Summary: In this delightful parable, a kingdom within a painting is divided into three castes: the impeccably colored Alldunns, the incomplete Halfies, and the barley outlined Sketchies, who are treated as outcasts. Chastised for her forbidden love of the dashing Ramo, Claire runs away into the cursed forest. Ramo and her best friend Lola journey after her, crossing over the boundaries of the forest...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PAIAria, Max
Summary: The mighty warrior god Thor does battle against the evil Loki who plots to destroy the universe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Invincible Pictures 2020
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE THOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ThContents: Disc 1. The camp meeting jubilee (Unknown) -- My man rocks me (Trixie Smith) -- Kansas city blues (Jim Jackson) -- Going to move to Alabama (Charley Patton) -- Move it on over (Hank Williams) -- It's tight like that (Tampa Red) -- Pinetop's boogie woogie (Clarence "Pinetop" Smith) -- Jimmy's blues (Jimmy Blythe) -- Crazy about my baby (Blind Roosevelt Graves) -- Tiger rag (Washboard Rhythm...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Famous Flames Recording 2011
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES FIRSummary: Antoine has just been transferred from Normandy to Paris. He is happy, but his wife prefers the country. Antoine loves her dearly, but he loves his job just as much. His co-workers include Inspector Vaudieu, veteran cop Mallet, and Muslim cop Solo. For the most part, they get along pretty well. This is especially so for Antoine and Vaudieu, who develops maternal feelings towards the rookie....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PETDupont, Éric
Summary: "Born on Christmas, Louis Lamontagne, the family's patriarch, is a larger-than-life lothario and raconteur who inherits his mother's teal eyes and his father's brutish good looks and whose charms travel beyond Quebec, across the state of New York where he wins at county fairs as a larger-than-life strongman, and even in Europe, where he is deployed for the US Army during World War II. We meet...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUPSummary: The "true story" of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone, BLACKBERRY is a whirlwind ride through a ruthlessly competitive Silicon Valley at breakneck speeds.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BLACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDVeillé, Éric
Summary: Offers humorous drawings comparing things before and after storms, meetings with elephants, and trips to the hairdresser.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VEIVuillard, Éric
Summary: "From the award-winning author of The Order of the Day, a powerful account of the German Peasants' War (1524-25) that shows striking parallels to class conflicts of our time. In the sixteenth century, the Protestant Reformation launched an attack on privilege and the Catholic Church, but it rapidly became an established, bourgeois authority itself. Rural laborers and the urban poor, who were...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 843 VUICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 843 VUISummary: Set in French Indochina in the 1930s as the Vietnamese begin to rebel against French colonialism. Dramatizes the last years of French rule through the relationship between plantation owner Éliane, French by birth but born and raised in Indochina, and her adopted daughter Camille, an orphaned Annamese princess who becomes a Vietnamese revolutionary and representative at the Geneva Conference...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN INDSummary: Dramatizes the life of Congolese revolutionary, Patrice Lumumba, who lead his country to independence from Belgium in 1960. He served, for less than a year, as the first elected prime minister until he was brutally assassinated.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LUMKayser, Éric.
Summary: Originally published in France, Maison Kayser's French Pastry Workshop provides step-by-step instruction for making dozens of classic desserts. From festive creations to simple but sophisticated fare, Kayser provides clearly written recipes and his expert insight so you can replicate his delectable creations. More than 70 recipes include his bakery bestsellers, such as raspberry macaroons,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.865 KAYVeillé, Éric
Summary: Lionel poops in some inappropriate places, such as on tennis balls and the Eiffel Tower.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Sinister Dr. Mabuse maintains his wealth through counterfeiting, manipulating the stock exchange and bending weaker minds to his will. In part 1, Mabuse builds his empire and casually ruins Count Told while entrancing the thrill-seeking Countess. In part 2, Mabuse turns from criminal to villain, murdering the Count and kidnapping the Countess.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Video 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DRHazan, Éric
Summary: "Eric Hazan, author of the acclaimed The Invention of Paris, takes us by the hand in this walk from Ivry to Saint-Denis, more or less following the dividing line between the east and west of Paris, or what you could call the "Paris meridian." He chose this itinerary without much consideration, but later on it became clear to him that it was no accident, that this line followed the meanders of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.4 HAZHazan, Éric.
Contents: Foreword / Rashid Khalidi -- Preface -- Nablus -- Qalqilya -- Hebron -- Afterword -- Epilogue / Michel Warschawski.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.053 HAZKayser, Éric
Summary: Discover the art of breadmaking with artisanal recipes. Kayser provides a master class for home bakers: satisfying breads from around the world, stuffed loaves, and rolls made from a range of flours, including heritage and gluten-free varieties. Baking bread from scratch should be both accessible and exciting, and Kayser's recipes include easy-to-follow instructions. This is the ultimate...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.815 KAYJacquet, Illinois.
Contents: Frantic Fanny -- Stella by starlight -- Satin doll -- Banned in Boston -- Indiana (Back home again in Indiana) -- Ydeen-O -- Imagination -- How now? -- Reverie -- Pucker up.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Records 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ JACJacquet, Luc.
Summary: Chronicles how emperor penguins endure the coldest place on Earth to mate and hatch their young, with references to the making of the documentary film depicting their ordeal.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 598.47 JACJacquet, Illinois.
Contents: When my dreamboat comes home -- Desert winds -- Star eyes -- Blues for the early bird -- Lester leaps in -- You're my thrill -- Canadian sunset.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Verve Music Group 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ JACJacquet, Illinois.
Contents: I wrote this for the kid (11:53) -- Saph (2:42) -- Mambocito mio (2:51) -- The kid and the brute (8:25) -- September song (4:51) -- Jacquet's dilemma (3:09) -- Little Jeff (2:40) -- Jacquet jumps (1:48) -- Blue nocturne (3:06) -- On your toes 93:15) -- R.U. one (2:53) -- JATAP conga (2:54) -- It's the talk of the town (3:27) -- Heads (3:19) -- On your toes (3:17).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Verve Records 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ JACJacquet, Illinois
Contents: Tickletoe / L. Young (7:09) -- Smooth sailin' / A. Cobb (6:48) -- More than you know / Youmans, Rose, Elicsu (5:29) -- Stompin' at the Savoy / Sampson, Webb (4:15) -- Three buckets of jive / E. Barefield (5:45) -- You left me all alone (4:11) ; Runnin' with Ron (5:13) ; Blues from Louisiana (5:33) ; Port of Rico (4:46) / I. Jacquet -- Flyin' home / Hampton, Goodman (3:42).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ JACJacquet, Jennifer
Summary: "Science is so powerful that the powerful want to control it. From the author of Is Shame Necessary?, comes a biting satire of the techniques used by the corporate world to obfuscate and deny scientific truths. Taking the form of a corporate meeting agenda, The Playbook highlights the tactics used by the business elite to contradict climate change, ignore health risks, and undermine worker...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 JACIrving, John
Summary: In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC IRVSummary: What starts out as a weekly anonymous tryst between a divorced man and a married woman turns into a searing portrait of loneliness and emotional need.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Koch Entertainment 2004