Perry, Tyler.
Summary: The author's alter ego, the outspoken, worldly wise grandmother Madea, shares her thoughts on life, love, and everyone around her, reflecting on marriage, child-rearing, etiquette, the Bible and the church, beauty advice, and gun care.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817.54 PERSummary: Madea gets coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what they'll find when they arrive. As the small, rural town prepares for its annual Christmas Carnival, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested while Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas Spirit to all.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MADSummary: Madea, everyone's favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. It's up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MADSummary: Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children's extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FAMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie FamilySummary: Follows the young homicide detective/psychologist as he meets his match in a serial killer. The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ALESummary: A vibrant world where friends and strangers dream, fear, cry, love, and laugh out loud in an attempt to find their true selves. Adapted by writer/director Tyler Perry from Ntozake Shange's acclaimed choreopoem, this gripping film paints an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a woman of color in the modern world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When their rival, Humdinger, becomes Mayor of nearby Adventure City and starts wreaking havoc, Ryder and the heroic pups kick into high gear to face the most challenging mission of their careers. Along the way, the team finds help from a new ally, the savvy dachshund Liberty, and together they fight to save the citizens of Adventure City! Can the pups save the city before it's too late? After...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PAWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PAWCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD PAWSummary: In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PRESummary: After a high-speed freeway chase puts Madea in front of the judge, her reprieve is short-lived as anger management issues get the best of her and lands her in jail. A gleeful Joe couldn't be happier at Madea's misfortune. But her eccentric family members, the Browns, rally behind her, lending their special 'country' brand of support. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Joshua Hardaway is on...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MADSummary: After super villain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TEECopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TEE RATED PG-13Summary: When their rival, Humdinger, becomes Mayor of nearby Adventure City and starts wreaking havoc, Ryder and the heroic pups kick into high gear to face the most challenging mission of their careers. Along the way, the team finds help from a new ally, the savvy dachshund Liberty, and together they fight to save the citizens of Adventure City! Can the pups save the city before it's too late? After...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PAWSummary: A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STASummary: On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC 2015
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3 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GONCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GON RATED RCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Gone 2015Summary: Gathered together in the Bahamas for their annual one-week reunion, four close couples eagerly reconnect, sharing news about their lives and relationships. But their intimate week in paradise is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of Sheila's ex-husband, Mike, who hopes to break up her new marriage with Troy and win her back. With their relationships hanging in the balance when they return...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WHYP!nk
Contents: Missundaztood -- Don't let me get me -- Just like a pill -- Get the party started -- Respect / feat. Scratch -- Wheeler -- Family portrait -- Misery / feat. Steven Tyler -- Dear diary -- Eventually -- Lonely girl / feat. Linda Perry -- Numb -- Gone to California -- My Vietnam.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Arista 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PINMarley, Bob.
Contents: No more trouble (with Erykah Badu) (4:51) -- Rebel music (with Krayzie Bone) (3:29) -- Johnny was (with Guru) (4:19) -- Concrete jungle (with Rakim) (4:12) -- Rastaman chant (with Busta Rhymes & Flipmode Squad) (4:18) -- Guiltiness (with Lost Boyz featuring Mr. Cheeks) (3:53) -- Turn your lights down low (with Lauryn Hill) (5:46) -- Jammin' (with MC Lyte) (4:08) -- Kinky reggae (with the Marley...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tuff Gong/Island 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE MARCurry, Tyler
Summary: "Peter the peacock doesn't know how it happened, but he found himself growing up in a flock of pigeons. Surrounded by a world of grey, he found himself feeling less than his peers and was embarrassed by his feathers. After he fails to blend in, he decides that it's time to learn to fly on his own. Along the way, he meets new bird friends from all different flocks that teach him a lesson he will...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mascot Books 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022