Summary: Set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the film tells the story of director Mario Suarez's quest to make the ultimate tango film. Lonely after his wife (one of the film's stars) has left him, Mario must find the themes that will hold the film together, while simultaneously permitting his musicians and dancers the freedom of expression that is necessary to satisfy the tango-hungry Argentine audience....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 1999

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TAN

Forbes, Lani

Summary: To the Chicome people, an eclipse is a time of terror. When darkness falls, the barrier separating the heavens and the earth becomes unstable. Then come the ravening Tzitzimime--the star demons who thirst for human blood. Mayana and Ahkin know the full extent of the coming danger, but they must gather support or the Chicome Empire is doomed. As the eclipse nears, many maneuver for power in this...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FOR

Forbes, Lani

Summary: Thrust into leadership upon the death of his emperor father, young Prince Ahkin feels completely unready for his new position. Though his royal blood controls the power of the sun, he's now responsible for the lives of all the Chicome people. And despite all of Ahkin's efforts, the sun is fading--and the end of the world may be at hand. For Mayana, the only daughter of the Chicome family whose...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2020

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Summary: Based on the unbelievable but true events, I, Tonya is a dark comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with an infamous and poorly executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD I

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD I RATED R

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE I

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie I 2018

Summary: "One of Mexico's most highly regarded works of political cinema, Canoa: A Shameful Memory reimagines a real-life incident that had occurred just eight years before its release, when a group of urban university employees on a hiking trip were viciously attacked by residents of the village of San Miguel Canoa who had been manipulated by a corrupt priest into believing the travelers were communist...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CAN

Cleary, Rhona

Summary: Arriving in NYC for a culinary apprenticeship under Chef Leroy at Harlem's most celebrated restaurant, Tiana struggles to juggle the dueling demands of her mentor while experiencing Harlem's exciting cultural scene.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DIS

Karunatilaka, Shehan

Summary: "Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a searing satire set amid the mayhem of the Sri Lankan civil war. Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida--war photographer, gambler, and closet queen--has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. In a country where scores are...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023

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Summary: In 1973, a spiritual awakening captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team, including its coach Tandy Gerelds. Their dedication to love and unity in a school filled with racism and hate leads to the largest high school football game ever played in the torn city of Birmingham, Alabama, and the rise of its first African American superstar, Tony Nathan.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Woodlawn 2016

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Summary: Tom and Jerry are in for spooks galore in this monster collection. With 20 eerie cartoons and two bonuses, your goodie bag will be overflowing with fun!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2012

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TOM

Summary: Tom and Jerry become involved in the world of espionage, when Tom inadvertently gets his paws on a top secret code, which all the spies are after.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV TOM

Rocklin, David

Summary: In colonial India at a time of growing friction between the ruling British and the restless Indian populace, a Victorian woman and her young Tamil Indian servant defy convention, class, and heartbreak to investigate what is gained--and lost--by holding life still.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hawthorne Books 2011

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROC

Munaweera, Nayomi.

Summary: "Before violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka and turned its pristine beaches red, there were two families. Yasodhara tells the story of her own Sinhala family, rich in love, with everything they could ask for. As a child in idyllic Colombo, Yasodhara's and her siblings' lives are shaped by social hierarchies, their parents' ambitions, teenage love and, subtly, the differences between...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MUN

Cervantes, Jennifer

Summary: To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CER

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FICTION CER

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CER

Summary: Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their gorilla documenting safari. Mrs. Nordley is not infatuated with her husband any more, and takes a liking to Marswell.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MOG

Lehane, Dennis

Summary: Working as a consigliere to the Bartolo crime family, traveling between Tampa and Cuba, former crime kingpin Joe Coughlin, who has everything -- money, power, anonymity and a beautiful mistress -- is forced to pay for his lifetime of sin when the dark truth of his past emerges.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEH

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEH

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction LeHane 2015

Koster, Amy Sky

Summary: "When a shy pony named Bayou moves to New Orleans to be Princess Tiana's special palace pet, she wonders if she'll fit in at the lively city"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN KOS

Summary: Toby is a disillusioned director, currently heading commericals, who becomes pulled into a world of fantasy and memory when he's reunited with a Spanish cobbler he cast as Don Quixote in a student film years earlier. The old man now believes himself to be the legendary character, and Toby to be Sancho Panza, who must play along with the delusion as he also attempts to fulfill his professional...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: When 19-year-old John Groberg is sent on a three-year mission to Tonga, he has no idea what he's getting into. Just getting to Tonga is fraught with danger and unbelievable obstacles. Once there, he finds himself in the midst of a culture as remote to him as the island is to his Idaho Falls home. Not understanding the language, and lonely for his fiancee Jean, John faces suspicion, distrust,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2003

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY OTH

Muth, Jon J.

Summary: Stillwater the giant panda's nephew, Koo, has a dream about saving the world, and Stillwater shows him that sometimes saving the world starts with doing the little things, like cleaning your room, and feeding the cat.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUT

Jefferies, Dinah

Summary: "In 1920s Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), a young Englishwoman marries a charming tea plantation owner and widower, only to discover he's keeping terrible secrets about his past, including what happened to his first wife, that lead to devastating consequences"--Adapted from publisher description.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JEF

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JEF

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Jefferies 2015

Paris, Harper

Summary: "Twins Ethan and Ella are in the Maasai Mara in Kenya, and there's another mystery to solve. Where are all the lions? Ethan and Ella spot lots of cool animals, but the one they're most excited about, they can't seem to find"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2014

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Summary: Despite the loss of her beloved mother and a string of misfortunes, Tohru Honda is always smiling, even while living in a tent! But after learning that she's living on land belonging to the Soma family, she receives an invitation to live with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure! Surrounded by Somas, Tohru discovers their family secret: When hugged by someone of the opposite gender, they turn into Zodiac...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Anime Fr 1-1

Homberg, Ruth

Summary: Tiana warms up a cold winter day at her restaurant with a party and some yummy winter treats.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2018

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN HOM