Jenkins, Ian
Summary: "Join Ian and his partners, Alan and Jeremy, as they embark on a sometimes hilarious, sometimes tearful quest to become parents. They run the gauntlet: IVF failures, the threat of Zika virus, the urgent hunt for a new doctor, pregnancy-threatening bleeds, costly legal battles, and a reluctant superior court judge. Ultimately the grace of women allows them to complete their family with one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cleis Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JENKINS, IAN JENSummary: In 1979 apartheid-era South Africa, two men imprisoned in Pretoria Prison plot to escape.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ESCCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER ESCSummary: After having the emperor's minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail the victim's children to a remote point on the northern Chinese border. But that bloodthirsty mission is confounded by a mysterious group of fighters who arrive on the scene, intent on delivering justice and defending the innocent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DRAJenkins, Dan.
Summary: Golf pro Bobby Joe Grooves is on a mission to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, but first he has to contend with his rival Knut "the Nuke" Thorssun. Bobby Joe taught Knut everything he knows--not that the Nuke appreciates it. In addition to that business, Bobby Joe has his ex-wives to take care of. As long as he can keep his mind in the game and not be too distracted by the adorables (babes) and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JENJenkins, Dan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1984
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JENSummary: No one's ever really gone. Rey's journey continues, and the Skywalker saga concludes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE STACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STAJenkins, Alan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stein and Day 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.823 JENSummary: A tribute to Ella Jenkins, featuring new renditions of her signature songs by a variety of folk and children's performers, including Tom Paxton, Pete Seeger, Bill Harley, and others.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV JENSummary: Little big league: An inspiring family comedy adventure about a boy's determination to put the fun back into baseball after inheriting the Minnesota Twins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KiWiebe, Kurtis J.
Summary: A reimagining of Peter Pan, set during World War II. Peter and the Lost Boys face the fear of interrogation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PETSummary: Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group's deepest fears are laid bare. The piercingly funny and haunting debut film from writer-director Stephen Karam, adapted from his Tony Awardʼ-winning play, THE HUMANS...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2022
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HUMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HUMSummary: Inspector Morse is a melancholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who finds solace in real ale, classical music and difficult crosswords. Together with his able Sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his considerable intellect and passion for the truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford. (Sins of the father) The family run...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd. 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INSYan, Lan
Summary: "In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country. In telling her and her family's story, she serves up an intimate account of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 YANSummary: Inspector Morse is a melancholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who find solace in real ale, classical music, and difficult crosswords. Together with his able sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his considerable intellect and passion for truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford. (Cherubim & seraphim) While Morse goes on...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INSContents: Everybody knows (Concrete Blonde) (4:42) -- Why can't I fall in love (Ivan Neville) (4:01) -- Stand (Liquid Jesus) (4:22) -- Wave of mutilation (U.K. surf) (The Pixies) (3:00) -- I've got a secret miniature camera (Peter Murphy) (4:26) -- Kick out the jams (Bad Brains with Henry Rollins) (3:03) -- Freedom of speech (Above the Law) (4:15) -- Heretic (Soundgarden) (3:48) -- Titanium exposGe...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Records 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC PUMSummary: Michael Peterson was 19 years old in 1974. Reckless, and hoping to make a name for himself, he picked up a homemade sawed-off shotgun and set off to rob a post office. Caught and arrested soon after, he was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison. Ultimately, Peterson ended up behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which were spent in solitary confinement. While incarcerated, his alter ego,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BROSummary: Liu Jin-xi is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper's life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu. Convinced that Liu's martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region's vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WUSummary: Two siblings who run a California horse ranch discover something wonderful and sinister in the skies above, and the owner of an adjacent theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NOPCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NOPCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NOPTian
Summary: "Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family's desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seizes power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war, they set about evacuating the country's major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TIAReibach, Jan Michael.
Contents: Waiting (Blues) -- Dimension (Jazz fusion) -- Cloudy (Blues) -- Spirit brothers (Jazz) -- 2 hawks (Blues) -- Old willow (Blues) -- Lonely night (Solo flute) -- Great mystery (Jazz) -- Love 2 long (Blues duet) -- Tears like rain (Contemporary).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Cedarfeather Productions 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/NORTH AMERICAN REIJennings, C. Alan
Summary: A guide to mastering "Roberts Rules of Order" breaks down the various rules and procedures of the popular and long-lived manual for running meetings, electing officers, and setting up committees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 060.4 JENSummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONC
Summary: "Set in Fo Shan, China during the Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man vividly brings to life the brutality of the infamous Japanese occupation, where once proud men are forced to fight [to the] death for a precious bag of rice. Defined by courage and humility, Ip Man, whose fighting skills are revered all over China, rises to the fore front. Upon refusing to teach his martial arts to the invading...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IPSummary: Set in the ferocious Gobi Desert, the story follows Lieutenant Li and Japanese emissary Lai Xi, both first-class warriors and master swordsmen. After decades of service to the Chinese Emperor, Lai Xi longs to return to Japan, but is instead sent to the west to chase wanted criminals. His only passport back to Japan is to capture and execute Lieutenant Li, a renegade soldier wanted for leading a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2004