Alai

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2002

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALA

Summary: Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamworks Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SWE

Summary: Bait: A tale of deception and seduction, directed by and starring Hugo Haas features three people searching for a lost gold mine: the dangerous Marko, young miner Ray and the comely Peggy. As Marko and Ray search for the mine, Peggy arrives, stirring Ray's passion and igniting Marko's suspicion. As months pass, the three find themselves closing in on the mine, but the tension between them is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY NOI

Summary: A lavish period drama set in Atlantic City, following the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed political and criminal mastermind whose grip on power and control of the city's liquor supply is under constant threat.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2012

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BOA RATED R

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BOA

Summary: A scientist is determined to discover a better way of predicting tornadoes with a device that shoots thousands of little trackers into the eye of the storm. Trouble is, getting it there is very dangerous.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWI

Summary: This 1949 movie lavishly takes us on the journey of Jay Gatsby (Alan Ladd) who worked his way from poor fisherman to extravagant millionaire. Travel back in time to the roaring 20s, a time of flappers, bootlegging, art deco architecture, and jazz music, through this classic tale of love and betrayal, deception and mystery. This is the second film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRE

Summary: The heart-warming true story about an eccentric chicken farmer who, with the help of his granddaughter, trains his mischievous dog to protect a wild penguin sanctuary from fox attacks and in the process tries to reunite his family and save their seaside town.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ODD

Summary: When her friend's multimillion-dollar investment scam ruins Diane Lockhart's plan for retirement, wipes out her savings and taints her reputation, she is literally at a loss. In Season 1 of The Good Fight (from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King), a disgraced Diane is forced out of her own law firm and joins another distinguished company as a junior partner. She recruits Maia...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2018

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOO

Summary: A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven at Christmas, forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ANN

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ANN

Summary: "For a young girl living a 'hard-knock life' in a children's orphanage, things may seem pretty bad -- especially at Christmas. But feisty Annie carries a song in her heart and hope in her locket -- the only thing she has from her parents. One day, fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. Her adventure takes her from the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 2002

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ANN

Summary: The story of the love affair between a beautiful retired courtesan Lea, and Chéri, the son of her old colleague and rival, Madame Peloux. After six years Madame Peloux has secretly arranged a marriage between Chéri and Edmee, the daughter of another rich courtesan. As the inevitable moment of parting approaches, Lea and Chéri begin to understand, too late, how much they mean to one another.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CHE

Alam, Rumaan

Summary: "From the celebrated author of Rich and Pretty, a novel about the families we fight to build and those we fight to keep. Like many first-time mothers, Rebecca Stone finds herself both deeply in love with her newborn son and deeply overwhelmed. Struggling to juggle the demands of motherhood with her own aspirations and feeling utterly alone in the process, she reaches out to the only person at...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ALA

Alam, Rumaan

Summary: "That Kind of Mother dives deep into big questions about parenthood, adoption, and race: Is mothering something learned, or that you're born to? How far can good intentions stretch? And most of all, can love can really overcome the boundaries of race and class? With his unerring eye for nuance and unsparing sense of irony, Rumaan Alam's second novel is both heartfelt and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALA

Armstrong, Alun

Summary: Disgraced detective Sandra Pullman is given a chance to save her career by heading up a team of retired detectives in charge of solving open cold cases.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2011

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV NEW

Adams, Alane

Summary: As Abigail enters her second year at Tarkana Witch Academy, she and her friend Hugo are swept into a puzzling mystery involving an Orkadian warship and a powerful missing item.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in JT Fantasy, Call number: JT Fantasy Adams 2019

Awan, Jashar

Summary: "A pair of Christmas tree ornaments set out on the merry adventure of a lifetime in this imaginative picture book about the inner lives of holiday decorations. All is quiet in the forest as the Great Star rises in the distance, and two little musicians, Strum and Drum, wake up from a deep slumber and set out to make the most joyous music they can! But as Strum strums his guitar and Drum drums...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE AWA

Alam, Rumaan

Summary: Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they've rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G.H. are an older couple, it's their house, and they've arrived in a panic....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ALA

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ALA

Awan, Jashar

Summary: A young child sets out to build the best snowman ever.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE AWA

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AWA

Mastai, Elan

Summary: "There's no such thing as the life you're "supposed" to have... You know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we'd have? Well, it happened. In Tom Barren's 2016, humanity thrives in a techno-utopian paradise of flying cars, moving sidewalks, and moon bases, where avocados never go bad and punk rock never existed. because it wasn't necessary. Except Tom just can't seem to find his place...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2017

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MAS

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAS

Summary: He's heir to the Madison Hotel millions, but the only subjects Billy has studied are babes and booze. But when Brian Madison informs his goofball son that he plans to turn over his Fortune 500 company to vice president/weasel Eric Gordon, Billy makes the bet of his life. He's going back to school with hilarious results.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Home Video 1998

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BIL