David-Weill, Cécile
Summary: "Part memoir, part parenting guide, part American and part French, Parents Under the Influence offers a unique view of the challenges of parenting, and fresh perspectives on how to find a beneficial path forward for parents and children alike. How should we raise our children? It should be a simple enough question to answer but in fact it is an intimidating and complex one. We often address it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 DAVWeill, Kurt
Contents: The seven deadly sins (Prolog = Prologue (3:51) ; Faulheit = Sloth (3:57) ; Stolz = Pride (4:50) ; Zorn = Anger (4:53) ; Völlerei = Gluttony (3:32) ; Unzucht = Lust (5:22) ; Habsucht = Covetousness (3:02) ; Neid = Envy (4:32) ; Epilog = Epilogue (1:30)) -- Alabama song (2:54) -- The ballad of sexual dependency (2:37) -- Bilbao song (5:04) -- Pirate Jenny (4:47)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reverso 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FAISummary: [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: All dogs go to heaven: Set in 1939 New Orleans, the story centers on Charles B. Barkin, a roguish German shepherd with the charm of a con man and the heart of a marshmallow. Out for revenge against his double-crossing former partner, a cigar-chomping pit bull known as Carface, Charlie finds himself guardian to a lonely little orphan named Anne-Marie. Her astounding ability to talk to animals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ALLSummary: After the death of her husband, Claire Underwood becomes the first female President of the United States, but faces formidable threats to her legacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOUBell, Davina
Summary: Identical twin sisters Summer and Winter live alone on a remote island, sheltered from the fallout of a mysterious event that has laid waste to the rest of the world. They survive on rations stockpiled by their father and spend their days deep in their mother's collection of classic literature - until a mysterious stranger upends their carefully constructed reality. At first, Edward is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Text Publishing Company 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BELSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: The legend of Cougar Canyon: When a goat wanders away from a ranch and into a canyon rumored to be haunted, two boys travel together onto the Navajo reservation to rescue her. Night of the wolf: A life-threatening accident strands a ranch owner in the wilderness with a wolf, while her son dodges poachers to rescue his mother. George!: A New York socialite gives her spoiled St. Bernard to her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDSummary: An American tail: While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In 1862 Paris, Emile Zola is barely scratching out a living writing muckraking articles about the poverty of the French people and the corruption of their leaders. Until "Nana," about the life of a prostitute, becomes a smash hit and turns Zola into a celebrity, champion of the people. As he churns out a string of similar books that make him quite rich, his old friend Paul Cezanne tells him "An...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LIFDarin, Bobby.
Contents: Disc 1. Rock 'n' roll years. Early in the morning Bobby Darin, Woody Harris -- Splish splash / Bobby Darin, Jean Murray -- Queen of the hop / Woody Harris -- Don't call my name / Bobby Darin, Don Kir chner -- All the way home / Otis Blackwell, Luther Dixon -- Lost love / Bobby Darin, Don Kirshner -- Plain Jane / Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman -- Dream lover (demo version) / Bobby Darin -- Dream lover /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Records 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DARBrill, David
Summary: "In 1979, David Brill became one of the first of a new generation to complete the Georgia-to-Maine hike on the Appalachian Trail. 'As Far as the Eye Can See', now a classic, chronicles his six-month, 2,100-mile walk, a quest to live simply and deliberately, with room to grow, to breathe, to change, to discover what really mattered to him."
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Tennessee Press 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.5 BRIKevill-Davies, Sally.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Antique Collector's Club 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 941.081 KEVDavis, Will.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Success Team 1991
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Publisher / Publication Date: Upstart Pub. Co. 1995
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Summary: Fourteen-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROBPell, Dave
Summary: Fueled by the wisdom and advice of his two Holocaust-surviving parents, a well-known news addict puts the key stories of 2020 into context during a time when historic turmoil and media mania stretched American sanity, democracy, and toilet paper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 071 PELSummary: "How did the universe begin? What is truth? How can we live good live? The Little Book of Philosophy answers these questions and more. Packed with simple explanations, witty illustrations, and step-by-step diagrams that untangle complex theories, you'll find plenty of food for thought in this book, whether you're a novice, a student, or an armchair philosopher"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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Summary: At the moment of the Emperor's death, everything changes in the palace. Mei, his former concubine, is free, and Pheasant, the heir and Mei's lover, is proclaimed as the new Emperor, heralding a new era in China. But just when Mei believes she's closer to her dream, Pheasant's chief wife, Lady Wang, powerful and unpredictable, turns against Mei and takes unthinkable measures to stop her. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P RANRandel, Weina Dai
Summary: 1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers. He loses nearly all hope until he crosses paths with Aiyi. When she hires Ernest to play piano at her club, her defiance of custom causes a sensation. His...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RANRandel, Weina Dai.
Summary: A concubine at the palace learns quickly that there are many ways to capture the Emperor's attention. Many paint their faces white and style their hair attractively, hoping to lure in the One Above All with their beauty. Some present him with fantastic gifts, such as jade pendants and scrolls of calligraphy, while others rely on their knowledge of seduction to draw his interest. But young Mei...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P RANSummary: "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: Johnny Worricker is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss and best friend Benedict Baron dies suddenly, leaving behind him an inexplicable file, threatening the stability of the organization. Meanwhile, a seemingly chance encounter with Johnny's striking next-door neighbor and political activist Nancy Pierpan seems too good to be true. Johnny is forced to walk out of his job, and then out of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2011
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAGCecil, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 1980