Summary: Three different people are catapulted into dramatic and unforseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer pooch disappears into the apartment's floorboards; and an ex-radical turned hit man rescues a Rotweiler with a gunshot wound.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lion's Gate Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AMOSummary: The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TWECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie 12 2021Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWEGauche
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK GAUSummary: Talented aspiring violinist Finley meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small village in Ireland. An unexpected romance develops as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on an adventurous revival, and she inspires him to take charge of his future until the pressures of his stardom get in the way.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Roadside Attractions LLC 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FINSummary: Talented aspiring violinist Finley meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small village in Ireland. An unexpected romance develops as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on an adventurous revival, and she inspires him to take charge of his future until the pressures of his stardom get in the way.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Roadside Attractions LLC 2021
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2 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ROMANCE FINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FINOsle, Janessa
Summary: Provides step-by-step instructions showing young artists how to draw a variety of cat breeds, including Siamese, Maine Coon, Scottish Fold, and Ragdoll.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Walter Foster Jr. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.2 OSLBache, Ellyn.
Summary: Paisley Lamm's terminal cancer helps her and her four friends suddenly appreciate their memorable life experiences, their own families and their lifestyles.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BACSummary: "Sisters Kate and Melanie haven't spoken to each other in years since a hurtful scene at Melanie's wedding. Their parents, Wendy and Al, have let the pain of their daughters' absence drive a wedge between them, and their tensions have led to a separation. Kate is determined to reunite the entire family for Christmas, and has the perfect spot...their old family home. The only problem is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HFC Productions, Inc. 2013
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday CThomas, Vaneese.
Summary: Memphis blues and soul artist Vaneese Thomas pays tribute to her father R&B legend Rufus Thomas with this brand new release on Segue Records "Blues For My Father". This offering features duets with both Rufus Thomas and Carla Thomas and was inspired by the amazing career Vaneese's father enjoyed. A must have for any blues fan the world over.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Segue Records 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES THOBlack, Vanessa
Summary: "Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers to the science behind avalanches. Includes map, infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jump!, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.5 BLABlakeslee, Vanessa
Summary: "Growing up as the only daughter of a wealthy landowner in Santiago de Cali, Colombia, teenaged Mercedes Martinez knows a world of maids, armed guards, and private drivers. When she falls in love with Manuel, a fiery young activist with a passion for his faith and his country, she begins to understand the suffering of the desplazados who share her land. A startling discovery about her father...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Curbside Splendor Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BLADiffenbaugh, Vanessa.
Summary: "The story of a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own past"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DIFDiffenbaugh, Vanessa.
Summary: "The story of a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own past"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2011
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Diffenbaugh, Vanessa.
Summary: "For fourteen years, Letty Espinosa has worked three jobs around San Francisco to make ends meet while her mother raised her children--Alex, now fifteen, and Luna, just six--in their tiny apartment on a forgotten spit of wetlands near the bay. But now Letty's parents are returning to Mexico, and Letty must step up and become a mother for the first time in her life. Navigating this new terrain...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2015
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Summary: "Want to spin your own beautiful yarn? Expert spinner Vanessa Kroening shows you how in this easy introduction to spinning with a drop spindle. No need to invest in an expensive spinning wheel. Expert spinner Vanessa Kroening shows you how to spin in this wonderfully accessible introduction to spinning with a drop spindle. Vanessa explains how to: clean and prepare fleece for spinning; what to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press 2021
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 746.12 KROPeters, Vanessa
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PETRiley, Vanessa
Summary: "When headstrong West Indian heiress Patience Jordan questioned her English husband's mysterious suicide, she lost everything: her newborn son, Lionel, her fortune--and her freedom. Falsely imprisoned, she risks her life to be near her child--until The Widow's Grace gets her hired as her own son's nanny. But working for his unsuspecting new guardian, Busick Strathmore, Duke of Repington, has...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2020
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC RILRoeder, Vanessa
Summary: Using a cardboard box as his home when he is born without a shell, Terrance the turtle enjoys the uniqueness and versatility of his home until another turtle’s insensitive remarks make him question his differences.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROECopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ROEBagusche, Frauke
Summary: A marine biologist and diver, drawing on scientific discoveries and her own research, takes us deep within the depths of the ocean, reawakening our love for the sea and igniting a desire to protect this vital habitat.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 578.77 BAGBausch, Robert
Summary: "When Skip Granger, the assistant coach for the Washington Redskins, first sees Jesse Smoke, she is on the beach in Belize. And she has just thrown a regulation football a mile. Granger knows that Smoke's talent is unprecedented for a woman, and nearly unparalleled among men. As Granger observes her throughout a season as quarterback for the Washington Divas of the Independent Women's Football...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAUBueche, Shelley.
Contents: Bear -- A new home -- The test -- The beginning -- True troopers -- Earning badges -- Dog sports -- Dogs help out -- Reading with dogs -- Camp for dogs -- Some special troops -- Looking ahead -- Just the facts -- Common breeds: dog scouts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Pub. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636.7 BueGray, Anissa
Summary: The Mothers meets An American Marriage in this dazzling debut novel about mothers and daughters, identity and family, and how the relationships that sustain you can also be the ones that consume you. The Butler family has had their share of trials, as sisters Althea, Viola, and Lillian can attest, but nothing prepared them for the literal trial that will upend their lives. Althea, the eldest...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Gray 2019Sanche, Heather
Summary: "In this charming tale for kids, the classic life story of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, is told along beautiful illustrations. The book goes through his childhood to his enlightenment, chronicling the ups and downs he faced along the way"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bala Kids, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, Inc. 2020