Summary: A documentary-style drama chronicling the rise and fall of the title character, a real-life Mob chieftain who rose to prominence in post-WWII Sicily.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SALSummary: In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2013
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MISSummary: "An age-old family curse hits sisters Kitty and Franziska following the death of their grandfather Tobias. Every hundred years, so the legend goes, the bloodthirsty Red Queen returns and claims seven fresh victims. Was Tobias just the first ... and are Kitty and Franziska next?"--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN REDSummary: Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerful crowd-pleaser emerged as one of the year's most talked about independent films. It's the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer. Through breathtaking talent and sheer determination, Li makes his way to the United States, but when he falls...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MAOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Mao 2011Bandi
Summary: "Set during the period of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's leadership, the seven stories that make up The Accusation give voice to people living under this most bizarre and horrifying of dictatorships. The characters of these compelling stories come from a wide variety of backgrounds, from a young mother living among the elite in Pyongyang whose son misbehaves during a political rally, to a former...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC BANSummary: It's hard enough to adjust to a big move -- even harder when it's to New York City -- and harder still when there's a singing crocodile living in your attic! Josh Primm isn't making friends easily, so he's glad that Lyle is willing, but their menacing neighbor is determined to rid the neighborhood of the reptile.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LYLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family LYLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family LyleCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LYLSummary: Malotru has been promoted to Deputy Director of the Bureau and is a newly recruited double-agent for the CIA. He delivers highly classified information to his CIA contact, Dr. Balmes, during fake psychoanalysis sessions. In exchange for Malotru's cooperation, the CIA has guaranteed that they will rescue the love of his life, Nadia, now imprisoned by Syrians in a secret location.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BURSummary: Jean Valjean is paroled after serving 19 years in prison for stealing some bread. He tries to steal silverware from a missionary, but is set straight by a bishop. Nine years later, Valjean is now a wealthy industrialist and mayor. He eventually befriends Fantine, a single mother turned prostitute and risks all when he helps her after she's nearly arrested by police officer Javert. Javert was a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LeCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MISCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MISCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MISCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Les 2013Yardi, Robin
Summary: Warned by an owl, ten-year-old Mattie discovers that someone is secretly polluting the land near her aunt's Big Sur donut shop and sets out to stop them.--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC YARCardi, Annie
Summary: When Tess's decision to get an abortion goes public, she is rejected and harassed by people in her community, but she soon finds solace in her music and uses her voice to end the cycle of abuse in her small town.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co. 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CARLink, Mardi.
Summary: "Poignant, irreverent, and hilarious: the memoir of a mother who, after ending her nineteen-year marriage, staves off a perpetually empty bank account and, with the help of her three young sons, saves her century-old farmhouse from foreclosure and reclaims her life. It's the summer of 2005, and Mardi Jo Link's dream of living the simple life has unraveled into debt, heartbreak, and perpetually...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 LINCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINK, MARDI LINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LINK LINCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI North LinkMedawar, Mardi Oakley.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEDWeigelt, Udo.
Summary: The Easter Bunny is pleased to find a gigantic egg on his doorstep, but the baby ostrich who soon hatches gets in the way of his preparations for Easter egg deliveries.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North-South Books 2001
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E WEISummary: One man's ruthless pursuit of justice plays out against the darkest chapter of Irish history in this riveting revenge thriller. In 1847, battle-hardened soldier Feeney deserts the British army to return home to Ireland, where he finds his country ravaged beyond recognition by the Great Famine. When he discovers that his mother has died of starvation and his brother has been hanged by the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout Factory 2019
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BlHannah, Darci.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HANNykänen, Harri.
Summary: While investigating the murder of two Arabs near Finland's capital, Inspector Ariel Kafka finds two more bodies at an Iraqi-owned garage, leading him to question whether the perpetrators are part of a gang or international terrorists.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bitter Lemon Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NYKBarden, Stephanie.
Summary: Cast off by her old friends, Cinderella agrees to help a new student deal with the stepsisters she will soon have, and meantime, a former friend tries to prevent Cinderella from dancing the lead in their tap recital.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Barden 2011Barwin, Steven
Summary: "Teen homelessness is not always connected to poverty and crime. Sometimes there's more to the story. No Known Address follows a teen named Tyler from a privileged family in Victoria, British Columbia, who is kicked out of his home by his abusive dad after being blamed for bringing prescription narcotics to a party. This novel brings to light the serious nature of verbal and emotional abuse and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Barwin 2020McGee, Marni.
Summary: A child lost in the forest is fed and protected by the animals there.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Green Tiger Press 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MCGMilano, Birdie
Summary: It's October half-term, and Dylan Kershaw's dreams of a reunion with Leo, the gorgeous boy he met over the summer, are dashed when his sports-mad dad whisks him off to football camp in Manchester instead. What's worse, dancer Leo seems to be too busy practicing his pirouettes to care. At least Dylan's best friend Kayla is along for the trip, on a quest to win exclusive tickets to see her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Children's Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MILAshton, Brodi.
Summary: Regretting her decision to forfeit her life on Earth to become an immortal on Everneath, a world between Earth and Hell, teenaged Nikki is given the chance to return to the Surface for six months, in this story loosely based on the "Hades and Persephone" myth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2012
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ASHBarden, Stephanie.
Summary: "A trip to the zoo has Cinderella Smith and her friends excited to start their endangered species reports--until all of the books on Cinderella's chosen animal go missing from the school library, leaving the Group in Cahoots to solve the mystery"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Barden 2013Carmi, Giora.
Summary: When a boy anonymously shares his snack with a homeless man, he begins a cycle of good will.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Star Bright Books 2003
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC CARDougherty, Brandi
Summary: What if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Inspired by Pixar Animation Studios latest film, The Good Dinosaur, this jacketed picture book features everyone's favorite new prehistoric characters and is complemented by stunning original artwork.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2015