Lethem, Jonathan
Summary: "A collection of bestselling, NBCC prize-winning author Jonathan Lethem's finest writing on the subject of writers and writing. A readerly wake-up call from one of America's finest and most acclaimed working writers. Picking up where his NBCC Award finalist collection The Ecstasy of Influence left off, More Alive and Less Lonely collects more than a decade of Lethem's finest writing on writing,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 LETHiga, Susumu
Summary: "A peaceful, independent kingdom until its annexation by the Japanese Empire in the 19th century, Okinawa was the site of the most destructive land battle of the Pacific War. Today, the archipelago is Japan's poorest prefecture and unwilling host to 75% of all US military bases in Japan. Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island's pre-eminent mangaka, Susumu...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HIGSummary: Unraveling the hidden agendas of the world's richest men and most powerful art institutions, the documentary reveals how vested interests became all-important, and the truth secondary.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOSSummary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: Based on the true story of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, a Vatican official, who, under threat of death from the Gestapo, saved prisoners of war and others from the German forces occupying Rome during World War II.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SCASummary: Betty is a best selling novelist who has invented her name to escape a troubled past made worse by her emotionally unstable and violent mother. When her young son is killed in an accident, her mother brings her a "replacement", a boy she kidnapped off the street.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ALISummary: Three teenage friends convey the hilarity of their awkward sexual quest and the genuine pain of growing up. Hermie is finally united with an "older woman" of 22.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE SUMSummary: James White is a troubled twenty-something trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. He retreats further into a self-destructive, hedonistic lifestyle, but as his mother battles a serious illness James is forced to take control of his life. As the pressure on him mounts, James must find new reserves of strength or risk imploding completely.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JAMBoucher, Lisa
Summary: Presents a discussion of addiction as experienced by women, and the difficult road to recovery. Features essays from mothers, daughters, health professionals, and young women who share their stories of why they drank, how they stopped, and the joys and rewards of being present in their lives once they kicked alcohol to the curb.
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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 BOUMilne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
Summary: A small boy named Christopher Robin embarks on a series of adventures with Piglet, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Eeyore, Owl, and the roly-poly Winnie-the-Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent family who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Mulan: Mulan is a young Chinese woman who breaks tradition and joins the Imperial army, accompanied by a her guardian dragon, Mushu, to battle an invading army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment] 2013
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MULCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MULCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MULCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Mulan 2013Summary: Will Parker arrives in the small town of Whitney, after spending five years in Huntsville Prison for killing someone in La Grange, Texas. Through an ad in the local paper, Will discovers that Emily, a recently widowed mother of two small boys, is actively looking for a husband and father. Star-crossed loners, Will and Emily decide to make a go of their collective plight and Will moves into the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Timeless Media Group 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Beck, Christophe
Contents: Frozen Heart (1:45) -- Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (3:27) -- For the First Time in Forever (3:45) -- Love Is an Open Door (2:05) -- Let It Go (3:44) -- Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People (0:51) -- In Summer (1:51) -- For the First Time in Forever (Reprise) (2:30) -- Fixer Upper (3:02) -- Let It Go (Single Version) (3:44) -- Vuelie (1:36) -- Elsa and Anna (2:44) -- The Trolls (1:48) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Records 2013
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Beck, Christophe.
Contents: Vuelie (1:36) -- Elsa and Anna (2:44) -- The Trolls (1:48) -- Coronation Day (1:15) -- Heimr °rnadalr (1:26) -- Winter's Waltz (0:59) -- Sorcery (3:16) -- Royal Pursuit (1:02) -- Onward and Upward (1:54) -- Wolves (1:45) -- The North Mountain (1:33) -- We Were So Close (1:54) -- Marshmallow Attack! (1:43) -- Conceal, Don't Feel (1:07) -- Only An Act of True Love (1:06) -- Summit Siege (2:33) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Records 2014
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Carlsson, Christoffer
Summary: "In February 1986, the Halland police receive a call from a man who claims to have raped a woman. I'm going to do it again, he says. Then the call cuts off. By the time policeman Sven Jörgensson reaches the victim, she's taking her last breath. For Sven and his son Vidar, this will prove a decisive moment. On the same night, Sweden plunges into a state of shock after the murder of the prime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CARCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARJansma, Kristopher.
Summary: From as early as he can remember, the hopelessly unreliable, yet hopelessly earnest, narrator of this ambitious debut novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma's irresistible narrator will be inspired and haunted by the success of his greatest friend and rival in writing, the eccentric and brilliantly talented Julian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2013
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC JANJansma, Kristopher.
Summary: "An inventive and witty debut about a young man's quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe From as early as he can remember, the hopelessly unreliable--yet hopelessly earnest--narrator of this ambitious debut novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JANBeck, Christophe
Contents: Frozen heart (cast of Frozen) -- Do you want to build a snowman? (Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn, Katie Lopez) -- For the first time in forever (Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell) -- Love is an open door (Kristen Bell, Santino Fontana) -- Let it go (Idina Menzel) -- Reindeer(s) are better than people (Jonathan Groff) -- In the summer (Josh Gad) -- For the first time in forever (reprise) (Idina Menzel,...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2013
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC FROHonore, Christophe
Summary: Follows the lives of three friends living in Paris who begin a playful threesome until tragedy strikes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LOVLemaire, Christophe.
Contents: The bad will die (Keith Mlevhu) -- Can't you hear me (Paul Ngozi) -- Amanaz (Amanaz) -- No time (Witch) -- Black power (Peace) -- Peaceful man (Peace) -- I'm not made of iron (Chrissy Zebby Tembo) -- Poor connection (Blackfoot) -- I had a dream (instrumental) (Revolutions) -- Making life out of music (Eye Q) -- Like a chicken (Witch) -- Mad man (Born Free) -- Breakthrough (Funkees) -- Don't...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Now-Again 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN LEMAndré, Christophe
Summary: Introduces a technique for practicing mindfulness and achieving increased mental clarity through observing works of art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 ANDBeck, Christophe.
Contents: Prelude (2:29) -- The Minotaur (5:09) -- Chiron (2:02) -- Victory (1:32) -- The Fury (2:16) -- Dyslexia (1:02) -- The Hydra (6:54) -- Medusa (2:43) -- Son Of Poseidon (1:57) -- The Parthenon (3:42) -- Hollywood (2:32) -- Lost Souls (2:35) -- Fighting Luke, Part 1 (3:54) -- Fighting Luke, Part 2 (2:47) -- Hades (2:47) -- Mount Olympus (1:27) -- Poseidon (3:07) -- Homecoming (3:06) -- End Credits...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABKCO (US) 2010
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Raimbault, Christophe.
Summary: On the 11th of July, 1899 at 10 a.m., the Union Pacific Express has left Folsom, New Mexico, with 47 passengers on board. After a few minutes, gunfire and hurrying footsteps on the roof can be heard. Heavily armed bandits have come to rob honest citizens of their wallets and jewels. Will they succeed in stealing the suitcase holding the Nice Valley Coal Company's weekly pay, despite it having...
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed in USA by Asmodee 2014