Summary: "Robin Williams stars as Lance Clayton, a man who has learned to settle. He dreams of being a rich and famous writer, but has only managed to make it as an unpopular high school poetry teacher. His only son Kyle (Daryl Sabara) is an insufferable jackass and won't give his father the time of day. Lance is dating Claire (Alexie Gilmore), the school's adorable art teacher, but she doesn't want to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WORDePree, Traci.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DEPCrusie, Jennifer.
Summary: Quinn McKenzie has always lived what she calls a "beige" life. She's dating the world's nicest guy, she has a good job as a high school art teacher, she's surrounded by family and friends who rely on her, and she's bored to the point of insanity. But when Quinn decides to change her life by adopting a stray dog despite everyone's objections, everything begins to spiral out of control. Now she's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRULevine, Jenna
Summary: "True love is at stake in this charming, debut romantic comedy. Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist, but it's a tough way to make a living. On the brink of eviction, she's desperate when she finds a too-good-to-be-true apartment in a beautiful Chicago neighborhood. Cassie knows there has to be a catch-only someone with a secret to hide would rent out a room for that price. Of course, her new...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Romance 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LEVCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEVRice, Luanne.
Summary: Eleven years ago, Honor thought she had the perfect home, the perfect love, the perfect life. Then her husband, John, broke her heart--and tore their little family apart. Now, John has returned to the family. What he finds is one daughter still hurting over his abandonment, another who barely remembers him, and a third who may be in more trouble than anyone knows. And then there is Honor...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Dell 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RICDePree, Traci.
Summary: The peaceful town of Lake Emily will never be the same when Trudy Ploog comes to stay! A hopeful story of facing the challenges of life with courage and learning to see with eyes of grace, "Dandelions in a Jelly Jar" gently reminds you that the best bouquets are dandelions. -Goodreads
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEPLongworth, M. L. (Mary Lou)
Summary: "Something strange has happened at the unassuming Mus©♭e de Quentin-Savary in Aix-en-Provence. When the director, Monsieur Achille Formentin, walks in one beautiful April morning, he is shocked to find the whole museum emptied of its contents -- only a bench, the reception desk, and a lowly fern remain. Distressed, he calls the local police, and Aix's examining magistrate Antoine Verlaque sets...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Longworth 2021Truman, Margaret
Summary: When the body of a young theatre volunteer named Nadia Zarinski is found in a dark alley, two cops, Rick Klayman and Moses "Mo" Johnson, discover that Nadia was the intern for, and the rumored lover of, an influential right-wing Senator.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRUSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010