Summary: This French drama chronicles the impact of World War II German occupation on a small village in central France. As the residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tetra Media Fiction 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FRESummary: "Two luminaries of French cinema, Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche, unite for the first time in this piercing look at the elusive nature of true love, and the extent to which we are willing to betray ourselves in its pursuit. Binoche plays Isabelle, a successful painter in Paris whose apparent independence belies what she desires most: real romantic fulfillment. Isabelle reveals deep wells of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LETSummary: An extraordinary look at motion pictures as seen through the eyes of the reknowned filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, who transformed the face of cinema with his prolific, influential, and revolutionary body of work, which includes such classics as Breathless, Weekend, and Contempt. Consisting of eight episodes made over a period of ten years, the series covers a wide range of topics, from the birth of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HISSummary: Part 1: The death of their father forces Nicholas and Kate Nickleby to seek help from their uncle. The cold-hearted Ralph sends Nicholas to teach at an institution for boys run by a brutal headmaster, Wackford Squeers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Part 6: Disgusted by Ralph's uncaring attitude, Nicholas renounces his uncle, leaving the family without support. But luck--and love-- are with him: Nicholas secures a position and meets the beautiful Madeleine Bray.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Set in 1964, Final Portrait is the story of the touching and offbeat friendship between American writer and art-lover James Lord and world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti. Lord's perspective reveals a unique insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and sometimes chaos of the artistic process. While on a short trip to Paris, Lord is asked by his friend Giacometti to sit for a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FINSummary: French-Canadian terms are included in this French dictionary which also affords a comprehensive coverage of classical literary language.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1981
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 443 CASCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Foreign GirardSummary: Part 4: Nicholas wins acclaim for his star performance and attracts the eye of the leading lady. Kate finds herself the unwitting romantic prize of unsavory business men at a party thrown by Ralph, who refuses to come to her defense.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Part 8: Ralph Nickleby tries to cheat Madeleine Bray out of her inheritance. He is denied his dark goal, but Nicholas' joy over thwarting his uncle's scheme is dimmed when he learns that Smike is gravely ill.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2002
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Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes an intimate and contemporary study of time, space, and the nature of love. Alone with You in the Ether explores what it means to be unwell, and how to face the fractures of yourself and still love as if you're not broken. CHICAGO, SOMETIME-- Two people meet in the armory of the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2022
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Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Olivie Blake comes an intricate web of love, magic, and rival witch families in New York City. In modern-day Manhattan where we lay our scene, two rival witch families fight to maintain control of their respective criminal empires. On one side of the conflict are the Antonova sisters - each one beautiful, cunning, and ruthless - and their mother, the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLAOllivier, Reina
Summary: "In this book, nine animals are presented which are, in their own way, the largest. Discover the world of the giraffe, the Komodo dragon, the African elephant, the colossal squid, the moose, the blue whale, the ostrich, the Galápagos tortoise, and the hippopotamus"--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.41 OLLPourriol, Ollivier
Summary: "Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it's the best way to be better at everything. In the realm of love, what could be less seductive than someone who's trying to seduce you? Seduction is the art of succeeding without trying, and that's a lesson the French have mastered. We can see it in their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Life 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Ollivier, Reina
Contents: African lion -- Rooster -- Cicada -- Donkey -- Common Frog -- Black howler monkey -- European green woodpecker -- Pistol shrimp -- Tawny owl.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2022
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Summary: Gemma is a small yellow gosling who likes to explore and her little brother Gus likes to follow her, but one day, Gus sets out to explore on his own.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE DUNDunrea, Olivier
Summary: While enjoying his solitary trek through the barnyard, Gus the gosling finds three small eggs that could possibly hold his perfect companions inside.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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Summary: Gideon is a small gosling who likes to play so much that he will not stop to take a nap.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E DUNDunrea, Olivier.
Summary: On Christmas Eve, Ollie and the other goslings anxiously await the arrival of Father Christmas Goose.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JBR ORANGE DUNKugler, Olivier
Summary: "Documents in graphic novel format the experiences of Syrian refugees housed in camps in Iraqi Kurdistan, Greece, France, Germany, Switzerland, and England. Based on interviews and photographs by the author during his work as Communication Officer for theorganization Doctors Without Borders"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.87 KUGSibony, Olivier
Summary: The author, a strategy professor and management consultant, shares forty methods for improving an organization's decision-making process.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.403 SIBOllivier, Bernard
Summary: The Road to Samarkand is journalist Bernard Ollivier’s stunning, true-to-life account of the second part of his 7,200-mile walk from Istanbul to Xi’an, China along the Silk Road--the longest and perhaps most mythical trade route of all time. Picking up where Out of Istanbul left off, Ollivier heads out of the Middle East and into Central Asia, grappling not only with his own will to continue...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915 OLLOllivier, Reina
Summary: For animals, mommies and daddies are also very important. And the nine animals you'll get to know in this book are very caring parents! Discover the world of the emperor penguin, the fox, the orangutan, the clown fish, the American flamingo, the red kangaroo, the zebra finch, the wolf, and the yellow seahorse.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2021
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Summary: "Just like people, animals need a place to live. The nine animals in this book are very talented builders and make their own homes! Discover the amazing beaver, cross spider, sociable weaver, termite, stork, meerkat, honeybee, Japanese puffer fish, and mole." -- Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing 2020