Summary: Follow a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on land in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the half-glam, half-decrepit world of Smoczynska's imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her viscerally sensual, darkly feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen's "The...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LURHerbert, Zbigniew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.854 HERHerbert, Zbigniew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.8 HERBrzezinski, Zbigniew.
Summary: In 1991, the United States was the only global superpower. It seemed that the 21st century, like the 20th, would belong to America. Then came the stock market bubble, the costly foreign unilateralism of the younger Bush presidency, and the financial catastrophe of 2008. Meanwhile, China was rising and the Middle East was awakening politically. Today it is clear that America is vulnerable—to...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge Company 2012
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Kuczykowski, Tara.
Summary: The two lifestyle experts behind the websites "Deal Seeking Mom" and "Life Your Way" offer tips on saving money through proper timing, explaining the best times to get a haircut, fill the gas tank, and take a family vacation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 KUCBukowski, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5403 BUKBukowski, Charles.
Summary: "'People come to my door-too many of them really-and knock to tell me Notes of a Dirty Old Man turns them on. A bum off the road brings in a gypsy and his wife and we talk. . . drink half the night. A long distance operator from Newburgh, N.Y. sends me money. She wants me to give up drinking beer and to eat well. I hear from a madman who calls himself "King Arthur" and lives on Vine Street in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Books 1973
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUKBukowski, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco/HarperCollins Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 BUKSummary: A milestone of Polish cinema, this electrifying international sensation by Andrzej Wajda, the final film in his celebrated war trilogy, entwines the story of one man's moral crisis on the final day of World War II with the fate of a nation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN ASHBukowski, Charles
Summary: "The definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for his entire life: alcohol. Charles Bukowski turns to the bottle in this revelatory collection of poetry and prose that includes some of the writer's best and most lasting work. A self-proclaimed "dirty old man," Bukowski used alcohol as muse and as fuel, a conflicted relationship responsible for some...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 BUKBukowski, Charles
Summary: "Charles Bukowski's stories, poems, and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. In this collection of correspondence--letters to publishers, editors, friends, and fellow writers--the writer shares his insights on the art of creation." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 BUKBukowski, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 BUKBukowski, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A compelling drama about the difficulty of reconciling political ideals with personal happiness. This unforgettable film follows Witek, a medical student with an uncertain future in Communist Poland; the movie dramatizes Witek's journey as a series of different possibilities, suggesting that chance rules our lives as much as choice. First suppressed and then censored by the Polish government.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLISummary: Last in a trilogy of films (Trois couleurs = Three colors) by director Krzysztof Kieslowski, White presents the mysterious tale of a man whose life disintegrates when his beautiful wife of six months deserts him. Forced to begin anew, he rebuilds his life, only to plan a dangerous scheme of vengeance against her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WHISummary: Set during the Napoleonic wars, the film follows the exploits of Alfons von Worden, an officer traveling through the Sierra Mountains, and with each passing traveler, the interweaving stories grow stranger. One of Wojciech Has₂ most acclaimed films.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SARSummary: This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Presented uncut and uncensored, a visceral first person view based on the real-life serial murderer Werner Kniesek, a maniacal serial murderer stalking the Viennese countryside.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ANGSummary: Young Frances and Elsie believe in fairies. The photographs the girls take of the winged beings put them at the center of a real-life controvery that sweeps through a recovering World War I England during 1917. Everyone is caught up in the excitement, including two of the era's most renowned men: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and master illusionist Harry Houdini. Are the photographs real or just a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FaSummary: Released to coincide with the completion of the final season of AMC's critically-acclaimed drama series Breaking Bad, this must-have companion book features a compilation of full-color photographs and memorable quotes from the all of this drama's most unforgettable characters, including Walt, Jesse, Skyler, Hank, Gus, Mike, Saul, Tuco, and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 BRESummary: Rural Poland, on the last days of World War II. The Nazis have surrendered, and the Red Army has criss-crossed the country. With the battle against the Nazis over, a new struggle emerges against the communists. A group of Polish patriots boldy set out to assassinate a mid-level communist-party functionary. Macick is the trigger man, but when he spots a blonde behind the bar, his priorities change.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Polart Distribution 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASHSummary: Young Frances and Elsie believe in fairies. The photographs the girls take of the winged beings put them at the center of a real-life controvery that sweeps through a recovering World War I England during 1917. Everyone is caught up in the excitement, including two of the era's most renowned men: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and master illusionist Harry Houdini. Are the photographs real or just a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Krzysztof Kieślowski's trilogy of the human condition in contemporary French society, with each film drawing its theme from a color in the French flag: liberty (Bleu), equality (Blanc) and fraternity (Rouge).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Cpl. Eddie Birdlace is out to party hearty with his pals on their last night in San Francisco before shipping out to Vietnam. They make a wager called the Dogfight, where each Marine puts in $50 and the guy who finds the most unattractive date wins. Birdlace finds Rose, an "ugly duckling" who joins him in a night of life-transforming impact.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003