Starr, Douglas P.

Summary: With high drama and stunning detail, relates the infamous crime and punishment of French serial killer Joseph Vacher, interweaving the story of how Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne, Emile Fourquet and colleagues developed forensic science as we know it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 STA

Summary: In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckler skills and the ever fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become real heroes of an even greater story when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and takes them on a journey over moonlit rooftops to the lush jungles of Neverland. Wendy and her brothers join Peter...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Peter 2004

Douglass, Sara.

Summary: Accompanying his physician father on his annual journey to the Escator prison mines, apprentice Garth Baxtor works to develop his ability to diagnose others by touching them and discovers a horrifying secret when working with a prisoner.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: TOR 1996

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOU

Douglass, Sara.

Summary: Having raised the magic of Elcho Falling while forging new allies, Serpent Coil priestess Isabelle Brunell and Lord Maximillian assist the efforts of former god Axis SunSoar, who has revived the Strike Force after rediscovering the magical Star Dance.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eos 2010

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOU

Summary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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

Keller, Shana

Summary: "Frederick Douglass knew that learning to read and write would be the first step in his quest for freedom. Told from first-person perspective and using some of Douglass's own words, this biography draws from his experiences as a young boy and his attempts to learn how to read and write."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DOU

Stuart, Douglas

Summary: "Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's war on heavy industry has put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie's guiding light but a burden for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2020

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Stuart, Douglas

Summary: Growing up in a housing estate in Glasgow, Mungo is a Protestant while James is Catholic. Against all odds, they become friends and eventually lovers. They dream of finding somewhere they can belong.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Stuart, Douglas

Summary: "The story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James. Born under different stars--Mungo a Protestant and James a Catholic--they should be sworn enemies if they're to be seen as men at all. Their environment is a hyper-masculine and sectarian one, for gangs of young men and the violence they might dole out dominate the Glaswegian estate where they live. And yet against all...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2022

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Summary: Elle, who has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GRA

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

Summary: Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect escape from the Earth moments before its destruction and join forces with Zaphod Beeblebrox on board the ship Heart of Gold. They meet many people and aliens in their search for the ultimate question.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2005

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HIT

Summary: Global icon and recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Dolly Parton, has joined forces with some of rock music's most legendary artists along with today's biggest stars for her first-ever rock album. The ever-evolving Parton teamed up with an all-star roster of musicians for the 30-song collection which includes nine original tracks and 21 covers of iconic rock anthems.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in NEW Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY PAR

Summary: "Bathed in lurid Technicolor, melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind is the stylishly debauched tale of a Texas oil magnate brought down by the excesses of his spoiled offspring. Features an all-star quartet that includes Robert Stack as a pistol-packin' alcoholic playboy; Lauren Bacall as his long-suffering wife; Rock Hudson as his earthy best friend; and Dorothy Malone as his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001

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

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Field, Cynthia R.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 727.6 FIE

Spurr, Elizabeth.

Summary: Their usual silliness reigns as the eccentric Peterkin family prepares for Christmas.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2004

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC SPU

Summary: The heartwarming true story of a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station everyday and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Even after his master passed away, he continued to return to the same spot at the station every day for the next nine years to wait for his beloved master. During his daily visits he touched many lives and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010

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Murray, Stuart A. P.

Summary: Throughout the history of the world, libraries have been constructed, burned, discovered, raided, and cherished--while the treasures they housed evolved from early stone tablets, to beautifully illumined vellum, and to the mass-produced, bound paper books and the digital formats of our present day. This book opens doors to the libraries of ancient Greece, early China, Renaissance England, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.009 MUR

Stars

Contents: Dead hearts -- Wasted daylight -- I died so I could haunt you -- Fixed -- We don't want your body -- He dreams he's awake -- Changes -- The passenger -- The last song ever written -- How much more -- Winter bones.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Vagrant 2010

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK STA

Contents: Disc 1. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (John Mellencamp) -- Be my baby (Melissa Etheridge) -- Love child (Melissa Etheridge) -- Leader of the pack (Melissa Etheridge) -- Tired of being alone (Al Green) -- A change is gonna come (Al Green) -- My city was gone (The Pretenders) -- Folsom Prison blues (Johnny Cash) -- I can't turn you loose (Aretha Franklin) -- It's a man's man's man's world (James Brown)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1996

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CON

Easy Star All-Stars

Contents: Speak to me -- Breathe (in the air) (feat. Sluggy Ranks) -- On the run -- Time (feat. Corey Harris & Ranking Joe) -- The great gig in the sky (feat. Kirsty Rock) -- Money (feat. Gary "Niesta" Pine & Dollarman) -- Us and them (feat. Frankie Paul) -- Any colour you like -- Brain damage (feat. Dr. Israel) -- Eclipse (feat. The Meditations) -- Bonus tracks. Time version -- Great dub in the sky --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Easy Star Records 2003

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE EAS

Summary: Nicholas becomes the head of the family when his father dies unexpectedly. Keeping watch over his mother and his sister Kate becomes an even greater challenge when Nicholas discovers that his father lost the family fortune due to ill-advised investments. Without a shilling to his name, Nicholas turns to his wealthy but unforgiving Uncle Ralph for help.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: United Artists Films 2002

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

Summary: Here comes Cookie: A wealthy retiree surprises everyone by deeding his entire fortune to his ditzy daughter. But when the newly rich young woman becomes convinced the family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy, complications abound -- Six of a kind: Sharing a car on a drive to California with another couple turns into a comedy marathon -- Love in bloom: Lighthearted story of a young woman on...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GEO

Summary: Jeff Goldblum may have starred in some of the biggest movies in history, but to secure a green card for his young Canadian fiancée, he's agreed to do a two-week regional theater production of "The music man" in his Pennsylvania hometown. Now he's faced with grueling rehearsals, a furious agent, good friends with their own troubles whom he's convinced to co-star, and the very real prospect of a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Starz Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PIT