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Anthony, David English, Charlie Hammer, Joshua Jenkins, Mark Keppeler, Jill Robeson, TeresaSummary: A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives, which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith, abruptly disturbed when they are forced to follow the new laws of their foreign occupants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cohen Media Group 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TIMSummary: When a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers for the gold mines, he (Wayne) is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers in order to cross the 400 treacherous miles to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under his tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys are aware that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN COWSummary: Asa is a young Russian naval service dreamer who returns to his sister's nomadic brood on the desloate Hunger Steppe to begin a hardscrabble career as a shepherd. But before he can tend a flock of his own, Asa must win the hand of the only eligible bachelorette for miles, his alluringly mysterious neighbor Tulpan. Accompanied by his girlie magazine-reading sidekick, Asa will stop at nothing to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TULEnglish, Charlie
Summary: The story of how a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts into hiding when al-Qaeda-linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines a fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 966.2 ENGSummary: The Cowboys: When a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers for the gold mines, he (Wayne) is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers in order to cross the 400 treacherous miles to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under his tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys are aware that a gang of cattle thieves...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2014
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Summary: Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of desctuction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 025 HAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 025.8 HAMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 025.8 HAMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word HammerSummary: Larry McMurtry's Dead man's walk : This prequel to Lonesome Dove introduces Gus and Call when they were young Texas Rangers first experiencing the wild frontier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vivendi/RHI Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN LARSummary: Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove: Two former Texas Rangers leave the South Texas town of Lonesome Dove on an epic 2500-mile cattle drive to the lush ranch country of Montana.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MOVIE LonCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN LONJenkins, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.62 JENSummary: Kelvin is reborn in a magical world without any memories of his previous life. Why? Because he traded them for a wild amount of skill points! Now, with his stats maxed out and a goddess guiding him, Kelvin is becoming this world's most unorthodox hero.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME BLASummary: The teen scene is over for these adolescent phenoms--Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, Beast Boy and Raven--as they launch into a feud with the ultimate team of villains: The Brotherhood of Evil. Led by criminal mastermind Brain, this motley group--Madam Rouge, Monsieur Mallah and General Immortus--plots to rid the world of every superhero. One by one, they take out honorary Titans like Wildebeest and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV TEESummary: It's Raven's birthday and the Teen Titans are ready to celebrate, all except the birthday girl who dreads the day each year because she knows an awful secret surrounds her birth. Her worst fear comes true when a villain from the past crashes the party to deliver a fateful present: Raven's destiny is to destroy the world! Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, Beast Boy and Raven jump into battle to stop fate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV TEESummary: "In the distant future, ten soldiers battle for control of the least desirable piece of real estate in the known universe--a box canyon in the middle of nowhere. Red vs. Blue chronicles the misadventures of two hapless armies as they wage a war that few understand and no one wants to fight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Film Co. 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV REDSummary: Melé, a bar singer, and her unemployed husband Chaka are on the verge of breaking up. In the courtyard of the house they share with other families in Bamako, the capital city of Mali, African civil society representatives have taken proceedings against such international financial institutions as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, whom they blame for Africa's woes. As numerous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BAMSummary: Why do the poor often seem happier than the rich? Must a society lose its traditions in order to move into the future? How does one reconcile a commitment to nonviolence when faced with violence? These are some of the questions posed to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by filmmaker and explorer Rick Ray. Ray examines some of the fundamental questions of our time by weaving together observations from...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Robeson, Teresa
Summary: "Follow the 14th Dalai Lama's harrowing escape to India in 1959, as he fled Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet. A story of risk and political tension, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the incredible story of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: J 921 DALAnthony, David
Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTSummary: Centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors. Love, lies, and family ties are revealed as the surgeons of Seattle Grace discover that their choices have major unintended consequences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRESummary: Murder!: Based on the novel and play called Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. It was Hitchcock's third all-talkie film. When a woman (Norah Baring) is convicted of murder, one of the men selected to serve on the murder trial jury (Herbert Marshall) believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime and takes it upon himself to apprehend the real killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Madacy Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Alfred 2010Summary: The tale of two former Texas Rangers who leave the South Texas town of Lonesome Dove on an epic 2500-mile cattle drive to the lush ranch country of Montana. From the re-created towns to the vast plains to the expansive cattle drive and heart-stopping stampede, it is an inspiring and enlighting experience, certain to change your views of our American heritage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN LONSummary: Season 6: Continuing the saga of Red vs. blue : the Blood Gulch chronicles, Reconstruction follows Agent Washington as he continues his quest to stop the mysterious and extremely dangerous entity known only as "The Meta."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Film Co. 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV REDSummary: The Tournament of Power rages on. The 2nd Universe's warriors of love are out for blood, Frieza makes his move, and Goku's attention turns to Jiren. Unflinching resolve faces immeasurable power as Saiyan and Pride Trooper test each other's capabilities. But when Goku's stamina starts to dwindle, can instinct save him? Time is winding down, fighters are falling out, and the battles are heating up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME DRAKeppeler, Jill
Summary: Text and photographs look at how to build castles in Minecraft, focusing on how to build arches, drawbridges, towers, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2019