Summary: After an astronomer discovers communication emanating from the star Vega, she leads an international team in deciphering it, and travels through space to contact the senders of the message.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2009
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CoSummary: Clara, a young single doctor, has everything she wants, except love. Invited to a family wedding in Mexico, Clara convinces a charming coworker to pose as her current boyfriend, only to run into her old flame at the festivities. Now, with a little help from her colorful family, Clara must choose between two men, and two futures, in this heartwarming romantic comedy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EvSummary: When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbors, they accidentally created one of the world's first 'viral' pop-culture sensations. The tapes went on to inspire a cult following, spawning sell-out CDs, comic artworks, stage plays, music from the likes of Devo, and a Hollywood feeding frenzy. For the newly famous neighbors Eddie and Mitchell, this would be a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by New Video Group 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SHUSummary: In the late 1980s, 61-year-old former pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian launched a crusade to provide what he considered a humane and dignified option for the terminally ill--assisted suicide. Aided by his loyal friend Neal Nicol, and his older sister Margo Janus, Kevorkian begins offering his "death counseling" services to a grateful and burgeoning clientele. He earns the support of Hemlock...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Films 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA YOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie You 2010Scout, Mike
Summary: Did you know that a group of wolves is called a pack? This book gives readers an up-close look at life within a wolf pack. Each wolf has a role to play in order for the pack to survive. Wolves are great communicators. They use their communication skills to work together, especially when hunting. Amazing photographs are paired with accessible text to make this book both educational and fun. Fact...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.773 SCOKeane, Michael
Summary: In rhyming text based on "The Night Before Christmas," the troops of NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, discover that Santa is in trouble on Christmas Eve and quickly set about helping him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Pub. 2012
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KEAToth, Mike.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.1 TOTSummary: In the sleepy town of Brokenwood, New Zealand, the affable residents may seem harmless, but killers, blackmailers, and thieves lurk in every picturesque corner. To quell the community's alarming murder rate, Detective Mike Shepherd uses an unconventional style that contrasts with the methodical approach of his partner, Detective Kristin Sims, and the eager assistance of DC Sam Breen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BROSummary: "Son is Cuba's principal dance and song form and the root of salsa. Fusing African and Spanish elements, it ranges in style from simple, rustic bands to the brassy arrangements of New York salsa. This rough guide, literally a 'who's who' in Cuban music, explores this rich tradition, from its conception in the early 1900s to the present day big-band revival"--Container verso.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ROUSummary: It tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who begins to photograph her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Starz Media 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRASummary: "In the heart of downtown Seattle is the Union Gospel Mission - a homeless shelter catering to the addicted and the abused. For these men and women, hope is a novelty, self-esteem a luxury, and recovery a faraway ideal. But within the UGM is one man, an ex-Army Ranger, who believes in them. Believes in life. Believes in mountains. And he will attempt to use one of the most treacherous peaks in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NEWSummary: Based on South African President Nelson Mandela's autobiography of the same name, it chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country's once segregated society.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAN RATED PG-13Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Mandella 2014Summary: A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg, Tsotsi - a nickname meaning thug - is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected, until he discovers an infant in the backseat of a car he has stolen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TSO1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TSO
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TSOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TSO RATED RSade
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 843.6 SADSade
Contents: Is it a crime -- The sweetest taboo -- War of the hearts -- You're not the man -- Jezebel -- Mr. Wrong -- Punch drunk -- Never as good as the first time -- Fear -- Tar baby -- Maureen.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Portrait 1985
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES SADSade.
Contents: disc 1. Your love is king (3:41) -- Smooth operator (4:19) -- Hang on to your love (4:31) -- The sweetest taboo (4:28) -- Is it a crime (6:22) -- Never as good as the first time (3:58) -- Jezebel (5:26) -- Love is stronger than pride (4:20) -- Paradise (3:38) -- Nothing can come between us (3:54) -- No ordinary love (7:20) -- Kiss of life (4:14) -- Feel no pain (5:11) -- Bulletproof soul (5:24)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Epic 2011
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES SADRide
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RIDContents: Disc 1: Monster mash / Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers -- Zombie jamboree / Harry Belafonte -- Rockin' in the graveyard / Jackie Morningstar -- 'Til the following night / Screaming Lord Sutch -- Gravy (with some cyanide) / John Zacherle -- At the house of Frankenstein / Big Bee Kornegay -- She's my witch / Kip Tyler -- Mad house jump / The Daylighters -- Frankenstein rock / Eddie...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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3 available in Sight and Sound Halloween Display, Call number: CD HOL BESSummary: The Best Eighties Album contains the defining tracks of the decade features some of the biggest hits from artists including Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Bonnie Tyler, Toto, Adam & The Ants, KC & The Sunshine Band, The Bangles, Billy Ocean, James Brown and many more.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ONESummary: Bianca is a content high school senior whose world is shattered when she learns the student body refers to her as "Designated Ugly Fat Friend" to her prettier, more popular friends. With her universe turned upside down, she ignores words of wisdom from her favorite teacher and enlists Wesley, a slick but charming jock, to help set her apart from the pack and erase her label forever. In doing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DuSummary: In a Japanese prison camp on Java in 1942, two British officers, John Lawrence and Jack Celliers, encounter camp commander Yonoi and his sergeant Hara. Things had been going pretty well, until charismatic, rebellious Celliers arrived. Yonoi is a devotee of the samurai ideal; neither he nor Hara can understand the stoic way in which the British prisoners accept their situation of defeat....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MERContents: CD 1. The seasons (Lynyrd Skynryd) (4:09) ; Smokies (Barefoot Jerry) (2:13) ; Hush (Joe South) (3:45) ; Papa, won't you let me go to town with you (Bobbie Gentry) (2:33) ; Stone fox chase (Area Code 615) (3:16) ; God rest his soul (Duane and Gregg Allman) (3:52) ; I walk on guilded splinters (Cher) (2:30) ; Please be with me (Cowboy) (3:46) ; Ain't wastin' time no more (The Allman Brothers) ;...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES DELSummary: Butterfly researcher Cynthia and her lover Evelyn play a sadomasochistic role-playing game on their European estate, until one player's zeal may push their relationship too far.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015