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Chicago (Ill.) Drama Detective and mystery television programs Dresden, Harry (Fictitious character) Drama Koreans Japan Fiction Koreans United States Fiction Musicals Octopuses Private investigators Illinois Chicago Drama Video recordings for the hearing impaired Wizards Illinois Chicago DramaSummary: Small-town fry cook Odd Thomas is an ordinary guy with a paranormal secret: he sees dead people, everywhere. When a creepy stranger shows up with an entourage of ghostly "bodachs"--Predators who feed on pain and portend mass destruction- Odd knows that his town is in serious trouble. Teaming up with his sweetheart, Stormy, and the local sheriff, Odd will plunge into an epic battle of good vs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR ODDAmson-Bradshaw, Georgia
Summary: Presents the lives and accomplishments of eight women artists from around the world. Every story comes with an engaging activity that will nurture a child's own varied skills and inspire them to pursue a treasured goal or aspiration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.2 AMSChmiel, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.352 CHMScheel, David
Summary: "A behavioral ecologist's riveting account of his decades-long obsession with octopuses: his discoveries, adventures, and new scientific understanding of their behaviors. Of all the creatures of the deep blue, none is as captivating as the octopus. In Many Things Under a Rock, marine biologist David Scheel investigates four major mysteries about these elusive beings. How can we study an animal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 594 SCHSummary: Visits marine biology professor David Scheel, who has hosted an octopus in his home. Examines Octopus behaviors and traits, focusing on the relationship that evolves between Heidi the octopus and Dr. Scheel and his teenage daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV OCTCecil, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AUSTEN, JANE CECSummary: Contains the entire third season of the television program "House" in which the controversial Dr. Gregory House and his team diagnose and treat mysterious illnesses. Includes special features.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOUBell, Cece
Summary: Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Larry David has a pretty good life. Pretty, pretty good. He has understanding friends, a tolerant wife, and his plans for the afterlife all plotted out. See Larry take in a family of Blacks, make a generous donation, pay his respects to the dead, and befriend the handicapped. Is Larry David the most magnanimous man we know ... or the most misunderstood?"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The evolution of Hollywood horror films gets an affectionate appreciation from one of the recent genre maestros, as the AMC documentary series by writer/director Eli Roth slashes into the on-screen odysseys of zombies, vampires, ghosts, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ELISummary: We all use mathematics every day-- but in a world of body counts, multiple criminal masterminds, and percentages involving perpetrators who may act again, figures are especially valuable. This is the world of Numb3rs. Don Eppes is an FBI agent who recruits his mathematically gifted brother Charlie to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles, thus tackling the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD NUMSummary: Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle works in the English town of Hastings. As World War II tears at the social fabric of this once quiet coastal community, Foyle investigates crimes the conflict has fostered on the home front.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FOYChesil
Summary: Inspired by a mysterious message, seventeen-year-old Ginny Park sets off to find herself as she reflects on her experiences of growing up Zainichi, an ethnic Korean born in Japan, and the incident that forced her to leave years prior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHESummary: Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carmegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States. a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological...
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Publisher / Publication Date: History 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MENCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MeSummary: As his father continues to face legal trouble, Michael Bluth runs the family business, tackling a host of legal and financial issues while trying to cope with his eccentric relatives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ARRSummary: Harry Dresden is a private detective who also happens to be a real wizard. Although he tries to be a regular guy, Harry finds himself helping the Chicago police solve inexplicable crimes and battle dark forces that lurk around the city streets. Harry deals in all matters of supernatural threats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2007
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DRESummary: The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ChSummary: [Carmen] A beautiful gypsy girl uses her irresistable charms to seduce a faithful military guard so that a band of smugglers can penetrate his stronghold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CARSummary: Takes the viewer behind the walls of government, as CIA, Pentagon and foreign service experts speak out detailing the lies, misstatements and exaggerations that served as the reasons for fighting a "preemptive" war against Iraq that wasn't necessary. Includes interviews with more than 20 experts in opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disinformation Co. 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNCSummary: Blade on the feather: Jason is a reclusive author who is visited by Daniel. Daniel is a young admirer of Jason's. After Daniel seduces Jason's daughter, dark secrets to emerge. Both men are more than they claim to be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Koch Vision 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DENSondheim, Stephen
Contents: Prologue -- Cinderella at the grave -- Hello, little girl -- I guess this is goodbye; maybe they're magic -- Maybe this is magic -- I know things now -- A very nice prince -- First midnight -- Giants in the sky -- Agony -- It takes two -- Second midnight -- Stay with me -- On the steps of the palace -- Ever after -- Prologue: so happy -- Agony (reprise) -- Witch's lament -- Any moment --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC INTColtrane-Turiyasangitananda, A. (Alice)
Contents: Journey in Satchidananda (6:33) -- Shiva-Loka (6:33) -- Stopover Bombay (2:50) -- Something about John Coltrane (10:40) -- Isis and Osiris (10:28).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The legendary life of Fidel Castro, from exiled revolutionary to the world's most controversial and longest serving head of state. As seen through the eyes of his wife, mistress and female cohort, this film reveals the untold story of Fidel's rise to become one of the world's most powerful leaders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2002