Summary: On a path to avenge her mother's death, Pixie Hardy attempts a heist that will give her the means to leave her small town life behind. When the plan goes horribly wrong she's forced to team up with a pair of misfits who are clearly in over their heads. On the run from an organized gang, criminal priests, and nuns, led by Father McGrath, the trio will scheme and swindle anyone they come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PIXCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PIXSummary: Wake Island: A handful of U.S. Marines holdout against an overwhelming Japanese air, land and sea assault.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OSummary: Lucy Honeychurch and her nervous chaperone embark on a grand tour of Italy. Alongside sweeping landscapes, Lucy encounters a suspect group of characters (socialist Mr. Emerson and his working-class son George, in particular) who both surprise and intrigue her. When piqued interest turns to potential romance, Lucy is whisked home to England, where her attention turns to Cecil Vyse. But now, with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ROOSummary: Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng. One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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2 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLESummary: Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng. One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Annie is left in the care of her elderly and out-of-date grandfather and is sure her summer is doomed. When her attempt at escape goes awry, she meets new friends who help her connect with her grandfather and bring the power of forgiveness into her family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Feature Films for Families 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY COMSummary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: In Curious George Rides a Bike, George the monkey goes riding on his new bicycle and runs into unexpected adventure.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Thomason, Dustin.
Summary: From the co-author of the two-million copy mega-bestseller The Rule of Four comes a riveting thriller with a brilliant premise based on the 2012 apocalypse phenomenon--perfect for readers of Steve Berry, Preston and Child, and Dan Brown. For decades, December 21, 2012, has been a touchstone for doomsayers worldwide. It is the date, they claim, when the ancient Maya calendar predicts the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2012
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Summary: Set in 1860s New York City, the drama is centered on Kevin Corcoran, an intense, rugged, Irish-American cop working in the city's notorious Five Points neighborhood. He struggles to maintain his moral compass while embarking on a quest to learn the truth about the disappearance of his wife and the death of his daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Americas 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COPFreston, Kathy.
Summary: Promotes weight loss, healthy eating, and conscious consumerism through veganism, arguing that a meat and dairy-free lifestyle helps one lose weight, live longer, and is better for the economy and the environment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5637 FRESummary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWIReston, James
Contents: Prologue: The Battle of Maldon -- King Olaf Trygvesson --Thorgeir the Lawspeaker --- Queen Sigrid the Strong-Minded -- Svein Forkbeard versus Ethelred the Unready -- Armageddon at sea -- Al Mansour, the Avenging Moor -- Little Sancho and Sancho the Great -- Forty thousand horsemen of the Apocalpse -- Vajk the Saint -- Gerbert the Wizard --Theophano, almost purple-born -- Otto the Dreamer --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 RESMapes, Creston
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Publishers 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAPThomason, Dustin.
Summary: From the co-author of the two-million copy mega-bestseller The Rule of Four comes a riveting thriller with a brilliant premise based on the 2012 apocalypse phenomenon--perfect for readers of Steve Berry, Preston and Child, and Dan Brown. For decades, December 21, 2012, has been a touchstone for doomsayers worldwide. It is the date, they claim, when the ancient Maya calendar predicts the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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Thomason, Dustin.
Summary: Shortly before December 21, 2012, a CDC expert encounters a confounding medical mystery, and a talented Mayan scholar comes into possession of a priceless codex with terrifying implications for modern civilization.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2012
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLEBresson, Robert
Summary: Tells the story of Balthazar, a donkey whose grim life reflects the human nature around him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AUBretton, Barbara.
Summary: Chloe Hobbs, a sorcerer's daughter and owner of Sticks & String, a knitting shop in Sugar Maple, a Vermont town populated by warlocks, vampires, witches, and other paranormal inhabitants, believes that she has finally found Mr. Right, Luke MacKenzie, the all-too-human cop investigating the town's first homicide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BREBresson, Robert.
Contents: Mouchette / Robert Bresson -- Aquarelle / Dominique Delouche -- Shakespeare Wallah / James Ivory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: L'Avant scene 1968
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MOUBretton, Barbara.
Summary: In the delightful follow-up to "Casting Spells," featuring knit-shop owner and sorcerer's daughter Chloe Hobbs, the spirit of Luke MacKenzie's daughter is being held hostage by a certain Fae leader. And if Chloe weaves a spell to free the child's spirit, Chloe's nemesis will also be free--free to destroy her yarn shop and all of Sugar Maple, Vermont.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BREHampson, Anne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1990
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HAMYeston, Maury.
Contents: Overture delle donne (Female ensemble) -- Guido's song (Daniel Day-Lewis) -- A call from the Vatican (Judi Dench) -- Be Italian (Fergie) -- My husband makes movies (Marion Cotillard) -- Cinema italiano (Kate Hudson) -- Guarda la luna (Sophia Loren) -- Unusual way (Nicole Kidman) -- Take it all (Marion Cotillard) -- I can't make this movie (Daniel Day-Lewis) -- Finale -- Quando quando quando...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Geffen Records 2009