Heitkamp, Kristina Lyn

Summary: Energy is everywhere. Introduce young readers to mechanical energy with this visually engaging text. Mechanical energy is defined through accessible language, explaining basic concepts such as potential and kinetic energy. Learn how mechanical energy has been harnessed in inventive ways over the course of history. Readers discover different sources of mechanical energy and how it can be...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 531 HEI

Summary: Amelia is a single mother plagued by the violent death of her husband. When a disturbing storybook called Mister Babadook turns up at her house, she is forced to battle with her son's deep seated fear of a monster. Soon she discovers a sinister presence all around her.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BAB

Garces, Cristina

Summary: Disney characters share their favorite Christmas recipes, including Belle's classic winter porridge for breakfast, Lightning McQueen's pot pie for dinner, and Pooh Bear's mini honey buns for dessert.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2014

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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: J 641.5 GAR

Den Hartog, Kristen

Summary: Ostracized by her peers because of her rapidly increasing height, Ruth realizes that she has also developed the ability to perceive the experiences of others and glimpses the inner lives of those around her and the ways in which World War II shaped all of their lives.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEN

Hunter, Kristi Ann

Summary: The Duke of Riverton has chosen his future wife with the same logic he uses to make every decision. However, Frederica St. Claire, whom he see as his perfect bride, eludes his suit. Meanwhile the beautiful Isabella Breckenridge seems to be everywhere. When the time comes, will Griffith and Isabella be able to set aside their pride and initial notions to embrace their very own happily-ever-after?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUN

Summary: Set over a tumultuous ten-year period in the early 20th century, this five-hour miniseries tells the story of an honorable Englishman coping with his growing disillusion at the end of a privileged era and the beginning of a new, egalitarian society. As the comfortable certainties of Edwardian England begin to give way to the chaos and destruction of WWI, nobleman Christopher Tietjens puts...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PAR

Floyd, James Krishna

Summary: While on a vigilante border patrol, Jackson shoots and kills a young Mexican teenager and then flees into Mexico, becoming an illegal alien himself in order to seek forgiveness from the boy's father.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2021

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE NO

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NO

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Summary: The Mule: Earl Stone is a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. Even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CLI

Summary: Die hard (1988): NYPD police officer John McClane tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2016

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Summary: Relives the grand hopes, dreams, loves, and adventures of generations of residents in Centennial, Colorado-- from their risky attempts to establish a settlement in 1795 through the politics and power plays of the 20th century. Begins with French and Scottish trappers interacting with Native Americans and follows the increasing conflicts as more permanent settlers arrive. Shows how the town of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal City Studios, Inc. 2008

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD CEN

Summary: "They are The Unit, a covert Special Forces team operating outside the usual military chain of command, risking their lives on undercover missions at home and abroad. Their identities are highly classified, a secret that's also fiercely guarded by their wives. But despite the men's determination to protect their families from the dangers of the job, they've learned that the enemy they have...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV UNI

Summary: When a star soccer coach is murdered and his priceless Pink Panther diamond stolen, France is in an uproar. Fortunately, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is on the case. He doesn't have a clue, but for Clouseau that is just a minor detail. With his partner, Gilbert Ponton, he goes from one misadventure to the next, leaving mayhem in his wake, from the boulevards of Paris to the streets of New York....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PIN

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Pink 2006

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD P

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PIN

Summary: Cry macho: When an aging rodeo star takes a job of bringing the teenage son of his former boss from Mexico, where he lives with his alcoholic mother, to his father's ranch in Texas, he connects with the boy and finds redemption through teaching the boy what it meansto be a man.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CRY

Summary: Ali, is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship to follow her dreams to LA. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess, the club's proprietor and headliner. After Ali finally makes her way from the bar to the stage, things take a dramatic turn when her larger...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BUR

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

Baczynski, Kristyna

Summary: "Whether you're an avid nature lover or newly discovering the world outside your door, you'll find information and inspiration in this beautifully illustrated pocket companion. Organized by season, its colorful pages are brimming with wondrous wildflowers and plants to discover as you wander, forage, and explore-from alder, foxglove, and fireweed to rosehip and mistletoe"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee, Penguin Random House LLC 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 582.13 BAC

Summary: [Head] An exciting kaleidoscope of surreal vignettes set to music, this fast-paced film takes a psychedelic look at the pop phenomenon called the Monkees as they shatter their pre-fab image. A technically innovative rock musical.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AME
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DRAMA AME

Gregory, Kristiana.

Summary: In her diary, a young girl writes about her life and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2001

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

Gregory, Kristiana.

Summary: A diary account of fourteen-year-old Susanna Fairchild's life in 1849, when her father succumbs to gold fever on the way to establish his medical practice in Oregon after losing his wife and money on their steamship journey from New York. Includes a historical note.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2001

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GRE

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y DA 21

Summary: Three co-workers at a magazine seek to interview someone who placed an ad for time travel companionship.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SAF