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8 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 2,396 libraries worldwide "Carl Fredericksen, a retired balloon salesman, is part rascal and part dreamer who is ready for his last chance at high-flying excitement. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sets off to the lost world of his childhood dreams. Unbeknownst to Carl, Russell, an overeager eight-year-old Wilderness Explorer who has never ventured beyond his backyard, is in the wrong place at the wrong time. The world's most unlikely duo reach new heights and meet fantastic friends. Stuck together in the wilds of the jungle, Carl realizes that sometimes life's biggest adventures aren't the ones you set out looking for"--Container.
Roots
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11 editions published between 1981 and 2007 in English and held by 2,103 libraries worldwide An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Elf
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7 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in English and held by 1,747 libraries worldwide An orphan raised as an elf in Santa's workshop discovers that he is actually human, prompting him to leave the North Pole in search of his biological father.
Scat
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8 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 1,010 libraries worldwide When imposing biology teacher Mrs. Bunny Starch goes missing, Nick and Marta suspect foul play.
Our friend, Martin
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2 editions published between 1998 and 2004 in English and held by 823 libraries worldwide What begins as a routine class project for a diverse group of sixth-graders turns into a magical, time-traveling adventure they'll never forget! Authentic historical footage of Martin Luther King, Jr. is blended with colorful animation as the students learn about--and actually meet--the civil rights leader who challenged all Americans to turn his dream of freedom into reality.
The Christmas card
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3 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 736 libraries worldwide In the midst of war in Afghanistan, Cody Cullen is touched by a lovely Christmas card sent to him by Faith Spelman. Faith lives in the small, picturesque town of Nevada City, California. As months pass, the card never leaves Cody's side, giving him the strength to survive and setting him on a mission for find her.
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2 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in English and held by 722 libraries worldwide Returning from college one Christmas, Thomas Kinkade finds his mother is ready to lose the family cottage to foreclosure. He is inspired to paint a mural of his hometown, which launches his career and helps the town rediscover their Christmas spirit.
The bachelor
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8 editions published between 1999 and 2004 in English and held by 674 libraries worldwide Faced with the choice of getting married within the next 24 hours or losing a $100 million inheritance, unrepentant bachelor Jimmie Shannon is suddenly desperate to get to the altar.
Sir! No sir! a David Zeiger film
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1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 654 libraries worldwide In archival footage and interviews, this film tells the story of an almost forgotten fact of the Vietnam era: the war's most crucial naysayers were soldiers--in the barracks and on the front lines--the GI anti-war movement. Beginning with acts of conscience by individuals, dissatisfaction escalated with the number of conscripts. Courts-martial, destroyed careers, imprisonment in military stockades or federal penitentiaries and desertions were common. There were also pirate radio stations, underground newspapers, a modern "underground railway" that helped soldiers desert and move to Canada, coffeehouses near U.S. bases where opinions shaped and altered by first-hand experiences were shared, and groups organized around every imaginable axis, which led to anti-war sentiment among U.S. troops being recognized at the highest levels in the Pentagon. On one level, this film is a corrective to the rah-rah rhetoric about Vietnam pushed by the right wing, while undermining the popular fiction that opposition to the war came strictly from outside the military, and reversing the 20 year process of erasing the GI Movement from the collective memory of the nation and the world.
Darlin' Clementine
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8 editions published between 1988 and 2005 in English and held by 613 libraries worldwide During the California Gold Rush, a young woman's plans to marry are opposed by her father, who wants her to mary a rich man.
Class dismissed how TV frames the working class
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3 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 597 libraries worldwide "Featuring interviews with media analysts and cultural historians, this documentary examines the patterns inherent in TV's disturbing depictions of working class people as either clowns or social deviants, stereotypical portrayals that reinforce the myth of meritocracy"--Container.
Sphere
by Michael Crichton
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8 editions published between 1987 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 591 libraries worldwide Four scientists rush to the scene of the discovery of a 300-year-old spaceship on the ocean floor of the South Pacific to determine its origins.
Whispers of angels a story of the underground railroad
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7 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in English and held by 580 libraries worldwide White Quaker Abolitionist Thomas Garrett and William Still, a free, black anti-slavery activist, 'conducted' thousands of fugitives to freedom through the 'corridor of courage', through Maryland's Eastern Shore to the streets of Philadelphia.
Gus
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11 editions published between 1975 and 2003 in English and French and held by 529 libraries worldwide A mule who kicks 100-yard field goals becomes the star player of a pro football team.
Olive, the other reindeer
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 503 libraries worldwide Olive is really a kind-hearted dog who sets out to save Christmas when she hears that Blitzen is injured and Santa can't find a replacement.
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4 editions published between 2001 and 2004 in English and held by 479 libraries worldwide Marvin is a police evidence clerk who dreams of becoming a real cop someday, he answers a 911 call of a burglary in progress. Seeing this as his opportunity to prove he is cut out to be an officer, he races off to the burglary. But enroute Marvin has a freak car accident and awakens to find that a deranged scientist secretly used animal organs to rebuild his broken parts. Then he finds himself falling in love with the sexy Rianna and its animal magnetism at its wildest.
Fort Apache, the Bronx
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12 editions published between 1980 and 2009 in English and held by 457 libraries worldwide Policemen of the 41st Precinct in the Bronx face murders, riots, and drugs on the outside, and corruption and indifference on the inside.
Conversations with God an uncommon dialogue. [Book 1
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54 editions published between 1995 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 438 libraries worldwide The author discusses how God talks to people and what is the nature of spiritual truth.
Perfect game
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2 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 412 libraries worldwide Eleven-year-old Kanin has one dream, to be the best baseball player. Kanin is picked for a team only to discover the coach thinks Kanin is one of the worst players and is using him as part of a bet. With new coaches the "Little League losers" soon feel like the champions they are.
Spoon River anthology
by Edgar Lee Masters
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5 editions published in 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 402 libraries worldwide From a cemetery in a fictional mid-American town, the dead speak their truth. Some speak of hardships and sordidness; others, of their simple honest, happy lives. Whether elderly or youthful, mortality has claimed them all. As we here these dramatic monologues, we understand a little more about what it is to be human. more
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Asner, Ed 1929-....
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