Summary: An otherworldly tale of a glowing green orb from outer space that spreads destruction throughout the galaxy. Only when it encounters its one true enemy will goodness prevail in the universe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI HEASummary: Members of the rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock n' roll history to record their much-anticipated tenth album.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An epic portrait of late sixties America as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking viewers back to where it all began, the film tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA STRSummary: "In 1956, Frank Tashlin brought the talent for zany visual gags and absurdist pop-culture satire that he'd honed as a master of animation to the task of capturing, in glorious DeLuxe Color, a brand-new craze: rock and roll. This blissfully bonkers jukebox musical tells the story of a mobster's bombshell girlfriend--the one and only Jayne Mansfield, in a showstopping first major film role--and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY GIRSummary: Biographical film about one of the most exciting and controversial figures of the '60s, Jim Morrison. With his rock and roll band, The Doors, he influenced the rock music scene as no other.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ian Curtis has aspirations beyond the trappings of small town life in 1970s England. Wanting to emulate his musical heroes, he joins a band, and his musical ambition begins to thrive. Soon though, the everyday fears and emotions, fueled by his music, slowly begin to eat away at him. Married young, with a daughter, he is distracted from his family commitments by a new love and the growing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CONSummary: Andre "Dre" Johnson has it all...a job as a top ad exec, a beautiful doctor wife, four great kids and a lovely, well-appointed house in the suburbs. And he's not about to let his family forget how they got there. Keeping cultural identity alive is not without its challenges for this man on a mission. With perpetual pushback from clueless coworkers, an outspoken father, and even the wife and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BLASummary: Monty Python is back to explain The Meaning of Life. Those naughty Brits offer the usual tasteful sketches involving favorite body parts and bodily functions, the wonders of war, the miracle of birth and a special preview of what's waiting for us in Heaven.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY MONSummary: Miracle mile: A young man named Harry hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit Los Angeles in less than two hours. Not sure if the whole thing is a dire warning or a harmless prank, Harry races through the city, fighting mobs of terrified people in a desperate search for Julie, a young woman he only met yesterday and the one person with whom he...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MIRSummary: The true story of the Temptations, the vocal soul group of the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last surviving member, Otis Williams. Beginning from their humble origins in the late '50s and continuing through the '90s and the deaths of the other four members.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RHI Entertainment Inc. 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TEMWaid, Mark
Summary: "In the past two years, the little town of Riverdale has changed in a number of amazing ways. The entire Archie universe has been given a fresh coat of paint and it's only getting bigger and better from here. Road to Riverdale presents to readers all of the first issues of each of our new series so far, including Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, Josie and the Pussycats, and Reggie & Me,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Archie Comic Publications 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 ROALong, Justin
Summary: While on a cruise, the Chipmunks and the Chipettes go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD ALVCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AlCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ALVSummary: London, 1965: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the Philistine life, especially his parents and his job in a company's mailing division
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On a typical day in South Central Los Angeles two buddies need to settle a $200 debt, but in their efforts to come up with the money they encounter the distractions and obstacles of family, friends, and neighbors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FRITroupe, Thomas Kingsley
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Wes is on his first ever fishing trip to Leech Lake in northern Minnesota with his best friend Josh and Josh's family and he is more skeptical than enthusiastic--but when he hears the stories about catching a gigantic 'Muskie', he is hooked.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC TROTroupe, Thomas Kingsley
Summary: "When Spanish gold is found on the North Carolina coast, your mind begins to race. Through your studies, you know that the infamous pirate Blackbeard was active in that area in the 1700s. Could this be the first clue to finding his long-lost treasure? It's up to YOU to find out! With dozens of choices and clues to follow, which path will YOU choose to dig up the riches left behind by the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Troupe, Thomas Kingsley
Summary: Kurby, Risk, and Carma bring their spaceship, Judy, back to full operability, then help her complete her mission to find the "jewel of the galaxy."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Troupe, Thomas Kingsley
Summary: Gary eagerly becomes a pirate, only to learn that raising sails, using a crows nest, and even finding a good meal aboard ship are a real challenge for a stegosaurus. Includes discussion question and dinosaur facts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone Press 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Troupe, Thomas Kingsley
Summary: "Cam glances out the window of his Hawaii hotel room just in time to see the nearby 'inactive' volcano explode! Chunks of rock and lava cascade down into the city. Cam knows he needs to find his family and get out fast, but a river of lava runs between him and his loved ones"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC TROTroupe, Thomas Kingsley
Summary: Jeff and his best friend Keith are ice-fishing in an old ice shack on Big Lake when a sudden blizzard blows in and their generator dies--as the boys struggle to find their way to safety they suddenly find themselves on thin ice, and when Keith falls through Jeff must find a way to save his friend from the freezing water.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone Imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC TROTroupe, Thomas Kingsley
Summary: In pursuit of a strange butterfly for her science assignment, Kelly gets lost in the woods, and with only a mason jar, a butterfly net, and a small lunch, she must figure out which direction will lead her back to the cabin and her friends--and somehow elude the black bear who has taken a disturbing interest in her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC TROTroupe, Thomas Kingsley
Summary: "Your brother has been missing in the Arizona mountains for weeks. You know that he was there to search for the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine. Stories say that the lost mine holds a fortune that's just waiting to be found. But now your brother appears to be the latest person to disappear while searching for the fabled treasure. Does the legendary mine really exist? And was your brother able to find...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023