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Aristocracy (Social class) Great Britain Drama Country life Great Britain Drama Great Britain Social conditions 20th century Drama Household employees Great Britain Drama Imaginary wars and battles Drama Kings and rulers Drama Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Great Britain Drama Nobility Drama Social classes Great Britain DramaCasey, Elizabeth Lynn
Summary: In Sweet Briar, South Carolina, high school football stars Jake Davis and Noah Madden were fierce rivals. Twenty years later the dueling quarterbacks haven't lost their luster. So townsfolk are surprised when Jake and Noah team up for a business venture ... and there's only one suspect when Noah turns up murdered. Margaret Louise, Jake's mother and one of the founding members of the sewing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC CASCarney, Elizabeth
Summary: What was that? That's the roaring burp of a bullfrog! See that? That's the slick, shiny skin of colorful little rainforest frogs! Alive with froggy facts, this book has the coolest photos to bring kids deep into the swampy world of our amphibian amigos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE CARFlynn, Laurie Elizabeth
Summary: "A lot has changed in the years since Ambrosia Wellington graduated from college, and she's worked hard to create a new life for herself. But then an invitation to her ten-year reunion arrives in the mail, along with an anonymous note that reads, "We need to talk about what we did that night." It seems that the secrets of Ambrosia's past-and the people she thought she'd left there-aren't as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FLYSummary: A group of six friends, in Sacramento, gather to distract themselves from loss - a newly dumped Sylvia, Prudie's repressed disappointment, or Jocelyn, who has a life of unrealized dreams. All are devoted Jane Austen fans, except the lone man, Grigg, who has an ulterior motive for joining the chick-lit gang. There's plenty of pride (Prudie), prejudice (Jocelyn), sense (Sylvia), and sensibility...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JANSummary: Includes seven original Christmas classics, such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town; Frosty the Snowman; and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Media 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORISummary: A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DUN RATED PG-13Summary: The year is 1925. Momentous changes threaten the great house, its owners, and its servants, while past scandals continue to loom. Return to the sumptuous setting of Downton Abbey for the sixth and final season to discover what will finally become of the Crawley family, and the servants who work for them, as they face new challenges and begin forging different paths in a rapidly changing world....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOW NOT RATEDSummary: Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy scientist, Cecilia Kass escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD INVSummary: The follow-up to the 2019 feature film in which the Crawley family and Downton staff received a royal visit from the King and Queen of Great Britain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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We have 6 in the district. Place a hold to request one.Summary: As Season Five begins in 1924, the radio is the latest miracle, a new Labour government heralds changes through the land, and Downton's traditional ways are besieged on all fronts. Robert, Mary, and Branson must navigate these shifting sands together to ensure the future of the estate for generations to come. As Branson finds himself playing a more crucial role at Downton than ever before, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD DOW NOT RATEDKann, Victoria.
Summary: A little girl who is obsessed with the color pink eats so many pink cupcakes that she herself turns pink.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KANSummary: Explores the formative years of the renowned author's life as he finds friendship, courage, and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including the author's tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TOLKann, Victoria.
Summary: When her classmates make fun of her for still liking the color pink, a little girl feels all alone, but then a friend shows her the power of pink.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KANSummary: The beloved characters of Downton Abbey take to the big screen, and it turns out that they've got a major event to prepare for. After all, it's not every day that royalty makes an appearance. Of course, it's not long before tensions are running high. The property isn't even close to ready when it becomes clear that Carson the butler will need to come out of retirement to help run this sinking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOWSummary: As the season begins, encouraged by the Red Wedding slaughter in the Riverlands that wiped out many of their Stark nemeses, the Lannisters' hold on the Iron Throne remains intact. But can they survive their own egos as well as new and ongoing threats from the south, north and east?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GAM RATED RSummary: "With the Army of the Dead--led by the Night King, his White Walkers and an undead dragon--bearing down on Jon and Dany and their combined forces, a denouement eight seasons in the making will be reached, answering a myriad of questions surrounding the fate of the series' protagonists. Meanwhile, Jon's true identity promises to undermine Dany's claim to the Iron Throne...and, or course, Cersei...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GAMSummary: "This season begins with a power vacuum that protagonists across Westeros and Essos look to fill. At Castle Black, Jon Snow struggles to balance the demands of the Night's Watch with those of the newly-arrived Stannis Baratheon, who styles himself as the rightful king of Westeros. Meanwhile, Cersei scrambles to hold on to power in King's Landing amidst the Tyrells and the rise of a religious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "In Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, romance novel addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. She forms a close friendship with the younger son on the estate, Henry Tilney, but their budding romance is mysteriously cut short"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NOR NOT RATEDSummary: After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes the target of his rage. He decides it is up to him to teach her a series of deadly lessons which will endanger everyone she loves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNHSummary: Four young men form Jamaica's first bobsled team, in hopes of competing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Loosely based on a true story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 1998
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COO RATED PGSummary: Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NEX RATED PG-13Summary: Aging actress Irina visits the country estate where her brother Sorin and her son Konstantin reside. She brings her lover Boris, a successful novelist. The estate teems with desire, jealousy and angst. The estate manager's daughter Masha is in love with Konstantin, who is in love with the sweet neighbor Nina, who is in love with Boris. Boris casually uses and discards Nina while Irina...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SEASummary: "The O. Henry Prize stories 2019 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from the thousands published in literary magazines over the previous year."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2019