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Cranes Dolan, Francie Fences Frames Frances Harris, Calvin Walsh, Liam Francis Welch, FrancesWelch, Frances
Summary: "Told with humor, intrigue, and a shrewd eye for detail, this riveting short biography sheds much-needed light on the life of nineteenth-century Russian icon Grigory Rasputin. Grigory Rasputin, a Siberian peasant turned mystic and court sage, was as fascinating as he was unfathomable. He played the role of the simple man, eating with his fingers and boasting, 'I don't even know the ABC.' But,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marble Arch Pr. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RASPUTIN WELSummary: Brides of Dracula: "Marianne is traveling to Eastern Europe from Paris for a teaching post. She gets stranded at an inn after her stagecoach mysteriously leaves her. She is persuaded to stay at Baroness Meinster's chateau. During her stay Marianne meets the Baroness's son who is chained to a wall. Feeling bad for the son, Marianne frees him, only to discover that he is a vampire. Luckily for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR HAMWalsh, Liam Francis
Summary: "In the aftermath of the Korean War, Peggy's small hometown is rife with anti-Communist hysteria. But Peggy has bigger problems: She's struggling to recover from polio. Taunted by her classmates, Peggy just wants to be a normal kid, until she stumbles across a mysterious object that gives her the power to fly. Unscrupulous operatives from the American and Soviet governments seek the object to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WALWalsh, Liam Francis
Summary: "A boy and his dog embark on what is clearly not an ordinary day of fishing." -- Front jacket flap.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WALSummary: 1947. A fashion empire rises from the ashes of war-torn Paris, run by the breathtakingly charming and thoroughly ruthless Paul Sabine. But behind the glamour and elegance lies a devastating secret that threatens to destroy the company's delicately built success. Sophisticated and contemporary in tone, this is a story about the price of success, set during a pivotal moment in France's history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COLDolan, Francie
Summary: There is lots to learn about the new girl at school. She does not like beans. She does not like to tell jokes. And, she has a physical disability. Join Mimi's classmates as they ask questions about different abilities and make a new friend.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Educational Media 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN DOLSummary: Friendless, orphaned Jane Eyre takes a job as governess to a lively French girl. In time, she finds herself in love with the child's guardian. When she saves him from a fire, she finds that there are many secrets to learn ... secrets that could destroy her happiness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2007
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Contents: Green valley -- Bounce (feat. Kelis) -- Feel so close -- We found love (feat. Rihanna) -- We'll be coming back (feat. Example) -- Mansion -- Iron (with Nicky Romero) -- I need your love (feat. Ellie Goulding) -- Drinking from the bottle (feat. Tinie Tempah) -- Sweet nothing (feat. Florence Welch) -- School -- Here 2 China (with Dillon Francis feat. Dizzee Rascal) -- Let's go (feat. Ne-Yo) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Records 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC HARCranes
Contents: Diorama -- Worlds -- Feathers -- Wires -- Panorama -- Wonderful things -- Collecting stones -- Invisible -- Move along -- Sleepwalking -- High and low
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mute Song Ltd. 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CRAFrames
Summary: You're three tracks into The Cost before you find a song, "The Rise," that opens with anything but singer Glen Hansard's voice as the first thing you hear. The beauty is, you're waiting for the voice, with its hints of Cat Stevens's tonality and its utterly distinct Irish lift. It's Hansard that provides the Frames with such a rising vibe, the sense of a band always lifting off, pressed higher...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Antidote UK 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FRASummary: 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 Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FOYSummary: Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems -- no matter what the cost.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THOSummary: A look at five extraordinary homes and the people who inhabit them. The movie interweaves their stories in a way that makes a person think about the meaning of home and the place of individuality in society.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOMSummary: It returns for an hour-long special series finale, charting a year in the life of our beloved characters. Freddie and Stuart are back, joined as ever by Violet, Ash, Penelope and Mason. In spring, Freddie and Stuart attempt to hide their recently gained inheritance. Violet has financial troubles after her recent divorce and Ash struggles to meet his rent. Signs of Freddie and Stuart's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV VICSummary: Set in the suburbs of Boulogne-Sur-Mer in northern France, this captures a film within a film as it follows the production of a feature whose director turns to the local Cité Picasso housing project for casting. Eager to capture performances of gritty authenticity, the director selects four working class teenagers to act in the film to the surprise and consternation of the local community, who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WORFences
Contents: Songs about abgels -- The lake -- Dogs at the table -- Arrows (feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis) -- Running off the gods -- Sunburns -- Dusty beds -- My mountain is cold -- Lesser oceans -- Temple dreaming.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FENFrames
Contents: Revelate -- Star star -- Lay me down -- God bless mom -- What happens when the heart just stops -- Rent day blues -- Pavement tune -- Stars are underground -- Santa mama -- Perfect opening line -- Your face -- Fitzcarraldo -- The blood.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Plateau 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FRAFrances
Contents: All the while -- Brain -- Cousin -- Lighthouse -- Telephone -- Tomorrow gold -- Locket -- Steady -- Tightrope -- New decoy -- Cold water
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Gigantic Music 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FRASummary: Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent family who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BENSummary: Oscar winner Judi Dench stars in this darkly humorous drama about a meek, middle-aged divorcee who suddenly begins to behave in ways that shock her ex and her grown daughter. Extras include biographies of star Judi Dench and writer Catherine Heath.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2005
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BEHSummary: Algernon is a gentleman from a wealthy family. Algernon's close friend Jack has a ward, Cecily. Both Algernon and Jack have created alter egos to make life more interesting. Algernon arrives for a weekend visit in the country posing as Earnest. Having heard of Earnest's misadventures, Cicely has developed an infatuation with the rogue, and Algernon's impersonation of him works famously on...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY IMPSummary: It's the night of the Jellicle Ball and all these tinier-than-usual cats present themselves to Old Deuteronomy in hopes of being chosen to make the journey to the Heaviside Layer where they will be reborn, to live a new -- and hopefully better -- life. But someone is trying to eliminate the competition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020