Brezenoff, Steven
Summary: When Catwoman and Harley quarrel about who is the best burglar, they decide to settle it with a bet: who can steal the fabled Marble of Atlantis from the Gotham City Antiquities Gallery; but Catwoman cheats (in fact she already has the pearl), and Harley has to move fast to outwit her rival and win their bet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BRESummary: A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family, and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY UNCCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE UNCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNCBoggs, Johnny D.
Summary: "When an accident seriously injures his father, fifteen-year-old Evan Kendrick saddles his half broke mustang stallion to take his father's place in a horse race from Texas to New England offering $3,000 to the winner. He will discover what America can offer, both good and bad"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BOGSummary: London, 1872. Phileas Fogg lives a comfortable but utterly unfulfilling life in London, spending every day at his club with his friends Fortescue and Bellamy. But when he receives a hand-delivered postcard, with only the word 'COWARD' written on the back, it turns his world upside down.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AROCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV AROSummary: Petruchio is a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona who journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife. There he meets Katharina, a self-willed shrew who leads Petruchio on a merry chase before he successfully circumvents her attempts to avoid marriage. After the honeymoon, Kate helps Petruchio win a wager that he has the most obedient wife. In reality, Kate has found a more effective way to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TAMHarte, Marie
Summary: "Rena Jackson is a diehard romantic, and she's had her eye on Axel Heller for a while. He's got the tall-brooding-and-handsome thing down pat, but he guards his heart well, and Rena is tired of waiting for him to notice her. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, she decides it's time to forget about Axel and find her own Mr. Right. But that's when Axel makes her a bet that involves the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Casablanca 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HARPainter, Lynn
Summary: When they first meet, Bailey and Charlie cannot stand one another, but when they met a year later as coworkers, Charlie secretly bets a colleague he can get Bailey to go out with him, and their relationship gets more complicated as they get closer and closer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2023
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Summary: "The eccentric Phileas Fogg is risking his fortune in a race against time. With his servant Passepartout, he sets out to circle the globe-without a moment to spare for the sight-seeing, storms or delays, for ambushes, rescues or adventure..." --Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CRUSummary: This jolt of pure cinematic adrenaline affirmed directors Josh and Benny Safdie as heirs to the gritty, heightened realism of Martin Scorsese and John Cassavetes. Adam Sandler delivers an almost maniacally embodied performance as Howard Ratner, a fast-talking New York jeweler in relentless pursuit of the next big score. When he comes into possession of a rare opal, it seems Howard's ship has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Sight and Sound Rotating Display, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY UNCFine, Julia
Summary: Venice, 1717. Fifteen-year-old Luisa has only wanted one thing: to be the best at violin. As a student at the Ospedale della Pietà, she hopes to join the highest ranks of its illustrious girls' orchestra and become a protégé of the great Antonio Vivaldi. Luisa is good at violin, but she is not the best. She has peers, but she does not have friends. Until Maddalena. After a scandal threatens her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FINSummary: A drama about the deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRIRuzzier, Sergio
Summary: "When a tiny wave grows bigger and bigger, what's a fish to do? Fish and Wave by Sergio Ruzzier is a playful exploration of what it really means to go with the flow."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: Baron Rothewell is used to high stakes games but is surprised when Comte de Valigny, who likes to play dangerously, wagers his daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CARGeorge, Elizabeth
Summary: Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the murder of two people found in a remote prehistoric stone circle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEOChristmas, Johnnie
Summary: In Johnnie Christmas's newest offering, a video gamer's championship aspirations are dashed when his parents send him to Camp Refresh, a summer camp where electronics are forbidden and you're forced to socialize, eat healthy, and spend time outside. Gamerville is a timely and vulnerable exploration of the importance of human connection and what it means to run in a pack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J GRAPHIC CHRGeorge, Elizabeth
Summary: In this novel Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, the wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS GEOSummary: Silas Marner was a man who had everything, until he lost it all. Falsely accused of theft and driven out of his town, Silas starts life anew. One day, upon arriving home, he discovers a child asleep on the hearth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SILEsposito, Nick
Summary: "Determined to better the world by inspiring boys like themselves, Lucky, Rudy, and Red team up to form the Good Guys Agency. It's not long before trouble at Fort Crumble next door sends the trio on their first back-in-time mission to visit Fred Rogers, the beloved television host. Will Fred get his show? Can they find the kindness needed to avert disaster at Fort Crumble? And will Red finally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bushel & Peck Books 2022