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Characters in literature Fiction Detective and mystery stories Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) 1890-1969 Fiction Large type books Lupin, Arsène (Fictitious character) Juvenile fiction Murder Fiction Mystery and detective stories Outlaws United States World War, 1939-1945 FictionAdler, Irene
Summary: Whisked out of Paris ahead of the Prussian army in 1870, twelve-year-old Irene Adler is reunited in London with her friends, Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin--but Arsène's father has been arrested for murder and the kidnapping of a famous opera singer, and it is up to the three young detectives to solve the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ADLAdler, Irene
Summary: In London, at Christmas time in 1870, a strange message in the classified ads leads the three young detectives to murders that appear to be connected with the Scarlet Rose Gang, whose leader was killed years before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ADLLagercrantz, David
Summary: Leonard Corell, a detective sergeant in the sleepy town of Wilmslow, is disillusioned with his lot. Trapped between professional stagnation and personal repression, he can't even work up the courage to ask out Julie, the pretty assistant at the tailor's. Tasked with investigating the suicide of a local recluse, Alan Turing, Corell is torn between admiration for the dead man's genius and disgust...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LAGAlbert, Susan Wittig
Summary: During World War II, General Dwight Eisenhower's wife Mamie knew the gossip: Ike was involved with another woman; his letters home were only tepidly reassuring. The relationship between Eisenhower and his driver/aide Kay Summersby moved from England to North Africa and then throughout Europe before and after the Normandy landing. At the end of the war, Ike is faced with the heart-wrenching...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Persevero Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALBEaves, Will
Summary: Turing, father of artificial intelligence and pioneer of radical new techniques to break the Nazi Enigma cipher during World War II, was later persecuted by the British state for "gross indecency with another male" and forced to undergo chemical castration. Set during the devastating period before Turing's suicide, Murmur evokes an extraordinary life, the beauty and sorrows of love, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellevue Literary Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EAVEisenberg, Jesse
Summary: Follows the five-day interview between Rolling Stone report David Lipsky and novelist David Foster Wallace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2015
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY END1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF END
Summary: Robin Hood attempts to save England from Prince John and the Sheriff of Rottingham, while also winning the heart of Maid Marian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ROBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Robin 2006Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROBStreet, Karen Lee
Summary: Summer, 1840. Edgar Allan Poe sails from Philadelphia to London to meet his friend C. Auguste Dupin, with the hope that the great detective will help him solve a family mystery. For Poe has inherited a mahogany box containing a collection of letters allegedly written by his grandparents, Elizabeth and Henry Arnold. The Arnolds were actors who struggled to make a living on the London stage,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STRAllen, Steve
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALLSummary: Biographical film following the life of American soldier Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus, the soldier responsible for turning the Israeli Army into a true power for their fight for independence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE CASSummary: A retelling of one of the most notorious Tinseltown legends to circulate at the height of the studio era. In November 1924, a mysterious Hollywood death occurred aboard media mogul William Randolph Hearst's yacht. Included among the famous guests that weekend were Charlie Chaplin, starlet Marion Davies, the studio system creator and producer Thomas Ince, and feared gossip columnist, Louella...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trimark Home Video 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CatAlbert, Susan Wittig
Summary: Set during the chaotic years of World War II, tells the story of the conflicted relationship between General Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, his Irish driver/aide, and the impact of that relationship on Mamie Eisenhower and her life in Washington during the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ALBAllen, Steve
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 1998
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Summary: "Only one man stands in the way of a plot to murder President Eisenhower in this riveting historical thriller"--provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALTLehrer, Jim.
Summary: In its heyday, the Santa Fe railroad's famous Super Chief was so replete with wealth and celebrity that it became known as "The Train of the Stars." And so we find it in April of 1956, embarking from Chicago for its trip across the Plains to the West Coast. Passengers include former president Harry Truman and actor Clark Gable. But as the train gains speed, a series of deadly events unfolds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEHAdler, Irene
Summary: While on summer vacation at the seaside, twelve-year-old Irene Adler meets the young Sherlock Holmes, and his friend Arsène Lupin--and when a dead body floats ashore the three young friends set out to solve the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Young Readers 2014
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Summary: "Musician Natalie Curtis is broken by strict training and a lost love. After encountering Native American music, she is determined to save these ancient songs which are being silenced by the government. In doing so, Natalie steps inside the space betweenthe notes to discover something she'd forgotten-music powerful enough to heal. Based on a true story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIRCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIRSummary: Tells the story about the strange relationship of two migrant workers who are able to realize their dreams of an easy life until one of them succumbs to his weakness for soft, helpless creatures and strangles the farmer's wife.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Corinth Films 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA OFNewton, Michael
Summary: Orrin Porter Rockwell is more than just a deputy United States marshal and a deadly gunfighter. He's a member of the Mormon Danites, the group of enforcers known as the Avenging Angels, and he's the personal troubleshooter for Governor Brigham Young. And when Young sends Rockwell to the rough-and-tumble mining town of Tartarus, there'll be plenty of trouble for him to shoot. A group of Mormon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC NEWChesterton, R. B.
Summary: "A young graduate student travels to Walden Pond expecting to find inspiration in the quiet solitude, but finds something eerie and malevolent living deliberatly in Thoreau's woods."--Front jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHEGuin, Jerry
Summary: "Sam Bass was just a farm boy from Indiana, but he wound up in Texas and became one of the most notorious outlaws in the history of the Old West. Texas history has often referred to Bass as "Texas' Beloved Bandit" or "Robin Hood on a Fast Horse." Jerry Guin's historical novel The Bandit takes an unflinching look at the life and times of Sam Bass, from his almost accidental incursion into a life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GUIEwen, Pamela Binnings
Summary: The most beautiful, sought-after woman in Belle Epoque Paris, Emilienne sees her youth and beauty fade. As clouds of war begin darkening Europe, Emilienne's young friend, Coco Chanel, has other ideas of how to survive in a man's world. Strong ideas. Now, as Emilienne fights to survive, Coco's star rises.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction EwenSummary: One evening everyone in a part of the English town of Midwich falls unconscious, and upon waking, every woman has fallen pregnant. The spawn of these pregnancies are The Midwich Cuckoos, a group of strange "children" who will change the town forever. Based on the iconic novel by John Wyndham comes the spine-chilling first season of The Midwich Cuckoos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023