Summary: Lisa is the last person some would expect to find in a highway-side 'sports bar with curves,' but as general manager at Double Whammies, she has come to love the place and its customers. An incurable den mother, she nurtures and protects her girls fiercely, but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction. Double Whammies sells a big, weird American fantasy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SUPRobertson, David
Summary: "The night sky is our oldest picture book, and people have been telling stories about the stars since the beginning of time. Fisher Finds the Summer Birds tells the legend of Ochek, the Fisher who was chosen by the other animals to search for summer."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc. 2018
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Elliot Hooper has many problems: his mother has been behaving strangely, they are in danger of loosing their farm to a mean-spirited developer, and he is failing at school, so when he finds a girl in the cowshed, and she announces that sheis Virgo, an immortal constellation, it just seems part of the normal chaos--but soon he is swept up in the Gods' hunt for prisoner 42,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken House/Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC EVAMusser, Andy Chou
Summary: When his family moves to the city, Toby misses seeing stars, but soon he meets some wild animals who all need the North Star to show their way home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUSSummary: Codex: Blood Angels contains a wealth of background and rules – the definitive book for Blood Angels collectors. Within this 144-page hardback, you’ll find: - The Angelic Host: the origin of the Blood Angels, the story behind their homeworld of Ball, the horror of the Flaw and the introduction of Primaris Space Marines to their ranks;- Ordering the Host: a detailed breakdown of the Blood...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Games Workshop Limited 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.93 WARSummary: The Emperor's Sword!Bolters roar and chainswords scream as the battlefield welcomes the physical definition of the Imperium's might - the Adeptus Astartes. Drop Pods smash down from orbit, unleashing squads of Space Marines, their vox-amplified war cries panicking and scattering foes. Gunships roar through the scorched skies, air-to-surface missiles slamming down zenith angles to annihilate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Games Workshop Ltd 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.93 WARSummary: The moment the Grace family moves into the dilapidated Spiderwick Estate, strange things begin to happen. Jared, a curious, adventurous boy, quickly seeks out and finds the hidden laboratory of his great great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. He unleashes a mysterious force when he locates a field guide full of the secrets of the magical creatures that inhabit the forest surrounding the mansion. His...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Chronicles 2008Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SPIKataoka, Jinsei.
Summary: "As Ganta begins to understand his new disturbing power, he becomes more determined to destroy the Red Man. However, his strange abilities prove to be an obstacle to Chief Makina who is resolute in maintaining peace and order in her territory. With conspiracy and monstrous attacks from every angle, Ganta manages to arrive at Ward G, a mysterious, detached location in Deadman Wonderland where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DEAModesitt, L. E.
Summary: The lives and fates of three civilizations separated in time become intertwined as the forces behind an indestructible and massive canal 2,000 miles long and spanning the mid-continent of Earth react to a plot to overthrow the world government, and three teams of scientists find their lives changed beyond belief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MODElliot, David
Summary: Henry the pig is excited to spot the Great Pig in the sky one starry night, but when he shows the other farm animals, he gets frustrated because they each see something different.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ELLKnight, Amitha Jagannath
Summary: "Sisters Usha and Aarti, and cousin Gloria, see different things in the stars - a Big Dipper, a Big Digger, and a Big Kite - in this introduction to geometry and spatial relationships"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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Summary: Mary Poppins takes her charges to the Herb Garden in a park in London for a night of magic on Midsummer's Eve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1982
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Summary: "A man at a crossroads in the middle of his life returns to the small mountain town where he was born and where his parents have recently died. In the face of enormous personal tumult, he sits down to write. What follows is a dizzying, audacious chronicleof his childhood and an unsparing account of his life's trials, failures, and triumphs that becomes a moving look at what family gives and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VILFforde, Katie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FFOMcGeorge, Chris
Summary: "The Standedge Tunnel, the longest canal tunnel in England, has become one of the rural village of Marsden's main tourist attractions. Now it's also a crime scene. Six students went into the tunnel on a private boat. Two and a half hours later, the boat reappeared at the other end of the tunnel carrying only one of the students, who had been knocked unconscious"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCGSummary: An explosive, adrenaline-pumping thrill ride and the tale of one man's heroic actions in the line of duty. Based on the true story of World War II saboteur Max Manus and his personal struggles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MAXRoss, Michael Elsohn
Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text portray baby mammals nursing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tricycle Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC Ross,Summary: Readers will find details of when the character was first mentioned, appearance, wizard school, house, patronus, wand, related family members, skills and achievements, personal history and more! With more than 700 characters included, this book is packed from cover to cover. The book will also include genealogical charts and family trees for the major characters, world maps detailing important...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Media Lab Books 2020
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Summary: "Every day, in a house by the sea, a little boy watches his father leave for a long day's work. One night, a great storm washes a small whale onto the beach. The boy discovers the whale is a good listener. The father discovers the boy is lonely. Together, they return the whale to the sea. And from that day on, the boy learns that the father can be a good listener too"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2014
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Summary: When Colorado carpenter Gary Adams spots two mysterious creatures in the woods near his house, he calls on his friend, veterinarian Cammy Rivers for advice. But like Gary, Cammy has never seen an animal resembling this beautiful species. But when the Department of Homeland Security puts a call out for Gary and Cammy because of these animals, the two risk everything to protect the innocent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KOOTaylor, Theodore
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Ben must cope alone when a mysterious sniper begins shooting the big cats in his family's private zoological preserve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TAYVo, Nancy
Summary: "A cheeky celebration of boobies! "You have just opened a book about boobies." Meet the Blue-footed Booby, who does not have any boobies at all, since only mammals have boobies. We learn that mammals have boobies to feed babies -- even though milk can also come from plants. And did you know that boobies vary from person to person, that boobies change over time, and that different animals have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VOSummary: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants! Follow the adventures of this enthusiastic, optimistic sponge whose good intentions inevitably lead him and his friends into trouble.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: "Today, Amik is expecting her beaver cousins for a special visit, and she can't wait to show them her home. But as the visitors arrive, Amik suddenly realizes that her little sister, Nishiime, has disappeared. Where could she have gone? As Amik shows her cousins some of her favorite haunts, the reader also learns how beavers help all the other animals in the forest: they cut down poplar trees...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2023