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The farmer and the monkey / by Frazee, Marla.;
A nearly wordless picture book in which the farmer who returned the baby clown to the circus train is followed home by a playful circus monkey, leading to a wonderful new friendship.LSC
Subjects: Stories without words.; Farmers; Monkeys; Friendship; Circus;
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The hidden life of Cecily Larson : a novel / by Baker, Ellen,1975-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Now 94 and living a quiet life, Cecily Larson, when her family surprises her with an at-home DNA test, finds the unexpected results not only bringing to light the tragic love story she's kept hidden for decades but also calls into question everything about the family she's raised and claimed as her own.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Circus performers; Family secrets; Genetic genealogy; Older women;
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The lonely hearts hotel / by O'Neill, Heather,1973-author.;
Set in Montreal and New York between the wars, a spellbinding story about two orphans whose unusual magnetism and talent allow them to imagine a sensational future, from the bestselling, two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted author. Exquisitely imagined and hypnotically told, The Lonely Hearts Hotel is a love story with the power of legend. Set in the early part of the 20th Century, it is an unparalleled tale of charismatic pianos, invisible dance partners, radicalized chorus girls, drug-addicted musicians, brooding clowns, and an underworld whose fortune hinges on the price of a kiss. In a landscape like this, it takes great creative gifts to escape one's origins. It might also take true love. Two babies are abandoned in a Montréal orphanage in the winter of 1914. Before long, their true talents emerge: Pierrot is a piano prodigy; Rose lights up even the dreariest room with her dancing and comedy. As they travel around the city performing for the rich, the children fall in love with each other and dream up a plan for the most extraordinary and seductive circus show the world has ever seen. Separated as teenagers, both escape into the city's underworld, where they must use their uncommon gifts to survive without each other. Ruthless and unforgiving, Montréal in the 1930's is no place for song and dance. But when Rose and Pierrot finally reunite beneath the snowflakes, the possibilities of their childhood dreams are renewed, and they'll go to extreme lengths to make those dream come true. After Rose, Pierrot and their troupe of clowns and chorus girls hit the stage and the alleys, the underworld will never look the same. With extraordinary storytelling, musical language, and an extravagantly realized world, acclaimed author Heather O'Neill enchants us with her best novel yet -- one so magical there is no escaping its spell.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Circus performers; Orphans; Man-woman relationships;
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Show / by Peacock, Shane,author.;
"In an alternate 1899, farm boy Solomon Hunt leaves home after his father's death to seek income for his family, only to stumble into the adventure of a lifetime when he rescues a young genius showman from captivity in a sideshow. Together, the duo flee across the terrifying, entertainment-obsessed Empire of America, performing for a living while evading a group of vicious pursuers led by Leonard J. Coop, who not only dominates the Empire through his circus-like extravaganzas, but seeks to be president too. From Buffalo to New Orleans, Denver to Los Angeles, and everywhere in between, Solomon befriends and recruits diverse young performers trapped in shows, including a human cannonball, a giant acrobat, a blues musician, an outlaw gunslinger, a talking gorilla, and more. As Coop closes in and vile secrets are revealed, the ragtag troupe reaches little Hollywood, California, where they present an explosive, groundbreaking performance intended to save them all"--
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Circus performers; Entertainment events; Fugitives from justice; Voyages and travels; Circus performers; Entertainment events; Fugitives from justice; Voyages and travels;
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A theatre for dreamers / by Samson, Polly,author.;
1960. The world is dancing on the edge of revolution, and nowhere more so than on the Greek island of Hydra, where a circle of poets, painters and musicians live tangled lives. Forming within this circle is a triangle: its points the magnetic, destructive writer Axel Jensen, his dazzlingly beautiful wife Marianne Ihlen, and a young Canadian poet named Leonard Cohen. Into their midst arrives teenage Erica, with little more than a bundle of blank notebooks and her grief for her mother. Settling on the periphery of this circle, she watches, entranced and disquieted, as a paradise unravels. Burning with the heat and light of Greece, A Theatre for Dreamers is a spellbinding novel about utopian dreams and innocence lost - and the wars waged between men and women on the battlegrounds of genius.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Artists; Communities; Genius; Interpersonal relations; Poets;
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Spectacle. [graphic novel] / by Gedris, Megan Rose,1986-author.;
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Paranormal comics.; Twin sisters; Circus; Murder; Magic; Deception;
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Spectacle. [graphic novel] / by Gedris, Megan Rose,1986-author.;
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Paranormal comics.; Twin sisters; Circus; Murder; Magic; Deception;
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Spectacle. [graphic novel] / by Gedris, Megan Rose,1986-author.;
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Paranormal comics.; Twin sisters; Circus; Murder; Magic; Deception;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Spectacle. [graphic novel] / by Gedris, Megan Rose,1986-author.;
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Twin sisters; Circus; Murder; Magic; Deception;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Passion play [videorecording] / by Dubiecki, Daniel,1977-; Ellison, Megan.; Fox, Megan,1986-; Glazer, Mitch.; Hirsch, Jonah.; Ifans, Rhys,1968-; Lynch, Kelly,1959-; Murray, Bill,1950 Sept. 21-; Rourke, Mickey.; Annapurna (Firm); Cordel Pictures.; Entertainment One (Firm); Rebecca Wang Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; editor, Billy Weber ; music composer, Dickon Hinchliffe.Mickey Rourke, Megan Fox, Bill Murray, Kelly Lynch, Jerry Sawyers.After a jazz musician rescues a circus performer from her life of captivity, a ruthless gangster decides he wants the woman for himself.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Circus performers; Feature films.; Gangsters; Jazz musicians; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
© c2011., Entertainment One,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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