Summary: With arresting insight, vulnerability, and a delightful sense of humor, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty utilizes a mix of live action and diverse forms of animation, a collage of documentary and fantasy, and interplay of effects, voices, and music to capture the relationship between Terence and a lovely young woman (Namik Minter) as it teeters on the divide between platonic and romantic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF OVESummary: Trading Christmas: Emily Springer is disappointed in her daughter, Heather, won't make the cross-country trip from Harvard to visit at Christmas. Emily decides to surprise Heather and trades houses with Charles Brewster, a college professor. Emily is the one who is surprised when she finds out her daughter left for Florida with her boyfriend and has only Charles' brother for company. In this...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY HALSummary: Woodcarver Geppetto has pets Figaro the cat and Cleo the fish. He has just made a little wooden puppet called Pinocchio. Wishing upon a star before he goes to bed, Geppetto wishes that Pinocchio would become a real boy. As Geppetto sleeps, the Blue Fairy arrives and partially grants his wish. Pinocchio can come to life, but he must prove himself worthy before becoming a real boy. He will...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2017
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4 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PINCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PINCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD Movie Pinocchio 2009Howell, Vickie.
Summary: Projects: For the body, neck of the woods, polar cap, wrist factor, pash-greena, camisoul, solar sweetie, greensleeves, capelet crusader, cloud cover, rebooty, tie-phoon, cardigan neutral, nature walk, nature calls, waste not, want not, rainforest wrapper, circumpolar scarves, ice core cap, for the home, greenhouse, global warmth, alter-eco, extra! eco!, sari charlie, animal planet, green...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.43 HowContents: Disc 1. Delilah ; Darn that dream ; Parisian thoroughfare ; Jordu ; Sweet Clifford ; Sweet Clifford (Clifford's fantasy) ; I don't stand a ghost of a chance ; I don't stand a ghost of a chance ; Stompin' at the Savoy ; I get a kick out of you ; I get a kick out of you ; I'll string along with you -- Disc 2. Joy spring ; Joy spring ; Mildama ; Mildama ; Mildama ; Mildama ; Mildama ; Mildama ;...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ BROBrown, Clifford
Contents: Cherokee (Indian love song) / Ray Noble (Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet) (5:41) -- I've got you under my skin / Cole Porter (Dinah Washington, vocals) (5:22) -- Willow weep for me / Ann Ronell (with strings) (3:25) -- Daahoud / C. Brown (Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet) (4:10) -- Flossie Lou / Tadd Dameron (Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet) (4:50) -- September song / Maxwell Anderson, Kurt...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1958
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ BROLee, Vickie
Summary: "Using the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, this bright and appealing board book introduces the youngest of readers to the names of animals in both English and Chinese, using Chinese characters alongside their pinyin (romanized spelling)."--Publisher's description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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Summary: From knitting personality Vickie Howell comes an adorable collection of modern baby knits featuring a fresh new take garter stitch, everyone’s go-to for easy projects. Taking this stitch into new creative territory, Howell—designer, author, Knit Simple® columnist, and host of PBS’ Knitting Daily TV with Vickie Howell—has created 28 standout garments for boys and girls, including plenty of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sixth & Spring Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 HOWLee, Vickie
Summary: As Ruby travels to her grandmother's house to bring her a gift for Chinese New Year, she is joined by all of the animals of the zodiac. Includes the legend of the Chinese horoscope and instructions for crafts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEEBlack, Vickie.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beavers Pond Press 2013
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Summary: Presents profiles and interviews with artists working in a variety of crafts and examines how social networking on the Internet has created a community of crafters dedicated to sharing ideas and providing support for one another.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 HOWMaurer, Vickie.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vickie Maurer 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FROSTIC, GWEN MAU1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 811.54 FROSTIC, GWEN MAU
Summary: Tells of the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans. Includes interviews with family...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JACCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JACWarrington, Freda
Summary: "A painting, depicting haunting scenes of a ruined palace and a scarlet-haired goddess in front of a fiery city, arrives unheralded in an art gallery with a cryptic note saying, "The world needs to see this." The painting begins to change the lives of the woman who is the gallery's curator and that of an ancient man of the fey Aetherial folk who has mysteriously risen from the depths of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WARHickie, Amanda
Summary: In the midst of a devastating epidemic, how far will a desperate mother go to keep her loved ones safe? There is a deadly virus spreading around the world. At first it is a distant alarm bell in the background of Hannah's comfortable suburban life. Then suddenly, it has arrived on the doorstep. The virus traps Hannah, her husband, and their young sons in their city, then their neighborhood, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HICMatheis, Mickie
Summary: The sun is shining in Berry Bitty City. Flowers are blooming. Strawberry Shortcake and her friends want to celebrate spring. What should they do? Have a butterfly parade, of course!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MATWallington, Jack
Summary: "Not all weeds are ugly uncontrollable brutes. Yes, they can be difficult and intimidating, but by learning how to grow weeds in unexpected ways you will become a better gardener with a more interesting garden. This book profiles over 50 weeds and shows you surprising ways to grow them, no matter what your garden type: from borders to boxes, sunny to shady, poor soil to rich, tropical to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Laurence King Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 632 WALWarrington, Ruby
Summary: How different would our lives be if we stopped drinking on autopilot? If we stopped drinking altogether? Really different, it turns out. Really better. Frank, funny, and always judgment free, Sober Curious is a bold guide to choosing to live hangover-free, from Ruby Warrington, one of the leading voices of the new sobriety movement.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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Summary: "Bears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come into ever-closer contact, our relationship nears a tipping point. Today, most of the eight remaining bear species are threatened with extinction. Some, such as the panda bear and the polar bear, are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Rush Music 1951
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMWarrington, Freda
Summary: A young woman studying art at a vast country estate near the site where a child was snatched by fairies decades earlier stumbles onto the portal to the Otherworld through which a handsome, charming, and innocent young man emerges and captures her heart.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: FIC WAR AT #2Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WARWarrington, Ruby
Summary: Utterly transporting and stylish, Material Girl, Mystical World takes you on an unforgettable journey through modern spirituality-from meditation and tarot to astrology-guided by wise and witty tastemaker Ruby Warrington, founder of The Numinous. Inspired by the consciousness-shifting traditions that have moved seekers for generations, Material Girl, Mystical World is a fabulous adventure in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperElixir 2017
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Summary: "Following her record-breaking debut trilogy, Ann Leckie, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards, returns with an enthralling new novel of power, theft, privilege and birthright. A power-driven young woman has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artifacts prized by her people. She must free their thief from a prison planet from which...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2017