Summary: From award-winning director Ben Affleck, it reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AIRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AIRCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE AIRBunn, T. Davis
Summary: Seeking calm after a personal tragedy, attorney Marcus Glenwood moves to Rocky Mount, N.C., where his clients Alma and Austin Hall come to him for help concerning "their daughter Gloria [who] has disappeared in China while investigating the slavelike labor practices of a factory owned by the international giant New Horizons, the world's largest manufacturer of sports shoes and athletic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUNDahl, Michael
Summary: A pair of mysterious magic shoes appears every night under Daphne's bed, and they give her the ability to walk through solid objects, like a phantom, but there are consequences for wearing them--and that is only one of the chilling stories in this collection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy Plus, Call number: JBR RED DAHLawrence, David
Summary: "Lucy Andia is an award-winning volleyball player. She tries out for the Peabody team sure she'll be the star. But when other girls have greater talent, Lucy has to change positions. Can Lucy embrace her new role on the team?" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Panet, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LAWMiyakoshi, Akiko
Summary: "This collection of three interconnected stories follows the life of Little Shrew as he goes about his everyday activities of commuting to work to reflecting on his hopes and dreams to welcoming his friends for a visit."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MIYRyan, Sofie
Summary: "Sarah Grayson and her rescue cat, Elvis, can always be found at a charming secondhand shop in the village of North Harbor, Maine. Despite the small-town setting, the daring duo often find themselves wrapped up in murder, but luckily they have help--a quirky group of senior citizens runs an amateur detective agency called Charlotte's Angels out of the store. The Angels are hired to look into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RYASummary: "Jennifer Shannon loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop. But when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend's murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. As she gets closer to the truth, she becomes the murderer's next target. Now she must fight for her own survival in order to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GARUmino, Chica
Summary: Rei Kiriyama is a seventeen-year-old professional shogi player who lives alone in Tokyo's uptown. Unfortunately, the young man lost his family at a young age, sending his life into a deep world of solitude. This is a heartfelt tale of how he recovers his life upon coming into contact with the Kawamoto sisters--Akari, Hinata, and Momo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Denpa, LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 MARColato Lainez, Rene
Summary: Young René's mother has sent him a new pair of shoes from the United States. He loves his new shoes. "They walk everywhere I walk. They jump every time I jump. They run as fast as me. We always cross the finish line at the same time." René-with his new shoes-and his father set off on the long journey to meet his mother in the United States. He says goodbye to his friends in El Salvador, and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG COLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG COLStaniszewski, Anna
Summary: Frustrated in his search for the lady who belongs to the glass slipper, Prince Patrick turns to Kara's father, the shoemaker, to ask who made the glass slippers; it can only have been a fairy godmother, but Kara is determined to help, and she enlists her friend Zed and his pet goat in the search--an adventure that could end up with the children thrown into the dungeon, because there is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE STAGraves, Sue
Summary: When the poor shoemaker and his wife discover the two naked little elves who have helped them become successful, they sew fine outfits for them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paragon Pub. 2006
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Summary: Allergic to group activities of any kind, all her life Serenata has run, swum, and cycled on her lonesome. But now that she's hit 60, all that physical activity has destroyed her knees. As she contemplates surgery with dread, her previously sedentary husband Remington, recently and ignominiously redundant, chooses this precise moment to discover exercise. Which should be good for his health,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHRGodwin, Jane
Summary: "With three older brothers to pass along hand-me-downs, Sadie doesn't have much say in choosing her clothes. Her outfits always look interesting, though (even if some kids at school might not think so). But Sadie is allowed to pick her shoes, so one day she buys the most beautiful shoes ever -- shoes that sparkle in the sun, shoes she wears everywhere. That is, until Sadie and her brothers hop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GODGodwin, Jane
Summary: "With three older brothers to pass along hand-me-downs, Sadie doesn't have much say in choosing her clothes. Her outfits always look interesting, though (even if some kids at school might not think so). But Sadie is allowed to pick her shoes, so one day she buys the most beautiful shoes ever -- shoes that sparkle in the sun, shoes she wears everywhere. That is, until Sadie and her brothers hop...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "Amelia Bedelia and her mother need new shoes, but Amelia Bedelia adores her comfy, broken-in sneakers. But the shoe is on the other foot when Amelia Bedelia spots the perfect pair--only to find out that they belong to Mary Jane!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Inspired by the 1987 true story, the movie follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California's farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White, a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. With grit and determination, the unlikely band of runners eventually overcomes the odds to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2015
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MCFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD McLupica, Mike
Summary: "When a young basketball star decides to research his grandfather--and coach--for a school project, he uncovers a decades-old scandal that changes everything he thought he knew about his grandfather"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LUPSummary: Inspired by true events, it is a feel-good story about Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself, even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EDDCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE EDDMidori, Wataru
Summary: "As schools reopen and clubs reconvene after COVID-19 closures, Kikuzato is eager to try out his new leg. But even with the improved fit, his worry about falling like he did in his first public race plagues his training for the next. Running is as much a mental game as it is a physical one, and between his fear and his fight with Take, Kikuzato isn't seeing the improvement he hoped his new leg...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RUNBrannen, Sarah S.
Summary: A young bear needs help with an untied shoe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E BRAKing, Wesley
Summary: "Reggie has never felt destined for greatness. He dreams about basketball brilliance all day and night, but the hard truth is that he's a benchwarmer for the West Bottom Badgers, the worst team in the league. Even their mysterious new coach, Rolabi Wizenard, can't seem to help them end their losing streak. Reggie is willing to train tirelessly to improve his game, but the gym itself seems to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Granity Studios 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KINMaddox, Jake
Summary: Cameron believes his move to an undisciplined, small-town team will provide the excuse he needs to quit playing soccer, but perhaps this new team is exactly what he needs to make the sport fun again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH FIC MADGrisham, John.
Summary: The careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Charlie inherits the family shoe factory after his father's death. In order to keep the factory running, their products must branch out into more diverse areas. Lola, a drag queen in need of better footwear for work, comes to his aid and designs a pair of special boots.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013