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2017., Adult, HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: Fic Tol Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of Beren and Luthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, Dwarves and Orcs and the rich landscape and creatures unique to Tolkien's Middle-earth. The tale of Beren and Luthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Returning from France and the battle of the Somme at the end of 1916, he wrote the tale in the following year. Essential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Luthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Luthien was an immortal Elf. Her father, a great Elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Luthien. This is the kernel of the legend; and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Luthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril. In this book Christopher Tolkien has attempted to extract the story of Beren and Luthien from the comprehensive work in which it was embedded; but that story was itself changing as it developed new associations within the larger history. To show something of the process whereby this legend of Middle-earth evolved over the years, he has told the story in his father's own words by giving, first, its original form, and then passages in prose and verse from later texts that illustrate the narrative as it changed. Presented together for the first time, they reveal aspects of the story, both in event and in narrative immediacy, that were afterwards lost."--From publisher.
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[2010], p2009., Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Blind Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome - as both a football player and student. Mike works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.
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-- Butler2014., Adult, Anchor Bay Entertainment Call No: BLK DVD Fic Butler Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Inspired by a true story, Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker stars as Cecil Gaines, the devoted husband, father and White House butler who served seven presidents during some of the most tumultuous and defining moments of the 20th century. Oprah Winfrey co-stars with a stellar supporting cast that includes John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber and Robin Williams in this powerful drama form the Oscar nominated director of Precious."--Container.
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2000., General, 150, Turner Entertainment Co. ; Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Dirty Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Twelve convicts, most of them murderers, are recruited in World War II to infiltrate a protected German retreat and kill the generals there, in exchange for their release from prison.
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[2010]., Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Enter Edition: Widescreen version. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A master martial artist is sent by British intelligence to the island fortress of a criminal warlord, whose martial arts academy also serves as a front for opium-smuggling and prostitution rings.
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2019., 121, MK2: Mile End Call No: DVD Fic First Cow Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Two travellers, on the run from a band of vengeful hunters in the 1820s Northwest, dream of striking it rich -- but their tenuous plan to make their fortune on the frontier comes to rely on the secret use of a landowner's prized dairy cow.
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2001, p1965., General, MGM Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Hallelujah Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Western legends.Summary Note: Western comedy about a hard-nosed cavalryman with orders to escort a precious cargo of 40 wagonloads of whiskey bound for Denver.
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-- Desolation of Smaug2014., General, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Hobbit 2 Edition: Two-disc special ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, continue their journey to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. Along the way, they encounter the skin-changer Beorn; giant Spiders of Mirkwood; Wood-elves led by Legolas, Tauriel and King Thranduil; and a mysterious Man named Bard, who smuggles them into Lake-town. Finally reaching the Lonely Mountain, they face their greatest danger - the Dragon Smaug."--Container.
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-- Battle of the five armies2015, p 2014., General, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Hobbit 3 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Thorin Oakenshield and the Dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed the vast wealth of their homeland, but now face the consequences of having unleashed the terrifying Dragon Smaug upon Lake-town. Meanwhile, Sauron, the Dark Lord, has sent forth legions of Orcs to attack the Lonely Mountain, and Bilbo Baggins finds himself fighting for his life as five great armies go to war. As darkness converges, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide - unite or be destroyed."--Container.
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By Costner, Kevin Bacon, Kevin, 1958- Jones, Tommy Lee, 1946- Metcalf, Laurie, 1955- Oldman, Gary Pozniak, Beata, 1960- Rooker, Michael, 1955- Sanders, Jay O., 1953- Spacek, Sissy Knight, Wayne D'Onofrio, Vincent Asner, Edward Lemmon, Jack Pesci, Joe Matthau, Walter Candy, John Sutherland, Donald, 1935- Larroquette, John Stone, Oliver Sklar, Zachary Ho, A. Kitman2003, c1991., Adult, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic JFK Edition: Widescreen format; Two-disc special ed.; Director's cut. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Dramatizes Jim Garrison's personal investigation of the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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By Stewart, James, 1908-1997 Wayne, John, 1907-1979 Miles, Vera Marvin, Lee O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985 Devine, Andy, 1905-1977 Murray, Ken, 1903- Carradine, John Pyle, Denver Bellah, James Warner, 1899-1976 Goldbeck, Willis Ford, John, 1894-1973 Johnson, Dorothy M Head, Edith Paramount Home Video (Firm) Paramount Pictures Corporation2001, c1962., General, Paramount Home Video Call No: DVD Fic ManWhoS Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Widescreen DVD collection.Summary Note: A tenderfoot lawyer is determined to rid a small town of a gunslinger named Liberty Valance and is aided by his friend and protector, Tom Doniphon.
