Paelissier, Staephan
Summary: "The timely, powerful memoir of a man unjustly charged with a crime for helping his relatives, refugees from Syria. For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, Staephan Paelissier was threatened with fifteen years in prison bythe Greek justice system, which accused him of human smuggling. His crime? Having gone to search for the parents, brother, and sister of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PAELISSIER, STAEPHAN, PAEMarx, Jonny
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Publisher / Publication Date: 360 Degrees, an imprint of Tiger Tales 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 938 MARBeaton, Roderick
Summary: A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three millennia Greek...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 BEAFields-Schneider, Penny
Summary: Searching for Sofia is the third book in the Portraits in Blue Series. In Book One: The Sun Rose in Paris, and Book Two: Shattered Dreams we accompany Jack Tomlinson's foray into the world of artists in the early twentieth century, and his experiences in Paris, Spain and living in an artist's retreat in Australia. In Searching for Sofia, his story continues. Having experienced tragedy beyond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PFS 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIELukidis, Lydia
Summary: "It's a battle of the hunter versus the warrior! Roman goddess Diana reigns over nature, fertility, childbirth, and the boundary between Earth and the underworld. The Greek goddess Athena is known for her wisdom and courage in battle. If these two goddesses were to go head-to-head, who would come out on top? Compare and contrast Diana's and Athena's strengths and weaknesses in this Mythology...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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Summary: Explores the diverse systems of the human body and their functions, the major organs, and how the different parts of the body work together. Reveal the inner workings of the human body with this illustrated atlas. An exciting visual guide that maps the entire human body-- inside and out. Find out what happens to food after you swallow it, how each beat of your heart pumps blood around your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020
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Summary: Set in Crete during World War II, Alenka, a young woman who fights with the resistance against the brutal Nazi occupation finds herself caught between her traitor of a brother and the man she loves, an undercover agent working for the Allies. May 1941. German paratroopers launch a blitzkrieg from the air against Crete. They are met with fierce defiance, the Greeks fighting back with daggers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction ForsythSummary: 20 year old Sophie is preparing to marry at her mother's hotel on a Greek island. She has a carefree life, a loving fiancé, and great friends. She is only missing one thing: a father. By reading her mother's diary she discovers that she has three possible fathers. Sophie secretly invites all three men to the wedding in a desperate bid to discover which of them is her father. But not all goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MaOviedo, Claudia
Summary: "It's a battle of the famous strongman versus the great protector. The Roman god Hercules is known for his tremendous strength and determination. Norse god Thor is fearless and commands lighting, thunder, and storms. If these two heroes were to go head-to-head, who would come out on top? Compare and contrast Thor's and Hercules's strengths and weaknesses in this Mythology Matchup"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 292.2 OVISummary: "What begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante chases a group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous U.S.-Mexican border. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they continuously discover there's nowhere to hide from the unrelenting,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DESSummary: 20-year-old Sophie is preparing to marry at her mother's hotel on a Greek island. She has a carefree life, a loving fiancee, and great friends. She is only missing one thing: a father. By reading her mother's diary she discovers that she has three possible fathers. Sophie secretly invites all three men to the wedding in a desperate bid to discover which of them is her father. But not all goes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Mamma 2008Summary: "Michael Curtiz brings a master skipper's hand to the helm of this thriller, Hollywood's second crack at Ernest Hemingway's To Have And Have Not. John Garfield stars as Harry Morgan, an honest charter-boat captain who, facing hard times, take on dangerous cargo to save his boat, support his family, and preserve his dignity. Left in the lurch by a freeloading passenger, Harry starts to entertain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2017
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Summary: Uniting with Jason, Piper, and Leo after their dangerous quest, Percy, Hazel, and Frank wonder who will be chosen to fulfill the Prophecy of Seven, completing their group's number, and sail with them to an ancient land to find the mysterious Doors of Death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Hyperion 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 RIORogerson, Phoenicia
Summary: A queer revisionist retelling of the story of Hercules, for fans of The Song of Achilles, A Thousand Ships and Ariadne. This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures... everyone's favorite hero, right? Well, it's not. This is the story of everyone else: Alcmene: Herc's mother (She has knives everywhere) Hylas: Herc's first friend (They were more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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Summary: "A man tasked with shuttling children over the border believes the Virgin Mary is guiding him towards final justice. A woman offers colonizer blood to the mother of chaos. A boy joins corpse destroyers to seek vengeance for the death of his father."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broken River Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC IGLDe León, Jason
Summary: "An intimate and one-of-a-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, by a MacArthur "genius" grant winner and anthropologist. Political instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labor all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet media and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1 DE LSummary: Commander Agamemnon stands ready to launch his infamous thousand ships to retrieve the beautiful Helen of Troy. As the wind refuses to blow, a priest condemns him for sacrilege, and the powerful general is pressured to sacrific his daughter to save the states. Threatened and tormented, Agamemnon is faced with sending his child like a lamb to the slaugher and betraying his wife.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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Summary: The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea. Then they will have to sail together to the ancient land--Greece itself--to find the Doors of Death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Haemoo depicts the harrowing events that unfold in the fog-covered seas for a fishing crew engaged in human smuggling. Award-winning actor Kim Yoon Seok stars as the struggling captain who turns to human smuggling in order to keep his fishing boat financially afloat. While transporting ethnic Koreans from China across the Yellow Sea, however, things go terribly wrong, and desperation spirals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SEASummary: Set in ancient Greece, this film follows two stories: the tragic tale of a young shepherd's disasterous attempt to find affection from an older village girl with whom he has fallen in love, and an adulterous affair between an older shepherd and a fisherman's wife.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Epoch 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN YOURiordan, Rick.
Summary: After three demigods named Jason, Piper, and Leo visit Camp Half-Blood, they inherit a quest: to free Hera, a prisoner of Gaia. But who are the other four demigods mentioned in prophesy who will join them in their quest? The answer may lie in another camp miles away, where a new camper has shown up and appears to be the son of Neptune, god of the sea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2011
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Summary: "Alma es conocida por sus icónicas rayas, ¡pero hay más que le gustaría mostrarte! Tiene brazos, manos y dedos para acariciar a un pájaro como mascota, además de piernas, pies, dedos de los pies y un adorable vientre. debajo de su corazón siempre presente" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD MARRiordan, Rick.
Summary: "Greek and Roman demigods from the Prophecy of Seven must work together to seal the Doors of Death--and help Percy and Annabeth escape the Underworld in the process"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion Books 2013
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC RIOCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in JT Fantasy, Call number: JT Fantasy Riordan 2013Summary: In England during World War II, an American writer and the bored wife of a British civil servant fall in love. Then she mysteriously ends the affair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000