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Summary: "From an adventurous and discerning new voice reminiscent of Robert Macfarlane, a captivating portrait of a community eking out its living in a coastal landscape as stark and storied as it is beautiful. Before arriving in Newlyn, a Cornish fishing villageat the end of the railway line, Lamorna Ash was told that no fisherman would want a girl joining an expedition. Weeks later, the only female...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.3 ASHSummary: Intense shark attacks including some bloody images, language, brief partial nudity/sexual references and drug use.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JAWCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD JAWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE JAWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER JAWSummary: Morning glory: A small-town community-theatre actress comes to New York dreaming of theatrical stardom. She amuses a producer and a playwright with her naiviete. Partly out of sympathy, the playwright arranges for her to understudy a troublesome theatrical star. When the star walks out on opening night, the young actress goes on to triumphant success. She is warned not to let it go to her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KATJunger, Sebastian.
Summary: The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed fishing boat with her crew of six that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 974.4 JUNCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.45 JUNBear, Greg
Summary: "A sweeping Elizabethan historical fantasy from an internationally renowned author that evokes the seafaring adventures of Robert Louis Stevenson with the magic of The Bear and the Nightingale"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BEAJunger, Sebastian.
Summary: "The perfect storm" is a stark and compelling journey into the dark core of nature that leaves listeners with a breathless sense of what it feels like to be caught, helpless, in the grip of a force beyond understanding or control.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 974.45 JUNCase, Alison A.
Summary: In a reimagining of life at Wuthering Heights through the eyes of the Earnshaws' loyal servant, young Nelly Dean suffers heartache and betrayals at the hands of those she cherishes most and discovers what it is to know true sacrifice after a new heir is born.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CASESummary: A London fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SALCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SALHarris, Josh
Summary: Presents a portrait of the late star of Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch," revealing his high-risk private life of tempestuous affairs, drug-fueled parties, and motorcycle riding, as well as his virtues as a devoted friend, loving father, and steadfast captain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.56 HARMiloszewski, Nathan
Summary: "From the middle of the ocean to your dinner table, the fish you eat may have taken a long journey. This meal was made possible by one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet. Commercial fishers risk their lives to make a living and provide food for the world's population. This book helps readers gain a better understanding and appreciation for the men and women who battle severe weather and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 639.2023 MILSummary: The fishermen of Cornwall are signed to Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FISCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD FISCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FiPauly, D. (Daniel)
Summary: "The world's fisheries are in crisis. Their catches are declining, and the stocks of key species, such as cod and bluefin tuna, are but a small fraction of their previous abundance, while others have been overfished almost to extinction. The oceans are depleted and the commercial fishing industry increasingly depends on subsidies to remain afloat. In these essays, award-winning biologist Dr....
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Publisher / Publication Date: David Suzuki Institute 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.3 PAUTurner, Steve
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 264.23 TURStott, Rebecca.
Summary: When the death of a Cambridge historian leaves her opus on Sir Isaac Newton unfinished, Lydia Brooke is called in to finish the book, only to find herself embroiled in a mystery in which the present becomes entangled with a past based on Newton's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STOWilliams, Beatriz
Summary: In the summer of 1951, Miranda Schuyler arrives on elite, secretive Winthrop Island as a schoolgirl from the margins of high society, still reeling from the loss of her father in the Second World War. When her beautiful mother marries Hugh Fisher, whose summer house on Winthrop overlooks the famous lighthouse, Miranda's catapulted into a heady new world of pedigrees and cocktails, status and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WILSeaver, Barton
Summary: With the growing trend to reintroduce US-caught seafood into our culinary lexicon, this trustworthy reference will be the go-to source for home cooks, culinary students, professional chefs, and anyone fascinated by American food culture. American Seafood looks at maritime history, including Native American fisheries; fishing technology (including aquaculture); the effect of imports on our diet,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Epicure, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.95 SEAUpton, Joe
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saquatch Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.275 UPTSummary: Since first donning a tattered fedora and a glove of eviscerating blades in 1984, Robert Englund has become one our generation's most beloved horror icons. A classically trained actor and talented director, Englund has starred in many well-received movies in the years since Freddy's cinematic birth as well as directing his own feature film.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC HOLSummary: In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan's Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional way of life as well as his own journey of self-discovery. Twenty years later, filmmaker Lucille Carra undertook a parallel trip inspired by Richie's by-then-classic book, capturing images of hushed beauty and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC INLFranklin, Jonathan
Summary: "The miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history--as told to journalist Jonathan Franklin in dozens of exclusive interviews"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 910 FRAContents: Faintly blowing -- In my box / Fairfield Parlour -- (Love song) for Annie -- Flight from Ashiya -- Long way down -- A dream for Julie -- (Further reflections) in the room of percussion -- Emily / Fairfield Parlour -- Snapdragon -- Bordeaux rosé -- Nursey, nursey -- Do it again for Jeffrey -- Kaleidoscope -- Diary song -- the indian head -- Music -- The sky children -- What can I do (demo, 1964)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: London Speed 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SKYDelinsky, Barbara.
Summary: What comes after the moment that forever changes your life? This question haunts Julia Bechtel, Noah Prine, and Kim Collela, the only survivors of a terrible boating accident that claims the lives of nine other people off the coast of Maine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2004
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Summary: The miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history. For fourteen months, Alvarenga survived constant shark attacks. He learned to catch fish with his bare hands. He built a fish net from a pair of empty plastic bottles. Taking apart the outboard motor, he fashioned a huge fishhook. Using fish vertebrae as needles, he stitched together...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 FRACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 FRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Survival FranklinNewman, Paul
Summary: "Several years before he died in 2008, Paul Newman commissioned his best friend to interview actors and directors he worked with, his friends, his children, his first wife, his psychiatrist, and Joanne Woodward, to create an oral history of his life. After hearing and reading what others said about him, Newman then dictated his own version of his life. Now, this long-lost memoir-90% Newman's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022