Summary: Follows the relationship between a teenage ski prodigy and her predatory instructor. In a breakthrough role, Noée Abita plays 15-year-old Lyz, a high school student in the French Alps who has been accepted to an elite ski club known for producing some of the country's top professional athletes. Taking a chance on his new recruit, ex-champion turned coach Fred decides to mold Lyz into his...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SLA

Reynolds, Allie

Summary: "In this propulsive locked-room thriller debut, a reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover that someone has deliberately stranded them at their remote mountaintop resort during a snowstorm. When Milla accepts an off-season invitation to Le Rocher, a cozy ski resort in the French Alps, she's expecting an intimate weekend of catching up with four old friends. Yet...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC REY

Vargas, Fred.

Summary: A small mountain community in the French Alps is horrified when a sheep is found with its throat torn out. One villager believes it may be a werewolf, and she subsequently suffers a similar death. Commissaire Adamsberg is summoned from the city to assist in the investigation.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAR

Johnson, Diane

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2003

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOH

Vargas, Fred.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomson/Gale 2007

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M VAR

Horowitz, Anthony

Summary: Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2002

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC HOR

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION HOR

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

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

Carlson, Melody

Summary: "After a time of heartache and loss, Simone Winthrop discovers a tantalizing letter from her French great-grandmother, which seems to suggest that she is heir to a family treasure. Ever practical, Simone assumes the claim is baseless, but her best friend encourages her to find out for sure. Despite her deep-rooted fear of flying, Simone boards a jet to travel to Paris at Christmastime to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021

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Summary: An idyllic family skiing vacation takes a stunning turn when an avalanche threatens the ski lodge restaurant, sending people fleeing and demanding quick decisions that change the course of the family dynamics and trust.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FOR

Summary: 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 2010

Summary: In 1862 Paris, Emile Zola is barely scratching out a living writing muckraking articles about the poverty of the French people and the corruption of their leaders. Until "Nana," about the life of a prostitute, becomes a smash hit and turns Zola into a celebrity, champion of the people. As he churns out a string of similar books that make him quite rich, his old friend Paul Cezanne tells him "An...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2005

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

Steel, Danielle

Summary: It's the summer of 1959 and the Palace of Versailles is hosting an event that will make history. It is an exclusive dusk-to-dawn ball in which a select group of American and French debutantes will be presented to international society and royalty. Four young women, all with something to prove, receive what some see as the invitation of a lifetime. Amelia Alexander, who hopes to eventually...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STE

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STE

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4 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC STE
1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Summary: Rick Stevens is your perfect travel partner, guiding you through 60 hours of discoveries in his favorite European cities, villages, and off-the-beaten-path destinations. The complete DVD set brings you every one of Rick's half-hour TV shows- plus his highly acclaimed, hour-long TV specials.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914 RIC