Summary: Poppy Valentine, a young circus performer who has grown up in her family's traveling circus, has never dreamed of what life would be like outside of its fences. However, now in her mid-20s and with more unwelcome responsibilities weighing her down, she's desperate to figure out if this life is for her. As she slowly begins to take time for herself, finding independence and even love, she...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BALLehrer, Riva
Summary: "What do we sacrifice in the pursuit of normalcy? And what becomes possible when we embrace monstrosity? In 1958, Riva is one of the first children born with spina bifida to survive. Her parents and doctors are determined to "fix" her, sending the messageover and over again that she is broken. That she will never have a job, a romantic relationship, or an independent life. Enduring countless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEHRER, RIVA LEHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LEHERER LEHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem LehrerRubin, Kathy Kleiner
Summary: "In January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as Ted Bundy stalked nearby. He grabbed an oak log from a stack of firewood, slipped through a back door with a broken padlock, and headed upstairs.He began twisting doorknobs. Room 9 was open, and he quietly and quickly killed one of my sleeping sorority sisters. Across the hall, he found another...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUBIN, KATHY KLEINER RUBSummary: We all use mathematics every day-- but in a world of body counts, multiple criminal masterminds, and percentages involving perpetrators who may act again, figures are especially valuable. This is the world of Numb3rs. Don Eppes is an FBI agent who recruits his mathematically gifted brother Charlie to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles, thus tackling the most...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD NUMSummary: "Dan, a renowned war photographer struggling with PTSD, forms an unexpected bond with Sebastian, a Sudanese refugee, until one of his photographs unearths a dark secret from Sebastian's past"--back cover.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HEALeider, Richard.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 LEISummary: The stars play a pair of middle-aged, dating game dropouts as wary of romance as they are perfect for each other. Through rocky unsettling times, the pair lurch their way to companionship, friendship, and finally love. Contains all 26 episodes of this British comedy classic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2004
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FINContents: Heaven and all (Robert Levon Been, Dave Grohl, Peter Hayes) -- Time slowing down (Chris Goss, Tim Commerford, Dave Grohl, Brad Wilk) -- You can't fix this (Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee) -- The man that never was (Rick Springfield, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear) -- Your wife is calling (Lee Ving, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Alain Johannes, Pat Smear)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Roswell Records/RCA 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC SOUSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Private eye Rigby Reardon is hired by a beautiful woman to investigate the mysterious death of her father--a wealthy scientist, philanthropist, and chessemaker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Home Video 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DEALeider, Richard
Summary: "Our later years need not be a time of loss. This book helps readers embrace the positive possibilities of aging and provides guidance on doing so purposefully, with courage, compassion, and curiosity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.67 LEILender, Stacey
Summary: Priced out of Manhattan, Jessica, Aaron and their daughters move to the one place they swore they would never go: the suburbs. But to her surprise, life in the commuter belt makes a great first impression.--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kaylie Jones Books, an imprint of Akashic Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LENLeifer, Carol
Summary: For many years, television comedy was an exclusive all boys' club--until a brilliant comedian named Carol Leifer came along, blazing a trail for funny women everywhere. From Late Night with David Letterman and Saturday Night Live to Seinfeld, The Ellen Show, and Modern Family, Carol has written for and/or performed on some of the best TV comedies of all time. This hilarious collection of essays...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 LEIFER, CAROL LEILeiser, Eric
Summary: Here at last is a book for fly tiers, beginners and experts alike, that provides foolproof directions for tying all types of flies. In this book even the beginner knows where he is during every step in the process, from the moment he ties in the waxed thread until he ties off the fly with the whip finish knot. But unlike the specialized books on fly tying that describe particular types or...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799 LEIReider, Rebecca.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.072 REILeiser, Eric
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1987
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 688.7912 LEILeiser, Eric
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 1993
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 688.7912 LeiseRuiz, Rudy.
Summary: "Solitario Cisneros thought his life was over long ago. He lost his wife, his family, even his country in the late 1870s when the Rio Grande shifted course, stranding the Mexican town of Olvido on the Texas side of the border. He'd made his brooding peace with retiring his gun and badge, hiding out on his ranch, and communing with horses and ghosts. But when a gruesome string of murders and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUIThorpe, Rufi.
Summary: "Growing up in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Southern California, Mia always compared herself unfavorably with best friend Lorrie Ann, who had a serene sweetness and goodness and, in Mia's eyes, a perfect family series of personal tragedies befalls Lorrie Ann and pulls the two friends in divergent directions: Mia to Yale and eventual success as a classics scholar; Lorrie Ann to early...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOLeader, Daniel
Summary: "The major new cookbook by the pioneer from Bread Alone, who revolutionized American artisan bread baking, with 60 recipes inspired by bakers around the world. At twenty-two, Daniel Leader stumbled across the intoxicating perfume of bread baking in the back room of a Parisian boulangerie, and he has loved and devoted himself to making quality bread ever since. He went on to create Bread Alone,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.81 LEALeier, Ray.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: GUILD Pub. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.41 LEISummary: Inspired by the story of a real-life hero, Huo Yuanjia. When an ill-advised fight destroys the reputation of a renowned martial arts champion and his family, his difficult path to redemption will bring him face-to-face with the most ferocious fighters in the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FEASummary: Half a century into their marriage, Chicago artists Jackie and Don Seiden approach the fragility of their elderly lives in their own distinct ways. Jackie, notorious for her unbounded energy, is constantly on the move, inspired to create works of art while also maintaining the couple's multistory, brightly-painted Victorian house. Don steadily sketches in his notebook while facing alarming...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022