Summary: On the evening of December 11, 1936, England's King Edward VIII formally broadcast his farewell to a nation. Torn between duty and love, he had decided to follow his heart. Follows the true story and the unforgettable romance that developed between the Prince of Wales and an extraordinary American woman named Wallis Simpson. That she was already married and rumored to have had other affairs,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2005
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV EDWSummary: Early eighteenth-century England is at war with the French. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, and her friend Lady Sarah tends to her ill health. When a new servant Abigail arrives, Sarah takes her under her wing, and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become time-consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps in to fill in as the Queen's companion....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2019
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FAVCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FAVCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FAVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Favourite 2019Doherty, P. C.
Summary: While attending a mystery play performed by the Straw Men, an acting troupe, Brother Athelstan comes across a violent double murder, and he must find the culprit and discover if the royal court has a spy in their midst.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crème de la Crime 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOHFerguson, Sarah
Summary: As Ruby tells everyone about her invitation to tea with the Queen, family and friends remind her about how she should conduct herself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E FerCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FerMeghan
Summary: "Evoking a deep sense of warmth, connection, and compassion, The Bench gives readers a window into shared and enduring moments between a diverse group of fathers and sons--moments of peace and reflection, trust and belief, discovery and learning, and lasting comfort"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MEGCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MEGFerguson, Sarah
Summary: "From Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, a sweeping, romantic compulsively readable historical saga about a Duke's daughter--the perfect Victorian lady--who secretly moonlights as an amateur sleuth for high society's inner circle"-- Victorian London was notorious for its pickpockets. But in the country houses of the elite, gentleman burglars, art thieves and con men preyed on the rich and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FERCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FERYork, Sarah Mountbatten-Windsor
Summary: While on a picnic with four friends, a plucky doll named Little Red decides to investigate a noise that doesn't sound very friendly.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FergusonSummary: Chronicles the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marrital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with Earl Grey, an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DUCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DUC RATED PG-13Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Duchess 2008Sarah
Summary: Expected to make an advantageous marriage, Lady Margaret Montagu Scott rebels shortly before her betrothal is announced and flees, throwing herself into charitable work and befriending a group of similarly-minded, independent women.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SARDoherty, P. C.
Summary: December, 1380. When the corpse of Sir Robert Kilverby is discovered in a locked room, Brother Athelstan accompanies the King's coroner to investigate. For Sir Robert had in his possession a priceless relic, a sacred bloodstone, which has now disappeared.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crème de la Crime 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOHSummary: After signing a plea deal to spare his colleagues at Pearson Specter Litt, Mike faces the harsh realities of prison life as he starts his two-year sentence. Meanwhile, the once bustling PSL offices are now a ghost town. The partners have defected, leaving Harvey, Jessica, Louis, Donna, and Rachel to pick up the pieces. With the firm facing numerous lawsuits as fallout of the plea deal, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Universal Pictures Home Entertainment] 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SUIGregory, Philippa.
Summary: Descended from the river goddess Melusina, Jacquetta is blessed with second sight. As a young girl, she meets her uncle's captive, Joan of Arc, and realizes that they share the same abilities right before Joan's horrific death. Eventually, she is married off to the Duke of Bedford, and is introduced to alchemy. When the Duke dies, the talented window finds love in the arms of her friend, the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRESummary: Mary Poppins is a kind of Super-nanny who, with her magical umbrella, flies into the lives of a proper, upper crust Edwardian English banker and his two children. She proceeds to put things right with the aid of her rather extraordinary magical powers and, in the process, teaches the family just how much fun life can be.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MARSummary: At an Army base in 1941 Hawaii, the lives of enlisted men and officers are troubled by spiteful commanders, sadistic military police, and forbidden love. Includes actual scenes of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie From 2001Lancaster, Jen
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of The Best of Enemies serves up a hilarious new novel of the "sandwich generation." Actuary Penny Sinclair has a head for business, and she always makes rational decisions. Knowing that 60% of spouses cheat and 50%of marriages end in divorce, she wasn't too surprised when her husband had an affair. (That he did so with a woman their daughter's age? Well,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LANLancaster, Jen
Summary: Unfortunately, being overweight isn't simply a societal issue that can be fixed with a dose healthy of positive self-esteem. It's a health matter, and on the eve of her fortieth year, Lancaster learns to make changes. Because what good is finally being able to afford a pedicure if you lose a foot to adult onset diabetes?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LANCASTER, JEN LANHarris, Duchess
Summary: Eleanor Roosevelt is well known for her time as First Lady of the United States, but she also made important contributions to women's rights before, during, and after her husband's presidency. Eleanor Roosevelt Champions Women's Rights examines her efforts from multiple perspectives, including those of Roosevelt herself, her husband, Franklin, and later feminist activists.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.917 HARMuncaster, Harriet
Summary: Half-fairy, half-vampire Isadora Moon wants a normal human birthday party, but will her parents be able to meet her request?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC MUNMuncaster, Harriet
Summary: "Halloween is coming, and a girl who believes she is a special witch's cat is looking for the perfect costume"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC MUNManaster, Tracy.
Summary: "Two young professionals working in a retirement community discover that one of their residents is hiding her grandson in her unit. Word spreads quickly, and in the midst of their own personal struggles, they must find the best solution for this problem"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tyrus Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MANMuncaster, Harriet
Summary: Isadora Moon, a vampire fairy, has to decided which school she wants to go to--vampire or fairy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC MUNLanchester, John
Summary: "The best-selling author of The Debt to Pleasure and Capital returns with a chilling fable for our time. Ravaged by the Change, an island nation in a time very like our own has built the Wall--an enormous concrete barrier around its entire border. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others, the desperate souls who are trapped amid the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANLancaster, Jen
Summary: "Bridesmaids meets The In-Laws in a novel told from the alternating perspectives of two women who define the term frenemies. From New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster. Jacqueline Jordan knows conflict. A fearless journalist, she's spent the past decade embedded in the world's hot spots, writing about the fall of nations and the rise of despots. But if you were to inquire about who...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANLancaster, Jen
Summary: Longing for the high-school days when she was popular and feared, thirty-seven-year-old Lyssy Ryder moves back into her parents' home after being dumped by her husband, a situation that compels her to try to change the mean person she was as a teenager.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2013