Summary: The story of the infamous meeting between Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon in 1970, which was immortalized in the most requested phonograph in the National Archives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ELVCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ELVMorosinotto, Davide
Summary: "Twins Viktor and Nadya are twelve years old when Hitler's Germany declares war on the Soviet Union. With little notice, the city's children are evacuated on trains that are meant to take them to safety. Shockingly, Viktor and Nadya are separated, and disaster befalls them both. As the terrible confilect rages, each embarks on a desperate race across snow and ice, struggling through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MORLongo, Davide
Summary: In this dystopian, post-apocalyptic literary novel, Italy is on the brink of collapse: borders are closed, banks are refusing to distribute money to their clients, the postal service is shuttered, and food supplies are running short. Armed gangs of drug-fueled youth rampage through the countryside as the nation descends into chaos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MacLehose Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LONSchlatter, Gaspard
Summary: After his mother dies, a young boy is sent to live in an orphanage where he learns to trust and love again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entert. 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MYSchotter, Richard.
Summary: King Cole, Queen Meg, Jack, Tess, Giant Blunderbore, and Sir George battle a ferocious dragon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Schotter 1994Schotter, Roni.
Summary: Selig, who loves words and copies them on pieces of paper that he carries with him, goes on a trip to discover his purpose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHSummary: "Antonio, a successful but cash-poor merchant, approaches Shylock, a wealthy moneylender, for a loan to help his young friend Bassanio woo the fair Portia. Despite being longtime enemies, Shylock grants the request, but demands one pound of Antonio's flesh if the debt is not repaid on time. When Antonio defaults on the loan, Shylock seeks what is legally owed him but soon learns that those to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MERCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Merchant 2005Schotter, Roni.
Summary: A rhyming celebration of grandmothers, including those who are mischievous ticklers, those who once wore bell bottoms and marched for equal rights, and those who are nearly family and just as loving. Includes a list of names for grandmothers in different languages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHSchotter, Roni.
Summary: Describes the meaning and traditions of Hanukkah as five children and their family celebrate the holiday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joy Street Books 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays, Call number: JE SCHSummary: Forensic pathologist Dr. Nariman's car accidentally injures a motorcyclist's eight-year-old son. He offers to take the child to a clinic, but the father refuses his help and his money. A few days later, in the hospital where he works, Dr. Nariman learns that the boy has died under suspicious circumstances. His existential dilemma: is he responsible for the death, or did the child die of another...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NOSchotter, Roni.
Summary: Little Green is a proud and strong pickup truck who loves helping with chores, but when Farmer Gray buys a big new blue truck, Little Green is left to rust in a pasture until the farmer's daughter, Fern, suggests they fix him up and use him for such gentle jobs as going to the farmers' market.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHBen-Daṿid, Mishḳah
Summary: When Ronen, an expelled Mossad agent, vanishes after a failed assassination attempt against a Hezbollah operative responsible for suicide bombings in Israel, Gadi, his former commander, must find Ronen before he harms both himself and his country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENCalì, Davide
Summary: One morning, when George walks into his kitchen, he finds someone sitting at his table. "Who are you?" he asks. "I'm your shadow," answers the shadow. The shadow follows George--for a walk on the street, fishing on the pier at Coney Island, and everywhere else George goes. Who is this shadow? Is he an annoying pest? Is he a friend? Or is he both? -- amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CALCalì, Davide
Summary: Grown-ups never misbehave, cheat, talk with their mouths full, or complain--despite ample evidence to the contrary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2019
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Summary: A humorous story about the absurd excuses for not doing homework.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books Llc 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Harry, an ex-con turned tailor to the rich and infamous, is married to Louisa, who is smart and sexy. Andy is a suave and ruthless British spy, who had best come through this time, who forces Harry to eavesdrop on the powerful politicians he clothes. Harry's talent for storytelling is not only taken as truth, but sets off a series of events that threatens to destroy everything most important in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER TAISavit, Gavriel.
Summary: When her university professor father is sent by the Gestapo to a concentration camp, seven-year-old Anna travels the Polish countryside with the mysterious Swallow Man during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SAVCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SAVStrauss, Darin.
Summary: In Long Island Josh Goldin loves his wife Dori and their eight month old son Zack. However, the TV salesman is very worried about Zack who twice has been rushed to the emergency room with strange life-threatening symptoms. African-American ICU pediatric chief Dr. Darlene Stokes reports the Goldin case to the Child Protective Services based on her theory that Zack's mom suffers from Munchausen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STRSulaiman, Hamid
Summary: "It is spring 2012 and 40,000 people have died since the start of the Syrian Arab Spring. In the wake of this, Yasmine has set up a clandestine hospital in the north of the country. Her town is controlled by Assad's brutal regime, but is relatively stable. However, as the months pass, the situation becomes increasingly complex and violent. Told in stark, beautiful black-and-white imagery,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SULDaoud, Hassan
Summary: "The Penguin" is a physically deformed young man who lives with his aging mother and father in one of the "temporary" buildings. His father spends his days on the balcony of their apartment, looking at the far-off city and pining for his lost way of life. Mother and father both find their purpose each day in worrying about the future for their son, while he spends his time in an erotic fantasy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAODavys, Tim.
Summary: A horrendous crime sets off a disturbing chain of events that will force the citizens of Mollisan Town to debate profound issues of free will and destiny in this powerful tale from the internationally acclaimed Tim Davys. In the Tourquai neighborhood of Mollisan Town, Superintendent Larry Bloodhound is the keeper of the peace and ruler of the streets. But there are others more powerful than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins US 2011
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Savit, Gavriel
Summary: A historical fantasy that follows Eastern European teens Yehuda and Bluma on a journey through the Far Country, the Jewish land of the dead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020