Moreci, Michael
Summary: "Before Batman trained him to be Robin, Dick Grayson was star of his family of trapeze artists, but when an enchanting new attraction opens nearby and threatens to lure away their remaining customers, Dick is among those drawn to its magical glow and may be too mesmerized to recognize the dangers ahead."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2020
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Summary: "Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her into focus. Now an adult, haunted by an incident in which a child was lost from the circus, our narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy magic and folklore, all in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HETSummary: A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus. Includes an incredible train wreck.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GREUhl, Xina M.
Summary: Like dancers in the sky, aerial silks athletes hang from long strips of fabric and perform acrobatics suspended from them with beauty, grace, and sheer physical skill. This captivating book encourages readers who may not have access to other sports to be physically and acrobatically active. It profiles the leading silks performers, circus arts organizations that teach courses, and places where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.3 UHLGerstein, Mordicai.
Summary: A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott GersteinSummary: A look at the high-wire walk made by Philippe Petit in 1974 between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City, and how it is still considered one of history's most artistic crimes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 791.34 MANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MANQuick, Amanda
Summary: A former trapeze artist who owns a supposedly cursed villa and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a top secret invention before it's too late.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC QUISummary: The Baby Carriage: Infused with a jazzy, nouvelle vague-inspired energy, Bo Widerberg's feature debut has the freshness of youth. Building on his film criticism's call for a socially relevant Swedish cinema, the writer turned director offers a vivid portrait of a young factory worker finding her way toward independence as she weathers unexpected pregnancy, learns hard lessons from relationships...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BOMcCully, Emily Arnold.
Summary: With the help of a young immigrant boy they meet on their crossing to America, two famous tightrope walkers manage to survive the treachery of a rival showman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCCSummary: In 1974, Philippe Petit assembled a team to help him achieve his dream of walking between the World Trade Center towers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Walk 2016Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WALFiedler, Lisa
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Victoria escapes an abusive father by joining the VanDrexel Family Circus in 1965, and fifty years later her writings guide her granddaughter, sixteen-year-old Callie, in facing the uncharted waters of public high school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2019