Summary: Ricky Jay is a world-renowned magician, author, historian and actor, as well as a performer who regularly provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. Trace Jay's achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age four with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller. Featuring rare...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DECSummary: Agatha Christie's world-famous mysteries are delightfully adapted in a new series of highly stylized French TV movies. Set in the 1950s, these iconic stories introduce new investigators in classic Christie style: Chief Inspector Laurence, a man of class and refined taste, and the ambitious young journalist Alice Avril along with Laurence s ever-loyal secretary, Marlene.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AGASummary: 1921 not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont's castle. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. When a young, provocative journalist decides to write a rave article on her latest performance, Marguerite starts to believe even further in her talent. This gives her the courage she needs to follow her dream.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MARSummary: Perseus goes on a quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster to save the Princess Andromeda.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CLACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY CLASummary: English scientist Professor Willingdon runs away from a research center with an atomic bomb. In a letter sent to the British Prime Minister, he threatens to blow up the center of London if the government doesn₂t stop stockpiling nuclear warheads.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SEVSummary: An attempt to tap the geothermal energy of the Earth's interior by means of a thermonuclear device detonated deep within the Earth causes a catastrophic crack in the Earth's crust.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Chief Inspector Boyd and his team are back to reopen the files of more cold cases. A spectral leader calling himself 'The Shepherd' is inciting vulnerable women to commit murder; a sadomasochistic killer is counting off his victims, leaving the word 'sorry' carved into their skin; and the discovery of an unexploded bomb threatens to bring unforeseen upheaval to the team.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WAKSummary: A young bride is brought by her new husband to his manor house in England. There she finds that the memory of her husband's firs wife haunts her, and she tries to discover the secret of that mysterious woman's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 1985
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY REBSummary: Wealthy mystery novelist Andrew Wyke invites lower-class hairdresser Milo Tindle to his elegant English mansion to discuss Milo's affair with Wyke's wife. But when Andrew proposes that Milo participate in a robbery scheme to benefit them all, the two rivals find themselves locked in an increasingly devious duel of wits and deceptions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: August 1896: Victorian London is rocked to its foundations by a supernatural event which gives certain people, mostly women, abnormal abilities, from the wondrous to the disturbing. An epic fantasy/science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might very well change the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NEVSummary: It's been 10 years since glam-rock superstar Brian Slade faked his own death and vanished from the spotlight. Now, it's the job of an investigative reporter to locate this living legend and uncover the truth behind his disappearance!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VELOllivier, Reina
Contents: African lion -- Rooster -- Cicada -- Donkey -- Common Frog -- Black howler monkey -- European green woodpecker -- Pistol shrimp -- Tawny owl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Blake, Olivie
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Olivie Blake comes an intricate web of love, magic, and rival witch families in New York City. In modern-day Manhattan where we lay our scene, two rival witch families fight to maintain control of their respective criminal empires. On one side of the conflict are the Antonova sisters - each one beautiful, cunning, and ruthless - and their mother, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLAOllivier, Reina
Summary: "In this book, nine animals are presented which are, in their own way, the largest. Discover the world of the giraffe, the Komodo dragon, the African elephant, the colossal squid, the moose, the blue whale, the ostrich, the Galápagos tortoise, and the hippopotamus"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.41 OLLPourriol, Ollivier
Summary: "Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it's the best way to be better at everything. In the realm of love, what could be less seductive than someone who's trying to seduce you? Seduction is the art of succeeding without trying, and that's a lesson the French have mastered. We can see it in their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Life 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: It is a genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West. In a land controlled by feudal barons, Into the Badlands tells the story of a ruthless, well-trained great warrior Sunny and a young boy M.K. who embark on a spiritual journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INTOllivier, Bernard
Summary: The Road to Samarkand is journalist Bernard Ollivier’s stunning, true-to-life account of the second part of his 7,200-mile walk from Istanbul to Xi’an, China along the Silk Road--the longest and perhaps most mythical trade route of all time. Picking up where Out of Istanbul left off, Ollivier heads out of the Middle East and into Central Asia, grappling not only with his own will to continue...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915 OLLOllivier, Reina
Summary: For animals, mommies and daddies are also very important. And the nine animals you'll get to know in this book are very caring parents! Discover the world of the emperor penguin, the fox, the orangutan, the clown fish, the American flamingo, the red kangaroo, the zebra finch, the wolf, and the yellow seahorse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Ollivier, Reina
Summary: "Just like people, animals need a place to live. The nine animals in this book are very talented builders and make their own homes! Discover the amazing beaver, cross spider, sociable weaver, termite, stork, meerkat, honeybee, Japanese puffer fish, and mole." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.564 OLLDunrea, Olivier
Summary: Gemma is a small yellow gosling who likes to explore and her little brother Gus likes to follow her, but one day, Gus sets out to explore on his own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE DUNDunrea, Olivier
Summary: While enjoying his solitary trek through the barnyard, Gus the gosling finds three small eggs that could possibly hold his perfect companions inside.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE DUNDunrea, Olivier.
Summary: Gideon is a small gosling who likes to play so much that he will not stop to take a nap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E DUNDunrea, Olivier.
Summary: On Christmas Eve, Ollie and the other goslings anxiously await the arrival of Father Christmas Goose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JBR ORANGE DUNKugler, Olivier
Summary: "Documents in graphic novel format the experiences of Syrian refugees housed in camps in Iraqi Kurdistan, Greece, France, Germany, Switzerland, and England. Based on interviews and photographs by the author during his work as Communication Officer for theorganization Doctors Without Borders"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2018