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A mirror mended / by Harrow, Alix E.,author.; Rogers, Michael,illustrator.;
"A Mirror Mended is the next installment in USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's Fractured Fables series. Zinnia Gray, professional fairy-tale fixer and lapsed Sleeping Beauty is over rescuing snoring princesses. Once you've rescued a dozen damsels and burned fifty spindles, once you've gotten drunk with twenty good fairies and made out with one too many members of the royal family, you start to wish some of these girls would just get a grip and try solving their own narrative issues. Just when Zinnia's beginning to think she can't handle one more princess, she glances into a mirror and sees another face looking back at her: the shockingly gorgeous face of evil, asking for her help. Because there's more than one person trapped in a story they didn't choose. Snow White's Evil Queen has found out how her story ends and she's desperate for a better ending. She wants Zinnia to help her before it's too late for everyone. Will Zinnia accept the Queen's poisonous request, and save them both from the hot iron shoes that wait for them, or will she try another path?"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Princesses; Queens; Snow White (Tale);
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Mary B : a novel / by Chen, Katherine,1990-author.; based on (work):Austen, Jane,1775-1817.Pride and prejudice.;
What is to be done with Mary Bennet? She possesses neither the beauty of her eldest sister, Jane, nor the high-spirited wit of second-born Lizzy. Even compared to her frivolous younger siblings, Kitty and Lydia, Mary knows she is lacking in the ways that matter for single, not-so-well-to-do women in nineteenth-century England who must secure their futures through the finding of a husband. As her sisters wed, one by one, Mary pictures herself growing old, a spinster with no estate to run or children to mind, dependent on the charity of others. At least she has the silent rebellion and secret pleasures of reading and writing to keep her company. But even her fictional creations are no match for the scandal, tragedy, and romance that eventually visit Mary's own life. In Mary B, readers are transported beyond the center of the ballroom to discover that wallflowers are sometimes the most intriguing guests at the party. Beneath Mary's plain appearance and bookish demeanor simmers an inner life brimming with passion, humor, and imagination - and a voice that demands to be heard. Set before, during, and after the events of Pride and Prejudice, Katherine J. Chen's vividly original debut novel pays homage to a beloved classic while envisioning a life that is difficult to achieve in any era: that of a truly independent woman.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.; Courtship; Sisters;
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Stay [videorecording] / by Hunter, Aislinn,1969-Stay.Videorecording.; Ironside, Michael,1950-; Quinn, Aidan.; Schilling, Taylor,1984-; Von Carolsfeld, Wiebke.; Bord Scannán na hÉireann.; Kino Lorber, Inc.; Telefilm Canada.;
Taylor Schilling, Aidan Quinn, Michael Ironside.Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black) and Aidan Quinn (Legends of the Fall) deliver heartfelt performances as Abbey and Dermot, a couple struggling to find their way in life. After retreating to the rugged expanse of the Irish countryside, their happy existence is upended when Abbey discovers she's pregnant. Dermot, a long-since disgraced professor, has no interest in being a father. With their lives now at a crossroads, Abbey and Dermot's relationship hangs in the balance. They must both face the truth of who they are and which path in life to take that will finally lead them home.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereo.
Subjects: Hunter, Aislinn, 1969-; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Pregnant women;
© c2014., Kino Lorber,
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Forever my girl [videorecording] / by Cambor, Peter,1978-actor.; Hickey, John Benjamin,actor.; Liddell, Mickey,film producer.; Monroe, Jennifer(Producer),film producer.; Roe, Alex,1990-actor.; Rothe, Jessica,actor.; Shilaimon, Pete,film producer.; Wolf, Bethany Ashton,screenwriter,film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):McLaughlin, Heidi(Romance fiction writer).Forever my girl.; Liddell Entertainment,production company.; Elevation Pictures,publisher.;
Alex Roe, Jessica Rothe, John Benjamin Hickey, Peter Cambor, Abby Ryder Fortson.After being gone for a decade a country star returns home to the love he left behind.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Romance films.; Feature films.; McLaughlin, Heidi (Romance fiction writer).; Celebrities; Country musicians; Man-woman relationships;
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Splat the cat --and other furry friends [videorecording] / by Aruego, Jose.; Kraus, Robert,1925-Leo the late bloomer.Videorecording.; McCarty, Peter.Hondo & Fabian.Videorecording.; McCully, Emily Arnold.Picnic.Videorecording.; Scotton, Rob.Spat the cat.Videorecording.; New Video Group.; Scholastic Inc.; Weston Woods Studios.;
Splat the cat / written and illustrated by Rob Scotton -- Hondo & Fabian / written and illustrated by Peter McCarty -- Picnic / written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully -- Leo the late bloomer / by Robert Kraus ; illustrated by Jose Aruego.Narrated by John Keating, Jeff Brooks, Mary Beth Hurt.Splat the Cat: A nervous Splat finds his first day at Cat School much better than he expected. Picnic: A little mouse gets lost on the way to a family picnic. Hondo & Fabian: What happens when the dog of the house goes to the beach and leaves the cat at home with the baby? Find out in this gentle tale of the two very different house pets, Hondo the dog and Fabian the cat. Leo the Late Bloomer: Leo, a young tiger, finally blooms under the anxious eyes of his parents.G.DVD.
