Stephens, Edna.
Summary: Uses the letters of the alphabet to highlight American events, places, people and concepts, and includes information about the American flag and democratic principles.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: EDCO Publishing 2002
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973 STESummary: After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria's England, hides behind the walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure. The doctor is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOLSummary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PACStevens, Dana
Summary: "As one of the most famous faces of silent cinema, Buster Keaton was and continues to be revered for his stoic expressions, clever visual gags, and acrobatic physicality in classics such as Sherlock Jr., The General, and The Cameraman. In this spirited biography, every aspect of Buster Keaton's astonishing life is explored, from his humble beginnings in vaudeville with his parents to his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEASummary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TV PACSummary: Bick Benedict, his society-gilded wife and three generations of land-rich Texas sons and daughters love, swagger, connive and clash in a monumental drama of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly-rich oil tycoons.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GIACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GIASummary: Bella is still very much in love with Edward. The rest of the vampire coven who call themselves the Cullens, especially Alice, decide to throw Bella a private party for her eighteenth birthday. Things go wrong when Bella cuts her finger and thirst overcomes the vampires. As a result of the danger Bella was put through, the Cullen family decides to leave Forks, Washington. Bella becomes so...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2010
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TWICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD NEWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWI RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Tw2Summary: After stealing a truckload of gold bars, a gang of thieves absconds to the ruins of a remote village perched on the cliffs of the Mediterranean. Home to a reclusive yet hypersexual artist and her motley crew of family and admirers, it seems like a perfect hideout. But when two cops roll up on motorcycles to investigate, the hamlet erupts into a hallucinatory battlefield as both sides engage in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN LETSummary: The DVD introduces a brand new Wiggly character, Shirley Shawn the Unicorn. The children will love hearing about and dancing around with this 'scrumptious' unicorn! The wide styles of music on this DVD reflect the diversity of the wonderful art form that ballet is! Hope is that this brand new and fun Wiggly music inspires the child listeners' imagination to dress up like the characters in the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WIGSummary: Season six introduces several jarring storylines. As "Billith" comes to terms with his newfound powers after emerging from a pool of blood at the end of season five, Louisiana governor Truman Burrell declares open season on vampires, replete with novel anti-vamp weapons and high-tech internment camp. Sookie and Jason steel themselves for an encounter with the killer of their parents; the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TRUSummary: The incredible true story of Olympic legend Jesse Owens. In his epic quest to be the greatest athlete in history, Owens chooses to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he must overcome not only elite competition, but also the brutal racial climate of Adolf Hitler's Germany. A film about courage, determination, tolerance, friendship and trust.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RACCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RAC RATED PG13Coelho, Joseph
Summary: UK Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho presents twenty tiny tales -- each one illustrated by a different artist, and each just ten words long -- in a book that's as much a work of art as an invitation to budding writers. Is it possible to spin a tale using just ten words? In this magnificent compendium, author and poet Joseph Coelho proves that it is -- with mini-stories of underwater worlds,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COESummary: Show Boat: When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GRESummary: "When sad old Eeyore loses his tail, Owl sends the whole gang--Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga and Roo--on a wild journey to help Eeyore and save Christopher Robin from the mysterious Backson"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY WINSummary: Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father. She begins her junior year in high school and becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen. He holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for, a true soul mate. But he knows the further they progress in their relationship the more he is putting Bella and those close to her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2009
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TWICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWI RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Tw1Summary: In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. However, someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread soon becomes a fully formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR MENSummary: In this classic tale, a bizarre crime takes place in an outer suburb of London. Sherlock Holmes traces the motive back to a remote island in the Indian Ocean in this high quality entertaining animated feature for your kids and family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PlumTum 2013
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Summary: It is filmmaker Chris Bell's (Bigger Stronger Faster) hard-hitting and thought-provoking expose of Big Pharma, its marketing practices and their impact on the staggering level of addiction to prescription drugs in North America. Executive Produced by Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley, this documentary is compelling viewing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PREContents: Part of the union / The Brothers (2:55) -- Ordinary boy / Small wonder (2:55) -- The Hertfordshire rock / Ricky Wilde (2:47) -- When work is over / The Kinks (2:06) -- Sailing / The Sutherland Bros Band (2:36) -- In your life / Adam Faith (2:39) -- Londonderry / Phil Cordell (3:08) -- Cut loose / Stud Leather (3:02) -- I'm on fire / The Troggs (2:12) -- Kill / Mike McGear (1:49) -- And the fun...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK THRSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Another supernatural force has come to light in Bon Temps, witchcraft, and life for its residents will never be the same. Sookie finds herself entangled in a love triangle, torn between a vengeful Bill, the new Vampire King of Mississippi, and Eric, who's not the former Viking he once was. Led by a charismatic witch named Marnie, who threatens to let no one living or dead stand in her way, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment, [2012] 2012