Summary: See the world through the eyes of nature's fastest animal: the peregrine falcon. Though once endangered in the US, this spectacular predator is now thriving again in American cities and on every continent but Antarctica. Join expert Lloyd Buck as he trains a captive peregrine and puts its hunting skills to the test. What's the secret behind the peregrine falcon's blistering speed?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: David is a widowed science fiction writer who adopts Dennis, a young boy who claims to be from the Red Planet. David believes the child acts strangely in order to process the difficulty he has had in his young life, but soon both David and his sister, Liz, begin to wonder if the boy might be telling the truth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MARDuffy, Chris (EDT)
Summary: A collection of graphic novel adaptations of popular fables includes the tales of the hare and the tortoise, the boy who cried wolf, the town mouse and the country mouse, and the grasshopper and the ants.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FABHammond, John
Contents: Slick Crown Vic -- No chance -- Easy loving -- Gin soaked boy -- Spider and the fly -- Can't remember to forget -- Color of the blues -- Same thing -- I bought the rain -- Comes love -- Low side of the road -- Money honey -- Just one more.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Back Porch 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HAMSummary: After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR SMICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SMISummary: The penultimate season of the hugely successful, long-running drama introduces a host of new characters. There's Beth Bailey, a brilliant ex-mercenary who was posing as an Eastern European prostitute when she ran into the team. Dimitri, an ex officer in British Special Forces, has been recruited for his skills in fighting terrorism on the front line. And finally, data analyst Tariq has been...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MI-5Summary: Led by Captain Jack Harkness, the Torchwood team delves into the unknown and fights the impossible. From an underground base built on a rift in time and space, the team responds to any alien threat-- a meteorite crash landing, sightings of extra-terrestrial technology, an unusual autopsy report, the spread of a deadly alien virus. Everyone who works for Torchwood is under 35. Some day that's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Mick St. John is a private investigator 'living' in Los Angeles. Mick's bride turned him into a vampire on the couple's wedding night fifty-five years earlier. In the present day, he struggles with his love for a mortal woman, his dealings with other vampires and other criminal elements.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MOOSummary: A young Tristan sees his parents killed by the tyrannical Irish, who ruled over a fractured Britain after the Roman occupation. Tristan is taken in by Marke, who rules one of the British tribes. Tristan grows up to be a young prince and a mighty warrior. He's believed slain in battle and given a royal funeral on a burning boat set out to sea. But the fire goes out and Tristan washes ashore on...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRISummary: A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people in this hilarious and action-packed adventure.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DUNCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DUNCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY DUNCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DUNSofie
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SOFMaynes, Tamara
Summary: The act of creating the treasures you use to adorn your home takes the space to a deeper level; it goes beyond collecting, beyond decorating. The Maker is a gorgeously illustrated love letter to creating an intimate, well-designed, and handmade home. With sections on wall art, textiles, ceramics, lighting, and furniture, designer Tamara Maynes presents beautiful homes that showcase the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 670 MAYMeades, Christopher
Summary: A week before she is to become a polygamist's fifth wife, Hanna meets Daniel, an enigmatic stranger from outside the secluded community of Clearhaven, who challenges her to question her fate and to follow her own will.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEAMendes, Shawn
Summary: Grammy nominee Shawn Mendes returns with his fourth studio album, the follow-up to 2018's platinum Shawn Mendes.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Island 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MENMeyners, Eckart.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Half Halt Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.24 MEYMeijer, Fik.
Summary: Overview: Meijer traces the origins of the gladiators over 2,500 years, from the initial belief that their blood spilled on a grave would sustain the dead on its journey to the underworld. Yet, as centuries passed and the Roman Empire grew, gladiators became part of vaster, more brutal entertainments staged by successive emperors eager to manipulate the public with "bread and circuses" and to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796 MEIDay, Sophia
Summary: "Join our MVP Kids as they experience the wonder and delight of the winter holidays. With a universal spirit of giving, they celebrate holidays from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Come along and see how experiencing others' traditions can deepen friendships and promote empathy and understanding." -- Publisher description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MVP Kids Media 2017
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: J BOARD FIC DAYGlock, Sophia
Summary: "Young Sophia has lived in so many different countries, she can barely keep count. Stationed now with her family in Central America because of her parents' work, Sophia feels displaced as an American living abroad, when she has hardly spent any of her life in America. Everything changes when she reads a letter she was never meant to see and uncovers her parents' secret. They are not who they...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 GLOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 GLORichman, Sophia
Summary: A New York psychoanalyst relates her experiences in surviving the Holocaust as a young child, her life as a refugee, her immigration to the United States, and her efforts to cope with the trauma through relationships and writing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Haworth Press 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.53 RichmBenoit, Sophia
Summary: "From GQ columnist and Twitter sensation, this hilarious, clever, and eye-opening memoir-in-essays explores the ins and outs of modern womanhood-from finding feminism, the power of pop culture, and how to navigate life's constant double standards-perfectfor fans of Shrill and PEN15. Like so many women, Benoit spent her formative years struggling to do the "right" thing-to make others...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENOIT, SOPHIA BENHall, Sophia
Summary: There are a thousand reasons not to start your homestead garden, but none of them are good enough. You don't need a lot of land, you don't need a lot of money, and you certainly don't need a lot of time to become self-sufficient. Growing your own food can seem daunting with the never-ending flood of information online, so I made a streamlined, step-by-step guide to creating a serious homestead...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Kennedy, Sophia
Contents: Build Me A House -- Dizzy Izzy -- William By The Windowsill -- Being Special -- Kimono Hill -- 3:05 -- Something Is Coming My Way -- A Bug On A Rug In A Building -- Foam -- Baltimore -- Hello, I Found You.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC KENSpencer, Sophia
Summary: Presents a young girl from Canada with a passion for insects and becoming an entomologist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2020