Summary: After winning a huge sum of money in a betting pool, four coworkers begin to double-cross each other over the prize money. Based on a story by top crime writer Jo Nesbo, a Coen Brothers-inspired riff on greed and betrayal with a Nordic twist.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Beil, Karen Magnuson.

Summary: Using the themes and rhythms of traditional nursery rhymes, gives directions for baking and sharing a cake including "nine, ten, eggs from the hen" and "fifteen, sixteen, a big bowl for mixing." Includes measurements and recipes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1998

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Summary: On the day of a huge rally celebrating Hitler's visit to Rome, which underscored the infamous alliance between the Nazis and Mussolini's fascist regime, a brief encounter between a weary housewife and a radio announcer unfolds into an intimate drama.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Rutz, Markus

Contents: The compass (7:43) -- The musicianer (6:37) -- Gusto, as in mucho (5:12) -- Very Marie (7:14) -- Limbo (6:38) -- September in the rain (5:14) -- Syndrome (8:01) -- Shipmates (4:57) -- Segment (6:01).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: As the leader of an elite crime fighting unit, detective Vic Mackey has his own set of rules that create tension between his team and his boss.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003

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Summary: Portrait of the relationship between Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown daughter, Little Edie, once and aspiring actress in New York who left her career to care for her aging mother in their East Hampton home, and never left again. The aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis feed their cats and raccoons and rehash their pasts behind the walls of their decaying mansion, Grey Gardens.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Home Vision Entertainment 2001

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Summary: Corridors of blood: Set in the primitive hospitals of 19th century London, this recounts the story of the unfortunate Dr. Bolton, an early pioneer in anesthesiology, showing his gradual addiction to drugs and his dealings with grave robbers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006

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Summary: Werner Boote traverses the globe with a World Bank umbrella to examine the myths and facts about overpopulation. He speaks with everyone from demographic researchers to environmental activists, and comes to a surprising conclusion. It isn't overpopulation that threatens humanity's existence. Rather, it is the developed world's patterns of over-consumption and constant pursuit of immediate...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2014

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BENEE

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2020

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Lindberg, Magnus

Contents: Cantigas (19:16) -- Cello concerto (25:28) -- Parada (12:38) -- Fresco (21:37).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 2002

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Summary: A Nigerian villager is eager to work as a civil servant for the British authorities, including a sympathetic district officer, in the hopes that it will benefit him in the future. Instead, his ambition leads to his tragic downfall. Mister Johnson, based on a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary, is a graceful, heartfelt drama about the limits of idealism, affectingly acted and handsomely shot.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Flyte, Magnus.

Summary: A music student working in Prague cataloging Beethoven's manuscripts discovers clues that her deceased mentor may not have committed suicide and becomes involved with a time-travel drug, a 400-year-old dwarf, a handsome Prince and a powerful U.S. senator.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2012

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Mills, Magnus.

Summary: In his terse new tour de force of a tale, Mills gives history a shake, and you'll never guess what the fallout is. Set at the dawn of the great age of exploration, the era of Shackleton and Perry and Scott, the book presents the adventures of two intrepid teams, both vying to reach the AFP, or Agreed Furthest Point-a worthy, even ennobling cause. The competition is friendly but conditions are...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2005

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Mills, Magnus.

Summary: When sloth and alcohol lead to a horribly botched job, two fence builders named Tam and Richie flee their native Scotland to England, where all hell quickly breaks loose.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2012

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Summary: A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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Mills, Magnus

Summary: A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In is Magnus Mills's most ambitious work to date. A surreal portrait of a world that, although strange and distant, contains rather too many similarities to our own for the alien not to become brilliantly familiar and disturbingly close to home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2011

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Mills, Magnus.

Summary: "The whole concept is so simple yet so perfect; men drive to and from strategically placed warehouses in Univans, identical and very serviceable vehicles, transporting replacement parts for Univans."--Jacket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picador USA 2002

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Weightman, Magnus

Summary: A seek-and-find river journey through forests, farms, waterfalls and harbors finds Bunny Rabbit and her brothers searching for a lost toy duck while navigating the river and wondering where the mysteriously mischievous Speedy Pigs are going in such a hurry.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2020

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Mills, Magnus

Summary: "Two men with a passion for vinyl create a society for the appreciation of records. Their aim is simple: to elevate the art of listening by doing so in forensic detail. The society enjoys moderate success in the back room of their local pub, The Half Moon, with other enthusiasts drawn to the initial promise of the weekly gathering. However, as the club gains popularity, its founder's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017

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Mills, Magnus.

Summary: "From the Booker-shortlisted author acclaimed as having 'no literary precedent' (Independent) comes a gently absurd examination of the systems that trap and frustrate us daily. Fans of dry humor will enjoy this tale of mishap and folly, told from the point of view of a bus driver who's been charged to maintain a precise distance between himself and other buses--a directive that leads him to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015

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Mills, Magnus.

Summary: "The tale of a man who lives in a house made of tin, set in a remote corner of the world where the wind howls and the sand blows. It is a bleak landscape but, the man assures us, he is content enough."--Jacket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picador USA 2001

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