Summary: Two of French cinema's biggest stars shine in this bittersweet drama about the unlikely friendship that develops between Claire, a talented but tightly wound midwife, and Beatrice, the estranged, free-spirited mistress of Claire's late father. Though polar opposites in almost every way, the two come to rely on each other as they cope with the unusual circumstance that brought them together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A backup quarterback for a Texas high school football team must confront the pressures and temptations of being a sports star, including conflicts with his coach and his girlfriend, when the starting quarterback is injured.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 1999
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Summary: "An exhilarating debut novel about members of a Dominican family in New York City who take radically different paths when faced with encroaching gentrification, for readers of Such a Fun Age and Dominicana. The Guerreros have lived in Nothar Park, a predominantly Dominican part of the city, for over twenty years. When the crash of a wrecking ball signals the demolition of an old neighboring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NATLasser, Scott.
Summary: After losing his son and divorcing his wife, a Detroit native returns home after twenty-five years and becomes involved with the sister of his murdered high school girlfriend as he tries to put back the pieces of his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LASLasser, Scott.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LASMatera, Lia.
Summary: Lawyer Willa Jansson, the wisecracking sleuth, stages a phony kidnapping with herself in the role of hostage to permit a falsely accused friend to escape from police. But now they have to evade the real killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MATLasser, Scott.
Summary: On September 10, 2001, Kyle tells his sister, Cat, that he believes he has fathered a son. The next day both Kyle and the boy's mother head off to work and are never heard from again. Cat--a single mother of a young son--sets out to find her brother's orphaned child. Nearly a year later, that search is ongoing when her father, Sam, asks Cat to come to California for the anniversary of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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Summary: "Young Kiko, aided by her teenaged sister, Annie, and her dog, Chico, grows kind as they harvest fruits, flowers, and vegetables from their garden and share them with others. Includes note for parents and caregivers." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2020
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Summary: A group of diverse kids turn to the mythical monsters from their respective cultures to help them save the only home they have ever known.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an Imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: James Gregory is a racist South African guard whose certainties of life are shaken to the core. During a twenty year span, James spent his time as Nelson Mandela's prison warden. Shows the daily application of a major historic abonimation, known as Apartheid, as seen through the eyes of the average White South African. These are 'ordinary' people who are neither heroes nor villains, but obtuse...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2008
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Summary: In the peaceful setting of the National Trust near Church Stretton, south of Shrewsbury, Tracey Walsh drives herself and her four-year-old daughter, Daisy, up the remote Burway in the early hours of the morning, tragically loses control of her car and crashes into the valley below. Tracey is rushed to hospital, but where is Daisy? She has vanished, provoking an intense police search of the area...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MASAster, Alex
Summary: Tor, Engle, and Melda must stop a band of cursed pirates from taking over their home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ASTMasters, Priscilla.
Summary: "It's been six years since fourteen-year-old Marvel Trustrom went missing - six long years for Marvel's seriously ill father, Tom Trustom, who's desperate to know what happened to his daughter. DS Zed Willard has always believed that Jonah Kobi, a serial killer serving life for the murders of four other girls in the area, is responsible for Marvel's disappearance - but with no evidence or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MASLaser, Michael.
Summary: In the city, the town, and the forest, people enjoy the beauty of a gentle autumn rainfall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC LASHarbo, Christopher L.
Summary: "When Green Lantern recites his oath, he promises to do his best. He practices self-control and uses his power ring only when necessary. He is diligent and perseveres in his fight against villains like Star Sapphire and Sinestro. Green Lantern is responsible!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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Summary: "WELCOME TO THE CENTENNIAL. Every hundred years, the island of Lightlark appears for only one hundred days to host a deadly game, where the rulers of six realms fight to break their curses and win unparalleled power. Each ruler has something to hide. Each curse is uniquely wicked. To break them, and save themselves and their realms, one ruler will die. To survive, Isla Crown must LIE. CHEAT....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: PA FIC ASTSummary: Ossei is a strong-willed young man who sets out to rescue his mother when their village is raided. His quest leads him to the stronghold of the dreaded King Adanggaman, an arrogant despot who thrives on the slave trade and uses fierce female warriors to enforce his power. One of these Amazons, herself a former slave, falls in love with Ossei, and they escape to the bush.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ADAMasters, Priscilla.
Summary: A quiet lad named Callum is thrust into infamy after fatally stabbing his classmate Roger. Then, only two days after his arrest, Callum is discovered lifeless, presumably a suicide. As events unfold, the truth about the boys' relationship might just prove to be even more devastating than the bloody act that ended Roger's life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: W.F. Howes 2007
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Summary: After breaking ancient curses and becoming the leader of two realms, Isla Crown faces the aftermath of a devastating betrayal, but as old secrets unravel and her kingdom is threatened, Isla must confront her past as her future hurtles towards two possible fates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ASTEaster Smith, Anne.
Summary: Rendered a political pawn when her brother ascends to the throne in 1461, Princess Margaret of York is promised in marriage to the Duke of Burgundy's son in spite of her passionate love for a married man, a situation that shapes her subsequent role as aninfluential woman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SMIZullo, Germano.
Summary: "A man drives his truck up to a cliff's edge. Unable to go any further, he opens the back door of his truck and a flock of birds flies out, but, as the man soon discovers, a small timid bird remains. Surprised and delighted, the man acts kindly towards the bird and an intimacy develops. After lunch, the man tries to show the bird that he should fly off and join his friends. The man's comic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZULSummary: Sabata: Sabata is a mysterious steely-eyed gunslinger who, after he discovers the town of Daugherty's elite are the masterminds behind the big bank heist, imposes his bullet-laced brand of justice on the town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM 2005
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN SABBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: When her family temporarily moves into a luxury apartment building in 1904 Manhattan, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover whether a series of mishaps is related to a curse on the building's owner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCEaster Smith, Anne.
Summary: Follows the rise of Kate Haute from English peasant to beloved mistress of the future King Richard III, with whom she bears three children, endures a dangerous political war, and struggles against personal accusations of murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006