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Alabama Fiction Basilone, John 1916-1945 Basilone, John 1916-1945 Drama Leckie, Robert 1920-2001 Mary Alice (Fictitious character) Fiction Military campaigns Patricia Anne (Fictitious character) Fiction Sisters Fiction Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant) 1923- United States. Marine Corps.George, Anne.
Summary: It all begins with a call to sisters, Mary Alice and Patricia Anne, from their good friend Mitzi Phizer, who's starting an investment club - king of a Beardstown Ladies group. Patricia Anne is willing to make a small, conservative investment in a thriving chain of HMOs; Mary Alice is hot to trot to put her money on Viagara. But before the club idea gets off the ground, the sisters spot Mitzi's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Twilight 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEOSummary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OGeorge, Anne.
Summary: Patricia Anne finds herself the prime suspect in the murder of an Elvis impersonator, one Griffin Mooncloth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEOGeorge, Anne.
Summary: The Southern sisters' cousin Pukey Lukey is in a terrible state. His wife, Virginia, has run off with a housepainting preacher. And that's just the start of his trouble. Because before Patricia Anne and Mary Alice can help Pukey Lukey find his beloved Virginia, they'll discover that all is not heavenly in the Church of Jesus Is Our Life and Heaven Hereafter, where the faithful are into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEOGeorge, Anne.
Summary: In Alabama, sleuthing sisters Mary and Patricia discover murder while checking out their new inlaws. It happens when Mary's son marries Sunshine, a bimbo. The ladies enter the inlaws' trailer to find a dead man and Sunshine missing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEOSummary: In the most dazzling debut feature in cinema history, twenty-five-year-old writer-producer-director-star Orson Welles synthesized the possibilities of sound-era filmmaking into what could be called the first truly modern movie. In telling the story of the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of a William Randolph Hearst-like newspaper magnate named Charles Foster Kane, Welles not only created the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: Based on P.D. James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh is a cerebral, reserved man but possessed of exceptional empathy and insight. As he investigates complex crimes in 1970s England, he plumbs the darker depths of the human psyche in his pursuit of justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DALSummary: An alien crashes deep into the oilfields of New Mexico with a mission: he must find the brilliant scientist Justin Falls, the one woman on earth who can help save his species. An unlikely duo, together they discover that in order to save his world, they must first save ours. An inspired continuation of the novel by Walter Tevis and the iconic 1976 film starring David Bowie. This three-disc...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MANSummary: Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort, enlisting the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham. Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, Charlotte, for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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4 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD SANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SaSummary: Anne of the thousand days: Follow King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in one of history's most famous tragic love affairs in the Academy Award winning masterpiece starring Richard Burton and Genevieve Bujold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ANNSkurzynski, Gloria.
Summary: The Landon family makes a trip to Death Valley National Park accompanied by a mysterious new foster child, fourteen-year-old Leesa Sherman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2002
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC SKUSummary: It's 1968 and Enoch Powell's infamous 'Rivers of Blood' speech creates serious tension in Poplar, especially when a group of dockers march in support of Powell. The midwives welcome a new nun, Sister Veronica, who's an instant hit with everyone, except Nurse Crane. Meanwhile, Trixie's relationship with Matthew goes from strength to strength, while Nurse Crane helps Nancy with her financial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CALCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV CALGutman, Anne.
Summary: A young dog is very unhappy about the arrival of her new baby sister.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Preschool Gutman 2003Muldrow, Diane.
Summary: Simple text reveals the benefits of planting a single tree, both to those who see it grow and to the world as a whole.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E MulSummary: Told from a wildly original, fresh, and modern perspective, this is an unfiltered comedy about high school best friends and the bonds they create that last a lifetime. Capturing the spirit of the times, it is a coming-of-age story for a new generation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BOOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BOOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BOOSummary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TV PACSummary: Set in the 1890's, the story of a lesbian love affair between a music hall male impersonator and a young woman smitten by the music hall life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TIPSummary: The four Pevensie children - Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy - return to Narnia, only to discover that hundreds of years have passed since they ruled there. Now, crowning himself king, the evil General Miraz has taken charge. The children enlist the help of a heroic mouse called Reepicheep. They set out find the exiled Prince Caspian, determined to see him rightfully named king.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY CHRSummary: Life for New England realtor Hildy Good begins to fall apart when she hooks up with an old flame of hers from New York.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie GoodSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Takes place in the 1950's America, during the early days of broadcast journalism. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly and Joe Wershba in the CBS...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GOOSummary: In and out of rehab for the past 10 years, Kym Buchman returns to the family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel. She brings with her a long history of personal crisis and family conflict. The wedding party, friends and relatives have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feasting, music and love, but Kym's passion for the dramatic incites tension in the family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009