Summary: John P. Merrick, the world's richest man, gets word that someone is trying to unionize a department store he owns. To thwart this blatant act of democracy, Merrick changes his name and takes a menial job at the store to catch the union activists without detection. Once he himself is subjected to the humiliating treatment by the department supervisor, Hooper, Merrick starts to wise up-and soften...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2013

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Summary: In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Spain

Summary: This book is the collection of the artist's autobiographical short stories, memoirs of his misspent youth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2012

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Symington, Sabrina

Summary: From laser hair removal and coming out to her parents, through to dating, voice training and gender reassignment surgery, this intimate and witty graphic novel follows the character of Lily as she transitions to living as her true, female self. Providing support and guidance on a range of issues such as hormones, medical procedures and relationships, the story traces the everyday thoughts,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2023

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Sington, Philip.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2006

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Summary: Famously leading a team of codebreakers, mathematician Alan Turing created a computer capable of breaking the codes devised by Germany's Enigma machine during WWII, significantly contributing to shortening the war, and saving millions of lives. Only a few years later, British authorities ignorant of his contributions convicted him for the crime of homosexuality, significantly contributing to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Spurling, John

Summary: "In the turbulent final years of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Meng is a low-level bureaucrat, employed by the government of Mongol conquerors established by the Kublai Khan. Though he wonders about his own complicity wit this regime-the Mongols, after all, areinvaders-he prefers not to dwell on his official duties, choosing instead to live the life of the mind. Wang is an extraordinarily gifted...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014

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Dahlan, Sarina.

Summary: "After the Last War destroyed most of the world, survivors form a new society in four self-sustaining cities in the Mojave Desert. In the utopia of the Four Cities, inspired by the lyrics of ''Imagine'' and Buddhist philosophy, everything is carefully planned and controlled: the seasons, the weather - and the residents. To prevent mankind from destroying each other again, its citizens undergo a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2021

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Spragg, Mark

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridgeAudio 2004

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Strang, Em

Summary: Quinn is serving a life sentence for a crime he's convinced he hasn't committed. Surely the authorities have got it wrong, and when they find his childhood sweetheart, Andrea, his name will be cleared? His parole is drawing near when he receives a letter from Andrea's mother, who invites Quinn to share her home. It soon becomes clear that what appears to be a genuine act of forgiveness is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld 2023

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Sperring, Mark.

Summary: Even though Marty's mother has told him that dinosaurs no longer exist, he is certain they are just good at hiding and sets out to find one, encountering many fantastic creatures along the way.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2003

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Serling, Joanne

Summary: "A searing portrait of suburbia, friendship, and family strained by a devotion to false appearances. In an idyllic suburb, four young families quickly form a neighborhood clique, their friendships based on little more than the ages of their children and a shared sense of camaraderie. When one of the couples, Paige and Gene Edwards, adopt a four-year-old girl from Russia, the group's loyalty...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2018

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Spragg, Mark

Summary: Seeking to escape her brutal boyfriend and hoping to introduce her daughter, Griff, to the grandfather she has never met, widow Jean Gilkyson seeks refuge in her late husband's Wyoming hometown with her estranged father-in-law.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2004

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Strong, Anthony.

Summary: Dr. Fisher is a brilliant young biochemist who spends his time studying the female orgasm in a quest to create a Viagra-like pill for women to cure female sexual dysfunction. But for all his candor about human sexuality, he really is a shy scientist and a beginner in the ways of love. Weeks away from launching the drug, a new test subject named Annie joins up, and for the first time, the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2009

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Waring, Zoe

Summary: Poor Porcupine just cannot be hugged--his quills are too spikey! Each night, before settling down to sleep, all of Porcupine's forest friends hug each other goodnight. All except Porcupine, who feels left out--and grumpy! But when Armadillo shows him what a warm, fuzzy "kiss" is (even for a porcupine!), Porcupine is delighted and cannot wait to show his friends. With adorable art, Zoe Waring's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2017

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Kring, Sandra.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delta Trade Paperbacks 2006

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Hering, Marianne.

Summary: When the Imagination Station sends time-traveling cousins Patrick and Beth to a ship that is captured by the British during the Revolutionary War, they are befriended by James Forten, a free Black of Philadelphia, and help save the life of an imprisoned boy dying of scurvy. Includes a secret word puzzle.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2014

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Hering, Marianne.

Summary: Time-traveling cousins Patrick and Beth go to ancient Egypt, where they try to find ways to encourage Tabitha, a Habiru girl, and her people, who are being enslaved, to keep faith and hope alive, by exploring the tomb of her people's prince.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale 2012

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Springer, Nancy

Summary: When professional typist Letitia Glover is desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister Flossie, Enola enlists the help of her brother Sherlock and her friend Tewky to investigate Flossie's husband, the sudden death of his first wife, and the mysterious appearance of a black barouche.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2021

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Springer, Nancy.

Summary: Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleuth Puffin 2007

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Summary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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Springer, Nancy

Summary: Enola Holmes, now independent and pursuing her profession as a scientific perditorian, joins forces with her brother Sherlock to solve the mysterious disappearance of Wolcott Balestier, a friend of Rudyard Kipling, as they uncover the ruthless world of book publishing and seek to bring him back safely.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023

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