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Crowley, John Dahl, Roald David, Erica Davys, Tim. Duyvis, Corinne Gillham, David R.Gillham, David R.
Summary: "What if Anne Frank survived the Holocaust? The year is 1945, and Anne Frank is sixteen years old. Having survived the concentration camps but lost her mother and sister along the way, she reunites with her father, Pim, in newly liberated Amsterdam. But it's not easy to fit the pieces of their life back together. Anne is adrift, haunted by the ghosts of the horrors they experienced, while Pim...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GILDavid, Erica
Summary: Princess Anna, Queen Elsa, Olaf the snowman, and all the stars from Disney Frozen are back in an all-new magical chapter book series. After years apart, Anna and Elsa are finally getting to know each other as sisters. But Anna still wishes she could remember the magical times they had together when they were younger--skating and making snowmen, even in the middle of summer! An eager young troll...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Book Group 2015
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Summary: Follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother, Gail, to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son's captors become increasingly volatile and brutal. With her son's life in the balance, Gail and Getty Sr.'s adviser become unlikely allies in the race against...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALLDahl, Roald
Summary: The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2013
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Summary: Theodore 'Theo' Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day, a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOLSummary: The real Santa is hired by Macy's to play the department store's Santa in the Thanksgiving Day parade, but has to prove in court that he is who he says he is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIR FAMILYSummary: It centers on Kate, a widow who lost her husband in the war in Afghanistan and is struggling to maintain her small-town farm with her daughter while also running the local volunteer fire department.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DAKSummary: On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GON RATED RDavys, Tim.
Summary: A horrendous crime sets off a disturbing chain of events that will force the citizens of Mollisan Town to debate profound issues of free will and destiny in this powerful tale from the internationally acclaimed Tim Davys. In the Tourquai neighborhood of Mollisan Town, Superintendent Larry Bloodhound is the keeper of the peace and ruler of the streets. But there are others more powerful than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins US 2011
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Summary: The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDSummary: Involuntarily discharged from the Army, a Special Forces sergeant lands a contract with a private underground military force. When his very first assignment goes awry, the elite soldier finds himself hunted and on the run, caught in a dangerous conspiracy and fighting to stay alive long enough to get home and uncover the true motives of those who betrayed him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD CONSummary: What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. From the novel by best-selling author Agatha Christie, tells the tale of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone is a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUR RATED PG-13Summary: It's hard enough to adjust to a big move -- even harder when it's to New York City -- and harder still when there's a singing crocodile living in your attic! Josh Primm isn't making friends easily, so he's glad that Lyle is willing, but their menacing neighbor is determined to rid the neighborhood of the reptile.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family LYLSummary: With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman raises the stakes on his war on crime and sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DAR PG-13Summary: "In Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, romance novel addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. She forms a close friendship with the younger son on the estate, Henry Tilney, but their budding romance is mysteriously cut short"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NOR NOT RATEDSummary: High-spirited heroine Charlotte Heywood returns to the picturesque coastal resort of Sanditon and the companionship of her friend Georgiana Lambe. What adventures, scandals, intrigue and above all else, romance, await Miss Heywood this season?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SANSummary: Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort, enlisting the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham. Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, Charlotte, for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD SANSummary: Poldark, the drama that has become a cultural phenomenon, continues for a second season on the stunning beaches of Cornwall. It's 1790 and there is riot and revolution in the air. Ross Poldark, the character redefined by the smoldering Aidan Turner, must fight for his freedom when George Warleggan tries to have him hanged as a revolutionary. While Francis and Elizabeth watch on in horror, can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD POL NOT RATEDSummary: As Kylo Ren and the sinister First Order rise from the ashes of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is missing when the galaxy needs him most. It's up to Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, a defecting stormtrooper, to join forces with Han Solo and Chewbacca in a desperate search for the one hope of restoring peace to the galaxy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STA RATED PG-13Summary: The Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure. Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks mysteries of the Force and secrets of the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STA RATED PG-13Summary: Audrey and Morgan are two fairly ordinary 30-year-old women who live in Los Angeles. They are best friends, and they always stick together, so when Audrey discovers her ex-boyfriend is an international spy, Morgan joins her on an unlikely adventure. Together, the two of them must try to save him from assassins and help to save the world from a dangerous threat. As they travel around the globe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018