Blackwell, Juliet
Summary: "While caring for her ailing grandmother, Claire unearths a beautiful sculpture that her great-grandfather sent home from Paris after World War II. Claire travels to Paris and discovers a cache of letters that offer insight into the woman in the sculpture and her tragic fate, and begins to discover secrets of her own"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Blackwell 2016Blackwell, Juliet
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Key comes the story of a mysterious work of art and the woman inspired to uncover its history in the City of Light. After surviving the accident that took her mother's life, Claire Broussard has worked hard to escape her small Louisiana hometown. But these days she feels something lacking. Abruptly leaving her lucrative job in Chicago,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Blackwell 2016Summary: A historically accurate depiction of one of the most important collaborations in the history of art, that of legendary sculptor Rodin, and the creative prodigy Camille Claudel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment [distributor] 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CAMJames, Tania
Summary: "Abbas is just seventeen years old when he leaves his family to serve in the court of Tipu Sultan, a volatile and unpredictable ruler. An inspired woodcarver, Abbas is apprenticed to a master toy maker in order to build a massive tiger automaton, a gift to celebrate the return of the Sultan's sons from British captivity. Working alongside the legendary French clockmaker Monsieur du Leze, Abbas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Thrown into a political marriage of convenience by her ruthlessly power-hungry family, the beautiful Margot soon finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs. It's then she realizes her only hope of escape lies somewhere between the heroic soldier who loves her and the enemy husband who could save her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 1995
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN QUESummary: Paul, depressed from his recent break-up with Anna, returns home to live with his divorced father and womanizing, slacking younger brother, Jonathan. With little success, his carefree sibling and doting father try to cheer him up with women, wine, and home-cooked meals. When, in the midnight hour, Paul is forced to entertain one of his brother's desperate girlfriends, he begins to realize that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. Home Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DANMosse, Kate
Summary: In 1891, young Leonie Vernier arrive at the home of a young, willowy, and beautiful aunt in southwest France. Villagers claim that Leonie's late uncle died after summoning a demon from the old Visigoth sepulchre on its grounds. More than a century later an American graduate student, arrives to the same town while researching the life of Claude Debussy. There, a pack of Tarot cards and a piece...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Punto De Lectura 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.3 FICTION MOSSummary: When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre by French Captain Bezu Fache, he soon discovered that he is the number 1 suspect for the murder of a historian Langdon had been scheduled to meet with. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie, Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of cryptic codes and puzzles, all the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DACowell, Stephanie.
Summary: Falling in love against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Paris, struggling impressionist artist Claude Monet and the enigmatic Camille Doucieux carve out a life together that is threatened by Camille's dark past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COWSummary: Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own. The project provides the struggling young woman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF JULSummary: The story of the love affair between a beautiful retired courtesan Lea, and Chéri, the son of her old colleague and rival, Madame Peloux. After six years Madame Peloux has secretly arranged a marriage between Chéri and Edmee, the daughter of another rich courtesan. As the inevitable moment of parting approaches, Lea and Chéri begin to understand, too late, how much they mean to one another.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CHEKrieps, Vicky
Summary: Explores the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria as she turns forty and has to navigate the conflict between the expectations of her culture and her own desires.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rlj Distribution Solutions 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CORSummary: "'Genius: Picasso' is the second season of National Geographic's first fully scripted drama series. Diving into the life and loves of the brilliant Spanish artist Pablo Picasso ... this season showcases Picasso's significant and wide-ranging contribution to modern art. Exploring the Spanish expatriate's devotion to his craft, the series also reveals Picasso's relationships with other well-known...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GENTrow, M. J.
Summary: Second in the thrilling new Kit Marlowe historical mystery series - November, 1583. Desperate not to let the Netherlands fall into the hands of Catholic Spain, the Queen's spymaster orders Cambridge scholar and novice spy Christopher Marlowe to go there to assist its beleaguered leader, William the Silent. However, travelling in disguise as part of a troupe of Egyptian players, Marlowe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crème de la Crime 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TROSummary: During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, become known as "The Basterds." They are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD INGSummary: Irene is with her elderly paramour, on the Riviera, to celebrate her birthday. When he falls asleep on her, she decides to slip down to the hotel bar. There, she mistakes barman Jean for a wealthy guest. He encourages the deceit by taking her up to the Royal Suite for the night. The following year, the same thing happens. This time her lover finds out and disowns her. Knowing Jean is a barman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PRISummary: Until a miracle changes their minds, church and state officials persecute a simple, ingenuous peasant girl who claims to have seen a vision of "a beautiful lady."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SONJohansen, Iris
Summary: Traveling to Palanan Island in Southeast Asia, archaeologist Riley Smith is aware of the threat from treasure hunters who have no qualms about killing to get what they want. When she successfully evades them and finds the perfectly preserved body of a female warrior, it is just what she needs to entice Eve Duncan to join her. As they seek answers to the questions the body has raised, their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOHSummary: Post office manager Philippe longs for a transfer to the sunny, sophisticated south of France. But when his attempt to cheat his way into a transfer backfires, he is sent instead to Nord-Pas de Calais. This northern province is known for its chilly dampness, its drunken, unemployable population, its terrible food and an impenetrable dialect known as Ch'timi. But Philippe soon learns to love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BIESummary: The German occupation changes the life of the village of Villeneuve forever, and as its residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FRESummary: Francis Barrett grew up in a cluttered trailer park among a group of poor gypsies, who are scorned by Irish society. Against all odds, Francis participates in the 1996 Olympics and represents Ireland. An unflinching tribute to an unlikely hero who is a boxing champion and national hero.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SOULouis, Édouard
Summary: "An autobiographical novel from the international bestselling author Édouard Louis - about success, transformation, and the perils of leaving the past behind"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC LOUSummary: Join Charlie Brown and the rest of the delightful gang as they journey to France as exchange students, in the late Charles M. Schulz's fourth full-length animated motion picture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2015