Summary: A look at the life and career of professional wrestler André Roussimoff, who gained notoriety in the 1980s as Andre the Giant.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AND

Hatke, Ben

Summary: "Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone--carried into another realm by an ogre. When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy's captor through the portal, they are ready for anything . . . except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. Even the power of their magic plants may not be enough to get them back to earth alive. Alone and injured, Jack and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HAT

Summary: A kindly grandfather sits down with his grandson and reads him a bedtime story. As the grandfather reads the story, the action comes alive in a classic tale of love and adventure. The beautiful Buttercup is kidnapped and held against her will in order to marry the nasty Prince Humperdinck, while Westley (her childhood beau, now returned as the Dread Pirate Roberts) attempts to save her. Along...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PRI

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PRI

Summary: Drawing from historical records about Andre's life as well as a wealth of anecdotes from his colleagues in the wrestling world, including Hulk Hogan, and his film co-stars (Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, etc), Brown has created in Andre the Giant, the first substantive biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable figures.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANDRE THE GIANT BRO

Summary: This documentary profiles the groundbreaking career of the comedic musical group They Might Be Giants, which started as a duo of multi-instrumentalists both named John (Flansburgh and Linnell) in the 1980s and grew in the 1990s into being a full-fledged band.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Plexifilm 2003

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GIG