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Alkins, John. Atkins, Marcie Flinchum Hawkins, Martha Lambert, Marjie. Willis, Maggie EdkinsAtkins, Marcie Flinchum
Summary: Captivating photos of animals accompany simple, engaging text to explain dormancy in nature. This highly curricular book teaches young readers about different kinds of dormancy and which animals do what. Featuring creatures like ladybugs, chickadees, squirrels, and even alligators, this book won't put curious kids to sleep!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.7 ATKWillis, Maggie Edkins
Summary: "Maggie Edkins Willis's Smaller Sister is a debut middle grade graphic novel about body image, confidence, and the everlasting bond of sisterhood. Lucy's always looked up to her big sister, Olivia, even though the two are polar opposites. But then, Lucy notices Olivia start to change. She doesn't want to play with Lucy anymore, she's unhappy with the way she looks, and she's refusing to eat her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of the time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable awards between them. They are also longtime friends who invite viewers to join them for a weekend in the country as they catch up with one another, reminisce, and share their candid,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2019
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6 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TEACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TeSummary: This compilation of five early short films by Martin Scorsese offers a fascinating window onto his artistic development. Spanning the years from Scorsese's time at NYU in the mid-1960s to the late '70s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA SCOSummary: Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARSummary: London's Chelsea neighborhood is a beautiful borough for beautiful people, but it has a dark underside of deception, violence, greed, and murder. Bodies have a way of showing up, and things are rarely what they seem. DI Max Arnold and his partner, DS Priya Shamsie, must root out the truth and bring those responsible to justice, no matter their wealth or status.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CHESummary: "Meet the Sweathogs. They're the rowdiest, goofiest bunch of students to ever step foot inside a high school. But if they think they're too unruly for a good teacher to handle, they're in for a rude awakening when they meet Mr. Kotter -- a former Sweathog who's returned to his alma mater to shape the minds of these remedial students as their new teacher! With the hilarious talents of comedian...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WELSummary: An aging actor, who long ago enjoyed a brush with fame, makes his living as an acting coach.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV KOMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Kominsky 2019Summary: Set in the 1920s, Stanley, an Englishman posing as an Asian magician, attempts to debunk fake spiritualists. He then travels to the south of France to unmask a supposed medium named Sophie as a good-looking fake, but he ends up falling for her real-world charms instead.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MAGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Magic 2014Summary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Ethan, Isaac and Chris have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity. Now that they're entering adulthood, the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball; the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Pictures 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NIGSummary: This vein chilling second volume showcases work by some of the best artists to ever work in the comics medium, including Alex Toth, Gray Morrow, Reed Crandall, John Severin, and others. Each archive volume of Creepy is packed with stories (usually up to eight short stories were featured in every issue!) running the gamut of gruesome subject matter, from reimagined horror classics such as The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2004
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Summary: This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help and sometimes hindrance of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SOUSummary: Four outcast high school girls a brainiac student, a scandal-ridden cynic, a tomboy, and a fashion maven join together to form their own "girl gang" and trigger a rock-'n'-roll revolution at Rydell High. Of course, the adults are in a 1950s moral panic over the burgeoning new era, but the Pink Ladies are ready to get this party started.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV GRESummary: Episodes of the comedy serial about the terminally treacherous Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh (aka the Blackadder). This disc contains the second series, set during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BLASummary: The world of penguins: Presents the life of penguins and how they solve the problem of living in two worlds, in the sea where they spend most of their lives swimming and feeding, moving so gracefully, and their return to land each year to breed and to moult. A sea otter story: warm hearts and cold water: The Monterey Bay Aquarium is a haven for orphaned otter pups where the staff teaches these...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WADContents: Lonesome road blues (Hylo Brown) -- Going on the next train (Carrie Hassler ; Hard Rain) -- Ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone (Red Smiley & the Bluegrass Cut-Ups) -- Way it always seems to go (Jim VanCleve) -- Pike County breakdown (Bobby Atkins ; Jim Eanes ; Vassar Clements ; Clay Jones) -- Little Bessie (Dwight McCall) -- Where you gonna hide? (Earl Taylor ; Jim McCall) -- Where you...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rural Rhythm 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY BLUSummary: Season six introduces several jarring storylines. As "Billith" comes to terms with his newfound powers after emerging from a pool of blood at the end of season five, Louisiana governor Truman Burrell declares open season on vampires, replete with novel anti-vamp weapons and high-tech internment camp. Sookie and Jason steel themselves for an encounter with the killer of their parents; the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TRUHawkins, Martha
Summary: "This is the heartbreaking and uplifting tale of one woman who just wouldn't give up"--Cover, p. 4.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 976.1 HAWSummary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA VALSummary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VALSummary: As the New England Patriots reach the Super Bowl in Houston, four female fans become determined to go to the game and meet quarterback Tom Brady, which proves a more memorable experience than they anticipated after the Patriots fall behind by four touchdowns.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 80Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 80Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY EIGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EIGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE EIGAlkins, John.
Contents: Sacred wood -- Columbia river suite: Rising star ; Source spring ; Meander downstream ; Currents in motion ; I am ; Ocean home -- Reflection -- Both sides -- Page lodge -- Water music -- Shining star-Ocean home.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: J. Alkins 2001