Summary: Jack Parsons is a brilliant and ambitious blue-collar worker of 1930s Los Angeles who started as a janitor at a chemical factory but had fantastical dreams that led him to birth the unknown discipline of American rocketry. Along the way, he fell into a mysterious world that included sex magic rituals at night, and he became a disciple of occultist Aleister Crowley. Parsons used Crowley's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STRSummary: Kris is derailed from her life when she is drugged by a small-time thief. She is unknowingly drawn into the life cycle of a presence that permeates the microscopic world, moving to nematodes, plant life, livestock, and back again. Along the way, she finds another being-a familiar, who is equally consumed by the mysterious presence. The two search urgently for a place of safety within each other...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video 2013
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER UPSSummary: At age 70, Forrest Tucker infamously made his escape from the tough San Quentin prison. Once he had gained his freedom, he embarked on a new set of heists that left investigators scratching their heads and the public fascinated by the story. This true story details Tucker's life which includes a detective wrapped up in the case, and a female who takes a liking to Tucker despite the criminal...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2019
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3 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY OLDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OLDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OLDSummary: For years, Mr. Meacham has told tales of the fierce dragon deep in the woods. To his daughter, Grace, these stories are little more than tall tales, until she meets Pete. Pete is a mysterious ten-year-old with no family who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliot.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2016
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PETCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PETCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PETSummary: In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GHOSummary: A fantasy adventure based on the Arthurian legend, the film tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's headstrong nephew, who embarks on a quest to confront the eponymous knight, a gigantic tree-like creature.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRESowers, Davina.
Contents: Vagabond stomp -- Black cloud -- Disappears -- Start runnin -- Sugar moon -- Pushpin -- Lipstick and chrome -- River -- Pocket -- Let's bring it back -- Bee sting -- Crosseyed -- Carry him with you -- Vagabond stomp (reprise).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Roustabout 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SOWLowery, Dave.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Courage Books 1993