Summary: Superintendent Sandra Pullman leads the unsolved crimes unit of the Metropolitan Police. Her team includes three aging former detectives lured out of retirement. Can a curmudgeonly trio of crime busters learn new tricks to crack tough crimes? Or are old-fashioned hunches and footwork still best?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and '40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and Bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a radio system to throw Nazi torpedoes off course during WWII.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BOMRobertson, Kay
Summary: Outlines the roles of Duck Dynasty women, discussing the core values that make their relationships work and explaining how their spiritual beliefs shape family dynamics and have helped them work through various challenges.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 791.45 Robertson 2014Roberton, Fiona
Summary: When Cuckoo hatches and does not speak the same language as the rest of his family, he bravely sets out to find someone who can understand him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROBRoberton, Fiona
Summary: There are two sides to every story. In part one, a little girl finds a strange beast in the woods and takes it home as a pet. She feeds it, shows it off to her friends and gives it a hat. But that night it escapes. Then, in part two, the beast tells the story of being kidnapped by the girl, who forcefed it squirrel food, scared it with a group of beasts and wrapped it in wool. Can the two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller 2015
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Summary: Excited about his new dog, Henry does not even open the gift from his pet duck, Spot, who, feeling left out, packs a bag and goes away, only to be caught in a storm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Roberton 2012Gili, Oberto
Summary: An insider’s tour of the most creative and inspiring rooms belonging to tastemakers—artists, interior designers, craftspeople, collectors, and aristocrats—in Italy today. Italy has been a source of inspiration for generations of artists and lovers of beauty. In this book, Italians Oberto Gili and Marella Caracciolo Chia take us around the country and into the homes of some of its most stylish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 670 GILBolaño, Roberto
Summary: "An unfinished masterpiece from the author of THE SAVAGE DETECTIVES and 2666"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOLPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: Hansel and Gretel wander through the woods as they try to find their way home, and spot a house made of candy! The old woman inside promises them good things to eat, but what she has in mind in anything but sweet!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PIUPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: Geppetto is glad when one of his puppets comes to life. He calls the little wooden boy Pinocchio and raises him as his son. Pinocchio wants to be just like real boys, but as he sets out in the real world, it doesn't take long for him to get in trouble.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PIUPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: A beautiful young princess is cursed with a hundred years of sleep, and she can only be awakened by a prince. Bright illustrations and colorful language come together in a retelling of this classic tale.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PIUSchezen, Roberto.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 662.2 WebbSchezen, Roberto.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.8 SCHSuro, Roberto.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.868 SURTrotta, Roberto.
Summary: From the big bang to black holes, from dark matter to dark energy, from the origins of the universe to its ultimate destiny, The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the most important discoveries and mysteries in modern cosmology—with a twist. The book’s lexicon is limited to the thousand most common words in the English language, excluding physics, energy, galaxy, or even universe. Through the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520 TROAlagna, Roberto.
Contents: Ave Maria / Bach/Gounod (2:58) -- Repentance = Repentir / Gounod (4:23) -- Panis angelicus / Franck (4:03) -- Midnight, Christians = Minuit, Chrétiens! / Adam (4:50) -- O salutaris hostia / Fauré (3:24) -- Procession / Franck (5:02) -- Sanctus, from St. Cecelia mass (6:12) ; Angelic greeting = Salutation angélique (3:48) / Gounod -- Sanctus, from Requiem / Berlioz (10:21) -- Crucifix / Fauré...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Classics 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL AlagnBolaño, Roberto
Summary: Mexico, 1970s. Jan and Remo find themselves adrift in Mexico City. Obsessed with poetry, and, above all, with science fiction, they are eager to forge a life in the literary world- or sacrifice themselves to it. The city tugs them in opposite directions. Jan withdraws from the world, shutting himself in their shared rooftop apartment where he feverishly composes fan letters to the stars of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOLCALASSO, ROBERTO
Summary: An anthology of Indian myths in which gods and humans take part in fantastic events, from which morals are drawn. In one story, a king's wife copulates with a dead horse, another tells who created Death. By an Italian writer, author of The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KNOPF 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CALLombardi, Roberto.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ortho Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690.182 LOMMartin, Roberto.
Summary: Offers more than 125 vegan recipes to show how simple and delicious no-meat meals can be, including banana and oatmeal pancakes, avocado reuben, and red beans and rice.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Life & Style 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 MARPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: On a bright, summer day, Little Red Riding Hood journeys alone through the forest. Along the way, she meets a wolf who seems quite friendly. As they walk and talk, Little Red tells the wolf that she's on her way to visit her grandmother. Suddenly, the wolf's eyes light up with excitement, and he asks Little Red how to get to Grandma's house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2010
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Summary: A selfish giant decides to share his garden in the retelling of Oscar Wilde's classic tale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PIUPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: "No one can stand to be around the hare. He constantly brags that he is the fastest animal in the world, and his boastfulness bothers all the animals in the forest. One day, a tortoise challenges him to a race. When the hare gains a huge lead, he takes a rest. By the time he reaches the finish line, the hare learns that slow and steady wins the race"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PIUSaviano, Roberto
Summary: Roberto Saviano returns to the streets of Naples and the boy bosses who run them in Savage Kiss, the hotly anticipated follow-up to The Piranhas. Nicolas Fiorilla and his gang of children--his paranza--control the squares of Forcella after their rapid rise to power. But it isn't easy being at the top. Now that the Piranhas have power in the city, Nicolas must undermine the old families of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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