Summary: An airport janitor makes a big difference in the lives of the children in his poor neighborhood when they mistake him for an airplane pilot. Using his imagination to weave stories of the wonderful places he has visited around the world, a friendship develops as he brings hope to their otherwise grim home life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Terra Entertainment 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CAPSummary: Theo Faron is a bureaucrat in a Britain gone despotic. It is 2027 and the entire planet has gone infertile. Women no longer have babies, and chaos has erupted: war, rebellion, mass destruction, and a huge refugee problem, with the imposition of martial law. One day, Theo is kidnapped. His ex-wife Julian has a proposition for her former spouse, and because of their relationship, she thinks Theo...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI CHISummary: Grazia is a carefree mother of three, who soon becomes the focus of her neighbors' gossip. While her fellow Lampedusians work and live hard - oblivious to their native paradise - Grazia alone is courageous enough to blissfully embrace life's treasures. Her wild, sensual and free-spirited behavior reflects the unrivaled beauty of her heavenly seaside village. She is not understood or accepted by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RESSummary: A drama based on the true story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemon tree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LEM1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF LEM
Summary: "October, 1940. Manchester, England. As valiant Jewish RAF pilot David defends the skies against the Luftwaffe, Harry and Kasia finally arrive home. How will Robina cope with another refugee under roof? When yet another house guest arrives -- Sir James, a civil servant on official business -- he looks set to beguile his host, but will Kasia be charmed as well? Meanwhile, in Berlin, teenager...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WOR2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WOR
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV WORSummary: View a groundbreaking film, which tells the stories of nine extraordinary girls from nine countries, written by nine celebrated writers and narrated by nine renowned actors. Viewers will see a showcase of strength from the human spirit and the power of education to change the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GIRRama
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Himalayan Institute Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7046 RAMAMana
Contents: disc 1. De pies a cabeza (5:40) -- Oye mi amor (4:54) -- Refrigerador (3:59) -- Donde jugaran los niños (Obertura) (6:30) -- Soledad (6:12) -- Huele a tristeza (7:12) -- Te llore un rio (6:34) -- Estoy agotado (4:16) -- Perdido en un barco (4:19) -- Buscandola (4:11) --
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: WEA Latina 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN MANSummary: The Ultra City Smiths story unfolds via the stop-motion animation of baby dolls repurposed as a grown-up cast of characters. The series hinges on an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of fictional metropolis Ultra City's most famous magnate. Two intrepid detectives follow the case, rallying to fight against their city's dangerous corruption, at a high cost to themselves and their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ULTRama
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of the U.S.A. 1986
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Summary: Best friends Lily and Salma disagree over their preferred foods, but after trading sandwiches to see how they taste, the girls change their minds.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion Books 2010
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Contents: Pledge. Are you watching closely -- Colorado Springs -- Light field -- Borden meets Sarah -- Adagio for Julia -- Turn. New trick -- Journal -- Transported man -- No, not today -- Caught -- Cutter returns -- Real transported man -- Man's reach exceeds his imagination -- Goodbye to Jess -- Prestige. Sacrifice -- Price of a good trick -- Prestige.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hollywood Records 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC PRETripp, Valerie
Summary: In 1932, Kit faces a very different Christmas because of her family's financial problems and allows her pride to estrange her from her best friend.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2000
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRISutton, Karah
Summary: The witch Baba Yaga and a wolf switch bodies and form an unlikely alliance to save the forest from an evil tsar.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUTSummary: A scientist performs regeneration experiments on himself, and passes on the genes to his son, Bruce. Now Bruce is performing experiments that expose him to radiation and nanomeds, which combined with his unique genes, unleashes the Hulk.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE HULDiOrio, Rana
Summary: The word 'entrepreneur' may feel distant to some, but this book, with its elegantly expressed concepts and superb imagery, makes entrepreneurial values accessible to children at a personal level--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pickle Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 338 DIOSultan, Mark.
Contents: Beautiful girl -- 100 little women -- Cursed world -- Spinning ceiling -- Two left feet -- Je ne savais pas -- Mortal man -- Something wrong -- Warpath -- We're sinking -- Unicorn rainbow odyssey.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: In the Red Records 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SULSultan, Rosie.
Summary: A captivating novel that explores the little-known romance of a beloved American icon Helen Keller has long been a towering figure in the pantheon of world heroines, yet the enduring portrait of her in the popular imagination comes from The Miracle Worker, which ends when Helen is seven years old. Rosie Sultan's debut novel imagines a part of Keller's life she rarely spoke of or wrote about:...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2012
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Summary: In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company Publications 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRITripp, Valerie
Summary: "Ruthie Smithens, a girl who loves fairy tales and happy endings, doesn't mind being 'goofy Ruthie' if it makes her best friend, Kit Kittredge, smile and forget about the hardships of the Depression. But when Ruthie finds out that the Kittredges are going to be evicted from their house, she makes up her mind to help..."--Cover back.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2008
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRISummary: Northern England, the early 1960's. Frank Machin is a coal miner who is mean, tough and ambitious enough to rise up and become an immediate professional rugby star. The rugby league team is run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THIAranda, Ana
Summary: "A family honors their living and dead relatives as they celebrate the Day of the Dead with shared food and stories"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ARACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ARAStevenson, Sultan
Contents: Foreword -- Guilty by association -- Prayer -- To be seen -- Safe passage -- Thank you, thank you God -- Summer was our holy place -- He has made me whole -- Faithful one -- Faithful one (reprise) -- Afterword.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ STEDiOrio, Rana
Summary: "You have the power to protect yourself and others! What does it mean to be safe? Does it mean beating a throw to home plate? Does it mean never taking risks? No! Being safe is about feeling secure, feeling protected and being responsive--no matter the environment or situation. You can be safe in so many simple ways. From being aware of your limits to creating healthy boundaries. By not giving...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pickle Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2019