Summary: Dan Burns is a local newspaper advice columnist. He has three daughters and is a widower. He brings the family to his parent's house for a family gathering. When Dan goes to a local bookstore, he meets Marie. When he gets home, he finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother Mitch. Dan's mother Nana announces that she met an old acquaintance of Dan's, Ruthie Draper and that she has set...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD DANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie DanContents: Tough de times (things getting tough) / (The Emperor) -- Mary / (Preacher Stephens with the Foree Wells Combo) -- Loose lips / (Percy Mayfield) -- No more for you / (Ethel Boswell) -- Hurry back baby / (Camille Howard) -- Caravan / (Chuz Alfred & His Combo) -- Alabama Sue / (Roy Gaines) -- Mambo mambo baby / (Paul Boyers Band) (feat. Pattie Parish) -- Calypso cha cha for spooks / (Monogram...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Jazzman Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES JUKSummary: Two families, the Hazards and the Mains, are geographically and ideologically separated by the U.S. Civil War. The hatred, prejudice, and greed that tear at the fabric of a nation also threaten to destroy the threads that have woven the lives of these two families together.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NORChen, Piera
Summary: Lonely Planet's Taiwan is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Cycle the East Coast, explore temple treasures and hike Taroko Gorge; all with your trusted travel companion.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL TAIWANSummary: When a mysterious Cossack crime lord gains control of a powerful satellite laser weapon, James Bond is sent to Russia to stop him, at all costs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM/UA Home Video 1996
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE GOLSummary: Set in French Indochina in the 1930s as the Vietnamese begin to rebel against French colonialism. Dramatizes the last years of French rule through the relationship between plantation owner Éliane, French by birth but born and raised in Indochina, and her adopted daughter Camille, an orphaned Annamese princess who becomes a Vietnamese revolutionary and representative at the Geneva Conference...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN INDGarner, Jennifer
Summary: After her husband and daughter are killed, a woman goes into hiding and emerges to seek revenge against the criminals who destroyed her family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entert. 2018
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE PEPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PEPSummary: On Christmas Eve, psychologist Marcia Fieldstone asks her radio audience to share their dreams for the holiday season. Eight-year-old Jonah calls in from Seattle, with a wish for his dad to find a new wife. Mom died a year-and-a-half ago. Baltimore Sun reporter Annie Reed also hears the broadcast, when Jonah's architect father Sam gets on the air. Sam talks about the magical moment he met his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tri-Star Pictures 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SLESummary: The incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the twentieth century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE LOSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LOS RATED PG-13Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LOSSummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, a nurse operates a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Global Road Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HOTLithgow, John
Summary: Actor John Lithgow performs two short stories, and explains the special significance each story holds in his life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 LITHGOW, JOHN LITLardner, Ring
Summary: At the height of the Jazz Age, Ring Lardner was Americas most beloved humorist, equally admired by a popular audience and by literary friends like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edmund Wilson. A sports writer who became a sensation with his comic baseball bestseller, "You Know Me Al," Lardner had a rare gift for inspired nonsense and an ear attuned to the rhythms and hilarious oddities of American...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library Of America 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LARGartner, Ben
Summary: Exploring a mysterious cave in the mountains behind their house, John and his sister Sarah are shocked to discover they've time traveled to ancient Egypt! Now they must work together to find a way back home from an ancient civilization of golden desert sand and a towering new pyramid, without parents to save them. The adventures abound--cobras, scorpions, a tomb robber, and more! The two kids...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Vista Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GARBierce, Ambrose
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio State University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.4 BIEPiercy, Marge.
Summary: Brings together a collection of poems, recipes, personal reminiscences, and an insightful new interpretation of the rituals and symbols of the seder in a guide to creating a meaningful Passover for the entire family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.4 PIESummary: Mean, green invaders from the angry red planet attempt to take over the Earth. Some of Earth's residents want to embrace the Martians, while others want to destroy them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1997
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MARGardener, Lynda
Summary: Doyenne of the unique and decorative, Australian interior stylist and boutique hotelier Lynda Gardener is always on the hunt for finds to enhance her homes and decorating projects. Her ability to curate and display these personal treasures has created a trademark style that is loved internationally. Curate, the highly anticipated book by Lynda and journalist and stylist Ali Heath, reveals how...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Beazley 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 747 GARGardiner, Wendy
Summary: "With Complete Book of Sewing Techniques, New 2nd Edition, learning how to sew has never been easier! Sewing is a creative and rewarding skill that allows you to express yourself through fabric. Jam-packed with essential information for sewing clothing and more, this helpful and beautifully illustrated guide provides an ideal introduction for beginning sewers -- but is also a useful reference...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Landauer Publishing 2022
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Summary: "Siblings John and Sarah barely made it home last time, but in their next time traveling adventure the challenge really heats up. Surrounded by clashing cultures on the ancient Roman frontier, they must fulfill their quest to unite the emperor with his enemy, an Alemanni barbarian, or risk being stuck in time forever. An action-packed fantasy full of sword fights, chariot chases, fearsome wild...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Vista Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GARLardner, Ring
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 LARPeace
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Traffic Entertainment Group 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN PEASummary: Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods - and imprisoned just as quickly - Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023