Fairley, Kim

Summary: "Kim Fairley was twenty-four when she fell in love with and married a man who was fifty-seven. Something about Vern -- his quirkiness, his humor, his devilish smile -- made her feel an immediate connection with him. She quickly became pregnant, but instead of the idyllic interlude she'd imagined as she settled into married life and planned for their family, their love was soon tested by the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FAIRLEY, KIM FAI

DJ Envy

Summary: Gia and Raashaun Casey met when they were two teenagers living around the corner from each other in Queens. They have been together for an astounding twenty-five years and have remained together through RaaShaun's growing celebrity, a devastating cheating scandal, and the births of five children. Gia and Raashaun explore the entire chronology of their love story with vulnerability, honesty, and...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 CAS

Kova, Elise

Summary: Katria knew her hand in marriage would be sold. She had no idea a fae prince was the buyer. Katria swore she'd never fall in love. She's seen what "love" means through the cruelty of her family. So when she's married off to the mysterious Lord Fenwood for a handsome price, all Katria wants is a better life than the one she's leaving. Feelings are off the table. Surviving the fae wilds as a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Wing Press 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KOV

Summary: An adaptation of Walter Farley's classic children's novel, in which an American boy is rescued after a shipwreck off the coast of North Africa by a seemingly untamable wild horse. After surviving together, they develop a bond and begin training to race once they are rescued.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BLA

Smith, Sally Bedell

Summary: "When the Duke of Windsor abdicated the throne in 1936, his shy, uncertain, unprepared younger brother became King. Sally Bedell Smith was granted by Queen Elizabeth II special access to the letters and diaries of George VI and Elizabeth, to tell the story of how their love, devotion, and strong marriage led George VI to overcome insecurities and difficulty speaking and to become an exceptional...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023

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

Graff, Andrew J.

Summary: As the summer of 1993 begins, Sam and Swami Brecht roll into town with a twenty-six-foot Winnebago camper van, their three young kids, and the deed to Woodchuck Rafting Company. Sam and Swami met as young, adventurous river guides but, a decade later, find themselves weighed down by money worries and the demands of adulthood. The town of Thunderwater, in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, could be the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC GRA

Flower, Amanda

Summary: "With Juliet Brody and Reverend Brook tying the knot in Ohio's Amish Country's most anticipated nuptials of the year, Bailey King is determined to do everything in her power to make the event a sweet success. Except midsummer heat waves and outdoor ceremonies don't mix, and an exasperated Bailey soon finds herself struggling to fulfill bridesmaid duties and keep her stunning marshmallow-frosted...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2020

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FLO

Schaper, Donna

Summary: "As membership in traditional religious institutions plummets, the meaning of marriage is rapidly changing. Numbers of those identifying as spiritual but not religious are on the rise, and Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper provides a road map to help readers understand this transition of marriage after culture and religion are no longer of one voice about its meaning."--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation Schaper

Turbow, Jason

Summary: "How the Oakland A's of the 1970s--a revolutionary band of brawling Hall of Famers--won three straight championships and knocked baseball into the modern age"--Dust jacket flap

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Team Turbow 2017

Packard, Jerrold M.

Summary: Packard closely examines a generation of royal women who were dominated by their mother, married off more for political advantage than for love, and finally passed over entirely with the accession of their brother to the throne.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1998

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VICTORIA PAC

Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney

Summary: This is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British history. It is an extraordinary story, told with unique insight and authority by an author who knew the prince for more than forty years. Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging, often humorous, sometimes irascible - is the man Elizabeth II once...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Coronet 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PHILIP, PRINCE BRA

Rooney, Mickey

Summary: When young Alec Ramsay and a wild stallion are cast adrift after a ship-wreck, they help each other survive on a desolate island.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM/UA Home Video 1998

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4 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BLA

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Black

Summary: "Red Without Blue is the groundbreaking documentary about the indestructible ties of family. This visually arresting film chronicles the close, yet sometimes strained relationship between identical twins Mark and Alex as Alex undergoes a transformation into a woman named Clair. Captured over a period of three years, RWB documents the twins and their parents, examining the Farleys' struggle to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Indiepix 2007

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RED

Andersen, Christopher P.

Summary: "Since the day Charles Philip Arthur George was born, he has been groomed to be King. After more than seventy years of waiting, he finally ascends the throne. The King examines the private life of this historically important and controversial figure, set against the grand, thousand-year sweep of the British monarchy. This richly detailed biography covers it all, from his military training to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHARLES III AND

Summary: In this semi-biographical film, a famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SHI

Summary: In the third installment of this new adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's novels, Anne Shirley, now a young adult, leaves Green Gables to attend Queen's College, preparing to be a teacher. Facing an difficult choice and being overwhelmed by loneliness, Anne finds a silver lining.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018

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

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

Summary: In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD 300

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE THR

Jetté, Irénée

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 1968

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3714 Jette

Summary: Jamie, an orphan who must leave his upper-class boarding school to live with an uncle in the wilderness of Manitoba, Canada, has no idea of the incredible adventure that awaits him. During a hunting trip, he and Awasis, a Native American Indian boy, become separated from the group. Finding themselves lost and alone in the icy and dreaded wilderness called The Barrens, their struggle to survive...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Feature Films For Families 2004

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LOS