizabeth, and what will become of one of the world's greatest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LOSCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LSummary: American judge Daniel Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood into making the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JUDSummary: "Gripping saga of two rival moles--played by superstars Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah--who navigate slippery moral choices as they move between the intersecting territories of Hong Kong's police force and its criminal underworld. Set during the uncertainty of the city-state's handover from Britain to China and steeped in Buddhist philosophy, these ingeniously crafted tales of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN INFSummary: In Australia's red heart with all of its precarious beauty, the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart-stopping emergencies they attend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Paris after dark / Jordan Summers -- Coven of mercy / Deborah Cooke -- Le cirque de la Nuit / Karen MacInerney -- Perdition / Caitlin Kittredge -- Deliver us from evil / Dina James -- Blood and thyme / Camile Bacon-Smith -- Into the mist for ever / Rosemary Laurey -- Blood feud / Patti O'Shea -- Love bites / Angie Fox -- Flotsam / Caitlin R. Kiernan -- The murder king's woman / Jamie Leigh...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAMSummary: A group of seemingly "perfect" high-school buddies lead double lives. They fly high in a world of petty crime and material excess - a free-wheeling lifestyle that soon takes a downward spiral, leading to an unexpected, violent end.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BETNielsen-Fernlund, Susin
Summary: When Darryl arrives in Princess Puffybottom's kingdom, she is not amused.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NIESummary: When seventeen year old J's mother dies of an overdose, he calls his grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, who invites him to come live with her. A Ma Barker camouflaged as a cheery suburban grandmother, she dotes on her roguish boys, and looks to add J to the mix. The oldest is Pope, a gunman off his meds, unhinged drug dealer Craig, and baby-faced youngest Darren. The brothers, along with Pope's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ANISummary: Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he's drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization controlled by his father, a man who gained immortality and the desire for unlimited power when he acquired an ancient artifact centuries ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SHACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SHACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SHACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SHASummary: Based on the best-selling novel by Garth Stein, this is a heartfelt tale narrated by a witty and philosophical dog named Enzo. Through his bond with his owner Denny, an aspiring Formula One racecar driver, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition and understands that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life. The film...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD ARTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ArSummary: The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TWECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie 12 2021Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWESchlein, Miriam.
Summary: When Little Raccoon asks his mother when she loves him the most, she finally answers "always right now."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SCHJestin, Victor
Summary: After witnessing the suicide of a popular boy on a playground at night and doing nothing to stop him, a panicked teenager drags the body to the beach and buries it, becoming trapped in a guilt spiral.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JESSummary: When his latest outburst goes viral, volatile celebrity chef Easton West flees back to his Australian hometown and tries to reinvent himself through an unlikely partnership with his 19-year-old pastry wunderkind niece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Bill and Kate hopelessly try to find some hint of an explanation after finding out that their only son committed a mass shooting at his university before taking his own life. They struggle numbly through the funeral, the media onslaught, and the awkward pity from relatives and friends. Their already strained marriage is tested as they realize all they have left with each other is their shared...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BEASummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cookie Jar 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WHESummary: A Holocaust survivor finds himself simultaneously involved with three women: the peasant who hid him from the Nazis during the war, a beautiful concentration camp survivor, and his first wife (who he was certain was dead).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ENESummary: Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, Logan and Victor, two half-brothers with special powers grow up amid violence. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors known as Wolverine and Sabretooth. William Stryker is a sinister government operative whose Weapon X program experiments keep pulling Wolverine back in. Kayla Silverfox shares a peaceful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009