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Summary: "It's once upon a time . . . as only the irreverently witty Richard Ayoade can tell it. In this series of letters organized by fictitious C. C. Cecily, Senior Secretary of the Fairy Tale Fan Club, the fairest of them all (and a few bitter foes) correspond with curious--and opinionated--fans. So if you've ever wondered how a less-than-genius (and less-than-clothed) emperor fell for a certain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press
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Summary: "The life of a book isn't easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know--it's the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell. Through witty direct address and charming illustrations,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AYOAyoade, Richard
Summary: The life of a book isn't easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns). And this narrator should know. Iit's the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC AYOSummary: A crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws are about to attempt their most challenging con yet: becoming model citizens. Never have there been five friends as infamous as these guys: dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf, seen-it-all safecracker Mr. Snake, chill master of disguise Mr. Shark, short-fused 'muscle' Mr. Piranha, and sharp-tongued expert hacker Ms. Tarantula, aka 'Webs.' But when, after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BADCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BADCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD BADCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BADCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BADSummary: "They are IT: basement denizens, banished from the upper floors of Reynholm Industries by unhinged CEO Denholm Reynholm. But at least they have each other. Computer whiz Moss (Richard Ayoade) is all brains and social awkwardness, while his Irish co-worker, Roy (Chris O'Dowd) just tries to coast through the day. Their mutual goal is to fend off as many work requests as possible and stay...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ITSummary: Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, this tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD EARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EaContents: work outing -- Return of the golden child -- Moss and the German -- dinner party -- Smoke and mirrors -- Men without women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ITSummary: There are reasons the IT Department of Reynholm Industries is kept in the building's basement. The department's employees are bitter slacker Roy, über-nerd Moss, and technically clueless Jen. Jen finds that her builder is urinating in all of her sinks; Moss has begun to speak like a manly football fan; Roy is now living on the streets; Reynholm will have a new Employee Of The Month;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ITSummary: In season four, the lads try and fail yet again to socialize with the people upstairs, Jen tries to work her way up the corporate ladder by becoming Entertainment Manager and later pretending she can speak Italian, and Moss proves a whiz on a TV game show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ITSummary: Follows the antics of a couple of hangmen who must deal with such topics as: bad first dates, time travel, sex, whiskey, awkward moments, random beatings, snappy musical numbers, one very long white hall, rampant swearing, and other pleasures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severin 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SNUSummary: There's trouble brewing in peaceful Glenview, Ohio. That's why four civic-minded citizens, armed with flashlights, walkie-talkies and spiffy new jackets, have teamed up to safeguard their community. But the guys find more than they bargained for when they uncover an alien plot to destroy Earth, and now these bumbling heroes are Glenview's only chance to save the neighborhood and the world from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WATSummary: Both Jen and Roy are caught on camera behaving despicably. The incidents are posted on the Internet, turning Jen and Roy into global hate figures. Everything they do after only adds to their infamy. Doug and Moss attempt damage limitation, but it backfires.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ITSummary: Young Oliver Tate's coming of age is coming even sooner than expected. Prone to daydreaming, listening to French crooners, and indulging other self-absorbed fantasies, Oliver suddenly finds himself submerged in real-life, dual challenges, plotting to lose his virginity with a quirky new girlfriend while also struggling to reconcile his parents' marriage, even though his mom seems smitten with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2011
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SUBSummary: From the creators of cult hit The Mighty Boosh comes Bunny and the Bull, a road movie set entirely within a flat. Stephen Turnbull hasn't left the house in months. When an infestation of mice wreaks havoc on his precious routine, he finds his mind hurtling back to the disastrous trek round Europe he undertook the previous year with his best friend, Bunny. In an attempt to shake Stephen's life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BUNSummary: Roy and Moss toil in the squalid basement of a huge company, fielding IT help desk calls. Roy has a lousy attitude coupled with an eye for the ladies. Moss is dressed by his mother and has an aerosol can of water clipped to his belt. Into their life of 'users,' pizza, science fiction and firewalls comes middle manager Jen, a spunky can-do career gal who doesn't know one end of a laptop from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ITSummary: Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human life. As Joe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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4 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SOUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SOUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD SOUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SOUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SoSummary: A shy but ambitious film student begins to find her voice as an artist while navigating a turbulent courtship with a charismatic but untrustworthy man. She defies her protective mother and concerned friends as she slips deeper and deeper into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship that comes dangerously close to destroying her dreams.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2019