Summary: One of the most exciting adventure tales ever told, this action epic recounts the planning, execution, and aftermath of a daring true-life escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, in which 250 men attempted to tunnel their way to freedom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA GRESummary: This ghost story concerns three fabled crowns buried on the Norfolk coast which, according to legend, protect England from invasion. When an amateur archaeologist goes treasure hunting and finds the crown, he invokes the avenging shade of William Ager, the recently deceased last guardian of the crowns.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Ltd. 2002
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WARMontaigne, Michel de
Summary: "One of the great French Renaissance thinkers, sixteenth-century philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) was remarkably modern in his views. His writings-brilliant forerunners of the modern essay-reflect his thoughts and opinions on poetry, philosophy, theology, law, literature, education, and world exploration. Highly readable works written in a lively, conversational style, Montaigne's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications, Inc. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 448.4 MONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 840 MONSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 1985
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY REBSummary: 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 first wife haunts her, and she tries to discover the secret of that mysterious woman's death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 1990
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY REBCompagnon, Antoine
Summary: "In A Summer with Montaigne, Compagnon invites his readers to join him as he strolls through Montaigne's key contributions to our understanding of what is good and worthwhile in life. This book, then, serves as both an introduction to Montaigne for readers unfamiliar with his work and a refresher for those who are already acquainted with his unique brilliance, vitality, and timeliness....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 844.3 COMMontaigne, Michel de.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1947
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 844.3 MONLawrence
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridge-Logos Publishers 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.482 LawFontaine, Brigitte.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: [s.n] 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK FONMontaigne, Michel de
Contents: On friendship -- That it is madness to judge the true and the false from our own capacities -- On the art of conversation -- On idleness -- On the affection of fathers for their children -- On moderation -- That we should not be deemed happy till after our death.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177.62 MONRawlence, Ben
Summary: "In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Barry Lopez, a powerful, poetic and deeply absorbing account of the "lung" at the top of the world. For the last fifty years, the trees of the boreal forest have been moving north. Ben Rawlence's The Treeline takes us along this critical frontier of our warming planet from Norway to Siberia, Alaska to Greenland, to meet the scientists, residents and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 577.3 RAWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.3 RAWAlison, Lorence
Summary: Adri is on an all-expenses-paid trip to the exclusive Solstice Festival but suddenly it turns into a deadly nightmare when a dead body washes up on the beach and Adri must put together the clues to who-or what-is killing off the crowd one by one.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Imprint 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ALISala, Laurenne
Summary: In this bilingual picture book celebration of family life, young readers are invited into Lucia's home where she takes them on a tour of her busy and cozy casa and introduces them to her beautiful familia.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SALFontaine, Claire.
Summary: A mother, a daughter, and a life-changing adventure around the world . . Their bestselling memoir, Come Back , moved and inspired readers with the story of Mia Fontaine's harrowing drug addiction and her mother, Claire's, desperate and ultimately successful attempts to save her. Now it's a decade later and Claire and Mia each face a defining moment in her life, and a mother-daughter...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2012
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Montague, Brad
Summary: "What's the best way to find the meaning of life? Ask the people who know. and listen to what they say. Brad Montague spent time with the very young and the very old to discover how he might become a better grownup both for other grownups and for the kids in his life. Their timeless, sometimes surprising advice touches on success, fear, regret, gratitude, love, and dreams to reveal the true...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.24 MONMontague, Elizabeth
Summary: "A heartfelt and funny graphic novel memoir by one of the first Black female cartoonists to be published in the New Yorker, at the age of 22"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2022
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2 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 MONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA B MONMontague, Brad
Summary: "Sparky the special figment agent delivers all the mail in the very orderly Fantastic Bureau of Imagination, until one day when all the unshared ideas in the world overflow and threaten to topple the whole building"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: A boy's circle starts out small but steadily grows as he builds relationships throughout his community.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MONMontague, Liz
Summary: Rose, Amethyst, and Lavender, fifth-year students at the Brooklyn School of Magic, need to pass the Equinox Test in order to move up to Middle Magic--but they soon face self-doubts, a cheating scandal, and trouble brewing in the magical community.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MONCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MONRawlence, Ben
Summary: A researcher for Human Rights Watch describes the refugee camp in Dabaab, home to those fleeing civil war in Somalia, and highlights the life of various residents, including a former child soldier, a schoolgirl and a youth leader. --Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967.7305 RAWSala, Laurenne
Summary: Laurenne Sala's heartworming text, accompanied by Robin Preiss Glasser's charming illustrations, creates a firsthand look at the powerful bond between mother and child from pregnancy to birth and beyond.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: E SALFontaine, Claire.
Summary: A mother, a daughter, and a life-changing adventure around the world . . Their bestselling memoir, Come Back , moved and inspired readers with the story of Mia Fontaine's harrowing drug addiction and her mother, Claire's, desperate and ultimately successful attempts to save her. Now it's a decade later and Claire and Mia each face a defining moment in her life, and a mother-daughter...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2012
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Fontaine, Valérie
Summary: "The young girl tells us that her mom's new friend is just like the big bad wolf. At first the wolf is sweet and kind to her mom, though the girl notices the wolf's cold eyes from the very beginning. When her mom arrives home late one day, the wolf suddenly hurls angry words and terrible names at her. From that day on her mother doesn't smile anymore. The girl is careful to clean her room and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.829 FONSala, Laurenne
Summary: A father tells his child about his love, fear, and joy in being her parent.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020