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2023., Adult, Elevation Pictures Call No: NEW DVD Fic Past Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance.
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-- Place to call home.By Martin-Jones, Chris Lee, Bevan Hannam, David Sandler, Giula Thomson, Katherine Parsons, Deborah Wilson, Kim Lambert, Sarah Ridley, John R. Barry, Ian Danzey, Lynn-Maree Barrett, Shirley Dusseldorp, Marta, 1973- Hazlehurst, Noni Climo, Brett Berry, David Earl, Abby Parkes-Lockwood, Arianwen, 1987- Mignone, Aldo Wiseman, Sara, 1972- Baird, Jenni Holden, Fra2017., Acorn Media Call No: DVD Fic Place 4 Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: A place to call home Volume: 4Summary Note: Against the backdrop of post-World War II Australia, Sarah Adams is a nurse who becomes involved in the affairs of the wealthy Bligh family. It is dealing with themes such as anti-Semitism, sexuality, and social class.
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c2006., General, New Line Home Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Prairie Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: As if the result of some strange mass-media fluke, the popular radio program "A Prairie Home Companion" somehow managed to survive the television age to entertain its audience every Saturday night from the stage of the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn. Week after week, hangdog host G.K. serves as unflappable emcee to an amiable hodgepodge of radio-friendly acts that include the likes of popular country duo Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson and singing cowboys the Old Trailhands. This is one show where the under-the-line antics are nearly as entertaining as the program itself. The efforts of down-on-his-luck private dick and backstage doorkeeper Guy Noir discovers the true identity of a mysterious blonde and helps aspiring teen singer Lola to find her true voice before a live audience. There is still plenty of fun and mystery to be had at the old Fitzgerald before the final curtain falls.
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2022., 05:47:01, HarperCollins Publishers Edition: Unabridged. Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER "One of [Mandel's] finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet." —The New York Times "Mandel's sensational sixth novel offers immense pleasures of puzzle box plotting and high-flying imagination. . . . Masterfully plotted and deeply moving, this visionary novel folds back on itself like a hall of mirrors to explore just what connects us to one another, and how many extraordinary contingencies bring us to each ordinary day of our lives." —Esquire From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel, a "bold and exciting" (The Economist) and "transcendent" (Wall Street Journal) novel filled with " puncturing emotional truths" (Glamour) In this captivating tale of imagination and ambition, a seemingly disparate array of people come into contact with a time traveller who must resist the pull to change the past and the future. The cast includes a British exile on the west coast of Canada in the early 1900s; the author of a bestselling novel about a fictional pandemic who embarks on a galaxy-spanning book tour during the outbreak of an actual pandemic; a resident of a moon colony almost 300 years in the future; and a lonely girl who films an old-growth forest and experiences a disruption in the recording. Blurring the lines between reality and fantasy, Emily St. John Mandel's dazzling story follows these engrossing characters across space and time as their lives ultimately intersect. Sea of Tranquility is a breathtaking and wondrous examination of the ties that bind us together, by a master storyteller.
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2020., HarperCollins Edition: Unabridged. Connect to this eAudiobook title Click here to view Series Title: St. John Strafford Volume: 1Summary Note: The incomparable Booker Prize winner's next great crime novel?the story of a family whose secrets resurface when a parish priest is found murdered in their ancestral home Detective Inspector St. John Strafford has been summoned to County Wexford to investigate a murder. A parish priest has been found dead in Ballyglass House, the family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family. The year is 1957 and the Catholic Church rules Ireland with an iron fist. Strafford?flinty, visibly Protestant and determined to identify the murderer?faces obstruction at every turn, from the heavily accumulating snow to the culture of silence in the tight-knit community he begins to investigate. As he delves further, he learns the Osbornes are not at all what they seem. And when his own deputy goes missing, Strafford must work to unravel the ever-expanding mystery before the community's secrets, like the snowfall itself, threaten to obliterate everything. Beautifully crafted, darkly evocative and pulsing with suspense, Snow is "the Irish master" (New Yorker) John Banville at his page-turning best.
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-- Mémoires programmées.2012., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Total R2012 Edition: [English and French dialogue version]. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man.