Summary: The story of a lawyer defending a group of aboriginals accused of murder. The lawyer feels the pull of magic forces beneath the surface of civilization.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LASSummary: "Haphazard pirates, wayward ghosts, dashing knights, rampaging kaiju (and down-to-earth regular joes!) are all assembled here to amaze and delight you in a wildly unique anthology celebrating love between men, from an astounding array of comics creators who know exactly how it feels. Featuring stories and art from SINA GRACE, NED BARNETT, ANTHONY OLIVEIRA, CHARLES PULLIAM-MOORE, NICK ROBLES,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Wave Blue World, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YOUSklansky, Amy
Summary: "Filled with striking full-color photographs, more than 500 historic battlefield sites, and dozens of exquisitely detailed maps, National Geographic the Civil War : A Traveler's guide is the best-in-class travel guide on the market. This beautifully illustrated handbook, built on the expertise of the country's most renowned Civil War historians and dozens of Park Service experts, is an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 SKLSummary: A film of the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Anton Checkhov's play Uncle Vanya. Chekhov's portrayal of the frustrations and disillusions of advancing age and the numbing boredom of provincial life in 1890's Russia, is here effortlessly performed by probably the most talented and prestigious cast ever assembled for this work.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS UNCSummary: Miss Marple solves mysteries set against a rich background of grand English estates, gorgeous scenery, and post-WWII period detail. The mirror crack'd from side to side: Hollywood star Marina Gregg has moved into Gossington Hall. When Marina and her dashing young husband host a party for the village, a garrulous fan drops dead after drinking a poisoned cocktail. The secrets of Chimneys: Miss...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV AGAHannett, Martin
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dandelion Records 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC HANBlake, Olivie
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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLABlackburne, Livia.
Summary: "As tensions rise within Forge's Council, and vicious Demon Rider attacks continue in surrounding villages, Kyra knows she must do something to save her city. But she walks a dangerous line between opposing armies: will she be able to use her link to theDemon Riders for good, or will her Makvani blood prove to be deadly? Kyra and Tristam face their biggest battle yet as they grapple with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLAOliva, Alexandra
Summary: "As a child, Linda Russell was left to raise herself in a 20-acre walled-off property in rural Washington. The woods were her home, and for twelve years she lived oblivious to a stark and terrible truth: Her mother had birthed her only to replace another daughter who died in a tragic accident years before. And then one day Linda witnesses something she wasn't meant to see. Terrified and alone,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OLICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OLIBlackburne, Livia
Summary: "Mulan goes from a celebrated war hero to a reluctant Empress and must once again rise above expectations and prove she doesn't have to be anyone but herself to save China"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLASummary: Carla works in a real estate office and has a hearing problem. Carla makes the acquaintance of Paul, a small-time criminal who has just been released from prison on parole. Before long, it becomes obvious that Paul is having an influence on Carla's normally stable nature. Carla and Paul's actions go from malicious to seriously criminal when Paul hatches a scheme to rob a nightclub owner to whom...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN REABlackburne, Livia
Summary: "Kyra, a highly skilled seventeen-year-old thief, joins a guild of assassins with questionable motives. Tristam, a young knight, fights against the vicious Demon Riders that are ravaging the city"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2014
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Summary: "For readers of Station Eleven and The Passage comes a dazzling and unsettling novel of psychological suspense. In Alexandra Oliva's thrilling fiction debut, survival is the name of the game, as the line blurs between reality TV and reality itself--and one woman's mind and body are pushed to the limit. She wanted an adventure. She never imagined it would go this far. It begins with a reality TV...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OLIOliva, Alexandra.
Summary: "She wanted an adventure. She never imagined it would go this far . . . For the filming of a new reality TV show, 12 contestants of different backgrounds and varying talent are pitted against one another in a remote New England forest to determine who has the best survival skills. Separately, we come to know one of those contestants intimately as she sets out alone, a few weeks into the future,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC OLIHarnetty, Brian.
Contents: 1971: Close your eyes -- Marshall -- Moon -- Cosmic tones -- Another way -- Chicago, 1972 -- Dentist -- Rehearsal side 1 -- What can I say other than the music itself? -- Sunset in the east sunrise in the west -- May 2, 1973 -- Sow, so, soul -- It's your date, simple as that -- I would -- Trying to get fancy -- That's the friendly galaxy -- Humming -- After the sound of the tone
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ATAVISTIC 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HARHartnett, Sonya
Summary: With their father, there is always a catch. Colt Jenson and his younger brother Bastian have moved to a new, working-class suburb. The Jensons are different. Their father, Rex, showers them with gifts, toys, bikes, all that glitters most and makes them the envy of the neighbourhood. To Freya Kiley and the other local kids, the Jensons are a family from a magazine, and Rex a hero, successful,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC HAROliva, Alejandra
Summary: In this powerful and deeply felt memoir of translation, storytelling, and borders, Alejandra Oliva, a Mexican-American translator and immigrant justice activist, offers a powerful chronical of her experience interpreting at the US-Mexico border. Having worked with asylum seekers since 2016, she knows all too well the gravity of taking someone's trauma and delivering it to the warped demands of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 OLIBlackburne, Livia
Summary: "When a young girl and her family emigrate from Taiwan to America, she leaves behind her beloved popo, her grandmother. She misses her popo every day, but even if their visits are fleeting, their love is ever true and strong. Includes author's and illustrator's notes detailing their personal experiences, and glossary of Chinese words connected to the story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLABlake, Olivie
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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2022
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Summary: A compilation of three tales which relate the fantastic adventures of Elmer Elevator and a baby flying dragon named Boris.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1998
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GanHammett, Dashiell
Summary: Presents five novels by Dashiell Hamilton, all published between 1929 and 1934.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: SC HAMMEHammett, Dashiell
Summary: A collection of stories about Hammett's famous detective.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1974
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMHammett, Dashiell
Summary: A murder involves Sam Spade in a dangerous search for a valuable statue.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS HAMHammett, Dashiell
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1999