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Escapes French Guiana Devil's Island Drama Greece History Messenian Wars, 735-460 B.C Drama Guitar music I, King of Persia Xerxes 519-465 or 464 B.C Drama King of Sparta Leonidas -480 B.C Drama Popular music Tactics Drama Thermopylae (Greece) Drama Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C Drama War filmsSummary: Willful behavior : A young woman is murdered, but Brunetti can find no sexual or financial motive. She was set to inherit a fortune from her grandmother, a woman very much alive and obsessed with clearing her husband's name from the accusation of art theft during the Mussolini years. The case draws Brunetti into a search for lost art and buried secrets from the bleakest days of modern Italian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bavaria Media 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DONSummary: The Baby Carriage: Infused with a jazzy, nouvelle vague-inspired energy, Bo Widerberg's feature debut has the freshness of youth. Building on his film criticism's call for a socially relevant Swedish cinema, the writer turned director offers a vivid portrait of a young factory worker finding her way toward independence as she weathers unexpected pregnancy, learns hard lessons from relationships...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BOSummary: The epic story of Henri Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who, in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PAPSummary: A crew of aquatic researchers works to get to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. But the crew has more than the ocean seabed to fear.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNDContents: Bouncin' the boogie (1:56) (Royal Kings) -- Got a brand new baby (2:16) ; 4 o'clock blues (2:41) (Little Mr. Midnight with Paul Gayten Band) -- Restless heart (2:33) ; Ain't it a shame (2:40) (Lloyd Price) -- Say baby (2:14) ; That night (2:37) (Willie Johnson) -- Eating and sleeping (Earl King) (2:14) -- Heavy sugar (Lloyd Lambert Band) (2:50 -- Think it over (Guitar Slim) (2:28) -- So glad...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Specialty Records 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES CRESummary: In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD 300Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE THRSummary: The critically acclaimed drama returns for six more riveting episodes. In this season, DC Kate Fleming and DS Steve Arnott of AC-12 investigate the conduct of Sergeant Danny Waldron of the Armed Response Unit.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LINWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Milner, Sara
Summary: Tag. You're it. Children will want to get up and run after reading this exciting story about playing tag. A relatable narrator and familiar city setting help young readers make connections with the text. Bright, full-color illustrations on each page bring the narrative to life, keeping readers and younger listeners engaged. A special Words to Know section helps children understand words that...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MILStaalesen, Gunnar.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STASummary: Tells the inspirational true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback. The film centers on Warner's unique story and years of challenges and setbacks that could have derailed his aspirations to become an NFL player, but just when his dreams seemed all but out of reach, it is only with the support...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AMECopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMESummary: The incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the twentieth century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE LOSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LOS RATED PG-13Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LOSSummary: In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE THRSummary: "Meet the Sweathogs. They're the rowdiest, goofiest bunch of students to ever step foot inside a high school. But if they think they're too unruly for a good teacher to handle, they're in for a rude awakening when they meet Mr. Kotter -- a former Sweathog who's returned to his alma mater to shape the minds of these remedial students as their new teacher! With the hilarious talents of comedian...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WELSummary: Set in the early 20th century, this classic family comedy follows the efforts of a husband and wife as they try to maintain control in a home with 12 children.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY CHEMeller, Susan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 1991
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 746.62 MELGunnar Karl Gíslason
Summary: Hygge (loosely translated as "coziness") is centered around the idea of inviting comforting elements into day-to-day routines while creating warmth, community, and intimacy. The hygge life does more than just explain this philosophy, it teaches you how to apply hygge to all aspects of life throughout the year, from elevating your morning with perfectly brewed coffee to impromptu gatherings with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 GUNContents: Temple walk / Steve Gunn -- I think we'll be happy here / Jordan Fuller -- Lookout point / Danny Paul Grody -- There is a place in this old town / Nick Schillace -- Hemet pine singer / Will Stratton -- John Fahey commemorative beer can / Bill Orcutt -- Confederate rose / Daniel Bachman -- Through a house of violet abandon / Eric Carbonara -- Her unmediated eyes / Tom Lecky -- Standing at the...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tompkins Square LLC 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK IMAMüller, Holly
Summary: It is 1944, and war has taken the men in Nazi-controlled Austria to the front line. For thirteen-year-old Ursula Hildesheim, life in the village of Felddorf remains almost as it was: bullied by her schoolmates, enlisted in endless chores by her mother and sister, thieving, and running wild with her adored older brother, Anton. But then Russian prisoners escape from the local concentration camp,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MULMüller, Jörg
Summary: Sometimes the answers are easy for parents to come up with ... and sometimes they're a little more complicated. That's what this book is for! When Boys and Girls Become Men and Women should accompany children (and their parents) on the long road to adulthood and allows both groups to explore this new territory together, step by step. Everyone looks different, and everyone has their own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should trust nothing -- including their own search-and-rescue orders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ESSMiller, Jacob Killer.
Contents: Shaky girl -- Tenement yard -- Suzy Wong -- Sinners -- Healing of the nation -- 80,000 careless Ethiopians -- I've got the handle -- Tired fe lick weed in a bush -- Roman soldiers of Babylon -- Standing firm -- All night till daylight -- Forward jah jah children.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Records 1978
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE MILMüller, Herta.
Summary: January 1945, the war is not yet over : the Soviets begin the deportation of the German minority from the labor camps in Ukraine. This is the story of seventeen year old Leo Auberge, who went to the camp with the naive unawareness of the boy eager to escape provincial life. The last five years however he experienced daily hunger and cold, extreme fatigue and death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2012