Subjects: Kraus, Robert, 1925-; McCarty, Peter.; McCully, Emily Arnold.; Scotton, Rob.; Animated films.; Cats; Children's films.; Dogs; Feature films.; Picnics; Tigers; Video recordings for children.;
© c2011., Scholastic : Distributed by New Video,
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A spindle splintered / by Harrow, Alix E.,author.; Rackham, Arthur,1867-1939,illustrator.;
"USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story. Featuring Arthur Rackham's original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty, fractured and reimagined. "A vivid, subversive and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness and a good working knowledge of fairy tales." -Katherine Arden It's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no-one has lived past twenty-one. Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Birthdays; Diseases; Sleeping Beauty (Tale);
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Frozen planet : a world beyond imagination / by Fothergill, Alastair.; Berlowitz, Vanessa.;
Subjects: Adaptation (Biology); Animals; Ecology; Frozen planet (Television program); Global warming;
© 2012., Firefly Books,
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Hurricane lizards and plastic squid : the fraught and fascinating biology of climate change / by Hanson, Thor,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In his three previous books-Feathers, The Triumph of Seeds, and Buzz-Thor Hanson has taken his readers on unforgettable journeys into nature, rendered with great storytelling, the soul of a poet, and the insight of a biologist. In this new book, he is doing it again, but exploring one of the most vital scientific and cultural issues of our time: climate change. As a young biologist, Hanson by his own admission watched with some detachment as our warming planet presented plants and animals with an ultimatum: change or face extinction. But his detachment turned to both concern and awe, as he observed the remarkable narratives of change playing out in each plant and animal he studied. In Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid, Hanson tells the story of how nature-both plants and animals, from beech trees to beetles-are meeting the challenges of rapid climate change head-on, adjusting, adapting, and sometimes noticeably evolving. Brown pelicans are fleeing uphill, seeking out new lives in the mountains. Gorillas in Uganda are turning to new food sources, such as eucalyptus trees (which humans only imported to Africa in the past several decades), as their old sources wain. Auklets, a little sea bird, aren't so lucky: changes in the lifecycles of their primary food source means they return at specific times of year to oceanic feeding grounds expecting plankton blooms that are no longer there. As global warming transforms and restructures the ecosystems in which these animals and others live, Hanson argues, we are forced to conclude that climate change will not have just one effect: Some transformations are beneficial. Others, and perhaps most, are devastating, wiping out entire species. One thing is constant: with each change an organism undergoes, the delicate balance of interdependent ecosystems is tipped, forcing the evolution of thousands more species, including us. To understand how, collectively, these changes are shaping the natural world and the future of life, Hanson looks back through deep time, examining fossil records, pollen, and even the tooth enamel of giant wombats and mummified owl pellets. Together, these records of our past tell the story of ancient climate change, shedding light on the challenges faced by today's species, the ways they will respond, and how these strategies will determine the fate of ecosystems around the globe. Ultimately, the story of nature's response to climate change is both fraught and fascinating, a story of both disaster and resilience, and, sometimes, hope. Lyrical and thought-provoking, Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid is poised to transform the conversation around climate change, shifting the focus from humans to the lattice of life, of which humans are just a single point"--
Subjects: Adaptation (Biology); Bioclimatology.; Biotic communities.; Climatic changes.; Global environmental change.;
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Killing Eve. [videorecording] / by Bodnia, Kim,1965-actor.; Comer, Jodie,actor.; Oh, Sandra,1971-actor.; Shaw, Fiona,1958-actor.; Waller-Bridge, Phoebe,1985-screenwriter,creator.; East, Jon,television director.; Thomas, Damon,television director.; Bradbeer, Harry,television director.; television adaptation of (work):Jennings, Luke.Killing Eve.; BBC Worldwide Ltd.,publisher.; Sid Gende Production,production company.; BBC America,production company,broadcaster.;
Written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Luke Jennings, George Kay, Vicky Jones and Rob Williams.Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia.Eve is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade MI5 security officer whose deskbound job doesn't fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle is a mercurial, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. Follow these two women, equally obsessed with each other, as they go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse.18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Jennings, Luke.; Female assassins; Murder;
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Chicka chicka boom boom --and more fun with letters and numbers! [videorecording] / by Gág, Wanda,1893-1946.Millions of cats.Videorecording.; Haley, Gail E.Story, a story.Videorecording.; Hutchins, Pat,1942-; Kent, Jack,1920-1985.; Lionni, Leo,1910-1999.Inch by inch.Videorecording.; Martin, Bill,1916-2004.; Martin, Bill,1916-2004.Chicka chicka boom boom.Videorecording.; McCloskey, Robert,1914-2003.Blueberries for Sal.Videorecording.; O'Hara, Catherine.; Sierra, Judy.Wild about books.Videorecording.; Zimmerman, Andrea.; New Video Group.; Scholastic Inc.; Weston Woods Studios.;
Chicka chicka boom boom -- Five creatures -- Wild about books -- Inch by inch -- Blueberries for Sal -- A story, a story -- millions of cats.Narrated by Catherine O'Hara.The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. In a house filled with two parents, one girl, and two cats, counting has never been so much fun. Librarian Molly McGrew introduces a zoo full of animals to reading and they go simply wild about books. To avoid getting eaten, a resourceful inchworm must figure out how to measure a nightingale's song.G.DVD ; full screen presentation.
Subjects: Gág, Wanda, 1893-1946.; Haley, Gail E.; Lionni, Leo, 1910-1999.; Martin, Bill, 1916-2004.; McCloskey, Robert, 1914-2003.; Sierra, Judy.; Animals; Animated films.; Books; Children's films.; Counting; Feature films.; Video recordings for children.;
© c2008., Weston Woods ; Scholastic : Distributed by New Video,
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