Summary: This historical drama tells the story of Juana Inés de la Cruz, one of the greatest poets of the Spanish Siglo de Oro. In order to pursue her passion for writing, Juana enters the convent. There, she develops an intimate relationship with the vicereine, who inspires her poetry. But when the forces of the Inquisition invade the convent, the women have only each other to turn to.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2003

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN I

Summary: Needing to brush his teeth, a bus driver asks the reader to make sure that the pigeon goes to bed on time--but the bird has many excuses about why it should stay awake. Includes an interview with Mo Willems.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic/Weston Woods 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV DON

Gailey, Sarah

Summary: "In the first arc of WILLOWVERSE, trying to help Buffy heal from her trauma proves to be more than Giles and Willow bargained for! She's left without her powers or identity, and it's up to an unprepared and inexperienced new Slayer to take up the mantle--Willow. But thankfully Willow isn't alone, as the spell also leads to another newly-activated Slayer, serving as a guide for this speed-run of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2023

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 VAM

Duffy, Lisa

Summary: "A gorgeously written debut novel set during a Maine summer, about a family navigating the confusing contradictions of grief, love, and hope after an unforgettable accident."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2017

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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: FIC DUF

Gailey, Sarah

Summary: "The WILLOWVERSE continues with Willow Rosenberg, now not only a powerful witch but also the Chosen One. While Buffy still struggles with her powerless predicament, feeling envy and frustration as her sense of purpose is lost with the existence of the new Slayer. But there are more pressing problems... Both separately and together, the gang will face strange and monstrous enemies, including a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2023

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 VAM

Duffy-Korpics, Lisa.

Summary: Tales from a Dog Catcher is based on the author's experiences in a smallish city in the northern suburbs of NYC. Reminiscent of both All Creatures Great and Small and Marley and Me, it offers the stories of everyday people who, whether by accident or design, come into contact with the sad, funny, and often profound world of an animal control officer.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 DUF

Rhodes, Elisha Hunt

Summary: The Civil war diaries and letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes. All For the Union is the eloquent and moving diary of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, who enlisted into the Union Army as a private in 1861 and left it four years later as a 23-year-old lieutenant colonel after fighting hard and honorably in battles from Bull Run to Appomattox.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1992

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7445 RHO

Summary: In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2013

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MIS

Holter, Julia

Contents: Turn the light on -- Whether -- Chaitius -- Voce simul -- Every day is an emergency -- Another dream -- I shall love 2 -- Underneath the moon -- Colligere -- In gardens' muteness -- I would rather see -- Les jeux to you -- Words I heard -- I shall love 1 -- Why sad song.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HOL

Strauss, Richard

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2005

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD OPERA STR

Summary: With a radical take on narrative, disturbing yet beautiful cinematography, and a highly sophisticated use of on- and offscreen sound, Martel turns her tale of a decaying bourgeois family, whiling away the hours of one sweaty, sticky summer, into a cinematic marvel. This visceral take on class, nature, sexuality, and the ways political turmoil and social stagnation can manifest in human...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN CIE

Summary: The Punisher walks through the same world we all know, a world darkened by war, by crime, by cruelty, and by injustice. He has no superpowers to battle the evil he sees all around him. He only has his fierce intelligence, his years of combat experience and, above all, his ironclad determination to avenge those wronged by society's villains, including those who killed his family.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PUN

Saeed, Aisha

Summary: When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he's rather be writing a poem that's good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport--and also on avoiding a conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying. Sami is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SAE

Contents: On we go / Jon Rajewski -- Best be falling / Mike Moran -- Still / Jeff Bihlman -- K.C. Dawsie Blues / David Chown with the DC3 -- Sunshine / Andrew Sturtz -- Under the moonlight / Glenn Wolff & Don Julin -- Fall apart / The Injured List -- Juke joint Jim / Phenomenal Head -- First attack / Jeff Gibbs -- Mind right / Egon -- Bossa pathetique / Tom Kaufmann -- People that I love / Youth Zoo --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Traverse City Film Festival 0000

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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL TRA

Summary: The new series picks up where the last story ended - with Havers shot in the line of duty, and Lynley estranged from his wife Helen. How will these traumas affect their ability to do their jobs?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2006

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INS

Huff, Tanya.

Summary: Alysha Gale is a member of a family capable of changing the world with the charms it casts. Then she receives word that she's inherited her grandmother's junk shop in Calgary, only to discover upon arriving that she'll be serving the fey community. And when Alysha learns just how much trouble is brewing in Calgary, even calling in the family to help may not be enough to save the day.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2009

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUF

Summary: Daniel Radcliffe is "Weird" Al Yankovic in the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time. From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, Al rebelled and made his dream of changing the words to world-renowned songs come true. An instant success and sex symbol, Al lives an excessive lifestyle and pursues an infamous romance that nearly destroys him.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WEI

Summary: After the destruction of the Planet Romulus, follow Picard as he tracks down a series of mysteries about his past. Picard sets out on a new adventure against a legion of dangerous foes, with the help of a few returning characters: Data, Riker, and Seven of Nine, and a whole new crew.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE STA

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4 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV St 1

Summary: Sue works in a library; her son Daniel eats chips and listens to Metallica. When his father and stepmother cancel his summer plans to visit them in Florida at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together. An epic war of wills ensues in the unassuming battleground of their suburban home as they each reckon with private tragedies, and pursue their passions.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DAY

Huff, Tanya.

Summary: When former Marine Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr finds out why space pirates needed salvage operator Craig Ryder, she calls in the Marines to get him back--and to stop the pirates from changing the balance of power in known space.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2010

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUF

Jewell, Lisa

Summary: Ten years after her teenage daughter disappeared, a woman crosses paths with a charming single father whose young child feels eerily familiar to her own.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JEW

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fction Jewell 2018

Huff, Mickey

Summary: The annual yearbook from Project Censored features the year's most underreported news stories, striving to unmask censorship, self-censorship, and propaganda in corporate-controlled media outlets. Censored 2016 features the top-25 most underreported stories, as voted by scholars, journalists, and activists across the country and around the world, as well as chapters exploring timely issues from...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 CEN