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Summary: Marketing manager Katherine "Kitty" Katt steps into the middle of a domestic dispute, but things get ugly when the man turns into a winged monster and goes on a killing spree. In the middle of the chaos a handsome hunk named Jeff Martini appears, sent by the "agency" to perform crowd control. He's Kitty's kind of guy, no matter what planet he's from.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KOCAira, César
Summary: "An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter is the story of a moment in the life of the German artist Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-1858). Greatly admired as a master landscape painter, he was advised by Alexander von Humboldt to record the spectacular landscapes of Chile, Argentina, and Mexico. Rugendas did in fact become one of the best of the nineteenth-century European painters to venture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AIRSummary: During World War II, 70,000 Finnish children were shipped off to Swedish families who had agreed to shelter them for their own protection until the end of the war. This is the story of one such boy, Eero. After the death her husband, grief stricken Kirsti agrees with great reluctance to send Eero to Sweden. His surrogate parents, Signe and Hjalmar, are grieving the recent loss of a daughter....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Matila Röhr Productions 2007
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MOTAira, César
Summary: "In César Aira's new novel, Fulgentius, a sixty-seven-year-old imperial Roman general-"Rome's most illustrious and experienced"-is sent to pacify the remote province of Pannonia. He is a thoughtful, introspective person, a saturnine intellectual who greatly enjoys being on the march away from his loving family, and the sometimes deadly intrigues of Rome. Fulgentius is also a playwright (though...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Publishing Corporation 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AIRSummary: "Your Future Is Bright! After all, your mother is a robot, your father has joined the alien hive mind, and your dinner will be counterfeit 3D-printed steak. Even though your worker bots have staged a mutiny, and your tour guide speaks only in memes, you can always sell your native language if you need some extra cash." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tachyon Publications 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEWDini, Paul
Summary: This Batman one-shot reveals the origins of Harley Quinn as she proves her love to the Joker by trying to eliminate the Dark Knight on her own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A middle-aged prostitute attempts to extricate herself from her sordid past for the sake of her son. Mamma Roma offers an unflinching look at the struggle for survival in postwar Italy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MAMDina, Karin.
Summary: Rick and Karin Dina are both healthcare practitioners and long-time followers of a raw food diet. They have provided scientific information on how to construct nutritious raw diets through their Science of Raw Food Nutrition classes to hundreds of students. This book is a compendium of the latest information from peer-reviewed research and their own clinical experience on why raw diets are so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Healthy Living Publications 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Female journalist Arezoon Rahimmi travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. As she draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain when the murderer is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the true story of the 'Spider Killer' Saeed Hanaei, who saw himself as on a mission from God as he killed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOLFifty-Nine Parks (Firm)
Summary: "Explore the majesty of the National Parks through the eyes of contemporary artists"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Earth Aware Editions 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 917.3002 ARTSummary: Using non-professional actors, this film follows the Gospel of Matthew to tell the story of the birth, life, teachings and death on the cross of Jesus Christ. There was no script except the Bible itself. The narrative portions are voiced by "Jesus Christ." It is presented almost as a cinema-verité documentary and without the glossy coating of the Church and Hollywood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GOSKolata, Gina Bari
Summary: "Unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. Kolata tracks the race to recover the live pathogen and probes the fear that has impelled government policy. She delves into the history of the flu and previous epidemics, profiles the experts hot on the trail and the amateurs woefully misguided, and details the science and the latest understanding of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.518 KOLSummary: A captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto: the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AALContents: disc 1. Perfect people (The Walls Group) (3:54) -- Give me (Kirk Franklin, featuring Mali Music) (6:28) -- All I need is you (Lecrae) (3:45) -- Beautiful day (Jamie Grace) (3:10) -- You are (Erica Campbell) (4:44) -- You love me (Best of my love) (Anita Wilson) (4:13) -- Worth fighting for (Brian Courtney Wilson) (6:46) -- No greater love (Smokie Norful) (4:33) -- I can only imagine (Tamela...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Inspiration 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS WOWSummary: Includes in-depth interviews of U.S. President Richard Nixon by Sir David Frost in May, 1977 regarding the infamous Watergate scandal. Features footage from 2007 of Frost discussing the impact this interview had on history, his reactions, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liberation Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.924 FROSummary: "From the Newark Rebellion of 1967 to current day, the city's narrative has been one of revolution with each generation picking up where the previous had left off. WHY IS WE AMERICANS? weighs in on Newark's struggle against oppression through the personal triumphs and tragedies of the Baraka family -- from Amiri's civil rights leadership and ultimate artistic marginalization, to the horrific...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHYSummary: Clara, a young single doctor, has everything she wants, except love. Invited to a family wedding in Mexico, Clara convinces a charming coworker to pose as her current boyfriend, only to run into her old flame at the festivities. Now, with a little help from her colorful family, Clara must choose between two men, and two futures, in this heartwarming romantic comedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EvSummary: Following the death of her father, ex-military specialist Clair Hamilton returns from the Middle East to claim her inheritance only to find that her thirteen-year-old son, Charlie, has been kidnapped. Desperate to save her son. Clair embarks on a perilous journey deep into the Alaska Mountains to hunt down the mysterious leader of the gang who is holding him for ransom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD DAUSummary: "When a feminist filmmaker sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men's Rights Movement, she begins to question her own beliefs. The Red Pill chronicles Cassie Jaye's journey exploring an alternate perspective on gender equality, power and privilege." -- Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC REDSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAUSummary: Jane Hayes's adoration of all things Jane Austen is complicating her love life. Determined to be the heroine of her own story, Jane spends her life savings on a trip to Austenland, an eccentric Austen-inspired resort, where she meets two very different gentlemen, but has a difficult time determining where fantasy ends and real life, and maybe even love, begins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY AUS1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF AUS
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Austenland 2013Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCFF AuSummary: A 30-year-old writer spends a wild weekend in Palm Springs and wakes up to find she has magically transformed into her inner 70-year-old.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MACCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MACCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MACCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie MackSummary: A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018