Qualey, Marsha
Summary: Gracie the pig has a part in a movie with with Tilda Swinetune, the champion swim racer and movie star, but she is upset when she realizes she is just a stunt double--however a small change in the script makes her able to do that and also fulfill her dream with a part of her own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUASummary: A deranged stuntman stalks his victims from the safety of his killer car, but when he picks on the wrong group of babes, all bets are off. He becomes involved in an automotive duel of epic proportions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. 2007
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DEAHamilton, Sable
Summary: Kellie, one of the girls at the Stardust stunt-riding stables, is working as a stunt double on a movie--but when the actress comes down with food poisoning she is called upon to step into the leading role.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HAMHamilton, S.L.
Summary: This title introduces readers to the job of stunt performer. A short history of the profession is included, and readers will learn about the different types of "gags" such as precision driving, high falls, fire stunts, crashing through glass, and taking a punch. Equipment needed to do the job right and to stay safe is discussed, such as helmets, harnesses, protective jackets, gloves, boots,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & D Xtreme, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 791.432 HAMHamilton, Sable
Summary: Kami Cooper is already an accomplished rider, but when she joins the Stardust stunt-riding stables in Colorado, she discovers she still has a lot to learn--and being a stunt double is not all glamour.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HAMRauf, Don
Summary: Stunt performers in movies and television use their athletic ability to bring pulse-racing action to the screen. This book introduces readers to the thrilling world of stunt work, revealing how these daring acts are safely carried out for the screen. Readers learn about the technical aspects of the work, such as the equipment performers use, as well as their workout regimens to stay in shape...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.402 RAURobbins, Dean
Summary: A picture book biography follows the life of Kitty O'Neil, the stuntwoman and racecar driver who broke the women's land speed record, becoming a hero to fans everywhere.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 O'NE1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROB
Tarantino, Quentin
Summary: Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick Dalton's a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it? Cliff Booth is Rick's stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he's the only one there who might have gotten away with murder. Sharon Tate left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial Paperback 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TARFoxe, Steve
Summary: Join the LEGO City Stunt Team as they compete to be in a racing video game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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Summary: "Pearl lives on a ranch where her chores include collecting eggs and feeding ornery ostriches. She has three older brothers, who don't coddle her at all. And she knows a thing or two about horses, too. One day, Pearl's brothers get cushy jobs doing stunts for this new form of entertainment called "moving pictures." They're the Daredevil Donnelly Brothers, a Death-Defying Cowboy Trio. Before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A Knopf 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WILSummary: From 1958 to 1963, American actor Rick Dalton knew the height of fame and fortune as the lead in the television series Bounty Law. Yet, Rick wasn't satisfied with the work and used his popularity to try to become a movie star. By 1969, Rick's career has stalled so much that he takes jobs as a guest star on various shows. He even starts wondering if the only way he can make a comeback is by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ONCCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ONCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie OnceCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ONCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ONCCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OnSummary: Take the thrill of insane stunts and the excitement of rock 'n' roll, fuse them and you get Stunt Rock! The madness starts when a real-life Australian stuntman goes to L.A. and meets up with a theatrical rock band called Sorcery, and Page impresses the rockers so much with his daredevil antics that they hire him for their act. While his first stunt lands him in the hospital, the reckless Page...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE STUSallis, James
Summary: Driver thinks he has settled into a normal life, but after his fiancée is killed he must confront his criminal past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SALSummary: After eleven years, the Jackass crew is back for their final adventure.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY JACCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD JACSummary: Bachelor Valentin Bravo has his life turned upside down when a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep. They move to L.A. in search of the mother, but are unable to find her. So he decides to raise the baby on his own and gets a job as one of Hollywood's top stuntmen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate. 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE INSSummary: A Hollywood movie crew is in the midst of making a western in a remote Peruvian village. When production wraps, the baleful stuntman Kansas remains, attempting to find redemption in the isolation of Peru and the arms of a former prostitute. Meanwhile, the local Indians have taken over the abandoned set and begun to stage a ritualistic re-enactment of the production with Kansas as their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LASGloss, Molly.
Summary: "In 1938, nineteen-year-old ranch hand Bud Frazer sets out for Hollywood. His little sister has been gone a couple of years now, his parents are finding ranch work and comfort for their loss where they can, but for Bud, Echol Creek--where he grew up and first learned to ride--is a place he can no longer call home. So he sets his sights on becoming a stunt rider in the movies and rubbing...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GLOGurstelle, William.
Contents: Big-t people, little-t people -- What is Edgework -- Where the action is -- Why live dangerously? -- The most important chapter in the book -- Obtainium -- Thundring voice -- Playing with fire -- Inner Macgyver -- The minor vices -- The physical arts -- Thrill eating -- Flamethrowers -- The strange music starts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 GURLobdell, Scott.
Summary: Frank and Joe are assigned to back up Miss Teen Stunt America contestant Lindsay Rider, who is also an A.T.A.C. agent, as they attempt to discover which of the other three contestants is fencing stolen diamonds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LOBNorth, Fred
Summary: "As a young, misunderstood boy, Fred North was never a fan of the rules. Then, on an unremarkable day in 1969, a helicopter touched down in his hometown of Saint-Louis, Senegal, and turned his world upside down. Fifty years later, he's Hollywood's go-to stunt pilot with a world altitude record and over two hundred film credits to his name, including Inception, James Bond: Spectre, and Fast X....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dexterity 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NORTH, FRED NORSummary: After two debt collectors attempt to seize a stunt horse belonging to washed-up stuntman Luo, video of the ensuing confrontation and the dynamic duo's narrow acrobatic escape goes viral on social media. Furious, humiliated, and out for revenge, the vicious debt collectors return, and Luo and Red Hare must engage in several hilarious action-packed stunts and antics that outdo the most daring...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RIDGloss, Molly
Summary: "In 1938, nineteen-year-old ranch hand Bud Frazer sets out for Hollywood. His little sister has been gone a couple of years now, his parents are finding ranch work and comfort for their loss where they can, but for Bud, Echol Creek--where he grew up and first learned to ride--is a place he can no longer call home. So he sets his sights on becoming a stunt rider in the movies and rubbing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GLOMarsh, Nicola
Summary: "A woman ready to give up on love discovers that age is truly just a number in this heartwarming and steamy new romantic comedy by USA Today bestselling author Nicola Marsh. For almost a decade, successful thirty-seven-year-old Samira Broderick has used her bustling Los Angeles practice as an excuse to avoid a trip home to Australia. She still resents her meddling Indian mother for arranging...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 2020
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMurphy, Kimberly Shannon
Summary: A memoir from one of the most successful stuntwomen in Hollywood chronicles her path to recovery from a childhood of sexual abuse and offers hope for others who have suffered through the same ordeal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023