Summary: As a Latin American nation nears collapse, idealistic policeman Agustin Rejas faces his greatest challenge: to catch the mysterious terrorist leader Ezequiel. Mass panic sets in as the terrorist attacks become more ferocious, and Rejas finds himself drawn to Yolanda, his daughter's beautiful ballet teacher. As the search for Ezequil comes nearer, he and Yolanda must choose between love, country...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DANOliva, Alejandra
Summary: In this powerful and deeply felt memoir of translation, storytelling, and borders, Alejandra Oliva, a Mexican-American translator and immigrant justice activist, offers a powerful chronical of her experience interpreting at the US-Mexico border. Having worked with asylum seekers since 2016, she knows all too well the gravity of taking someone's trauma and delivering it to the warped demands of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 OLIRogers, Alexandria
Summary: Much to their initial dismay, a twelve-year-old boy and girl discover they are destined to become knights of King Arthur's legendary Round Table, but first they must find and reforge Excalibur and break a curse that has weakened the magic of the Twenty-Five and a Half Realms.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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Summary: Reunited rebels Nathan, Haven, Sina and Bardou continue their journey to the Edge during which they discover that lost legends of the past may prevent two realms from tearing Nothing apart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: "At last, a baby knits collection specifically designed to make pattern instructions as easy as can be! Take your pick of 34 designs for a baby's wardrobe that couldn't be simpler. With even the most complicated pattern instructions, finishing techniques, and sizing changes laid out using Marie Claire's straightforward, easy-to-understand method, knitters of all levels of experience can create...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trafalgar Square 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 ALEDesplat, Alexandre
Contents: The midnight sky (3:31) -- Aether spaceship (3:32) -- Mission (4:22) -- Iris in the stars (4:30) -- Evacuation (2:46) -- Families & friends (2:29) -- In the Milky Way (2:54) -- A child (1:55) -- Peas battle (3:20) -- First alert (3:51) -- Crashed plane (5:20) -- The ice breaks (3:07) -- Visual on Earth (3:03) -- Survivors (3:12) -- Is there hope? (7:42) -- Changing route (3:54) -- Asteroids...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC MIDPizarnik, Alejandra
Summary: Revered by the likes of Octavio Paz and Roberto Bolano, Alejandra Pizarnik is still a hidden treasure in the U.S. Extracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962 1972 unearths this extraordinary poet for English readers in a bilingual edition that spans the heights of Pizarnik s oeuvre. In her brief life, Pizarnik produced an astonishingly powerful body of work. In her own words, she was drawn to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 PIZSchrader, Alejandra
Summary: Determining a food's carbon cost can be difficult. From examining the impact of the supply chain for foods to evaluating the carbon footprint of various plant-based options, this cookbook shows you exactly how to make the most environmentally friendly food choices. Packed with over 140 delicious recipes made with sustainable ingredients, this climate-friendly cooking book will teach you how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56362 SCHCrapanzano, Aleksandra
Summary: When we think of French desserts, we tend to imagine ornate creations and confections. Perhaps we envision a tarte Tatin, but rarely a homemade cake, whipped up on a weeknight with little fuss. But that is exactly what Parisians make and eat. Gâteaux are simple, delicious cakes, both sweet and savory, served to family and friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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Summary: A fantasy about a dark forest besieged by monsters--and the wild queen who has sworn to drive them out. A fierce young queen, neither human nor lynx, who fights to protect a forest humans have long abandoned. An exhausted young soldier, last of his name, who searches for the brother who disappeared beneath those trees without a trace. A Golden Dragon, fearsome and vengeful, whose wingbeats...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROSAlessandra, Pilar
Summary: "'The Coffee Break Screenwriter' keeps it focused and simple. Writers -- from novice to professional -- benefit at every stage of the writing process with a relaxed, "ten minutes at a time" method"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michael Wiese Productions 2016
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Summary: An exploration of underground and undersea life depicts creatures and elements that vary from burrowing animals to man-made tunnels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2016
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Contents: Alerion -- Final episode (Let's change the channel) -- A candlelit dinner with inamorta -- Nobody don't dance no more -- Hey there Mr. Brooks (featuring Shawn Milke) -- Hiatus (instrumental) -- If you can't ride two horses at once-- you should get out ofthe circus -- A single moment of sincerity -- Not the American average -- I used to have a best friend (but then he gave me an STD) -- A...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sumerian 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ASKBellefleur, Alexandria
Summary: Brendon Lowell loves love. It's why he created a dating app to help people find their one true pairing and why he's convinced "the one" is out there, even if he hasn't met her yet. Or... has he? When his sister's best friend turns up in Seattle unexpectedly, Brendon jumps at the chance to hang out with her. He's crushed on Annie since they were kids, and the stars have finally aligned, putting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BELBellefleur, Alexandria
Summary: "After a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again. Love--and the inevitable heartbreak--is the last thing she wants. So she fibs and says her latest set up was a success. Darcy doesn't expect her lie to bite her in the ass. Elle Jones, one of the astrologers behind the popular Twitter account, Oh My Stars, dreams of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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Summary: The day the baby boy was born, on a beautiful Hawaiian island, the world sang him a lullaby. What a good song. But what is the good song? The boy listens for it and finds it in his heart and shares it with the world. Inspired by the medley of the classic songs "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World" sung by Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, the good song is aloha--love.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids, an imprint of Cameron + Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GIACaine, Rachel
Summary: The opening moves of a deadly game have begun. Jess Brightwell has put himself in direct peril, with only his wits and skill to aid him in a game of cat and mouse with the Archivist Magister of the Great Library. With the world catching fire, and words printed on paper the spark that lights rebellion, it falls to smugglers, thieves, and scholars to save a library thousands of years in the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CAIShoneyin, Titilola Alexandrah.
Summary: Baba Segi's fourth wife, the young, college-educated Bolanle, sends his household into turmoil, causing his other three wives to become jealous and resentful and to plot her downfall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHOSummary: On the streets of seventeenth century Paris, law and order is an idea more than a reality. In addition to being King Louis XIII's personal bodyguards, Athos, Aramis, Porthos, and their new friend D'Artagnan, stand resolutely for social justice, honor, valor, love, and for the thrill of it all. They must fight to maintain order and protect their King and Queen against the worst intentions of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MUSCrapanzano, Aleksandra
Summary: Once known for its watery potatoes, stringy mutton, and grayed vegetables, London is now considered to be the most vibrant city on the global food map. The London Cookbook reflects the contemporary energy and culinary rebirth of this lively, hip, sophisticated, and very international city. It is a love letter to the city and an insider's guide to its most delicious haunts, as well as a highly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5941 CRAMotyka, Aleksandra
Summary: "Geralt is summoned by an old acquaintance to help solve a mystery involving his daughter. Geralt soon discovers that the situation at hand, in which he believes to be helping with, only leads to more trouble for the witcher and results in all signs pointing towards him as the prime suspect"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MOTPreziosi, Alessandra
Summary: Spending a summer day at their local pool, George helps his friend Lucy learn to swim, despite her fears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Summary: Edmund Dantes, unjustly accused and imprisoned for conspiring with Napoleon Bonaparte, eventually escapes from his unbearable captivity, uncovers a treasure and begins his long repressed vengeance against those who betrayed him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1981
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P DUMDumas, Alexandre
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2007