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Businesspeople Fiction China Drama Dragons Fiction Huntington, Arabella Duval 1850 or 1851-1924 Fiction Huntington, Collis Potter 1821-1900 Fiction Intrigue China Drama May-December romances Fiction New York (N.Y.) History 19th century Fiction New York (N.Y.) History 20th century Fiction Secrecy FictionSummary: Explores the three categories of mineral resources found within the earth (power resources, gem stones, and metals) and how they have been utilized for the advancement of civilization.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRESummary: Set against the backdrop of Japanese occupied Shanghai in 1942, a young woman finds herself swept up in a radical plot to assassinate a ruthless and secretive intelligence agent. As she immerses herself in her role as a cosmopolitan seductress, she becomes entangled in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue, love and betrayal.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LUSSummary: "Gripping saga of two rival moles--played by superstars Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah--who navigate slippery moral choices as they move between the intersecting territories of Hong Kong's police force and its criminal underworld. Set during the uncertainty of the city-state's handover from Britain to China and steeped in Buddhist philosophy, these ingeniously crafted tales of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "ABC Roar is a hands-on sensory book that helps readers learn their ABCs and write letters. With colorful animals and letters on every spread, travel all the way from A for armadillo to Z for zebra shark while tracing the alphabet, in this engaging visual and tactile experience."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: From master director Jia Zhang-Ke comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors, Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong, born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, respectively. In their stories, we hear of the dire circumstances they faced in their rural villages and small towns, and the substantial political effort undertaken to address it, from the social...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SWIContents: Changes/ Paul Whiteman and his orchestra 2:50. -- Lonely melody/ Paul Whiteman and his orchestra 2:55. -- Copenhagen/ Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra 2:55. -- Henderson stomp/ Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra 2:50. -- Hop off/ Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra 2:54. --tNew King Porter stomp/ Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra 3:06. -- Down south camp meetin'/ Fletcher Henderson...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Collection of Recordings 1983
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ BIGSummary: In a laboratory, a team of engineers create a replica of Beijing's Forbidden City to uncover the secrets underlying its ability to withstand earthquakes over the centuries.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: Kill Bill Vol. 1: "Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, The Bride emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback-- with a vengeance! Having been gunned down by her former boss and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight she didn't start, but is determined to finish!"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2004
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE KILAbé, Shana
Summary: "1867, Richmond, Virginia: Though she wears the same low-cut purple gown that is the uniform of all the girls who work at Worsham's gambling parlor, Arabella stands apart. It's not merely her statuesque beauty and practiced charm. Even at seventeen, Arabella possesses an unyielding grit, and a resolve to escape her background of struggle and poverty. Collis Huntington, railroad baron and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC ABEAbé, Shana.
Summary: While working for the summer at Tranquility, a heartbroken Lora is persuaded by Armand, son of the mad Duke of Idylling, to use her newfound magical abilities to rescue his brother Aubrey from a German prison.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: YA CD Fantasy Abe 2013Summary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MIDAbe, Shana.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABEAbe, Shana.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABEAbe, Shana.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABESummary: The third and final season of Philip Pullman's His Dark Material trilogy returns with an adaptation of the final book in the best-loved book series, The Amber Spyglass. Season Three opens with Lyra unconscious, having been given a sleeping draught by her mother, as Will, still carrying the Subtle Knife, continues his quest to find her in this epic story of love and truth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV HISCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HISContents: Disc 1. Panamericana / Paquito D'Rivera -- Samba triste / Eliane Elías -- Oye cómo viene / Chano Dóminguez -- Earth dance / Jerry González & The Fort Apache Band -- From within / Michel Camilo -- Introducción, llamerito y tango/Bolivia / Gato Barbieri -- New arrival / Tito Puente -- Caridad amaro / Chucho Valdés.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Chrysalis 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC CALSummary: Harry, Arch, and Dan head into Del Norte, a small town in the middle of nowhere. Harry decides to return home after a seven-year absence, but not before Dan runs afoul of a group of unsavory characters and Harry vows vengeance for the lad's death. Harry and Arch flee from the town. Harry's wife, Hannah, is none too pleased to see her wayward husband at her doorstep. Taking his wife's anger in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN HIRAbé, Shana
Summary: 1867, Richmond, Virginia: Though she wears the same low-cut purple gown that is the uniform of all the girls who work at Worsham's gambling parlor, Arabella stands apart. Collis Huntington, railroad baron and self-made multimillionaire, is drawn to Arabella from their first meeting. Collis is married and thirty years her senior, yet they are well-matched in temperament, and flirtation rapidly...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction AbeAbé, Shana
Summary: 1867, Richmond, Virginia. Arabella wears the same low-cut purple gown that is the uniform of all the girls who work at Worsham's gambling parlor, yet she is set apart by her unyielding grit, and a resolve to escape her background of struggle and poverty. Collis Huntington, railroad baron and self-made multimillionaire, is married and thirty years her senior, yet flirtation rapidly escalates...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2023
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Summary: Madeleine Talmage Force attracts the attention of John Jacob "Jack""Astor. Despite their twenty-nine-year age difference, and the scandal of Jack's recent divorce, Madeleine falls headlong into love-- and becomes the press's favorite target. On their extended honeymoon in Egypt, Madeleine feels truly alive for the first time, and is happily pregnant. Returning home in the spring of 1912,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Miguel 'Sugar' Santos is a talented Dominican baseball player who longs to break into the American big league and earn the money needed to support his impoverished family. He is a talented pitcher who might just have what it takes to earn a prized spot on a Major League Baseball team. Before that happens he'll have to prove his worth in the minor leagues. Advancing in baseball's minor league...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SUG1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SUG
Summary: It's 1916 and British Captain Fred Roberts and his detachment of Sherwood Foresters discover an abandoned printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium. Roberts has an idea: he will produce a newspaper to raise the spirits of his soldiers, taking their minds off 'the attentions of Messrs Hun and Co.' They call it The Wipers Times, after the army slang for Ypres, and fill it with spoofs, jokes,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014