Pinto, Sara.

Summary: Presents pairs of related items, such as an apple and an orange or a bicycle and a motorcycle, and asks why they are similar, while offering unexpected answers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2008

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC Pin

Summary: Set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the film tells the story of director Mario Suarez's quest to make the ultimate tango film. Lonely after his wife (one of the film's stars) has left him, Mario must find the themes that will hold the film together, while simultaneously permitting his musicians and dancers the freedom of expression that is necessary to satisfy the tango-hungry Argentine audience....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 1999

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TAN

Germi, Pietro

Summary: A man bed hops from woman to woman until his philandering catches up with him when he impregnates his fiancée's younger sister.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SED

Hinton, Anthony Ray

Summary: A man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he did not commit describes how he became a victim of a flawed legal system, recounting the years he shared with fellow inmates who were eventually executed before his exoneration.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.66 HIN

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HINTON, ANTHONY RAY HIN

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HINTON HIN

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem Hinton

Summary: Los Angeles teenager and overachiever Tracy is an excellent student in her seventh grade class and gets along well with her mother, Melanie. She fears that she's not cool enough to be friends with Evie, the most popular girl in school. Fueled with genuine adolescent energy, Tracy follows Evie's lead into the harsh realities of sex, drugs, and hard-edged adventure. Consumed with temptations and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THI

Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: After being on her own for some time, Meredith is beginning to explore the idea of a romance with Riggs. Unfortunately, Maggie desires him as well, which threatens to drive a bitter wedge between the sisters. At the same time, despite their differences, Jackson and April must come together when they are assigned a difficult case. Meanwhile, Alex faces the consequences of his vicious attack on...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRE

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Decal Releasing 2023

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE STA

Summary: Proud first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, Trinitie Childs carries immense responsibility on her shoulders. After a scandal involving her husband, the church is forced to temporarily close, leaving Trinitie struggling to manage the aftermath. Now, she and her spouse must rebuild their congregation and reconcile their faith by all means necessary to make the biggest comeback that...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Hara

Summary: What do you do when your body doesn't match the ideal shape as dictated by society? What do you wear when sweats seem to be the only clothes that fit you? How do you deal with the constant, overwhelming waves of criticism about your appearance from yourself and others? A love letter to anyone striving to embrace their size, this wonderfully illustrated, uplifting comic essay by a plus-size...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 HAR

Summary: Experience the passion, the drama and every heart stopping moment. Television's favorite doctors now find themselves simmering in a world of sexual politics. Bailey struggles with what it means to be a woman in charge of the hospital, and her own husband, while Maggie faces the challenges of dating a younger man.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRE

Slaughter, Karin

Summary: Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton's life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in a violent attack that tore her world apart. Since then, Sara has remade her life, until one evening, on call in the ER, everything changes. Sara battles to save a broken young woman who has been brutally attacked. But as the investigation progresses, led by GBI Special Agent Will Trent, it becomes clear...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2023

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SLA

Summary: Tells the story of Andreas Kartack, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris. Lent 200 francs by an anonymous stranger, he is determined to pay back his debt but circumstances and his alcoholism intervene.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LEG

Hinton, Anthony Ray

Summary: "A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 364.66 HIN

Gailey, Sarah

Summary: "The final volume of The Vampire Slayer bares its fangs! Buffy's relationship with Giles remains strained, but they work together to repair things, as Buffy is determined to take back her identity as The Slayer! Meanwhile Xander, Faith, and Spike contend with their identities, and what roles the Scooby Gang will play in their futures. The pain of the past weights on Willow, but she's determined...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2023

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 VAM

Hinton, Anthony Ray

Summary: A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD B HIN

Contents: Disc 1. Volumes 1-7. Lucy Mae blues ; I woke up crying ; Love blues ; I told you not to do that / Cecil Barfield -- In the evening ; Hey lawdy Mama ; Thousand woman blues ; Blue shadow falling ; Cold rainy day ; Amy / Buddy Moss -- Motherless child ; Hush, somebody is calling my name ; What God can do ; He'll understand and say well done / Leon Pinson -- Big road blues ; Cool water blues ; Big...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Fat Possum Records 2008

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MIT

Orlando, Steve

Summary: "There is a door that appears only to those who need it most. On the other side is a witchcraft shop. If your hope is gone, there you will meet...the Scarlet Witch! Wanda Maximoff is familiar with hitting rock bottom - and now that she's finally found peace, she's pledged to help others who are languishing at their lowest. But when a woman falls through Wanda's door with a terrifying story of a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC 2023

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SCA

Summary: A young, handsome man with a Harvard education and success on Wall Street has terrible urges that take him in pursuit of women, greed, and murder.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER AME

Gailey, Sarah

Summary: "The WILLOWVERSE continues with Willow Rosenberg, now not only a powerful witch but also the Chosen One. While Buffy still struggles with her powerless predicament, feeling envy and frustration as her sense of purpose is lost with the existence of the new Slayer. But there are more pressing problems... Both separately and together, the gang will face strange and monstrous enemies, including a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2023

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 VAM

Gailey, Sarah

Summary: "In the first arc of WILLOWVERSE, trying to help Buffy heal from her trauma proves to be more than Giles and Willow bargained for! She's left without her powers or identity, and it's up to an unprepared and inexperienced new Slayer to take up the mantle--Willow. But thankfully Willow isn't alone, as the spell also leads to another newly-activated Slayer, serving as a guide for this speed-run of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2023

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 VAM

Pinch.

Summary: Looking back on the myriad of ways that the genre now known quite loosely as `bass music' has mutated, one of the key figures in its evolution would have to be Bristol's Rob Ellis, better known simply as Pinch. His fascination with what the outer limits of the dub sound can achieve, has made him a distinct figure within the fluid group of like-minded dubstep musicians that defined the so-called...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Fabric 2012

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC PIN

Summary: The O. Henry Prize winners contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LUI