Coelho, Paulo
Summary: "A novel of Mata Hari's final days, as written by the woman herself while accused of espionage"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COEFactor, Katherine
Summary: "The year is 1915, and YOU are young Margaretha Zelle, a world-famous dancer from the Netherlands. You have just arrived in Bali, Indonesia with your dance troupe when your best friend Althea goes missing. As a master of tongues and disguises, who better to save her? Your trek through the mysterious Balinese jungle might lead you to a top secret spy school, but if you leave now, you will miss...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chooseco 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC FACCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC FACMoran, Michelle
Summary: "From the international bestselling author of Rebel Queen and Nefertiti comes a captivating novel about the infamous Mata Hari, exotic dancer, adored courtesan, and, possibly, relentless spy. Paris, 1917. The notorious dancer Mata Hari sits in a cold cell awaiting freedom...or death. Alone and despondent, Mata Hari is as confused as the rest of the world about the charges she's been arrested...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORMoran, Michelle
Summary: "From the international bestselling author of Rebel Queen and Nefertiti comes a captivating novel about the infamous Mata Hari, exotic dancer, adored courtesan, and, possibly, relentless spy. Paris, 1917. The notorious dancer Mata Hari sits in a cold cell awaiting freedom ... or death. Alone and despondent, Mata Hari is as confused as the rest of the world about the charges she's been arrested...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Moran 2016Moore, Heather B.
Summary: "Based on a true story, this gripping WWII novel captures the resilience, hope, and courage of a Dutch family who is separated during the war when the Japanese occupy the Dutch East Indies, Java Island, 1941. Six-year-old Rita Vischer cowers in her family's dug-out bomb shelter, listening to the sirens and waiting for a bomb to fall. Her charmed life on Java--living with other Dutch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MOOSutton, Karah
Summary: The witch Baba Yaga and a wolf switch bodies and form an unlikely alliance to save the forest from an evil tsar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUTMarsh, Katherine.
Summary: Happy to be adopted at last, twelve-year-old orphan Mary Hayes soon learns a terrifying secret about her new mother, the mysterious Madame Z.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MARCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MARForbes, Lani
Summary: To the Chicome people, an eclipse is a time of terror. When darkness falls, the barrier separating the heavens and the earth becomes unstable. Then come the ravening Tzitzimime--the star demons who thirst for human blood. Mayana and Ahkin know the full extent of the coming danger, but they must gather support or the Chicome Empire is doomed. As the eclipse nears, many maneuver for power in this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FORAbbas, Marzieh
Summary: Nadia's and Nadir's grandparents surprise them with a visit from Pakistan for the Eid holiday, bringing along some special presents. While shopping for toys, the siblings learn about a few Muslim sports icons. This book is aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. -- Adapted from publisher's webpage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ABBSummary: Caye, a Madrid prostitute, comes to the aid of Zulema, a Dominican streetwalker beaten by a government official blackmailing her for free sex. They form a strong bond and imagine themselves as royalty, to offer them a glimpse of hope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PRIForbes, Lani
Summary: Thrust into leadership upon the death of his emperor father, young Prince Ahkin feels completely unready for his new position. Though his royal blood controls the power of the sun, he's now responsible for the lives of all the Chicome people. And despite all of Ahkin's efforts, the sun is fading--and the end of the world may be at hand. For Mayana, the only daughter of the Chicome family whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FORSummary: Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her drunk husband Paco. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago, in the sisters birth village, they lost their parents in a fire in La Mancha. Their aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and continues to speak about her sister Irene, mother of the two sisters, as if she were still alive....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VOLSummary: Angela is a university student in Madrid writing her thesis about violence in the media. During her research, she comes across a shocking 'snuff' film (a film where a murder is actually committed for the camera) that has apparently been shot on the campus. Investigating further, she uncovers clues that the university's administrators may be involved in an unexplained series of student...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TESBaker, E. D.
Summary: Serafina is summoned from her village to the magical cottage of a great aunt she has never heard of and learns that she is meant to become the new Baba Yaga, whose magical role is answering the first question any stranger might ask her with the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BAKTerrell, Brandon
Summary: After a fall during her balance beam routine thirteen-year-old Rachel and her cousin use the magical Sports Illustrated magazines in their grandfather's collection to travel back to the 1976 Olympics to observe Nadia Comăneci's perfect routines--and incidentally meet their grandfather who is covering the Olympics as a sports reporter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone Press imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC TERSummary: Asa is a young Russian naval service dreamer who returns to his sister's nomadic brood on the desloate Hunger Steppe to begin a hardscrabble career as a shepherd. But before he can tend a flock of his own, Asa must win the hand of the only eligible bachelorette for miles, his alluringly mysterious neighbor Tulpan. Accompanied by his girlie magazine-reading sidekick, Asa will stop at nothing to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TULSummary: It's Franco's Madrid in the early 1960s and Ava Gardner has moved there to flee husband Frank Sinatra, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, and the paparazzi. Her household staff consists of a pair posing as husband and wife who are actually spies. They're also opposites: housekeeper Ana Mari is a conservative soul who teaches young ladies how to be good housewives and mothers, and chauffeur Manolo is a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BURSummary: Newcastle United's favorite player, Santiago Muñez, reaches superstardom and starts to live every footballer's dream when he is transferred to Real Madrid to play in the UEFA European Champions League. He gets to play alongside some of the greatest players, including David Beckham. As Santiago basks in the glory, acclaim and money, he discovers that success has an ugly face, one that threatens...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOASundaresan, Indu.
Summary: When clever and ambitious Mehrunnisa boosts her status from twentieth wife in Emperor Jahangir's harem to Empress, she must contend with the greed, love, power and bitter rivalries that go along with it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 2004
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Summary: "Twins Ethan and Ella are in the Maasai Mara in Kenya, and there's another mystery to solve. Where are all the lions? Ethan and Ella spot lots of cool animals, but the one they're most excited about, they can't seem to find"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC PARPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: The villagers are afraid of her, so the legendary Baba Yaga disguises herself as an old woman in order to know the joys of being a grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLRiordan, Rick.
Summary: After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2008
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Summary: Harry is a little boy with a big imagination. One day, a simple game of "don't step on the hot lava" turns into a adventure he'll never forget! This children's picture book features the iconic art of Chris Robertson and has fun simple text perfect for beginning readers and story time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Xist Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E RobSummary: A bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru who marries a follower with a son who's a punk rocker named Charlie Hero. Consequently, the guru's son is propelled from his bland life into a series of erotic experiences in London. Set to a backdrop of politics, fashion, music, drugs, morality and race, Karim must negotiate adolescence, a dysfunctional family and his own sexuality, as he seeks...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008