Summary: "The most savagely subversive film by the iconoclastic auteur Luchino Visconti employs the mechanics of deliriously stylized melodrama to portray Nazism's total corruption of the soul. In the wake of Hitler's ascent to power, the wealthy industrialist von Essenbeck family and their associates--including the scheming social climber Friedrich (Dirk Bogarde), the conniving matriarch Sophie (Ingrid...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DAMSummary: This historical drama tells the story of Juana Inés de la Cruz, one of the greatest poets of the Spanish Siglo de Oro. In order to pursue her passion for writing, Juana enters the convent. There, she develops an intimate relationship with the vicereine, who inspires her poetry. But when the forces of the Inquisition invade the convent, the women have only each other to turn to.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ISummary: "In a rundown circus on the outskirts of Mexico City, 13 year-old Alma earns a living as a trapeze artist. When her fellow performers find out that she is pregnant, Alma is expelled from the circus. She lives on the streets until she meets a troupe of traveling puppeteers that preach the word of God. Alma sees a promise in them, a glimpse of hope. This is a story of a young girl's search for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Desert Mountain Media 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ANGSummary: A reporter assumes the identity of a dead man. The more he does this, the further he is from his true identity. When he finds himself in danger, will he be able to become himself once again, or will it be too late?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PASSummary: A heartwarming tale of two unique women who bond while recuperating in a hospital. Martha, a mother of four rambunctious and imaginative children, finds solace when she meets the younger woman, Claudia, and quickly the two build a strong relationship. When Martha invites Claudia to live with her family, Claudia unwittingly takes on the responsibility of becoming a surrogate mother to Martha's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AMASummary: "One of Mexico's most highly regarded works of political cinema, Canoa: A Shameful Memory reimagines a real-life incident that had occurred just eight years before its release, when a group of urban university employees on a hiking trip were viciously attacked by residents of the village of San Miguel Canoa who had been manipulated by a corrupt priest into believing the travelers were communist...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CANSummary: In the darkness, a clock ticks. Aging antique dealer Jesus Gris marks his time with his granddaughter Aurora, and his wife Mercedes. Señor Gris comes to possess, quite accidentally, the ancient Cronos device. The invention of a sixteenth century alchemist who fled to Mexico during the Spanish Inquisition, it grants eternal life and youthful vigor to the user. The only drawbacks are marble white...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Producciones Iguana 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CROPerabo, Susan
Summary: When a middle school girl is abducted in broad daylight, a fellow student and witness to the crime copes with the tragedy in an unforgettable way. What happens to the girl left behind? A masked man with a gun enters a sandwich shop in broad daylight, and Meredith Oliver suddenly finds herself ordered to the filthy floor, where she cowers face to face with her nemesis, Lisa Bellow, the most...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PERPagano, Chuck
Summary: Follows the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, who was diagnosed with leukemia three weeks into the 2012 football season, as he continued to coach from his bedside and got back into the game with the help of his team and thousands of Colts fans.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 PAGPerabo, Susan
Summary: Twelve "short stories celebrating the everyday truths of people facing unusual or challenging situations--often of their own making"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PERPagano, David
Summary: "A guide to stop-motion LEGO animation, with instructions and exercises covering all the steps in the filmmaking process. Includes equipment suggestions, sound and lighting tips, animation and special effects techniques, storyboarding exercises, tricks for designing sets, and acting methods for minifigs"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: No Starch Press, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 777 PAGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT STEM PaganoMendes, Sergio.
Summary: Melding Sergio Mendes' classic, infectious mix of Brazilian bossa nova and samba rhythms with modern hip-hop as only producer will-i-am of The Black Eyed Peas could do. this grooving mix of classi and modern sounds is-in a word-Timeless.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: s.n.] 2006
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Pelayo, Cynthia
Summary: "When Detective Lauren Medina sees the calling card at a murder scene in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, she knows the Pied Piper has returned. When another teenager is brutally murdered at the same lagoon where her sister's body was found floating years before, she is certain that the Pied Piper is not just back, he's looking for payment he's owed from her. Lauren's torn between...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Agora Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PELPelayo, Rafael
Summary: "Sleep difficulties affect millions of people-and the problem is getting worse. The deluge of sleep advice out there, referred to collectively as "sleep hygiene" rules, consists mostly of isolated recommendations for things not to do, such as: Don't drinkcoffee close to bedtime. Don't watch TV in bed. Despite the popularity of these old rules, Dr. Rafael Pelayo tells us, sleep hygiene alone is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 PELVegas, Peter
Summary: "Following the various clues his uncle left behind, using the same knowledge of Ancient Egyptian history, culture, and religion he once hated, Sam makes his way across Egypt, trying to solve the mystery of his uncle's disappearance and, eventually, the secret of the Iron Tomb"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VEGRegas, Dean
Summary: Full of fascinating facts on space exploration, our solar system, and beyond, this comprehensive book from astronomer Dean Regas takes you on a mind-blowing tour of our universe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Kids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 520 REGRegas, Dean
Summary: "[This book] gives you a clear picture of what you can see using a small telescope--or just naked eye! Inside, you'll learn the history and science behind planets, stars, constellations, and more. Stunning four-color photography, easy-to-follow instructions, and detailed star maps will help you identify each object so you can explore the universe every night of the year!"--Back cover
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Gallery Publications in association with the Art Institute of Chicago 1996
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.4 DEGLegato, Marianne J.
Summary: Draws on studies in neuroscience to identify the chemical and structural differences between male and female brains, explaining how to use scientific findings to address a wide variety of gender-related disputes and bridge the physiological gap.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.33 LEGVegas, Nacho.
Contents: Las manos dentro del agua -- Our walk -- From the Butler Institute of American Art -- Baby cat face -- Finally (if I'd only known) -- Noches de verano en la casa gris.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Limbo Starr 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK VEGVegas, Peter
Summary: "Sam heads to Belize to continue his investigation into his parents' mysterious disappearance and to learn more about secret of the pyramids. But after being kidnapped by crocodile cultists, will he ever be able to find the answers he's looking for?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Vegas 2017Pease, Amy
Summary: Eli North is not okay. His drinking is getting worse by the day, his emotional wounds after a deployment to Afghanistan are as raw as ever, his marriage and career are over, and the only job he can hold down is with the local sheriff’s department. And that’s only because the sheriff is his mother—and she’s overwhelmed with small town Shaky Lake’s dwindling budget and the fallout from the opioid...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Emily Bestler Books, Atria 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLESummary: A Scottish soldier is assigned the task of disarming a bomb in a small French town at the close of World War I. The townspeople have deserted the town leaving behind the inmates of the local insane asylum who embrace the soldier as their king.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001