Summary: What happens when an Afrikaans guy and a Zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola? A contemporary romantic comedy about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society. Funny yet hard-hitting, the film tackles the thorny subject of cross-cultural relationships with humor and honesty.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FAN

Summary: Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MAR

Summary: "The brilliant debut by Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante is a mesmerizing fusion of fact and fable, a dreamlike depiction of the daily lives of Kaqchikel speaking Mayans on a coffee plantation at the base of an active volcano. Immersing viewers in its characters' customs and beliefs, the film chronicles with unblinking realism, a disappearing tradition and a disappearing people."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IXC

Summary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PAC

Weber, Carl Maria von

Contents: Peter Schmoll. Overture, J8 (op. 8) (9:37) -- Turandot. Overture and march, J75 (6:02) -- Silvana. Overture, J87 (5:30) -- Abu Hassan. Overture, J106 (3:32) -- Der Beherrscher der Geister = Ruler of the spirits, concert overture, J122 (6:17) -- Jubel-Ouvertüre = Jubilee overture, J245 (op. 59) (7:41) -- Der Freischütz. Overture, J277 (op. 77) (9:31) -- Preciosa. Overture, J279 (op. 78) (7:43)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Chandos 1992

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL WEB

Summary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TV PAC

Summary: Deanie is a beautiful and sensitive teenager who would do whatever her mother and her 1928 Kansas hometown find proper. Her boyfriend, Bud, has intense desires for Deanie and the two are very much in love. But, sexual pressures in society creates a rift in their relationship. She restrains herself while Bud acts on them, but with another girl. Bud's actions drive Deanie to madness. She is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SPL

Van Rooy, Michael

Summary: Hoping to put his criminal past behind him while working as a daycare provider, Monty is targeted by local activists and thugs and is forced to balance life on both sides of the law in order to protect his community and loved ones from incrementally violent acts.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2011

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAN

Summary: The world's top directors and some of America's top stars create a panoramic portrait of Paris. Find yourself transported by these sexy, romantic, haunting, dramatic, and beautiful stories.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PAR

Van Rooy, David L.

Summary: Career success doesn't happen overnight. From building relationships with mentors, to positioning (and repositioning) yourself for promotion--this essential guide provides the tools you need for a lifetime of advancement.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.14 VAN

Van Rooy, Michael

Summary: Wanting to settle down to a quiet life with his wife and baby, recovering addict and reformed thief Montgomery Haaviko foils a robbery in his home and is subsequently targeted by a vengeful crime boss and a suspicious police sergeant.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2010

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAN

Van Booy, Simon

Summary: Weaves together the story of Harvey's childhood with her Uncle Jason, a disabled felon who took her in after her parents died, and as a young woman in Paris as she awaits his arrival for a Father's Day visit.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAN

Van Booy, Simon

Summary: As the newest Keeper of Lost Things, Gertie Milk travels through time to return missing objects to famous figures at key moments in history, following the directives of the B.D.B.U.--a book that contains the knowledge of the world--and searching for clues to her past.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2017

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC VAN

Summary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWI

Van Booy, Simon.

Summary: The novel--inspired by true events--tells the stories of a deformed German infantryman; a lonely British film director; a blind museum curator; two Jewish American newlyweds separated by war; and a caretaker at a retirement home for actors in Santa Monica. They move through the same world but fail to perceive their connections until a veil is lifted to reveal the vital parts they have played...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAN

Summary: Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should trust nothing -- including their own search-and-rescue orders.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ESS

Cook, Lan

Summary: Here are traditional tales from every corner of the globe, all featuring bold and clever heroines who battle dragons, fight sea serpents or save their village from monstrous thieves. This is a sequel to the best-selling title Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls. Diverse range of characters. Lively retellings for a modern audience.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 COO

Summary: The inspiring story of how a small town in West Virginia, steeped in the rich tradition of college football, struggled to cope with a devastating loss and restore their community after one of the worst disasters in the history of American sports. On the evening of Saturday, November 14, 1970, a chartered jet carrying Marshall University's football team, coaches and fans, was on its way home...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WE

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family We 2007

Summary: Show Boat: When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GRE

Ki-moon, Ban

Summary: "Born just one year before the United Nations itself, Ban Ki-moon came of age with the world body. His earliest memories are haunted by the sound of bombs dropping on his village and the sight of fires consuming what remained. At six years old he fled with his family, trudging for miles in mud-soaked shoes, suffering from incessant hunger, and wondering how they would survive-until the United...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KI-MOON, BAN KI-M

Roos-van Hessen, Frieda E.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest Day Books 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 ROO