Summary: Set in a dreary, unforgiving mid-nineteenth century German village in Hunsruck, it captures the plight of hundreds of thousands of Europeans who immigrated to faraway South America to escape the famine, poverty and despotism that ruled at home. Edgar Reitz's film is a heart-wrenching drama and love story set against the backdrop of this forgotten tragedy. Jakob, our protagonist, tries to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOMSummary: In the first film of the collaboration between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, Don Lope de Aguirre dreams about conquering South America and leads his army on a doomed mission into oblivion. Jonathan Harker embarks on a long journey over the Carpathian Mountains to finalize real estate arrangements with a wealthy nobleman, little realizing that he is about to become involved with a dangerous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HERSummary: A collection of stories starring the Trolls and Bergens sees them hold a poetry slam, deal with a hair emergency, and hold a fashion show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Poppy and Branch join their friends on a series of humorous adventures from a pizza party with the Bergens to sitting for a royal portrait.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Cooper looks for a cure for brain freeze, the Trolls and Bergens compete against each other in a rap battle, and Poppy helps her new friends find fun hairstyles and a new attitude.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TROScheidt, Dave
Summary: "The Agents of S.L.A.M. aren't your average professional wrestlers. They're led by the fearless and famous Bruno Bravado and work for the president of the United States to protect people from all kinds of threats--both on Earth and in space! And they've just been joined by their newest recruit, Katie Jones, a twelve-year-old wrestling vlogger who just might know more about wrestling than the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2022
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Summary: "The script is in . . . and Mayor Good Boy is going to the movies! Mayor Good Boy is starring in his very own movie, set in his very own town, Greenwood. Too bad some crooks are out to steal the show! Don’t worry—interns Abby and Aaron are ready to help out. With items around town going missing and pizzas being stolen, will the mayor be able to save the day—and his movie—before it’s too late?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Graphic 2022
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Summary: "When Maximilian Potter went to Burgundy to report for Vanity Fair on a crime that could have destroyed the Domaine de la Romanée Conti-the tiny, storied vineyard that produces the most expensive, exquisite wines in the world-he soon found a story that was much larger, and more thrilling, than he had originally imagined. In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the DRC,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.23 POTScheidt, Dave
Summary: A small town elects a dog mayor and, even with foes trying to put a stop to his campaign of fun, Mayor Good Boy helps Greenwood become a town filled with kindness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic 2021
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Summary: Mayor Good Boy might not be as good as the town of Greenwood thought, as Abby and Aaron begin to consider he may have been a bad boy this whole time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Graphic 2023
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Summary: "Milo is just your average twelve-year-old boy. His loving parents are mummies, his best friend is an old wizard, and his babysitters are witches. When Milo isn't busy at school or visiting the comic book store, he loves to hang out with cool teen vampires, play with magical kitties, feed a hungry kaiju, and avoid a love-crazed gorilla at all costs. You know, typical kid stuff"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group 2023
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Summary: The Cinco de Mayo (5th of May) is a Mexican holiday, also celebrated in the United States, that celebrates the victory of Mexican forces over the French on May 5, 1862 at the Battle of Puebla.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.2 SMIUriarte, Maximilian
Summary: "Lapis Lazuli is a rich blue semiprecious gemstone found deep in the Sar-i-sang mountains of Afghanistan's Badakhshan province. For thousands of years it has sustained the nearby mining villages, whose inhabitants lived peacefully in the mountainous landscape--until the Taliban, known in the region as the Horsemen, came to seek the riches stored deep beneath the earth. Taliban rule has turned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 URIWied, Maximilian
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taschen 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 978.02 WIEYorck von Wartenburg, Maximilian
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Publisher / Publication Date: s.n. 1942
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 944.04 YorckScheier, Liz
Summary: "A darkly funny and devastating memoir of growing up in '90s Manhattan with a mentally ill single parent"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHEIER, LIZ SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B SCHEIER SCHSchweit, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 698 SCHSchmitt, Abraham.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8553 SCHScheier, Leah
Summary: Nine months after Danny disappeared, his closest friends, Ellie, Rae, and Deenie, deal with their loss very differently but will have to share secrets about the night he disappeared to uncover the truth. Chapters alternate between past and present.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SCHFreeman, Ira Maximilian
Summary: Explains what scientists have discovered about sound through musical instruments, electronic devices, and living creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1968
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Summary: A former White House Executive Chef presents more than sixty of his signature recipes, along with a look at the Clinton and Bush First Families and an account of such episodes as teaching Chelsea Clinton to cook, the chaos in the wake of 9/11, and the challenges of serving under two very different presidents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 642.4 SCHSchein, Elyse
Summary: This is the true story of Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein, who shared a personal history for more than three decades--and didn't know it. In her mid-30s, Schein finally decided to call an adoption agency to learn about her biological mother. Not expecting much, she instead got the surprise of her life. Her identical twin sister, Bernstein, lived just minutes away.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 306.8750 SCHScheibe, Amy.
Summary: "[Emmaline] Nelson and her sister Birdie grow up in the hard, cold, rural, Lutheran world of strict parents, strict milking times, and strict morals. Marriage is preordained, the groom practically predestined. Though it's 1958, southern Minnesota did not see changing roles for women on the horizon. Caught in a time bubble between a world war and the ferment of the 1960s, Emmy doesn't see that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHSchmitt, Eric
Summary: Reveals the Pentagon's covert strategy for countering terrorism that developed when initial efforts following September 11 were unsuccessful, explaining how multiple agencies have adapted Cold War practices to disrupt key jihadist networks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2011