Summary: Caye, a Madrid prostitute, comes to the aid of Zulema, a Dominican streetwalker beaten by a government official blackmailing her for free sex. They form a strong bond and imagine themselves as royalty, to offer them a glimpse of hope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PRIAlthea.
Summary: Examines the nature and importance of truth, explains why telling the truth can sometimes be difficult, and describes the negative effects of lying.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 177.3 ALTSalley, Coleen.
Summary: A retelling of a classic tale in which a well-intentioned young possum continually takes his mother's instructions much too literally.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SALSalley, Coleen.
Summary: Epossumondas's mother tells him a story about how his great-great-grandfather became the first possum to have a hairless tail.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2005
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE WHYSalley, Coleen.
Summary: Forgetting his mother's warnings, Epossumondas goes into the swamp alone then must pretend to be dead time and again as he hears frightening sounds and fears they are being made by the dreaded loup-garou.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SALSalley, Coleen.
Summary: In this variation on the folktale, Sody Salyraytus, each of Epossumondas's birthday guests disappears until it is finally up to him to rescue them all and bring home the "sody" for his birthday biscuits.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SALFraser, Anthea
Summary: "Mark Richmond's trip to York takes a surprise detour when he runs into Helena Crawford and ends up accompanying her to her parents' ruby wedding anniversary in Drumlee, Scotland. Six months earlier, Mark attended Peter Kingsley's sixtieth birthday party - the father of his now-estranged wife, Sophie - where Peter was unexpectedly taken ill. Mark's father, Charles, has been friends with Peter...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRAHalley.
Contents: Adventures of George and the robbers -- Heart attack on a one way street -- Movie song (trailer theme) -- Peninsula Pomegranate Pendegrass -- Redlightgreenlight -- As cheap as fake -- ... -- Herkimer battle jettne -- Living from a heart palpatation -- The last word is a silent vowel -- Movie song (love theme) -- Kites are slow downers.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hooked on Songs 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HALBell, Anthea.
Summary: A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North South Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 BELBell, Anthea.
Summary: A magical being comes into the unhappy lives of a brother and sister, leading them into a world of fantasy and adventure.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Book Studio 1984
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 BELSummary: "Fleeing an abusive relationship, Jessica is reunited with her estranged father, 'Chap', a rough-around-the-edges rancher. With the help of a handsome neighbor, the group learns to trust again and discovers that there is hope and healing at the manger."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD ChSimmons, Anthea
Summary: "Learning to share your favorite things with a new sibling is so hard--especially when baby bends your books, chews puzzle pieces, and makes your blanky yucky. But a big sister learns that sharing isn't all bad, and that she and her brother can share the best things of all: mommy, hugs, and love."--Amazon website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2014
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Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2023
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WALBunn, Cullen
Summary: Kei Kawade thinks he knows what his powers can do, but he has no idea! The next chapter in Kid Kaiju's story begins as he explores the depths of his own abilities! In a secluded realm hidden in Antarctica, a dangerous world that time has forgotten continues to thrive - one where beastly giants still roam the Earth and where the lines of man and monster blur. But when the threats of the Savage...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment 2018
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Summary: Serial killer Frank Haid, dubbed the Painkiller by Chicago police and media, murders 18 people—all paralytics. Commanded by an unseen presence that he calls ''Father'' and that speaks in the voice of an uncle whose rotting corpse he keeps in the living room, Haid destroys his victims (what's left of them) and evidence in a way that puzzles police. Hardest hit are residents of Marclinn, a home...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crossroad Press 2010
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Anthes, Emily.
Summary: Examines advances in biotechnology, including sensor-wearing seals, cyborg beetles, a bionic bulldog and the world's first cloned cat.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.02 ANTCallan, Kevin.
Summary: A well-illustrated and highly entertaining sequel to the author's The Happy Camper, this book is a practical, informative and comic look at all aspects of wilderness camping: from planning to companions, wildlife to martinis.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boston Mills Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Recreation CallanGallen, Michelle
Summary: "Majella is happiest out of the spotlight, living a quiet life away from neighbors' stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up during the Troubles. But underneath her seemingly predictable existence, she doesn't know where her father is, and every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics. When Majella's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GALWallen, Morgan
Contents: disc 1. Sand in my boots -- Wasted on you -- Somebody's problem -- More surprised than me -- 865 -- Warning -- Neon eyes -- Outlaw (featuring Ben Burgess) -- Whiskey'd my way -- Wonderin' bout the wind -- Your bartender -- Only thing that's gone (featuring Chris Stapleton) -- Cover me up -- 7 summers -- More than my hometown --
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD PM Wallen 2021Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD WAL COUNTRYWallen, Morgan
Contents: Disc 1. Born with a beer in my hand -- Last night -- Everything I love -- Man made a bar (feat. Eric Church) -- Devil don't know -- One thing at a time -- '98 Braves -- Ain't that some -- I wrote that book -- Tennessee numbers -- Hope that's true -- Whiskey friends -- Sunrise -- Keith Whitley -- In the Bible (feat. Hardy) -- You proof -- Thought you should know -- F150-50.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY WALGallen, Michelle
Summary: Summer, 1994. Maeve Murray wants a good final exam result so she can earn her ticket out of the wee Northern Irish town she has grown up in during the Troubles. As a first step to afford studying journalism in London, Maeve takes a job in a shirt factory. As the British loyalist marching season raises tensions among the Catholic and Protestant workforce, Maeve realizes something is going on...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GALWink, Callan.
Summary: "A construction worker on the run from the shady local businessman whose dog he has stolen; a Wild West re-enactor engaged in a long-running affair with the Indian "squaw" who slays him on the battlefield every year; a middle-aged high school janitor caught in a scary dispute over land and cattle with her former step-son - Callan Wink's characters are often confronted with predicaments few of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2016