Simpson, Tonya
Summary: "This gentle picture-book lullaby, in both Plains Cree and English, is a celebration of the plants and animals of the Prairies and the Plains and a meditation on the sacred, ancestral connections between Indigenous children and their Traditional Territories."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIMSimpson, Mona
Summary: "The story of a family whose single mom, fighting mental illness, slowly becomes unable to raise her family, told from the perspective of each of the three children. As the novel opens, a mother drives her eldest son Walter from their home in Los Angeles to the University of California at Berkeley. It will be her last fully responsible act before breaking down completely and being committed to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: "From the acclaimed and award-winning author of Anywhere But Here and My Hollywood, a powerful new novel about a young boy's quest to uncover the mysteries of his unraveling family. What he discovers turns out to be what he least wants to know: the inner workings of his parents' lives. And even then he can't stop searching. Miles Adler-Hart starts eavesdropping to find out what his mother is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIMSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
Summary: When two boys disappear from a remote cattle station, local police sergeant Emma James calls in Indigenous detective Jay Swan to help find out what happened. As Emma and Jay butt heads over their conflicting methods, the unexpected arrival of Jay's troubled daughter only inflames the tension. But when their investigation uncovers other crimes haunting the backwater town, the detectives must...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MYSSummary: An alien crashes deep into the oilfields of New Mexico with a mission: he must find the brilliant scientist Justin Falls, the one woman on earth who can help save his species. An unlikely duo, together they discover that in order to save his world, they must first save ours. An inspired continuation of the novel by Walter Tevis and the iconic 1976 film starring David Bowie. This three-disc...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MANSummary: It's 1999, and freshly minted detective Jay Swan arrives in a dusty Outback town. Although he's the new copper on the beat, he grew up nearby, and his estranged family still lives here as does the woman who will change his life forever, Mary. Before Jay can even report for duty, he finds himself in the middle of an armed holdup, one of a series being perpetrated by a masked gang. The heists...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MYSSummary: Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighboring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam's relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SWESummary: In the midst of a global crisis, the USS Alabama receives an unconfirmed order to launch its nuclear missiles. The tension quickly rises as the sub's respected commander and his brilliant executive officer clash over the validity of their orders, battling each other for control of the sub.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hollywood Pictures Home Video 1990
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE CRIMPounder, Sibéal
Summary: Based on the major motion picture--an intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humor--Wonka introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time...proving that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you're lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Contents: Lonely town -- It's another night -- Hacia arriba -- Room at the top -- No es necesario -- I've never had a good time... in Paris -- The lighthouse waltz -- Esmeralda -- Mi camino -- A sea shanty.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK AYESummary: A peaceful farmer turns Confederate renegade to avenge the deaths of his wife and child at the hands of bandits-turned-Union sympathizers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1999
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN OUTSummary: A peaceful farmer turns Confederate renegade to avenge the deaths of his wife and child at the hands of bandits-turned-Union sympathizers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. 2010
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN OUTSummary: Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the jewel in the Roald Dahl crown and one of the bestselling children's books of all time, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician, and chocolate maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. This irresistibly vivid and inventive big-screen spectacle will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2024
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Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Virgin 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD OPERA MONSummary: Wyatt Earp is the sturdy lawman who sets about the task of shaping up the disorderly Arizona town of Tombstone, with the help of the boozy, tubercular gambler and gunman Doc Holliday. Though initially at cross-purposes, the pair ultimately team up to confront the violent Clanton gang.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Theodore 'Theo' Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day, a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOLLatham, Donna
Summary: Biology is the study of life, and life is all around you. You can find life thriving in the city and in the country, teeming in ecosystems around the planet--in deserts, oceans, and even the Arctic. Backyard Biology: Discover the Life Cycles and Adaptations Outside Your Door with Hands-On Science Activities introduces readers ages 9 to 12 to the amazing world of life science right outside their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 570.78 LATTonic
Contents: Future says run -- You wanted more -- Knock down walls -- Mean to me -- Sugar -- Stronger than mine -- Queen -- Waiting for the light to change -- Waltz with me -- Sunflower -- Drag me down -- Top falls down -- Love is a diamond.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TonicSummary: As Britain and the world are shaken by volatile political, economic, and technological developments, members of the Manchester Lyons family unite on one crucial night in 2019. Over the next fifteen years, the twists and turns of their lives are explored as viewers find out if this ordinary family could change the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV YEASummary: DVD: A feature documentary about Stones Throw Records. The film includes concert footage, archival material, inner-circle home video and photographs as well as in-depth interviews with Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Common, Questlove, Talib Kweli, Mike D, Tyler The Creator and many more.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC OURTosca.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1997