Summary: Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life. Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comic book seller.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2004
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY AMEChang, Vivienne
Summary: Lily is upset when her mother announces the family will be moving back to Taiwan to care for her Ah Ma, but when her mother explains Taiwan is her home, Lily agrees it is her home too.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHASimberg, Vivienne.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.822 SimbeBolton, Vivienne.
Summary: Papercraft projects using many different techniques such as quilling, lace paper cutting, weaving, embossing, and use of rubber stamps. These methods are used to create wedding invitations, Christmas cards, bookmarks, and mobiles. Includes 10 pages of templates and diagrams.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Holland 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.54 BOLBolton, Vivienne.
Summary: Presents a variety of ideas for handicarft projects that use recycled objects from around the home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dempsey Parr 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J745.5 BOLBolton, Vivienne.
Summary: Provides instructions for a wide variety of craft projects made from natural objects and other simple materials.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dempsey Parr 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J 745.5 BOLBoesch, Paul
Summary: The Battle of Huertgen Forest was one of the bloodiest engagements of the Second World War. Fought between American and German forces between 19th September to 16th December it was the longest single battle the U.S. Army has ever fought. During those three months six American Infantry Divisions — the 1st, 4th, 8th, 9th, 28th and 83rd — and part of the 5th Armored Division fought against the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gulf Publishing Company 1962
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.542 BOEShotwell, Vivien.
Summary: "Vienna Nocturne tells the story of the turbulent life and brilliantly successful career of young British opera singer Anna Storace, a child prodigy who is taken by her parents to Italy at age thirteen to advance her career. In love with life and wildly ambitious, Anna wants everything--to be famous, to be loved--and this leads her to make some fatal choices. We watch her turn from a carefree...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHOVIENNE, VERONIQUE
Summary: A collection of ten inspirational and meditative essays offers insights into how to celebrate the flaws that make us unique, fascinating, and lovable individuals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.1 VIENNElbee, Viviane
Summary: Trying to teach your giraffe to ski can be difficult--especially when she only wants to fly down the Big Scary Slope.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ELBSchwarz, Viviane.
Summary: The reader is invited to lift the flaps and follow the cats as they play with yarn, boxes, pillows, and fish.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E SchSchwartz, Viviane
Summary: Tiny Cat is very confident at counting to four balls of yarn, but when more and more come bouncing into Tiny Cat's life, things get tricky! Of course, Tiny Cat finds the perfect way to settle the matter - sleep on it.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHSchwarz, Viviane.
Summary: After his mother mends his favorite pajamas, Timothy finds that he has super strength and decides to use it to help others, but when the pajamas rip again, he loses his strength just when he needs it most.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHBansch, Helga
Summary: "The animals are all asleep in their respective homes, until things get turned upside down"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BANElbee, Viviane
Summary: Daryl does not want to share his favorite dinosaur book, so when it is time to bring it back to the library he uses all his dinosaur skills to get it back until a friendly librarian encourages him to share.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ELBForrester, Viviane.
Summary: Winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt award for biography, this remarkable portrait sheds new light on Virginia Woolf's relationships with her family and friends and how they shaped her work. Forrester's biography draws on revelations about the author that often remain buried and carefully applies them to a narrative of her development and influence. Virginia Woolf: A Portrait blends...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOOLF, VIRGINIA WOOBowers, Vivien
Summary: Takes readers on a tour of Canada from coast to coast with zany hosts, Moose and Goose. Shows a nation full of fascinating facts, peculiar places, hilarious histories, and perplexing people.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Owl Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 971 BOWGoldman, Vivien.
Contents: Send us another Brother Moses -- Don't worry 'bout a thing -- Walking creation road -- Jah people -- Smile Jamaica -- Never forget, no way -- So much things to say -- Exodus vibration -- Punk reggae party -- Exodus : the intro -- Exodus : a song cycle. Natural mystic ; So much things to say ; Guiltiness ; The heathen ; Exodus ; Jamming ; Waiting in vain ; Turn your lights down low ; Three...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.646 GOLMcGrayne, Sharon Bertsch.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 MCGBallarini, Joe
Summary: When Kelly loses a little boy to monsters who live under his bed during her first babysitting job, she learns about a secret society of babysitters who fight monsters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BALSpencer, Octavia
Summary: Twelve-year-old Randi, unhappy about moving from Brooklyn to Deer Creek, Tennessee, after her mother's death, soon finds new friends and a case to solve surrounding a stolen time capsule and rumors of a centuries-old treasure.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC SPEBench Connection
Contents: Young at last -- Big wide out there -- Rusty money -- Parting shot -- I'm so blue I'm black -- All strings attached (happiness runs) -- Last needle in the haystack -- Saint want -- First man standing -- Grandeur fever -- Vacuum dreamer.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 50 50 Recordings 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BENBench, Tara
Summary: "Popular blogger Tara Teaspoon shares her favorite recipes that are perfect for large gatherings, family parties, and holiday festivities"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain Publishing 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In a north German village prior to the outbreak of World War I, strange events, accidents, and deaths are occurring. The village people are beside themselves with worry and can't figure out what to do. After the school teacher starts to unravel the mystery, he discovers that the children of the town may be guilty of the crimes and have formed a secret society that the local pastor's daughter...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010