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Paulo Coelho
(18)
Summary: Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different -- and far more satisfying -- than he ever imagined. Santiago's...
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BOOK
Call #: BK CLUB F COELHO
Locations: Book Club Sets, Adult Fiction
copies in: 18 of 19
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by
Kim Michele Richardson
(172,948)
Summary: "Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library...
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BOOK
Call #: BK CLUB F RICHARDSON
Locations: Book Club Sets, Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 19
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Staff Pick
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by
Graham Swift
(14,660)
Summary: "From the Booker Award winner: a luminous, profoundly moving work of fiction that begins with an afternoon tryst in 1924 between a servant girl and the young man of the neighboring house, but then...
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BOOK
Call #: BK CLUB F SWIFT
Locations: Book Club Sets, Adult Fiction
copies in: 21 of 21
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Staff Pick
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by
Amor Towles
(463,115)
Summary: "A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is...
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BOOK
Call #: BK CLUB F TOWLES
Locations: Book Club Sets, Adult Fiction
copies in: 19 of 19
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by
Helene Tursten
(18,593)
Summary: Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and no qualms about a little murder. Ever since her darling father's untimely death when she was only eighteen, Maud has...
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BOOK
Call #: BK CLUB F TURSTEN
Locations: Book Club Sets, Adult Fiction
copies in: 7 of 19
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![About last night [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/106845@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A modern re-imagining of the classic romantic comedy. Bernie and Joan are two fiery flirters who are passionate about everything from hookups to breakups. When he sets up his best friend, Danny, with...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ABOUT
Location: Adult Displays - Circ 1
copies in: 1 of 1
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![About a boy [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/8193@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Will is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is to avoid any kind of responsibility. So he decides to invent an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms....
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ABOUT
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Adam [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/46231@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Adam is a handsome but intriguing young man who has Asperger's syndrome and has led a sheltered existence. Then he meets his new neighbor, Beth. She is a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ADAM
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Adaptation [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/9194@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche, "New Yorker" journalist Susan Orlean, Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and his...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ADAPTATION
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Admission [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/73509@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A Princeton admissions officer, Portia Nathan, who is up for a major promotion, takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption.
DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ADMISSION
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Adventures in babysitting [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/29201@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A babysitter and three kids leave the safe suburbs and head for the heart of the big city to rescue a frantic friend.
DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ADVENTURES
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Airplane! [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/181076@2x.jpg)
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Summary: In this spoof of disaster movies, an ex-Navy pilot with a deep aversion to planes finds himself on a flight with an ex-girlfriend he wants to win back. He becomes embroiled in a crisis where the crew...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY AIRPLANE
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Alex & Emma [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/19421@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Alex is an author whose writer's block and gambling debts have landed him in trouble. In order to get the loan sharks off his back, he must finish his novel in 30 days or end up dead. To help him...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ALEX
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Almost famous [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/2775@2x.jpg)
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Summary: It's the opportunity of a lifetime when teenage reporter William Miller lands an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine. Despite the objections of his protective mother, William hits the road with an...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ALMOST
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Almost Christmas [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/161964@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A beloved patriarch asks his family for one gift this holiday season: to get along. If they can honor that wish and spend five days under the same roof without killing one another, it will be a Christmas miracle.
DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ALMOST
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Along came Polly [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/12974@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Reuben Feffer, a professional risk assessor, is not one to ever take chances in any aspect of his life. But when his new bride Lisa leaves him for French scuba instructor Claude on their honeymoon,...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ALONG
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Amelie [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/8506@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Amelie is a young woman who had a decidedly unusual childhood; misdiagnosed with an unusual heart condition, Amelie didn't attend school with other children, but spent most of her time in her room,...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY AMELIE
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![American graffiti [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/9391@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Four teenagers come of age in 1962 on the last summer night before they go off to college, jobs, or the army.
DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY AMERICAN
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![The American president [DVD] : Dave.](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/29109@2x.jpg)
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY AMERICAN
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![American movie [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/27186@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Documentary of the two-year effort by Mark Borchardt to finish his "no-budget horror film, Coven."
DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY AMERICAN
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Analyze this [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/27822@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A spoof on the gangster roles that have been associated with De Niro's film career, this is the story of an anxiety-ridden Mafia boss who monopolizes the services of a family psychiatrist.
DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ANALYZE
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Anchorman 2 [DVD] : the legend continues](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/104097@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Ron and Veronica's romance falls apart as the duo anchors a weekend broadcast at a New York-based network in 1980. Ron is fired for being the worst anchor anyone has ever seen and so he leaves...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ANCHORMAN
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Anger management [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/184279@2x.jpg)
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Summary: After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr....
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ANGER
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Animal house [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/105794@2x.jpg)
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Summary: In 1962, Larry Kroger and Kent Dorfman are freshman in college. They want to join a fraternity. After visiting several, including the snobby Omega house, they come to a Delta house pledge party. Here...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ANIMAL
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Annie Hall [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/21289@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Woody Allen's semi-autobiographical portrait of his amorous, but ultimately mismatched, relationship with co-star Diane Keaton. Allen uses satire and comedy to portray this "nervous romance" for modern times.
DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ANNIE
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Another year [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/59582@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ANOTHER
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Are we done yet? [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/28841@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Now married to Suzanne, Nick buys a suburban house to escape the rat race of the big city and to provide more space for his new wife and kids Lindsey and Kevin. But when his new home quickly becomes...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ARE
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Arms and the man [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/25114@2x.jpg)
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Summary: One night, a frightened Swiss soldier of fortune climbs into the bedroom of a young Bulgarian girl and soon deflates her romantic notions about love and valor.
DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ARMS
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![The art of getting by [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/62955@2x.jpg)
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Summary: "Fatalistic teenager George Zingavoy (Freddie Highmore) is a master at just barely getting by. In fact, he's practically turned it into an art form -- making it through the entire school year without...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ART
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![The art of self-defense [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/212693@2x.jpg)
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Summary: After a roving motorcycle gang attacks him on the street, timid bookkeeper Casey joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself. Under the watchful eye of a charismatic...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ART
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Arthur (1981) [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/7833@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Arthur Bach is very, very rich, and he's next in line for a 750 million dollar inheritance. He stands to lose his inheritance--and a life in the lush style to which he is accustomed--if he doesn't...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ARTHUR
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![The artist [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/63337@2x.jpg)
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Summary: In 1927, George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of the talkies will kill his career and he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ARTIST
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![As good as it gets [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/28844@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Melvin Udall is an obsessive-compulsive novelist with Manhattan's meanest mouth. But when his gay neighbor Simon is hospitalized, Melvin is forced to babysit Simon's dog. And that unexpected act of...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY AS
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![At Middleton [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/107191@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Straight-laced George and eccentric Edith, two strangers meet on their children's campus tour at the idyllic Middleton College. Failing comically to connect with their kids, George and Edith play...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY AT
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Attack the block [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/66193@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A gang of tough inner-city kids try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, which turns a South London apartment complex into an extraterrestrial war zone.
DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY ATTACK
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Austin Powers [DVD] : the spy who shagged me](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/27820@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Intent on world domination, diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back to 1969 and steals Austin's "mojo". Now Austin must return to the swingin' sixties, recover his mojo and stop his nemesis from liquidating the world.
DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY AUSTIN
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Austin Powers, international man of mystery [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/9159@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Frozen in the 60's, secret agent Austin Powers (Myers) is thawed back into action to once again battle his archenemy Dr. Evil (Myers). With his sexy sidekick Ms. Kensington (Hurley), Austin must...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY AUSTIN
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Baby mama [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/36682@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Kate is a successful and single businesswoman who has long put her career ahead of a personal life. At 37, she's finally determined to have a child on her own. Unable to get pregnant, a driven Kate...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY BABY
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Baby boom [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/206020@2x.jpg)
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Summary: An over-achieving businesswoman's life is changed by the arrival of a twenty-two pound bundle named Elizabeth. She tries to juggle a high-pressure career and instant motherhood in this fast-paced...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY BABY
Location: DVDs Comedy
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Bachelorette [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/70367@2x.jpg)
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Summary: On the night before an old friend's wedding, three frisky bridesmaids go searching for a little fun but find much more than they bargained for. Becky, set to marry her handsome sweetheart, and the...
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DVD
Call #: DVD COMEDY BACHELORETTE
Location: Adult Displays - Circ 1
copies in: 1 of 1
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