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

Hara

Summary: What do you do when your body doesn't match the ideal shape as dictated by society? What do you wear when sweats seem to be the only clothes that fit you? How do you deal with the constant, overwhelming waves of criticism about your appearance from yourself and others? A love letter to anyone striving to embrace their size, this wonderfully illustrated, uplifting comic essay by a plus-size...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 HAR

Summary: Alexis is the girl of Dustin's dreams. After only five weeks of dating, the love-struck Dustin is coming on so strong that Alexis is forced to slow things down to a dead stop. Devastated and desperate to get her back, Dustin turns to his best friend, Tank, the rebound specialists. A master at seducing and offending women, Tank gets hired by freshly dumped guys to take their ex-girlfriends out...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2009

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MY

Contents: Disc one. Invitation to Jamaica / Lord Tanamo -- Fat man / Derrick Morgan -- Tell me darling / Jackie Edwards -- Running around / Owen Gray -- Miss Jamaica / Jimmy Cliff -- Housewife's choice / Derrick & Patsy -- Give me all your love / The Continentals -- Darling Patricia / Owen Gray -- Man to man / Kentrick Patrick -- Uno-dos-tres / Stranger & Ken -- Slow boat / Al T. Joe -- Rude boy / Duke...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE TRO

Summary: Ron's Gone Wrong is a computer-animated film set in a world where it's the norm to have B-Bots, digitally connected robot companions. Barney is a shy middle-schooler who is the last one in his city to finally get Ron, his B-Bot. Unfortunately, his "Best Friend Out of the Box" becomes a major pain, malfunctioning on a regular basis. Not knowing what else to do, Barney sets out to teach Ron about...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RON

Clare, Cassandra

Summary: Follow Jem and see - against the backdrop of the Shadow Market's dark dealings and festival - Anna Lightwood's doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild's great sin, and Tessa Gray as she is plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland's soul finds safe harbor. In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no one can be saved one...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

Delany, Sarah Louise

Summary: Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh and embrace life after over 100 years of living side by side. Their sharp memories show readers the post-reconstruction south and Booker T. Washington; Harlem's Golden age and Langston Hughes, W.E.B....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha International 1993

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DEL

Summary: Restoration : Robert Merivel is a young man who seems to have everything ... until an affair leads to scandal, suddenly leaving him heartbroken and penniless.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2012

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Br

Summary: A young man offends an entire town by declaring their mountain--a prized local landmark--to be a "hill." The eccentric and funny townspeople rally around their "mountain" and a fiery young woman charms the puzzled out-of-town cartographer into seeing things their way.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 1995

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ENG

Summary: Miles Morales is the new Spider-Man but must also walk the balance between his personal high school & family life and his life as a superhero. While being Spider-Man, he becomes familiar with the Spider-Verse, where there are endless variations on Spider-Man. One of the Spider-Man variations living inside the Spider-Verse is Spider-Man, Peter B. Parker, who guides Miles in his journey as the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SPI
1 available in Teen Display, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SPI

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SPI

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SPI

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Sp

Summary: Helen is living the life she's always dreamed of with her career at a top modeling agency on the rise. But her carefree lifestyle comes to a crashing halt when she soon finds herself responsible for her sister's children - Audrey, Henry, and Sarah. No one doubts that Helen is the coolest aunt in New York, but the transformation from super-hip to super-mom is super difficult. Along the way,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Raising 2004

Tar.

Contents: Lady steps -- G7 -- Dean Martin -- Good part (wrong band) -- Teetering -- Solution 98 -- Deep throw.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Touch & Go 1993

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

Delany, Sarah Louise

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1997

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 DEL

Arca

Summary: Arca's third full-length album is the first to feature the Venezuela-born, London-based producer's untreated singing voice. He sings in Spanish, the language of his childhood home, Venezuala. It stands as a defiant, delicate statement of intent, and cements his position as one of this turbulent decade's defining musicians.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC ARC

Duguay, Dara.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 DUG

Kyle, Taya

Summary: Presents an inspiring collection of stories of Americans who have persevered over adversity and built extraordinary lives after loss, hardship, and setbacks, showcasing the resilience of the American spirit.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.09 KYL

Tarr, Bill

Summary: Step-by-step instructions for sleight of hand tricks using cards, coins, balls, and other common items.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1976

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.8 Tar

Fara, Patricia.

Summary: In this book the author rewrites science's past to provide new ways of understanding and questioning our modern technological society. Aiming not just to provide information but to make people think, it explores how science has become so powerful by describing the financial interests and imperial ambitions behind its success. Sweeping through the centuries from ancient Babylon right up to the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 509 FAR

Grescoe, Taras.

Summary: "Taras Grescoe rides the rails all over the world and makes an elegant and impassioned case for the imminent end of car culture and the coming transportation revolution"I am proud to call myself a straphanger," writes Taras Grescoe. The perception of public transportation in America is often unflattering--a squalid last resort for those with one too many drunk-driving charges, too poor to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 388.4 GRE

Kyle, Taya

Summary: The widow of American Sniper Chris Kyle shares their private journey, a moving and universal chronicle of love and family, service and patriotism, grief and sacrifice, faith and purpose.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KYL

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KYLE, TAYA KYL

Leigh, Tera

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.7 Leigh