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Adventure and adventurers Fiction Brothers and sisters Fiction Christian life Fiction Europe Europe Fiction Great Britain History Medieval period, 1066-1485 Fiction Knights and knighthood Fiction Medical care Needs assessment United States Drama Middle Ages Fiction Young adult fictionSummary: The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GRACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRASummary: Wes Anderson brings his dry wit and visual inventiveness to this exquisite caper set amid the old-world splendor of Europe between the World Wars. A poignant ode to friendship, this breathless picaresque is performed with panache by an all-star cast.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY GRACottrell Boyce, Frank.
Summary: Down on their luck, the Tooting family buys an old camper van and begins repairing it, but after installing an engine that once belonged to an extraordinary car, they are off to find other original parts, pursued by a sinister man who wants Chitty for himself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COTRoberts, Nora.
Summary: When a family heirloom is stolen - a small silver statue belonging to the only survivor of the Lusitania - Malachi, Gideon and Rebecca Sullivan are determined to recover the treasure. Their quest takes them from their home in Ireland to Helsinki, Prague and New York and introduce them to a formidable female professor whose knowledge of Greek mythology will aid them in their quest.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2002
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ROBTerrell, Heather.
Summary: Mara Coyne represents an auction house to prove the Crystalis, a 16th century masterpiece, wasn't stolen by the Nazis. She discovers that documents from the auction house have been forged and goes to London to discover the truth.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TERJames, Henry
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Book-of-the-Month Club 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction JamesWoodfolk, Ashley
Summary: "Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem highschoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love. Lux Lawson is on a spree. Ever since her dad left, she's been kicked out of every school that would take her, and this is her last chance: Harlem's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WOOCarr, J. L. (Joseph Lloyd)
Summary: "Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken marriage, arrives in the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby to restore a recently discovered medieval mural in the local church. Living in the bell tower, surrounded by the resplendent countryside of high summers, and laboring each day to uncover an anonymous painter's extraordinary depiction of the apocalypse, Birkin finds that he himself...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Books 2000
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Summary: "From the green countryside of England and the gray canyons of Wall Street come two unlikely heroes: one a pigeon and the other a soldier. Answering the call to serve in the war to end all wars, neither Cher Ami, the messenger bird, nor Charles Whittlesey, the Army officer, can anticipate how their lives will briefly intersect in a chaotic battle in the forests of France, where their wills will...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2020
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROOSummary: A spectacular visual essay composed of epic tableaus, a haunting vision of our modern food industry, and the methods and technology utilized for mass production.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films Home Video 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OUR1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF OUR
Burgess, Sarah
Summary: "Jay often feels that like they are a nobody. Beah, on the other hand, is fierce, charming, athletic--and OBSESSED with the street skipping art, Double Dutch. When the two meet, sparks fly, in this colorful slice-of-life graphic novel about the wonder of platonic friendship and finding your identity. Jay is always scribbling poetry in their notebook. When they come across Skip, a Double Dutch...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews Mcmeel Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BURChantler, Scott
Summary: Staying behind to catch up on some reading while his inept boss, Sir Kelton, rides off to slay a demonic dragon, Squire soon notices something isn't quite right about this cursed village and seeks to uncover its secrets.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 741.5 CHADickerson, Melanie
Summary: In medieval England, Mazy tries to find her place in the world and meets a friendly knight, Sir Berenger.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2022
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Summary: An epic account about the kingdom of Broken follows the efforts of a solitary noble soldier to confront legendary medieval adversaries to save a fortress city from internal and external dangers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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1 available in Adult- Science Fiction, Call number: SF Carr 2012Dickerson, Melanie
Summary: In this retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, Princess Elyce escapes unscrupulous King Conrad by taking a sleeping potion, and after Sir Gerard wakes her with a kiss they begin their journey to Prague in the dead of winter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DICSierra, Javier
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Javier Sierra takes you on a grand tour of the Prado museum in this historical novel that illuminates the fascinating mysteries behind European art--complete with gorgeous, full-color inserts of artwork by da Vinci, Boticelli, and other master artists" --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIECarr, Caleb
Summary: An epic account about the kingdom of Broken follows the efforts of a solitary noble soldier to confront legendary medieval adversaries to save a fortress city from internal and external dangers.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CARSummary: It's a rainy night on the Welsh moors. Two American students on a walking tour of Europe trudge on to the next town, when suddenly the air is pierced by an unearthly howl ... Three weeks later, one is dead and the other is in the hospital.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2009
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR AMELee, Mackenzi
Summary: Desperate to escape his father's high expectations and his own grief in the aftermath of his mother's passing, sole heir Adrian Montague embarks on a search for his disowned siblings after discovering that he is not an only child.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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Summary: A young British lord embarks on an unforgettable grand tour of Europe with his best friend/secret crush in this eighteenth-century romantic adventure for the modern age.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LEESummary: The result of the Brexit referendum in the summer of 2016 caused a political earthquake that laid waste to the normally stable British establishment and sent political tremors across the world. This punchy and provocative feature length drama goes exclusively behind the scenes of the 'Vote Leave' campaign, unpacking the personalities, strategies, and feuds of the winning side, and exploring the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BRESavit, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SAVSalter, James.
Summary: A reworked republication of a 1961 novel in which Cassada, a young newcomer to the 44th Fighter Squadron stationed in Germany in 1955, becomes the center of controversy and disaster.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SALCornwell, Patricia Daniels
Summary: In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister - as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and only Calli can redirect its course. Aided by cutting-edge technologies, the NASA investigator and scientist turned Space Force...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021