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2013., Dundurn Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: Swindled out of a fair divorce settlement, former socialite Bliss Moonbeam Cornwall works a number of part-time jobs to pay the rent on a rundown trailer and keep her motorcycle on the road. House cleaner, yoga teacher, library assistant, cemetery groundskeeper, drudge for her agoraphobic cousin the work never ends. But Bliss still can't save enough money for another day in court. So, when her cousin offers her a generous fee to find a pollinating mate for his giant jungle plant, she agrees to help. How hard can it be? That's when she discovers that her neighbours, employers, and even her cousin are involved in a string of illegal activities including grow-ops and suspicious deaths. Police Chief Neil Redfern's persistent scrutiny is interfering with her goal, and Bliss suspects he himself may be up to his badge in the crimes he's "investigating." With no one to back her up, Bliss must make a decision: she can give up on her dream, or she can start fighting dirty. Either way, she risks becoming another murder victim.
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-- Welcome to the jungle.2017., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic JumanjiW Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose.
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2016., 106, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Jungle B Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: An epic adventure about Mowgli, a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves. Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan, who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he's ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self discovery, guided by panther turned stern mentor Bagheera, and the free spirited bear Baloo.
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c2005., General, DreamWorks Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Madagascar Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A lion and zebra and two other of their pampered friends, from New York's Central Park Zoo, accidentally find themselves shipwrecked on the island of Madagascar.
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c2011., Adult, HarperLuxe Call No: Fic Pat Edition: 1st HarperLuxe ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library Summary Note: "Dr. Marina Singh, a research scientist with a Minnesota pharmaceutical company, is sent to the Amazon to find her former mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who seems to have disappeared while working on a new drug. No one knows where Dr. Swenson is, and the last person sent to find her died before completing his mission. Plagued by trepidation, Marina embarks on an odyssey in hopes of finding answers. Now in her seventies, the uncompromising Dr. Swenson dominates her research team and the natives with the force of an imperial ruler. But while she is as threatening as anything the jungle has to offer, the greatest sacrifices are those Dr. Swenson asks of herself, and will ultimately ask of Marina, who finds she is still unable to live up to her teacher's expectations. Replete with poison arrows, devouring snakes, and cannibals, State of Wonder is a tale that leads you into the very heart of darkness, and then shows what lies on the other side."--Back cover.