Kargman, Jill.
Summary: Demonstrating Woody Allen's magical math equation, comedy = tragedy + time, a sensational collection of witty essays about life, love, hate, kids, work, school, and more from the author of The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund and Arm Candy Jill Kargman is a mother, wife, and writer living the life in New York City . . . a life that includes camping out in a one-bedroom apartment with some unfortunate (and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2011
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Summary: On Christmas at the North Pole, Santa's youngest son looks to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE ARTSchulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe)
Summary: Surrounded by other kids with extremely commercial ideas about Christmas, Charlie Brown struggles to understand the true spirit of the holiday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2002
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE SCHWillingham, Bill
Summary: Bill Willingham, the bestselling author of DC/Vertigo's Fables, reimagines the most iconic characters of the Dynamite stable in a gorgeous and expansive Steampunk universe! A mysterious woman named Magna Spadarossa searches the many kingdoms of her world to find her missing sister, Sonja. From glamorous airships to clockwork cities to primordial jungles, Magna evades the pursuit of strange and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dynamite Entertainment 2016
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Joy, Angela
Summary: "The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TILBilal
Contents: Sirens II (2:46) -- Star Now (3:11) -- Open Up The Door (3:10) -- I Really Don't Care (3:00) -- Pleasure Toy (feat. BIG K.R.I.T.) (4:33) -- Satellites (2:59) -- Lunatic (2:43) -- Money Over Love (feat. Kendrick Lamar) (2:45) -- Love Child (3:20) -- Holding It Back (feat. Kimbra) (3:28) -- Spiraling (3:00) -- Bury Me Next To You (3:44).
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Publisher / Publication Date: eOne Music 2015
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Summary: A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them a damaged, brainy troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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We have 12 in the district. Place a hold to request one.Summary: Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, this tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV EARSummary: The Clades are a legendary family of explorers attempting to navigate an uncharted, treacherous land alongside a motley crew that includes a mischievous blob, a three-legged dog and a slew of ravenous creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV STRSummary: The story begins when ace private eye Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry's former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu: a hilariously wisecracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to communicate with one another, Tim and Pikachu...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV POKKrugman, Paul.
Summary: A call-to-arms from Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author Paul Krugman The Great Recession is more than four years old--and counting. Yet, as Paul Krugman points out in this powerful volley, "nations rich in resources, talent, and knowledge--all the ingredients for prosperity and a decent standard of living for all--remain in a state of intense pain." How bad have things...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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Summary: Mike shares a small-town life with his girlfriend Phoebe. But Mike's sleepy world goes wild after he discovers that he's actually a CIA sleeper agent with lethal fighting skills, and the target of government hitmen. Mike, the ultimate slacker, transforms into an ultra-attacker as he and Phoebe fight to survive in this exhilarating adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2015
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Summary: Stanley Darrow isn't sure what to expect when the mysterious Mr. Gedrick appears on his doorstep. He is certain, however, that his family could use Mr. Gedrick s help: Their lives and their house have been a mess since Stanley's dad died.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CARHarman, Patricia
Summary: Though the Great Depression is behind the them, troubles are not, for Europe is at war. It is only be a matter of time before the U.S. enters the fray. In the town of Hope River, midwife Patience Hester's husband, Daniel has vowed never to take up arms again; he saw too much bloodshed during the First World War. When he is imprisoned for his beliefs, Patience and their four children are left...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARKerman, Piper.
Summary: With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years ago. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut, the well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate #11187-424—one of the millions of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2012
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Carman, Patrick.
Summary: Governments were toppled and rulers were killed during the last attempt to find the lost treasure Amy and Dan Cahill are searching for—do they even stand a chance?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Audio 2009
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Harman, Alice
Summary: The accepted definition of animal cruelty may differ between cultures and even between individual people. Some people may not mind eating meat, no matter where it came from, but think keeping animals in zoos in cruel. Others may abstain from eating meat or using animal products altogether. In addition, many animal-focused businesses make people a lot of money. How should young people decide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 179 HARHarman, Alice
Summary: Poverty and hunger look different around the world. In the United States, poverty can include people living on the streets as well as those who have low-paying jobs and receive formal government assistance. In other parts of the world, those living in poverty may only have a shack and no available jobs. Poor living conditions and not having enough to eat cause deaths every day. What can young...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.5 HARSummary: In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable, and animals are beginning to exhibit unusual behaviors. No one quite knows why, and no one foresees the strangest and most dangerous repercussion that will soon start plaguing the town. The dead rise from their graves and savagely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DEASummary: Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TILHartman, Rachel.
Summary: Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty's anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high. Seraphina Dombegh has reason to fear both sides. An...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2012
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Bergman, Rebekah
Summary: "Complex, philosophically searching, and gorgeously rendered, Rebekah Bergman's The Museum of Human History is a sharp and startling debut about a young girl frozen in time in a world obsessed with youth and self-preservation. After nearly drowning, eight-year-old Maeve Wilhelm falls into a strange comatose state. As years pass, it becomes clear that Maeve is not physically aging. A wide cast...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERColl, Steve.
Summary: The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan With the publication of Ghost Wars, Steve Coll became not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of Bin Laden, and the secret efforts by CIA officers and their agents to capture or kill Bin Laden in Afghanistan after 1998.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2004