Coggan, Helena
Summary: Rose Elmsworth has a secret. For eighteen years, the world has been divided into the magically Gifted and the non-magical Ashkind, but Rose's identity is far more dangerous. At fifteen, she has earned herself a place alongside her father in the Department, a brutal law-enforcement organisation run by the Gifted to control the Ashkind. But now an old enemy is threatening to start a catastrophic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder & Stoughton 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COGGreer, Helena
Summary: One surprise inheritance, two best friends (now bitter exes), and three months to prove he loves her, forever and always, in this swoony second-chance romance for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur and Ashley Herring Blake. Hannah Rosenstein should be happy: after a lonely childhood of traipsing all over the world, she finally has a home as the co-owner of destination inn Carrigan's All Year. But...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GREClose, Helena
Summary: 18-year-old Saoirse can’t wait to leave school – but just before the final exams her ex-boyfriend dies by suicide. Everyone blames Saoirse – even Saoirse herself, who cheated on him with his best friend. She is shunned by her schoolmates and suffers unbearable levels of anxiety, which her useless counsellor does nothing to alleviate. On the night of the prom, everything becomes too much and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Island Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CLOFox, Helena
Summary: "Sixteen-year-old Biz sees her father every day, though he died when she was seven. When he suddenly disappears, she tumbles into a disaster-land of grief and depression from which she must find her way back"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: On the water, with everything hushed above and below, George is steady, silent. Then her estranged dad says he needs to talk, and George's past begins to wake up, looping around her ankles, trying to drag her under. George's best friend, Tess, is about to become a teen mom; her friend Laz is in despair about the climate crisis; her gramps would literally misplace his teeth if not for her, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FOXGreer, Helena
Summary: "A witty, glittering rom-com about finding the courage to face your past and learning what it truly means to return home, perfect for fans of Jenny Bayliss and Alexandra Bellefleur. Artist Miriam Blum has her decoupaged glitter ducks perfectly lined up. Only for one phone call to bring her whole life all crashing down. Her beloved and eccentric great-aunt has just died-leaving her part-owner of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREMayer, Helena
Summary: "Ash and his Pokemon are on an all-new adventure. This book will be based on an exciting, all-new episode arc of the TV show. Some old friends from the Johto Region are joining Ash and his buddies in Sinnoh. There'll be Pokemon competitions and battles like never before!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2021
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Summary: After following a magical snowman on his nightly rounds, Nathan makes friends with him and discovers a way to make him happy before the snowman must leave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: FIC PittmRhee, Helena Ku
Summary: Accompanying his parents to their night-shift jobs as office cleaners, young Daniel reluctantly joins in as they use their imaginations to transform the deserted building into a magnificent paper kingdom where he might one day rule.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Fiction Rhee 2020Copies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RHESummary: A bewitching fairy tale about a young girl's coming of age. Valerie discovers the world is not what it seems after she gets a pair of magical earrings. Her quaint little village is actually a haven for blood-sucking vampires. Her grandmother is really an evil old crone. The local farmers are lechers, and the town's priest harbors strange desires.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VALSummary: Character study of a talented pianist who has given up a promising career and now works on oil rigs. After 20 years he returns home to his father's deathbed, perhaps to reconcile himself with his fear of failure and desire for greatness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 1998
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Detective Jess Savage wants to leave the past behind and make the most of her tentative new relationship with daughter Ruby, but a blackmailer is making that impossible, threatening to expose Jess as a murderer. As Jess hunts for her blackmailer, she solves crimes on Waiheke Island with her partner, DS Justin Harding, whose attempts to reconnect with his criminal father lead to a shocking outcome.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV GULSummary: Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HAMSummary: In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2013
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY MUSICALS MISSummary: In a remake of the original 1968 film, after an astronaut crash-lands on an uncharted planet he finds himself at odds with a society in which apes are the rulers - and humans are little more than slaves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PLASummary: Under the glow of a full moon, a sadistic murder is committed on Nordkoster Island. A young pregnant woman is buried in the sand and slowly drowns as the tide rises. 25 years later, the case remains unsolved. Rookie police officer Olivia Ronning gets assigned to it during training and becomes obsessed when she discovers that her father, who died years prior, worked on the original investigation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SPRSummary: Two apparent strangers at a New York City wedding reception become entangled in a sexually charged battle of wits. As the night carries on, however, the passion of their two-decades-past love affair is revealed. Unfolds entirely in split-screen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hart Sharp Video 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CONSummary: When a ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a soap salesman channel their aggresion into therapeutic "fight clubs", an eccentric woman gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FIGSummary: The gruffalo: Forced to rely on his wits for survival, Mouse invents an imaginary monster ... but what happens when he becomes face-to-face with his own creation?
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Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment, a division of Alliance Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD Children's GrSummary: On a dark and stormy night, a young boy observes what appears to be a flying saucer crash-landing in his town. Shortly after, the grown-ups begin acting strange. Convinced there's a link between this bizarre behavior and what he witnessed that night, he turns to a local health official for help. But can these two unlikely heroes withstand the might of a full-blown invasion from outer space?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: George begins dating someone new, providing endless fodder for gossip in his quirky New Zealand coastal town. Meanwhile, his two teenage kids experience the rocky side of romance, and the whole family reels from revelations about the death of George's wife a few years earlier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV EIGSummary: When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY CINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CINSummary: Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2021