Toomey, Christine
Summary: In 2011, Christine Toomey met an unforgettable group of Tibetan Buddhist nuns. After hearing their stories—of prison, extreme hardship, and ultimately fleeing across the Himalayas into exile—she resolved to learn more about the private, courageous women of Buddhism: who they are, their experience of suffering, what motivates them to seek enlightenment, and what stands in their way. Toomey’s...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 TOOSummary: In a remote medieval outpost of Ireland, young Brendan embarks on a new life of adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying a book brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2010
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SECCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Secret 2010Summary: A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DeSummary: The Baby Carriage: Infused with a jazzy, nouvelle vague-inspired energy, Bo Widerberg's feature debut has the freshness of youth. Building on his film criticism's call for a socially relevant Swedish cinema, the writer turned director offers a vivid portrait of a young factory worker finding her way toward independence as she weathers unexpected pregnancy, learns hard lessons from relationships...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. A pocket full of rye: Who poisoned the wealthy businessman Rex rotescue? Miss Marple barely has time to ponder this question before her former maid Gladys turns up strangled on the Fortescue estate. Murder is Easy: Murder is easy, says elederly Miss Pinkerton to Miss Marple...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV AGAContents: Outside of this town -- Fresh out (featuring Buddy Guy) -- It ain't right -- Been here before -- If you love me -- Love ain't my favorite word -- Listen (featuring Keb' Mo') -- Before I'm old -- Believe these blues -- Trouble -- Hard times -- That's fine by me.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES INGSummary: We're the Millers: A small-time pot dealer must become a big-time drug smuggler, so he convinces his neighbors - a stripper, a loser and a runaway - to play his fake family as he heads south of the border.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 2 FILSummary: Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIGCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BIGGleeson, Brendan
Summary: A young boy in medieval Ireland must brave the enchanted forest and its mythical creatures to help the master illuminator complete his magical book which will bring enlightenment to all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SECContents: Disc one. Give me back my wig / Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers (3:31) -- I'm a woman / Koko Taylor (4:36) -- Have mercy / Big Walter Horton ; with Carey Bell (3:45) -- Somebody loan me a dime / Fenton Robinson (2:54) -- It's my fault, darling / Professor Longhair (4:54) -- Telephone angel / Son Seals (5:25) -- Lights out / Johnny Winter (2:35) -- Blue Monday hangover / Albert Collins...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES ALLSummary: An eclectic group of artists performed selections from the Bob Dylan songbook on October 16, 1992 at Madison Square Garden in New York City to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dylan's debut album.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Records 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BOBSummary: Carol White is an L.A. housewife in the late 1980s who comes down with a debilitating illness. After the doctors she sees can give her no clear diagnosis, she comes to believe that she has frighteningly extreme environmental allergies. A prescient commentary on self-help culture, as a metaphor for the AIDS crisis, as a drama about class and social estrangement, and as a horror film about what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA SAFSummary: Derek Charles is a successful asset manager who works for a small company. He has a beautiful wife, a wonderful marriage, and because of his hard work has just received a huge promotion. When an attractive temporary worker, who is both sexy and smart, gets hired, he finds himself physically drawn to her and everything he has worked so hard for is placed in jeopardy. She is desperate to get...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER OBSSummary: Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Connecticut town begin to slip into an existentialist void. Social taboos are shattered on whims and the line between adult authority and juvenile irresponsibility is practically nonexistant. Focuses on the Hood and Carver families....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA ICESummary: When their village is invaded by the grumpy Bergens, two mismatched friends must work together in perfect harmony to save the day. Featuring hit songs performed by Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TROSummary: Two women from very different backgrounds find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her twenties, Therese is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CARDylan, Bob
Contents: Disc One. Like a rolling stone (John Mellencamp) -- Leopard-skin pill-box hat (John Mellencamp) -- Introduction (Kris Kristofferson) -- Blowin' in the wind (Stevie Wonder) -- Foot of pride (Lou Reed) -- Masters of war (Eddie Vedder ; Mike McCready) -- The times they are a-changin' (Tracy Chapman) -- It ain't me, babe (June Carter Cash ; Johnny Cash) -- What was it you wanted (Willie Nelson) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment 1993
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DYLBarberich, Christene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxmoor House 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 749.8 BARMorrell, Christyne
Summary: "When her father is arrested for a crime she unwillingly committed, Prismena will do anything to save him, taking her on a high-flying and shadowy adventure"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MORSummary: This anthology of contemporary worship songs collects both the big, meaty choral sounds of Lindell Cooley's "More of Your Glory" and the simpler stylings of Delirious?'s "Lord You Have My Heart" and "Come Into the King's Chambers."
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS SONTrent, Chistine.
Summary: Only a woman with an iron backbone could succeed as an undertaker in Victorian London, but Violet Morgan takes great pride in her trade. While her husband, Graham, is preoccupied with elevating their station in society, Violet is cultivating a sterling reputation for Morgan Undertaking. She is empathetic, well-versed in funeral fashions, and comfortable with death's role in life--until its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2013
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Ditchfield, Christin
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1976
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 361.37 DITToomey, David
Summary: "For readers of Inside of a Dog and The Soul of an Octopus, a fascinating, charming, and revelatory look at the science behind why animals play that shows how life--at its most fundamental level--is playful. In Kingdom of Play, critically acclaimed science writer David Toomey takes us on a fast-paced and entertaining tour of playful animals and the scientists who study them. From octopuses on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024