Collins, David R.

Summary: A brief biography of Clarence Thomas and his rise to the position of Supreme Court justice.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pelican Pub. Co. 2003

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THO

Collins, David R.

Summary: A biography of one of America's earliest great literary figures who also served as a diplomat in Spain.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan Reynolds 2000

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB IRVING COL

Summary: In this powerful and timely story of a girl's pursuit of freedom and belonging, fifteen-year-old Frances fights for her humble Irish community by becoming a boxer like her idol, Muhammad Ali. While society may be determined to break her spirit and destroy her way of life, Frances was not born to be broken. Instead, she digs deep to prove to her disillusioned father that she's a true champion.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FLO

Summary: Max returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death of his wife.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2017

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SEA

Preston, Douglas J.

Summary: A top nuclear scientist turns homicidal, taking an innocent family hostage at gunpoint. Gideon Crew, a colleague of the scientist at Los Alamos, is called in to talk the man down. But the standoff ends in an explosion of violence. When the authorities discover the scientist's body is intensely radioactive, and that he had recently embraced Islamic extremism, all hell breaks loose.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2012

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FIC PRE

Summary: After Sean is released from prison, he reluctantly embarks on a journey with his alienated father to spread his mother's ashes in her native Ireland.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA END

Preston, Douglas J.

Summary: Five years ago, the mysterious and inscrutable head of Effective Engineering Solutions, Eli Glinn, led a mission to recover a gigantic meteorite from a remote island off the coast of South America. The mission ended in disaster when their ship, the Rolvaag, foundered in a vicious storm in the Antarctic waters and broke apart, sinking-along with its unique cargo-to the ocean floor. One hundred...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PRE

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Preston 2016

Preston, Douglas J.

Summary: Fresh off a diagnosis that gives him only months to live, Gideon Crew--brilliant scientist, master thief, and intrepid adventurer--is on the trail of a centuries-old stone tablet that will either save his life or bring it to a sudden, shocking close.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2018

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PRE

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PRE

Preston, Douglas J.

Summary: Gideon Crew - brilliant scientist, master thief - is living on borrowed time. When his mysterious employer, Eli Glinn, gives him an eyebrow-raising mission, he has no reason to refuse. Gideon's task: steal a page from the priceless Book of Kells, now on display in New York City and protected by unbreakable security.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2014

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Preston 2014

Collins, Nicolas.

Contents: Broken light (1991) for string quartet and modified CD player (13:50) : Corelli ; Locatelli ; Torelli (Soldier String Quartet) -- Tobabo fonio (1986-90) (Nicolas Collins, trombone-propelled electronics) (9:36) -- It was a dark and stormy night (1990) (David Moss, voice ; Nicolas Collins, voice, backwards electric guitar, electronics ; Robert Poss, electric guitar ; Guy Klucevsek, accordion ;...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Trace Elements 1992

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD AVANT-GARDE COL

Collins, Ailynn

Summary: After losing their communication link with two members of their team, the remaining young miners abandon their expedition on Asteroid AX245 to search for their missing friends.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2021

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COL

Summary: Season four of this procedural drama about the Missing Persons Squad, a unique New York based FBI task force, finds Martin gravely injured in the line of fire and going through rehabilitation. Jack, Samantha, and Danny try not to let their concern for Martin hinder their efforts. Vivian's heart surgery appears to have been a success. Rookie, Elena Delgado, formerly of the NYPD, has joined the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2012

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WIT

Summary: Every 30 seconds in America, normal life stops. Someone is reported missing. That's where special agent Jack Malone comes in. On the behalf of victims and loved ones, Jack and his FBI team do the hard, exciting work of turning the missing into the found. Among the vanished: a man terrified of extraterrestrials, a spoiled celebrity heiress and an idealistic woman caught up in a romance with a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2012

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WIT

Contents: v. 1. The truth about George ; Romance at Droitgate Spa ; Portrait of a disciplinarian ; Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court -- v. 2. The rise of Minna Nordstrom ; Rodney fails to qualify ; A voice from the past.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2002

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WOD

Collins, Katherine

Summary: "Neil the Horse ran 15 issues in the 1980s. With its tagline, "Making the world safe for musical comedy" it is the world's only musical comic book. It is a totally original hybrid influenced more by Carl Barks and Fred Astaire than by the underground comics of the time. Originally produced under the name Arn Saba, Neil's creator transitioned to Katherine Collins after the last issue. Neil and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Conundrum Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 COL

McChrystal, Stanley A.

Summary: "As commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), General Stanley McChrystal discarded a century of management wisdom and pivoted from a pursuit of mechanical efficiency to organic adaptability. In this book, he shows how any organization can make the same transition to act like a team of teams -- where small groups combine the freedom to experiment with a relentless drive to share...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 MCC

Various artists

Contents: What's love got to do with it (Tina Turner) / Britten, Lyle -- Sweet dreams (are made of this) (Eurythmics) / Lennox, Stewart -- She works hard for the money (Donna Summer) / Summer, Omartian -- Thing called love (Bonnie Raitt) / Hiatt -- Don't wanna lose you (Gloria Estefan) / Estefan -- Another day in paradise (Phil Collins, David Crosby) / Collins -- Sexual healing (Marvin Gaye) / Gaye,...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 1994

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK GRA

Summary: When it comes to her three free-spirited daughters, Daphne is just your normal over-protective, overbearing, over-the-top mother. Worried that her youngest daughter, Millie, will end up alone, Daphne meddles in her daughter's love life until she ends up doing all wrong things for all the right reasons - and all in the name of motherly love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BEC

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Because

Summary: True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case, Gideon v. Wainright (1963), led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GID

Summary: When Saoirse and Ben's mother mysteriously disappears into the ocean, the two children go on an epic journey to find out the truth about her, and in the process, discover mystical secrets about both their mother and Saoirse herself. The film takes inspiration from the mythological Selkies of Irish folklore, who live as seals in the sea but become humans on land.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SON

Patterson, James

Summary: Ben isn't like most people. Unable to control his thoughts, he's a man consumed by his obsessions, cars, tennis, marathons, trains, yachts, and Diana Hotchkiss, a beautiful woman Ben knows he can never have. When Diana is found dead outside her apartment, Ben's infatuation drives him on a hunt to find out what happened to the love of his life. Can Ben find the truth behind Diana's death before...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2013

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: MYS PAT