Summary: Set 5: With the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaching, Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FOYSummary: Set in 1940 London, the story is an ode to how women played a major role in boosting national morale during the Blitz of London in the second World War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY THESummary: Based on P.D. James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh is a cerebral, reserved man but possessed of exceptional empathy and insight. As he investigates complex crimes in 1970s England, he plumbs the darker depths of the human psyche in his pursuit of justice.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DALSummary: Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle works in the English town of Hastings. As World War II tears at the social fabric of this once quiet coastal community, Foyle investigates crimes the conflict has fostered on the home front.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FOYBragg, Billy
Contents: Accident waiting to happen (3:59) -- Moving the goalposts (2:32) -- Everywhere (4:58) -- Cindy of a thousand lives (4:13) -- You woke up my neighbourhood (3:09) -- Trust (4:11) -- God's footballer (3:02) -- The few (3:25) -- Sexuality (3:47) -- Mother of the bride (3:34) -- Tank Park salute (3:34) -- Dolphins (3:28) -- North Sea bubble (3:17) -- Rumours of war (2:49) -- Wish you were her (2:45)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BRASummary: A personal look at the extraordinary life, career, and artistry of Alexander McQueen. Through exclusive interviews with his closest friends and family, recovered archives, exquisite visuals and music, it is an authentic celebration and thrilling portrait of an inspired yet tortured fashion visionary.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MCQLewis, Gill.
Summary: When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Paralympics sailing hopeful Felix and English school girl Kara work with veterinarians and specialists to save and reunite the dolphin with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef from the environmental effects of proposed dredging.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWIdol, Billy.
Summary: In this bold and candid memoir, music legend Billy Idol shares his life story, from his childhood in England to his rise to fame during the height of the punk pop revolution, revealing intimate details about the sex, drugs, and rock and roll that he is so fabulously famous for-all told in his own utterly indelible voice. An integral member of the punk rock revolution whose music crossed over...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone, published by Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 IDOL, BILLY IDOSummary: Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion--known as the Godolphin Arabian--brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed-- and the mute Moroccan stable boy who tends him with loyalty and devotion all his life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family King 2011Bryson, Bill.
Summary: Before returning to America after spending twenty years in Britain, the author decided to tour his second home and presents a look at England's quirks and its endearing qualities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 914.1 BRYSummary: It's all 'elementary, my dear' in two classic Sherlock Holmes tales, starring Christopher Lee. In 'Sherlock Holmes & the Leading Lady', Holmes and Watson foil a bombing plot directed at killing the Austro-Hungarian Emperor. In 'Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls', someone is killed on Africa's Orient Express while Holmes is on his way to save a famous diamond. A passenger is the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SIRHill, Susan
Summary: From the outside, the cathedral town of Lafferton seems idyllic, but in many ways it is just like any other place. It suffers from the same kinds of crime, is subject to the same pressures from a rapidly changing world, and has the same hopes and fears as any number of towns up and down the land. When Simon Serrailler is called in by Lafferton's new Chief Constable, Kieran Bright, he is met by...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HILEllis, Bella
Summary: Before they became legendary writers, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë were "lady detectors" in this charming historical mystery. Not yet published novelists, they have well-honed imaginations and are expert readers. And, as Charlotte remarks, "detecting is reading between the lines--it's seeing what is not there."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ELLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELLTemples (Musical group : Great Britain)
Contents: Hot motion -- You're either on something -- Holy horses -- The howl -- Context -- The beam -- Not quite the same -- Atomise -- It's all coming out -- Step down -- Monuments.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TEMSummary: At the height of WWII, brave British women risk their lives as secret agents in occupied France. Based on real-life stories, filmed on location, this suspenseful series features strong female characters, tension-filled plots, and historical authenticity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WISSummary: Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle works in the English town of Hastings. As World War II tears at the social fabric of this once quiet coastal community, Foyle investigates crimes the conflict has fostered on the home front.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Semi-retired policeman Henry Crabbe would rather be cooking than catching criminals. Unluckily for him, he happens to be good at both. His boss, Assistant Chief Constable Fisher doesn't want to lose him, and his accountant wife, Margaret, worries his new career as a restaurateur won't be financially viable. While indulging his culinary passions, Crabbe remains on call for those particularly...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PIESummary: The world's longest-running sitcom returns with two seasons of hijinks from everyone's favorite geriatrics! The lure of Georgian silver prompts the boys to scour the canal in a homemade glass-bottomed boat, and chaos ensues when Compo smuggles a dog into the hospital to cheer up an old friend. At Seymour's urging, Compo and Clegg try their hand at skiing on trays, and a Welsh ferret in Compo's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Britisch Broadcasting Corp. 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LASSummary: The world's longest-running sitcom returns with more antics from everyone's favorite geriatrics! After seeing Seymour off, Compo and Clegg intend to take over his position as headmaster. Foggy returns from Bridlington, but Compo and Clegg keep missing him. Once Foggy finally reunites with Compo and Clegg, though, he loses them while out on a walk, leading him to come up with an idea to create...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corporation 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LASSummary: Compo is just as smitten with Nora as ever, so when Smiler becomes her lodger, Compo is left depressed. The trio tracks down one of Compo's old friends from school, hoping to cash in on an old debt. Foggy also has his inventor's cap back on this season. He creates a chair lift to get up the hills and a pole vault to help Compo hang a washing line for Nora, but as usual, his brilliant ideas lead...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2 Entertain 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LASBarklem, Jill.
Summary: A well-to-do little mouse, exploring on her own, experiences both pleasant and frightening adventures before she is safely home again.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Quinn, Julia
Summary: "In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent--not precisely the attributes the British Court had been seeking in a spouse for the young King George III. But her fire and independence were exactly what she needed...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC QUISummary: The brilliant 1958 TV sci-fi drama series, was an adaption of H.G. Wells' 1897 novel of the same name. A precursor to The Saint, The Avengers and the James Bond craze of the mid-1960's, this version, which portrays Wells' classic character in a 20th century setting, is perhaps the most famous of all the adaptations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021