Gutman, Dan
Summary: "After noticing that A.J. and his friends' geography knowledge could use some work, Mr. Cooper invites to class just the person to help. Globetrotter Mrs. Barr speaks seven languages and has visited nearly two hundred countries! But why does she carry a suitcase everywhere she goes? And why does she open a window whenever she walks into a room? Perhaps Mrs. Barr has something to hide"--Provided...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GUTTokarczuk, Olga
Summary: A seventeenth-century Dutch anatomist discovers the Achilles tendon by dissecting his own amputated leg. Chopin's heart is carried back to Warsaw in secret by his adoring sister. A woman must return to her native Poland in order to poison her terminally ill high school sweetheart, and a young man slowly descends into madness when his wife and child mysteriously vanish during a vacation and just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: FIC TOKSwift, Jonathan
Summary: A new illustrated gift edition of a beloved classic. Three hundred years ago, a great deal of the world as we now know it was still undiscovered. A voyage in those days was not a pleasant thing, and a traveller was likely to encounter mysterious islands and strange people. Danger lurked around every corner, and friends and foes are to be found unexpectedly, and in equal measure. When Lemeul...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Welbeck Editions 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Space travelers Joel Robinson, Mike Nelson, Tom Servo, Gypsy, and Crow mock B-movies sent to them by mad scientists Dr. Clayton Forrester and the evil Pearl Forrester.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MYSCurtis, Grace
Summary: "Welcome to the Grand Abeona Hotel: home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the galaxy has to offer. All year round it moves from planet to planet, system to system, pampering guests across the furthest reaches of the Milky Way. The last word in sub-orbital luxury--and an absolute magnet for intrigue. Intrigues such as: Why are there love poems in the lobby inbox?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: SF CURCurtis, Jamie Lee
Summary: "What would you take? Imagine you were leaving for a new country and could bring along only what would fit in a small suitcase. Which things would you choose to say to the world, "Hi there, this is me!""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC CURDoig, Ivan.
Summary: Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Doig's beloved Two Medicine Country of the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an eleven-year-old's imagination. But when Gram has to have surgery for "female trouble" in the summer of 1951, all she can think to do is to ship Donal off to her sister in faraway Manitowoc, Wisconsin....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DOISummary: A charming, evocative drama about a group of travelers in Italy who find solace and friendship after being thrown together by tragedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie My 2003Doig, Ivan.
Summary: "In the spirit of The Bartender's Tale, a lively and poignant coming-of-age story about a boy and his great-uncle on a cross-country odyssey. Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Doig's beloved Two Medicine Country of the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an eleven-year-old's imagination. But when Gram has to have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2015
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Summary: "Serving aboard the Ananke, an experimental military spacecraft launched by the ruthless organization that rules Earth and its solar system, computer scientist Althea has established an intense emotional bond--not with any of her crewmates, but with the ship's electronic systems, which speak more deeply to her analytical mind than human feelings do. But when a pair of fugitive terrorists gain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIGHolt, Anne
Summary: Small-time drug dealer is found battered to death on the outskirts of Oslo. A young Dutchman, walking aimlessly in Oslo, covered in blood, is taken into custody but refuses to talk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLSummary: Seth MacFarlane's hit space adventure series returns for more journeys into new worlds. Set 400 years in the future, the series follows the U.S.S. Orville, a mid-level exploratory spaceship. Its crew, both human and alien, face the wonders and dangers of outer space, while also dealing with the problems of everyday life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Or 2Cogan, Priscilla
Summary: "When a botched bank robbery leaves Billy T. Pickle in need of hostages, he winds up with more than he bargained for: a girl named Phoenix, who's filled with teen angst, and Kate, who's filled with wisdom that only comes with age. As they make their way across the country, Billy finds he needs these women more than he could have ever known"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Canoes Press 2007
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Swift, Jonathan
Summary: The unusual voyages of Englishman Lemuel Gulliver carry him to such strange locales as Lilliput, where the inhabitants are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; an island of sorcerers; and a nation ruled by horses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Captain Ed Mercer thrusts into space aboard the explorer ship the USS Orville. Joined by his first office ex-wife and intergalactic crew, he grapples with everything from a planet-absorbing space anomaly to an overly amorous, gelatinous engineer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2018
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Summary: Impulse: For once in her life, Rebecca Malone is following her heart. After quitting her job and selling all her belongings, she heads to Greece in search of adventure. So when a sexy local restaurant owner pursues her, she can't resist playing the role of sophisticated, well-traveled woman. But falling in love with Stephen Nickodemus was not part of the plan! Now she'll have to find a way to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silhouette Books, published by Silhouette Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROBSwift, Jonathan
Summary: The voyages of an Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; and a country ruled by horses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2002
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Summary: Captain Cuke and Mr. Spork learn about sharing when they and the USS Applepies crew take on power stealing space pirate, Luntar the Looter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Idea 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV VEGCopies Available at Kingsley
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1996
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Summary: On a journey across the Indian Ocean, the passengers of the enormous ship, The Ibis, bond together like family. Intent on fighting China's nineteenth-century Opium Wars, this hodgepodge group of passengers travel together from the high seas to the poppy fields of the Ganges, and into the backstreets of exotic Canton.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brillance Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GHOClarke, Brock
Summary: Powered by pitch-perfect dialogue, lovable characters, and surprising optimism, Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe? is a modern-day take on Graham Greene's classic Travels with My Aunt, a novel about grabbing life, and holding on--wherever it may take you.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2019