Carrère, Emmanuel
Summary: "A thrilling page-turner that also happens to be the biography of one of Russia's most controversial figures This is how Emmanuel Carrère, the magnetic journalist, novelist, filmmaker, chameleon, describes his subject: "Limonov is not a fictional character. There. I know him. He was a rogue in Ukraine; an idol of the Soviet underground under Brezhnev; a bum, then a multimillionaire's valet in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LIMONOV, EDUARD CARCarrère, Emmanuel
Summary: "Emmanuel Carrère is a renowned writer. After decades of emotional upheaval, he has begun to live successfully--he is healthy; he works; he loves. He practices meditation, striving to observe the world without evaluating it. In this state of heightened awareness, he sets out for a ten-day silent retreat in the French heartland, leaving his phone, his books, and his daily life behind. But he's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARRERE, EMMANUEL CARCarrère, Emmanuel
Summary: Story of lives racked by tragedy and redeemed by love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARSummary: "A French village ... chronicles the impact of World War II on a small village in central France. The series follows the lives of the villagers during the war as their lives become irrevocably changed by the German occupation and its aftermath. The Germans arrive in June 1940; the occupation will go on for five years and will reveal the strengths, weaknesses and secrets of the characters as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MHZ Networks Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FREDevos, Emmanuelle
Summary: An Israeli teenager discovers that he was accidentally switched at birth with the son of a Palestinian family, and the news turns the lives of these two families upside down.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cohen Media Group 2013
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OTHEmanuel, Gabrielle.
Summary: A young child describes her experiences of life in Mali as she spends a day carried in a blanket on her mother's back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, An Imprint of Penguin Group, (USA) 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC EMABergmann, Emanuel
Summary: "Sweeping between Prague during World War II and modern day Los Angeles, this deeply moving debut follows a young Jewish man in 1934 who falls in love and joins the circus as the country descends into war. Decades later, a young boy seeks out the now cynical, elderly magician in the hopes that his spells might keep his family together. Prague, 1934: The fifteen-year-old rabbi's son Moshe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BEREmanuel, Jake
Summary: "What if the whole world fell asleep...and didn't wake up again? Dave Torres, a night watchman in a placid coastal town, knows all about sleep troubles. Since childhood, he's battled terrors and nightmares. Sometimes those battles leak into his waking life, with disastrous consequences for those he loves. Now Dave lives alone and self-medicates to neutralize his dreams. It's not much of a life,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EMAGuilbert, Jean-Claude
Summary: Teenaged Mouchette finds solace in nature and routine as she takes care of her baby brother while her mother lies dying and her alcoholic father is absent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN MOUDeibert, Amanda
Summary: Diana Prince is used to being the best in everything in school, but to beat her foe she will have to rely on her friends to help her combat this newly dangerous menace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridge Works Pub. 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AUBDeibert, Amanda
Summary: Rocket and Groot are living their best lives touring the galaxy for the very best deep-dish pizza in the universe. Just as Rocket is about to bite down on a gooey slice of pizza with extra trash, an alert pops up on his bounty tracker: Star-Lord has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom! Rocket and Groot immediately drop their 'za and jump into action. Who would want to capture Peter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DEI (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Summary: The German occupation changes the life of the village of Villeneuve forever, and as its residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking. In this gripping drama, ordinary citizens become patriots, traitors, Nazi employees or activists. Beginning with the Germans' arrival in June 1940, they endure five years of rationing, fighting and betrayals,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: "Witty, sly, and incredibly skilled at her job, Helen Keremos is tired of the busy Toronto life and just wants to truck back to Vancouver and peace. But before she goes, she's hired for one last job, to protect the newly wealthy struggling songbird Sonia Deerfield, who's been receiving death threats and attempts on her life. With predatory "friends" all around Sonia, it's hard to tell who Helen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McClelland & Stewart 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DEIKubert, Joe
Summary: "Keep your heads down and your eyes open-- In Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965, legendary author and artist Joe Kubert tells an incredible tale of bravery and camaraderie under fire-- a searing look at the true cost of freedom and the horrors of war. Based on actual events, this is the inside story of a team of Special Forces soldiers who were on what was to be a simple assistance and observation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 KUBKubert, Joe
Summary: Few artists can capture visceral action sequences and the dynamic human form like Joe Kubert, and his expressive talents are fully realized in his 1970s Tarzan comics. This beautiful archive collection-with an introduction by Kubert and color restoration based on Tatjana Wood's original colors-is a must-have for fans of timeless adventure tales and Joe Kubert's undeniable intensity and skill....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2005
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Aubert, Rosemary.
Summary: A prequel to the first three Ellis Portal books follows Ellis back to his law school days where he stumbles upon a mystery in the morgue one night while completing an unusual school project.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BRIDW 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AUBAubert, Rosemary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridge Works Pub. 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AUBGeisert, Arthur.
Summary: Depicts, in wordless illustrations, how a little spilled milk led to the destruction of the pig family's house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Beginning with the Germans arrival in June 1940, they endure five years of rationing, fighting and betrayals, and strain to keep some semblance of their existence intact. The war shatters all their lives, but a few of them, even in the shadow of destruction, reach out to find fleeting moments of connection and love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FRESummary: When a man shaves off his mustache, a trademark he's had for years, no one around him notices, instead insisting he's never even had one. Is he going insane, or is this some kind of strange conspiracy?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MOUGeisert, Arthur.
Summary: Rumpus Ridge, Wisconsin, is proud to have the biggest ball of string in the world, so when they lose their treasure to a nearby town they devise a clever plan to get it back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GEIGeisert, Arthur.
Summary: Told by his parents that his light must be out at eight o'clock, a young piglet who is afraid of the dark devises an ingenious solution to the problem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2005