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De Regil, Tania De Rozario, Tania De Villiers, Marq. Del Rio, Tania Villagers Villiers, Gérard deSummary: When London transplant Mia moves with her family to a lion farm in South Africa, she forms a bond with the white lion cub Charlie, one that is tested when the two run away across-country, hoping to reach a lion sanctuary and life-long safety for Charlie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY MIASummary: Set during the height of the Bosnian War in 1993, a group of Bosnian soldiers are advancing on Serb territory under the cover of a foggy night. At daybreak, the fog lifts, and the Serbs open fire. Soon there is only one Bosnian survivor because he was able to dive into a trench in no man's land. He then watches as two Serbian soldiers use the body of a fallen Bosnian to bait a land mine. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie NoDe Villiers, Marq.
Summary: In the parched and seemingly lifeless heart of the Sahara desert, earthworms find enough moisture to survive. Four major mountain ranges interrupt the flow of dunes and gravel plains and at certain times waterfalls cascade from their peaks. Even the sand amazes: Massive dunes can appear almost overnight, and be gone just as quickly. We think we know the Sahara, the largest and most austere...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.66 DEVilliers, Gérard de
Summary: "A gripping espionage thriller featuring Malko Linge, an Austrian aristocrat who freelances for the CIA. The first in a series of novels by Gerard de Villiers, the bestselling French author whose sales exceed 120 million copies, and who has been hailed as France's answer to James Bond. To counter the Islamists ready to seize control of post-Qaddafi Libya, the Americans try to establish a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VILContents: Priere devant le repas, O sourverain Pasteur / Clemens non Papa -- En tour la feste Saint Martin / Decarella -- En languissant avoir secours j'attens / Pierre Certon -- C'est tout abus ; Trequedon daine / Anon. -- Hau, hau je boys / Claudin de Sermisy -- Je pers espoir / Benopit Appenzeller/Benedictus -- Aupres de vous : a 2 voix / Sermisy -- Secouez moy / Dambert -- Si vous n'avez madame /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmonia Mundi France 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN PlaDe Villiers, Marq.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 DEVDe Villiers, Marq.
Summary: Although sometimes destructive, wind is one of the elements that make life possible. Wind warms the higher latitudes and moderates the equatorial regions, and carries evaporated moisture from the oceans to the land. Even hurricanes are an essential part of the planet's self-regulatory system. This book is the story of humankind's long struggle to understand wind and weather, from the wind gods...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.51 VILSummary: With a poet's eye for place, light, and the spiritual dimensions of everyday existence, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese crafts a meditation on the concept of homeland and a transcendent elegy for what is lost in the name of progress. Grieving and alone following the deaths of her husband and children, elderly Mantoa (Mary Twala Mhlongo, in a soul-shaking end-of-life performance) prepares for her death...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN THIDe Regil, Tania
Summary: En una primera visita sin sus papás a la casa de su abuela en las afueras de la Ciudad de México, una niña descubre lo que hace que la abuela tan especial.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH DEDe Regil, Tania
Summary: At Grandma's house, where Julia is staying without her parents for the first time, the breeze is sweet like jasmine. Mornings begin with sugared bread, and the most magnificent hot chocolate cures all homesickness. There's something about this place and about Grandma. Like how she can tell when Julia has been quietly picking limes from the garden. Or that she can see the future--and knows when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: "In this unusual, engaging, and intimate collection of personal essays, Lamba Literary Award finalist Tania De Rozario recalls growing up as a queer, brown, fat girl in Singapore, blending memoir with elements of history, pop culture, horror films, and current events to explore the nature of monsters and what it means to be different. Tania De Rozario was just twelve years old when she was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 2024
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Summary: In a shared voice, a young boy conveys his fears about moving from New York City to Mexico City while, at the same time, a young girl expresses her worries about leaving Mexico City to move to New York City.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DERSummary: Based on a true story about revenge, fear and redemption. In 19th century St. Pierre, a convict sentenced to death strives to better himself in the eyes of the police chief's beautiful wife and that of the town that she has him working in. Since there is no guillotine or executioner, one of each has to be sent for from France.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WIDSummary: The year is 1981 and South Africa's white minority government is embroiled in a conflict on the southern Angolan border. Like all white boys over the age of sixteen, Nicholas Van der Swart must complete two years of compulsory military service to defend the Apartheid regime. The threat of communism and 'die swart gevaar' (the black danger) is at an all-time high. But that's not the only danger...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MOFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOFDel Rio, Tania
Summary: "Twelve-year-old orphan Warren's pride and joy is his family's hotel, but he's been miserable ever since his evil Aunt Anaconda took over the management. Anaconda believes a mysterious treasure known as the All-Seeing-Eye is hidden somewhere on the grounds, and she'll do anything to find it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DELContents: Topsy (3:15) -- Veal isn't good for Leony (3:22) -- Mes frères (2:46) -- Fumée aux yeux (4:40) --Twilight time (2:55) -- My prayer (3:01) -- Symphonie d'un soir (3:42) -- Sarah (2:54) -- Rock de l'inauguration (2:21) -- Demain (3:05) -- Toi le venin (3:12) -- Vive Aznavour (2:55) -- En chantant cet air là (0:54) -- Lorraine blues (5:09) -- Présentation des musiciens (0:39) -- Bowling green...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gitanes Jazz Productions 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ JAZSummary: A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor. Min Jin Lee, author of the highly acclaimed National Book Award Finalist Pachinko, selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Many people in the world today see those who do not look like them, or who speak differently as being separate; as "other." Relations challenges the human illusion of separation, illuminating the connections that link us all as humans, different though equal in every way. In this powerful anthology, new and established storytellers reshape the narratives that restrict and subjugate, revealing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harpervia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.8 RELSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: Young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher trades high society life for a classroom on the prairie, determined to prove she is brave enough to live on her own. She learns through her aunt's secret diary that she had been a pioneer woman herself, and uses it as a guide to embark on her own adventures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frontier Productions 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK VILSummary: With two professional assassinations in quick succession, James Bond is quickly elevated to '00' status. Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Uganda where he is to spy on a terrorist, Mollaka. Not everything goes to plan and Bond decides to investigate, independently of MI6, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell. Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters Dimitrios and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE CASCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CASCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Casino 2007Summary: Benjamin Lebel is a luminary in his field: an internationally renowned wine expert who publishes a keenly-awaited new guide every year. When the local police chief enlists his help in the hunt for a serial killer who combines murders with Grand Crus, Benjamin's intuition and his nose are stimulated by the puzzling case. They both prove infallible as he works his own investigation in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BLOSummary: "When Calls the Heart" tells the captivating story of Elizabeth Thatcher (Erin Krakow), a young teacher accustomed to her high society life, who receives her first classroom assignment in Coal Valley, a small coalmining town where life is simple, but often fraught with challenges. Lori Loughlin plays Abigail Stanton, a wife and mother whose husband, the foreman of the mine, along with a dozen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014