Khadivi, Laleh
Summary: "Laguna Beach, California, 2009. Alireza Courdee, a fourteen-year-old straight-A student and chemistry whiz, takes his first hit of pot. In as long as it takes to inhale and exhale, he is transformed from the high-achieving son of Iranian immigrants into a happy-go-lucky stoner. He loses his virginity, takes up surfing, and sneaks away to all-night raves. For the first time, Reza--now...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KHAJaffari, Laleh
Summary: "When the rain comes the elephant likes to put up his umbrella and invite his friends underneath. One day the umbrella is swept away by the wind and meets the leopard and the bear, who have very different ideas about how to use the umbrella."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiny Owl Publishing Ltd. 2019
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Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP DALLahey, Alex
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL POP/ROCK LAHLahey, Alex.
Contents: Every day's the weekend -- I love you like a brother -- Perth traumatic stress disorder -- I haven't been taking care of myself -- Backpack -- Awkward exchange -- I want u -- Lotto in reverse -- Let's call it a day -- There's no money.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: DOC/Dead Oceans 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LAHHathaway, Lalah.
Contents: Little Ghetto Boy (Live) (3:57) -- Baby Don't Cry (Live) (3:22) -- I'm Coming Back (Live) (8:02) -- You Were Meant For Me (Live) (4:30) -- Angel (Live) (5:43) -- These Are The Things (Live) (3:02) -- Little Girl / Breathe (Live) (6:20) -- This Is Your Life (Live) (5:12) -- When Your Life Was Low (Live) (7:04) -- Forever, For Always, For Love (Live) (00:11:14) -- Lean On Me (Live) (7:21) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: eOne Music 2015
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Wale
Summary: The Grammy-nominated rapper's new collection features collaborations with Travis Scott, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Major Lazer, G-Eazy, J Balvin, and even Wale's daughter Zyla, to name a few.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP WALHaley, Alex.
Summary: Alex Haley traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. He follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America/Sound library 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 929.2 HALKhalidi, Rashid.
Summary: Analyzes three historical moments from the past thirty-five years to reveal how the U.S. and Israel have worked together to prevent the emergence of a Palestinian state.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.053 KHAHaley, Alex.
Summary: A family saga centered on an African-American matriarch whose husband was shot for stealing. It follows her descendants as they fight World War II, march for civil rights, join the Black Panthers and help develop Africa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALHaley.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Graveface Records & Curiosities 2023
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL POP/ROCK HALEjaz, Khadija
Summary: "Cameron Parker made a new friend. His name is Arjun Gupta, and he is a Hindu of Indian descent. Cameron spent a lot of time with Arjun's family and learned a lot about their faith, which the Hindus call sanatana dharma, or the eternal religion. Arjun's grandmother told Cameron the story behind her grandson's name and about a pilgrimage she went on as a little girl. Arjun's sisters told Cameron...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Purple Toad Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 294.5 EJAKhalidi, Rashid
Summary: A history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict told from the Palestinian perspective, arguing the period since the Balfour Declaration of 1917 has amounted to a hundred years of colonial war against the Palestinians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2019
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Summary: A sophomore at Princeton in 1955, southerner Fletcher Randall meets a group of Quaker Friends and eventually becomes involved in the Underground Railroad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1988
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALBin Laden, Najwa.
Summary: Mother and son give us an extraordinary view of the private life of a man both loved feared by his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.104 BIN LADEN FAMILY BINHaley, Alex.
Summary: The fictionalized saga of Haley's father's family, sequel to Roots.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALHaley, Alex.
Summary: This poignant and powerful narrative tells the dramatic story of Kunta Kinte, snatched from freedom in Africa and brought by ship to America and slavery, and his descendants. Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins back to the seventeen-year-old Kunta Kinte, who was abducted from his home in Gambia and transported as a slave to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.2 HALHubbard, Ladee
Summary: "At seventy-two, Johnny Ribkins shouldn't have such problems: He's got one week to come up with the money he stole from his mobster boss or it's curtains for Johnny. What may or may not be useful to Johnny as he flees is that he comes from an African-American family that has been gifted with rather super powers that are rather sad, but superpowers nonetheless. For example, Johnny's father could...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUBLADER, LAWRENCE
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1974
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Summary: Hoping to rekindle their troubled marriage while renovating a historic house in Ann Arbor, Kate and Stuart Kinzler learn that the house had been the scene of a devastating crime thirty years earlier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAKLalli, Sonya
Summary: "Serena Singh is tired of everyone telling her what she should want-and she is ready to prove to her mother, her sister, and the aunties in her community that a woman does not need domestic bliss to have a happy life. Things are going according to plan for Serena. She is smart, confident, and just got a kick-ass new job at a top advertising firm in Washington, D.C. Even before her younger...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Lalli 2021Lasley, Tabitha
Summary: "A stunning and brutally honest memoir that shines a light on what happens when female desire conflicts with a culture of masculinity in crisis In her midthirties and newly free from a terrible relationship, Tabitha Lasley quit her job at a London magazine, packed her bags, and poured her savings into a six-month lease on an apartment in Aberdeen, Scotland. She decided to make good on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LASLEY, TABITHA LASLauer, Betty
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smith and Kraus 2004