Summary: Set in a dreary, unforgiving mid-nineteenth century German village in Hunsruck, it captures the plight of hundreds of thousands of Europeans who immigrated to faraway South America to escape the famine, poverty and despotism that ruled at home. Edgar Reitz's film is a heart-wrenching drama and love story set against the backdrop of this forgotten tragedy. Jakob, our protagonist, tries to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOMSummary: The Baby Carriage: Infused with a jazzy, nouvelle vague-inspired energy, Bo Widerberg's feature debut has the freshness of youth. Building on his film criticism's call for a socially relevant Swedish cinema, the writer turned director offers a vivid portrait of a young factory worker finding her way toward independence as she weathers unexpected pregnancy, learns hard lessons from relationships...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Set in 1860s New York City, the drama is centered on Kevin Corcoran, an intense, rugged, Irish-American cop working in the city's notorious Five Points neighborhood. He struggles to maintain his moral compass while embarking on a quest to learn the truth about the disappearance of his wife and the death of his daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Americas 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COPSummary: "The next chapter of Bruce Wayne's life is in full swing, and just as expected, it's a bumpy ride! What challenges lie ahead for the Dark Knight? One thing is for sure, when it is all said and done, Batman's life will be altered forever! The question is whether it's for better or worse."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATSummary: Four outcast high school girls a brainiac student, a scandal-ridden cynic, a tomboy, and a fashion maven join together to form their own "girl gang" and trigger a rock-'n'-roll revolution at Rydell High. Of course, the adults are in a 1950s moral panic over the burgeoning new era, but the Pink Ladies are ready to get this party started.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: Set 5: With the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaching, Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Beall, Will.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BEAScheidt, Dave
Summary: "The Agents of S.L.A.M. aren't your average professional wrestlers. They're led by the fearless and famous Bruno Bravado and work for the president of the United States to protect people from all kinds of threats--both on Earth and in space! And they've just been joined by their newest recruit, Katie Jones, a twelve-year-old wrestling vlogger who just might know more about wrestling than the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SCHHill, Will
Summary: The brave men and women of Department 19 have fought Dracula at every turn, but now Zero Hour has passed and the ancient vampire is at full strength. Inside Department 19, the Operators are exhausted and fractured. Jamie, Larissa, Matt and Kate are each struggling with their own demons. When the friends need each other most, they are further apart than ever. Outside the Department, the world...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HILScheidt, Dave
Summary: "The script is in . . . and Mayor Good Boy is going to the movies! Mayor Good Boy is starring in his very own movie, set in his very own town, Greenwood. Too bad some crooks are out to steal the show! Don’t worry—interns Abby and Aaron are ready to help out. With items around town going missing and pizzas being stolen, will the mayor be able to save the day—and his movie—before it’s too late?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Graphic 2022
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Summary: Nervous about the first day of school, Oliver brings an alligator to school for protection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SCHHill, Will
Summary: After watching his father's brutal murder, sixteen-year-old Jamie Carpenter joins Department 19, a secret government agency, where he learns of the existence of vampires and the history that ties him to the team destined to stop them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HILHill, Will
Summary: Before, she lived inside the fence. She was never allowed to leave the property, never allowed to talk to Outsiders, never allowed to speak her mind. Because Father John controlled everything-- and Father John liked rules. Disobeying Father John came with terrible consequences. Then came the fire. Now Moonbeam is in the hospital, sharing her stories of sexual, physical and mental abuse. There...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HILHill, Will
Summary: Rehabilitating Frankenstein while training a new squad to help recover from an attack by evil vampire Valeri Rusmanov, operator Jamie Carpenter races to recapture escaped prisoners who have been transformed into vampires.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HILHill, Will
Summary: "Now that Jamie's an official member of Department 19--a classified government agency of vampire hunters--he and his squad of elite operators are discovering that work is a non-stop emergency. And that's before the red alert: Dracula's remains have been stolen from the hiding place where they've been in lockdown for more than a century. The clock has been set. Jamie and the Department must stop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HILHill, Will
Summary: When Jamie Carpenter's mother is kidnapped by strange creatures, he finds himself dragged into Department 19, the government's most secret agency. Fortunately for Jamie, Department 19 can provide the tools he needs to find his mother, and to kill the vampires who want him dead. But unfortunately for everyone, something much older is stirring, something even Department 19 can't stand up against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HILBilal, Parker
Summary: When a surveillance job leads private investigator Makana to the murder of a teenage girl, he and a woman named Zahra search for justice in a country where the authorities can be willing to turn a blind eye to apparent honor killings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILBoll, Heinrich
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northwestern University Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOLBilal, Parker.
Summary: "The ancient city of Cairo is a feverish tangle of the old and the new, of the superrich and the desperately poor, with inequality and corruption everywhere. It's a place where grudges and long-buried secrets can fester, and where people can disappear in the blink of an eye. Makana, a former Sudanese police inspector forced to flee to Cairo, is now struggling to make ends meet as a private...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BILPill, Maggie.
Summary: When Retta’s “gentleman friend” is accused of murder, the Sleuth Sisters take on the case. Winston Darrow is a charmer, but his secrets create trouble that spills onto Retta, Barb, Faye, and even police chief Rory Neuencamp. Someone is out to get Win, someone he claims is the real killer. While Retta admits Win is less trustworthy than her daffy Newfoundland dog, she insists he’s not a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gwendolyn Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PILPill, Maggie
Summary: In this second story of the series, our heroes are presented with two crime threads, one hot and one cold. The cold case is half a century old, which is okay, since many residents remember those days like they were yesterday. In 1967, on a warm night in Nashville, Tennessee, someone committed two brutal murders. It’s reported that person now lives in the park, hiding under a new identity. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gwendolyn Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PILSchmid, Paul.
Summary: Petunia so desperately wants a pet skunk that she refuses to believe her parents when they say skunks stink.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011