Summary: Pierre, a disheartened young man and Tornado, an emotionally tormented horse, travel to Kalahari to find Barrie Burger, a horse whisperer. With Barrie's advice, Pierre and Tornado embark on a journey of healing and self discovery that will change their lives forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Riding 2011Nelson, Brian A. (Brian Andrew)
Summary: "Countdown to Doomsday: The year is 2026. The US military has a new weapon in its arsenal: an intelligent life-form so versatile that it can not only create a new generation of weapons but can become a weapon itself--entering a host's body to manipulate (or kill) them. Admiral James Curtiss is tasked with deploying the new weapons, first in Cuba, then Venezuela, then China. But the news of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NELSummary: Set in the Libyan Desert during World War II, British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up "The Hill," a manmade instrument of torture--a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. They are in this military prison because they once defied, rebelled and talked back to their superiors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HILSummary: From the Serengeti Desert to the Kalahari Plain, experience the amazing ways that animals like cheetahs, crocodiles, rhinos and elephants survive. It's the wild spirit of African animals captured by the world's finest filmmakers - plus exciting music videos too. Narrated by Dudley Moore. Intended for children ages 4-10. Bushbabies (Galago) are shown capturing a moth for food, eating tree gum,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV REASummary: A small passenger plane makes a forced landing in the Sahara. The challenge: survival. The tiny band from the plane fights off thirst, Arabs, treachery, declining morale and despair. Incredibly, the plane, like the legendary phoenix that rises from its own ashes, flies again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE FLICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Flight 2003Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1959
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.81 THOBrynard, Karin
Summary: Inspector Albertus Beeslaar is a traumatized cop who has abandoned tough city policing and a broken relationship in Johannesburg for a backwater post on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. But his dream of rural peace is soon shattered by the repeated attacks of a brutally efficient crime syndicate, as he struggles to train and connect with rookie local cops, Ghaap and Pyl, who resent his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRYSummary: A cargo plane on a routine flight suddenly hits a high-turbulence storm, forcing a crash landing hundreds of miles off course in the barren Gobi desert. Among the survivors, one eccentric passenger leads the crew to build a new plane - against all odds, against all hope, and sometimes - against each other.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FLIContents: Kolota II (credit II, Dzoma version) -- Mambo (the snake) -- Tsweretswere (the bird that chatters in the bush) -- Xeree (maturity for girls) -- Thakadu (the bush pig) -- Haitsoma (tracking song) -- Pula (rain) -- Xamako (children's song) -- Qwa (lion) -- Mantshwe (the ostrich) -- Xai (elephants) -- Segametsi (water song) -- Kunkuru (lullaby) -- Bird calls -- Kea (zebra) -- Lohi (the instrument...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ARC Music 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN BUSSummary: A mysterious German woman named Jasmin comes across a dilapidated motel and diner in the American desert. The diner's owner, Brenda, is initially taken aback by Jasmin's appearance and demeanor; but eventually the women find that there is a chemistry between them. Gradually, by using their unique individual skills, Jasmin and Brenda turn the once-fledgling diner into a thriving desert oasis.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BAGGopal, Jyoti Rajan
Summary: "This picture book biography in verse follows the life of beloved Rajasthani drag performer Queen Harish, known as the Whirling Desert Queen of Rajasthan. Lit by an inner fire and propelled by a family tragedy, Harish defied the gender conventions of middle class Indian life, battled discrimination and intimidation, and eventually grew up to dance with Bollywood movie stars and on stages across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Neera is a young girl who becomes seperated from her father in Arabia during World War II. Left alone in the desert, she befriends a wild colt, who she names Shetan. Once reunited with her father, however, Neera remains haunted by images of "the lost horse of the desert". This is the prequel to 'The Black Stallion' and shows the relationship between the stallion and the young girl who have come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2004
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY YOUSummary: 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
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WARAnta, Julio
Summary: "As long as he remembers to stay smart and keep his eyes open, Mateo knows that he can survive the trek across the Sonoran Desert that will take him from Mexico to the United States. That is until he's caught by the Border Patrol only moments after sneaking across the fence in the dead of night. Escaping their clutches comes at a price and, lost in the desert without a guide or water, Mateo is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 ANTSummary: "Centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After it is stolen, a fearless detective and a brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a 'dream terrorist'"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PAPSummary: Holiday special: on the last day of school before the winter holidays, the kids take a trip to a recycling plant. All dried up: Phoebe learns how the animals and plants of the desert take care of themselves. In the rainforest: the kids visit a rainforest on Earth day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2010
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday MCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MAGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAG RATED GWright-Frierson, Virginia.
Summary: The author/artist describes many of the animals and plants and their surroundings that she has sketched in the Sonoran Desert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 574.9791 WRISummary: "In director Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other - to become brothers again like they used to be. Their 'spiritual quest', however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Darjeeling 2007Summary: A recluse and an overbearing salesman team up to find the perfect burial spot for the recluse's beloved cat, and wind up stranded in Death Valley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY RUBSummary: Kirito and his friends go on a mission to seek out the legendary Holy Sword "Excalibur!" News spreads among the players that the sword has been discovered inside ALO. This was actually the very sword that Kirito and Leafa found in the underground realm of Jotunheim several months ago when they saved "Tonky." Summoning Asuna, Klein, Sinon and the others, they set off for the dungeon in Jotunheim...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SWOSummary: Kirito and Leafa have finally reached Central Arun, the largest city in ALfheim by the foot of the World Tree. Kirito is determined to face the dangers of the Grand Quest to rescue Asuna. With the support of the Sylphs and the Cat Sidhes, will Kirito save Asuna in time or will he be crushed by Oberon's evil plans?!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aniplex Inc. 2013
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SWOSummary: "Following a bloody conflict between her clan and that of the "men from the land of ice", Maïna (Roseanne Supernault) the daughter of Grand Chief Mishtenapuu (Graham Greene), sets off on a mission to rescue a captured boy - little knowing her actions will result in the poignant meeting of two of America's founding nations. A truly epic tale of adventure and romance in a time before European...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014