Austen, Jane
Summary: Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Easton Press 1977
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AUSRappaport, Helen.
Summary: "They were the Princess Dianas of their day--perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. The four captivating Russian Grand Duchesses--Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Romanov--were much admired for theirhappy dispositions, their looks, the clothes they wore and their privileged lifestyle. Over the years, the story of the four Romanov sisters...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 RAPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 ROMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ROMANOVSummary: Barbie and her sisters discover everything's better when you do it together in this splashy, sun-kissed adventure! After the girls and their pets arrive at an island paradise for Chelsea's big dance competition, they decide to make a quick side trip to see the nearby Dancing Horse Festival. But when their furry friends go missing at the event, it's up to the sisters to find them before...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BAR RATED GCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BARWelsh, Clare Helen
Summary: "A story about sisters. A story about love. A story about how it feels when someone close to you is diagnosed with a serious illness. A book to help name and explore the complicated feelings borne of heartbreaking situations."--Amazon.com
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WELSummary: A ballet based loosely on Anton Chekhov's play Three sisters. Second program is a documentary portrait of the influential British choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan, with extracts from many of his ballets including The burrow, Romeo and Juliet, Gloria, Manon and The prince of the pagodas.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Kultur 2009
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS WINSummary: A few days after Christmas, half-sisters Ida and Tuva set out on a winter dive in a remote part of the Norwegian coastline. Toward the end of the dive, a rockslide traps Tuva underwater. As Ida surfaces to call for help, she discovers that the rockslide has struck above water as well, burying their equipment, phones, and car keys; they are completely cut off from any chance of outside rescue....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BRESummary: Jane Austen's Emma: beautiful, rich and infuriating emma woodhouse meddles in other's romantic lives with unexpected results.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RLJ Entertainment 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CLASummary: The show follows Margaret and Helen Schlegel, two intelligent, idealistic sisters living together in Edwardian London with their hypochondriac brother, Tibby. Their loving but interfering Aunt Juley tries to keep the siblings in line after the death of their parents, but a series of events push the sisters to lead unorthodox lives full of romance, tragedy, and drama.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2020
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HOWJacobson, Jennifer
Summary: Family, friendship, new school challenges, and a rather large dog problem combine as sisters adjust to their new tiny house life in this charming chapter book series starter from award-winning author Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Perfect for fans of Ivy and Bean and Judy Moody. In a tiny house, 3 shirts + 3 pants = 9 different outfits. Eight- and six-year-old sisters Twig and Turtle are excited...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: VOX Publishing, a Library Ideas Company] 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG JACPraag, Menna van
Summary: "As children, Goldie, Liyana, Scarlet, and Bea dreamed of a strange otherworld where the four girls, half-sisters connected by blood and magic, could nurture their elemental powers. But at thirteen, they were ripped from Everwhere and separated. They later searched for one another and yearned to rediscover their supernatural strengths. But to realize their full potential, the blood sisters must...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PRASummary: The awful truth: One of the best "screwball" comedies of the thirties, in which a separated couple do their best to spoil one another's love affair while awaiting their divorce.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA CARSummary: Elena, a young Brazilian woman, travels to New York with the same dream as her mother, to become a movie actress. She leaves behind her childhood spent in hiding during the years of the military dictatorship. She also leaves Petra, her seven year old sister. Two decades later, Petra also becomes an actress and goes to New York in search of Elena. She only has a few clues about her: home movies,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Syndicado 2012
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Marshall, Linda Elovitz
Summary: "The fascinating story of Marie Curie and her sister Bronia, two trailblazing women who worked together and made a legendary impact on chemistry and healthcare as we know it"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023