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Bucharest (Romania) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Lama (Mammifère) Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Llama Llama Juvenile fiction Llamas Fiction Llamas Juvenile fiction Picture books Revolutions Juvenile fiction Romania Drama Romania History Revolution, 1989 Juvenile fiction Stories in rhymeSummary: A well-to-do Bucharest architect is determined to keep her deadbeat son out of jail after a deadly car crash. How far will she go to convince the police, eyewitnesses, and even the victim's family that her son was not recklessly speeding? A spellbinding drama of social commentary and psychological realism, this caustic look into the corrupt heart of the Eastern European bourgeoisie twists into...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CHIMonroe, Maika
Summary: When a young American woman and her husband move to Bucharest, she begins to suspect that the stranger who is stalking them is a serial killer who decapitates women.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Rlj Distribution Solutions 2022
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2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER WATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WATSepetys, Ruta
Summary: "Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians arent free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceauşescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. Hes left with only two...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC SEPSepetys, Ruta
Summary: In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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Summary: In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SEPSummary: 1987, Communist Romania. During the course of one day, Otilia helps her friend and roommate Gabita get a late-term abortion. With abortion, let alone any kind of contraceptive, being illegal, the women have to use illegal means to achieve their goal. Shows the rough and gritty situation in which these college students, particularly Otilia, must make decisions and deal with their consequences.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FOUSepetys, Ruta
Summary: In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: New York City architect Natalie works hard to get noticed at her job but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee and bagels than to design the city's next skyscraper. And if things weren't bad enough, Natalie, a lifelong cynic when it comes to love, has an encounter with a mugger that renders her unconscious, waking to discover that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ISNCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IsCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ISNSummary: Set in early nineteenth century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AFESummary: A surreal farce about rival gypsy gangsters and clans living along a dilapidated stretch of the Danube, who get each other involved in train heists, arranged marriages, true love, and love of life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLAOlmstead, Gail Ward
Summary: New York, 1858: Mary, a young widow with three children, agrees to marry her brother-in-law Frederick Law Olmsted, who is acting on his late brother's deathbed plea to "not let Mary suffer." But she craves more than a marriage of convenience and sets out to win her husband's love. Beginning with Central Park in New York City, Mary joins Fred on his quest to create a 'beating green heart' in the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rose Writing 2021
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Summary: In 1999 Texas, Lia Cope, when her grandmother Mineko moves in, connects with her over stories of the Turtle House in Japan and the secrets they both carry, and when Mineko is forced to live in an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: "Join Llama Llama as he makes his way from A to Z in this colorful ABC board book illustrated in the classic Anna Dewdney style. From crayons to ice cream to kisses, Llama Llama introduces you to all of his favorite things"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOARD DEWStephens, Elle
Summary: "Rubble knows that teamwork can get any job done. So, when city hall needs a new roof, he calls on Mix, Charger, Wheeler, and the rest of his pup family for help"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Llama Llama wants to give Mama the best Mother's Day present ever, but he doesn't know what she wants! Pancakes in bed? A day spent in the garden? Seems like a good time for Llama to go undercover to find out! And maybe--just maybe-- he'll be able to give her a perfect Mother's Day."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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Summary: In this engaging concept board book, Llama Llama learns about such opposites as big and small, awake and asleep, open and closed, and helps little ones learn them, too!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD DEWSummary: Sixteen years after the ousting of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, two residents of a small town share their moments of glory at a local television station.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tartan Video 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TWESummary: Blending rigorous naturalism with the precise construction of a thriller, this Cannes award-winning drama from Cristian Mungiu sheds light on the high stakes and ethical complexities of life in contemporary Romania. As his daughter nears high-school graduation, Romeo, an upstanding doctor, counts on her winning a competitive scholarship that will send her to university in England.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GRADewdney, Anna
Summary: In this new concept board book about feelings that helps kids learn about their emotions and why they might feel a certain way, Llama Llama experiences the universal highs and lows as he gets ready for bed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Divided into two chapters, director Bogdan George Apetri's Miracle begins with the young, beautiful Cristina Tofan sneaking away from an isolated convent. Working in the style of the Romanian New Wave, Apetri withholds key information about her motives as we follow her enigmatic journey, allowing tension to steadily build to a wavering precipice. The film's second part follows Marius Preda, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MIRSummary: Grab your hard hats and get ready to bow wow build with Rubble & Crew! First, join the construction team as they build a beaver a new home. Then, the crew switches to cleanup mode when construction on Cafe Carl's new popcorn restaurant pops out of control, and PAW Patrol's Marshall stops by to inspect Builder Cove₂s first-ever fire station! Plus, Mix and Rubble are starstruck when they meet...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2024
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Summary: Llama Llama learns the importance of telling the truth, even if it is hard to say.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Bernadette Fox, a loving mom, becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Bernadette's leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WHECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Where'd 2019Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WHECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WhSummary: Almost an entire century after the world's cinematic introduction to Dracula placed audiences under his haunting spell, the studio that pioneered the genre reawakens one of legend's most captivating figures in an action-adventure that heralds a pulse-pounding rebirth of the age of monsters. The original story of the man who became Dracula.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014