Summary: Based on the true story of Ron Kovic, a young man who volunteered for the Vietnam War, was wounded, and returned paralyzed from the mid-chest down. He later became a new voice for those disenchanted with the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BORChast, Roz
Summary: "Roz Chast illustrates her own dream world, a place that is sometimes creepy, but always hilarious, accompanied by an illustrated tour through Dream Theory Land guided by insights from poets, philosophers, and psychoanalysts alike."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CHASummary: The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IROSummary: Jude is a dock worker from Liverpool who travels to the United States in the 1960s to find his estranged father. There, he falls in love with sheltered American teenager Lucy. When her brother, Max, is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, they become involved in peace activism.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ACRClowes, Daniel
Summary: Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story--actually, stories--of its title character. Clowes calls upon a lifetime of inspiration to create the most complex and personal graphic novel of his distinguished career. Rich with visual detail, an impeccable ear for language and dialogue, and thrilling twists, Monica is a multilayered masterpiece in comics...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Texas Ranger Samantha Payne reopens a fifteen-year-old missing person case, and uncovers evidence that suggests that the boy was likely murdered on a ranch belonging to wealthy family man, Scott Briggs. When Scott's estranged son unexpectedly returns home during the investigation, Samantha becomes even more convinced that the Briggs family was involved, and will stop at nothing to discover the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WILSummary: Sonic blasts into Dr. Eggman's base to gain control of the Seven Chaos Emeralds and rescue his friends Cream & Cheese. In the heat of the battle, all seven Chaos Emeralds are joined together causing an overpowered Chaos Central to transport Sonic from his home planet and dropping him right in the middle of the city of Station Square. Is he alone in this human world? What happened to his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SONSummary: Quigley down under: "Arriving in Australia with nothing more than a saddle and his prized six-foot Sharps rifle, American sharpshooter Matthew Quigley thinks he's been hired to kill off wild dogs. But when he realizes instead that his mission is murder - to "eliminate" the Aborigines from a wealthy cattle baron's land - Quigley refuses and quickly turns from hunter to hunted. Forced to wage a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Golden-Mayer Studios Inc. 2008
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Kovic, Ron.
Summary: This New York Times bestseller details the author's life story-from a patriotic soldier in Vietnam, to his severe battlefield injury, to his role as the country's most outspoken anti-Vietnam War advocate. Kovic served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. He was paralyzed from his chest down in combat in 1968 and has been in a wheelchair ever since. Includes a new introduction by the author.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7043 KOVIC, RON KOVKovic, Ron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quality Paperback Book Club 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7043 KOVSummary: Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone: The magical adventure begins when Harry Potter is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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2 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FANTASY HARHoyt, Megan
Summary: When she was young, Katalin Karik decided she would study science--even though she had never even met a scientist! But she was determined to learn as much as she could about the human body, and once she made a decision, she stuck with it. Katalin had to learn English while attending university, but she worked hard until she became a doctor. After facing many challenges, including lack of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Chris Gardner is an intelligent, energetic guy who can't catch a break. In the sluggish Bay Area economy of 1981, he's losing ground, by investing all his family's money in high cost bone-density scanners. His wife leaves him, he loses his apartment, and with his 5-year-old son in tow joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Bounced from shelter to shelter, he finds himself a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Pursuit 2007Summary: Set in the storybook world of Enchancia, we meet Sofia, an average girl whose life suddenly transforms when her mother marries the king and she becomes a princess. Sofia must learn to navigate the extraordinary life of royalty while holding onto her own hopes and dreams. Her journey to be the best she can be also paves the way for those around her to realize how special they each are....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SOFGrant, Alan
Summary: A new collection featuring the legendary 1990s Batman epics "The Return of Scarface" and more! This new collection of 1990s Batman tales includes the legendary story "The Return of Scarface," one of DC's most vindictive villains made famous from the Batman: The Animated Series. This volume also includes the first appearance of the Gotham Gargoyle, and a run of stories in which the Dark Knight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATSummary: A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROCSummary: Timed to coincide with the band's twenty-fifth anniversary, an inside portrait of Bon Jovi follows them on their 2008 Lost Highway tour, explores the history of the band, and discusses the band members' lives both at home and on the road.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins Design 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 BON JOVI BONSummary: Don Haskins, a future Hall of Fame coach of tiny Texas Western University, bucks convention by simply starting the best players he can find: history's first all-African American lineup.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GLOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Glory 2006Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD GLOSummary: While raising the ruins of a long-buried Chinese kingdom, billionaire inventor Tony Stark digs up far more than he bargained for. He unleashes an age-old prophecy that foretells the resurrection of the Mandarin, the emperor of China's darkest and most violent dynasty. In order to confront destructive forces, Tony creates an armored suit infused with high-tech weaponry.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2007
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE IROSummary: Year 1 : Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone: The magical adventure begins when Harry Potter is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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4 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY HARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HARMendelson, Anne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 MENMcBride, Amber
Summary: In the future, a Black girl known only as Inmate Eleven is kept confined -- to be used as a biological match for the president's son, should he fall ill. She is called a Blue -- the color of sadness. She lives in a small-small room with her dog, who is going wolf more often - he's pacing and imagining he's free. Inmate Eleven wants to go wolf too, she wants to know why she feels so Blue and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCBKorman, Gordon
Summary: Reef and Theo don't know what's happening to them. They'll be going about their days and then suddenly they'll have these strange flashes of memory -- but the memories don't belong to them. And at the same time, their own memories are starting to... vanish. For Reef, this is a big problem, because memories are all he has left of his mom. For Theo, it's strange because the new memories give him...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023