Meltzer, Milton
Summary: Examines the life of the reclusive nineteenth-century Massachusetts poet whose posthumously published poetry brought her the public attention she had carefully avoided during her lifetime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DICSummary: He has the appearance and manner of the king, yet he's really a lookalike ... and on his shoulders rests all hope of foiling a blackguard's plot to usurp the throne. Adventure, pageantry and royal intrigue are forged at sword point.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE PRIAdams, Douglas
Summary: In this collection of novels, Arthur Dent is introduced to the galaxy at large when he is rescued by an alien friend seconds before Earth's destruction, and embarks on a series of amazing adventures with his new companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gramercy Books 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Nobel Laureate Camilo Jose Cela, called "the leading figure in Spain's literary renewal during the post-war era" by the Swedish Academy, combined a marked fondness for experiment, a provocative attitude, and an old Spanish tradition of hilarious grotesqueness, which so often constitutes the other side of despair. This lyrical program captures the insights of Cela and many who knew him, shedding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Perhaps Spain's best-known novelist before the Spanish Civil War, Ramon Sender belonged to the social narrative and existential schools and was a member of the vaunted Generation of 1925. When his wife and family were killed in the war, he fled into exile during which time he wrote some of his finest works. In this program, location footage, archival photos, and realia are combined with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Burroughs, William S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 BURSummary: Set in an early nineteenth-century, gossip-driven English town, seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson faces a world of change when her long-widowed physician father remarries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 2002
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Percy, Walker
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 PERSummary: Enamored of reading and writing, inspired by his grandmother's storytelling, and matured by eight years in prison for clandestine revolutionary activities against the Pinochet regime, Luis Sepulveda has become a writer with something to say-with an international following that wants to hear it. In this program, Sepulveda talks with veteran journalist Enzo Biagi about his childhood, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Neera is a young girl who becomes seperated from her father in Arabia during World War II. Left alone in the desert, she befriends a wild colt, who she names Shetan. Once reunited with her father, however, Neera remains haunted by images of "the lost horse of the desert". This is the prequel to 'The Black Stallion' and shows the relationship between the stallion and the young girl who have come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2004
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY YOUBacher, Lindsay.
Summary: This title examines the role and theme of Biblical allusions in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Matrix, Lord of the Flies, and The Lion King. It features four analysis papers that consider Biblical allusions, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 809 BACWharton, Edith
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHASummary: Alvaro Cunqueiro is regarded as the undisputed master of Galician literature and the only Spanish writer to achieve recognition beyond the linguistic boundaries of Galicia. He was an extremely versatile author, trying virtually every genre-from medieval cantigas to literatura fantastica. This program uses a variety of interviews with Cunqueiro, archival footage, and the reminiscences of fellow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Hardy, Thomas
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadview Press 1997
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peregrine Smith Books 1991
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Elinor, sensitive to social convention, struggles to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Will the sisters learn that sense must mix...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs-Smith Publisher 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.4 BURHemingway, Ernest
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 HEML'Engle, Madeleine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harold Shaw Publishers 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LENShoemake, Josh
Summary: Annotation An edge city, poised at the northernmost tip of Africa, just nine miles across the Strait of Gibraltar from Europe and overlooking both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, Tangier is more than a destination, it is an escape, and the Interzone, as William Burroughs called it, has attracted spies, outlaws, outcasts, and writers for centuries-men and women working out at the edge of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916 MOROCCO SHOSummary: "Learn about one of the greatest heroes of American literature: a dog named Buck. One of the greatest books of all time was written by a man named Jack London during the early twentieth century. The Call of the Wild has gone on to not only become a children's literary classic, but also one of the greatest stories ever told. Let's go back and take an in-depth look at the author, the story and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JACLogan, Kylie
Summary: The League of Literary Ladies is currently enjoying Margaret Mitchell's saga of the South, Gone with the Wind. But there's one situation on South Bass Island that they wish would simply blow over. Kidnapped as teenagers, the children of a famous movie star are now media darlings after a miraculous escape. What's next for the celebrity twins? They're opening an over-the-top B and B called Tara...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2017