Awada, Dounya

Summary: "Dounya Awada is a 24-year-old, devout Muslim, happy, healthy, and very much alive. But just a few years before, she nearly starved to death. Her struggle began when she was six years old. Little Dounya wanted nothing less than to be perfect, like her mother. She pushed herself hard every day, excelling in schoolwork and at home. She had to be the cutest, prettiest, smartest girl in the room....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Zuiker Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 AWA

Summary: 19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. International media coverage of the Arab world and its many complex, interconnected conflicts is dominated by the work of Western correspondents, many of whom are white and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4082 OUR

Summary: A SWAT team arrives at a rundown apartment block with a mission to remove its owner, a notorious drug lord named Tama. The building has never been raided before, never been touched by police. Seen as a no-go zone, it has since become a sanctuary to killers, gangs, rapists, and thieves seeking accommodation in the one place they know they cannot be touched. Making their move in the break of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RAI

Contents: Disc 1, Films 1-3. Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi (1962 ; 96 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kenji Misumi -- Zoku Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi continues (1962 ; 72 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kazuo Mori -- Shin Zatōichi...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLI
1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLIN

Kaada

Contents: Smiger (4:37) -- Mainstreaming (4:39) -- From here on it got rough (3:20) -- Spindle (5:29) -- The mosquito and the abandoned old woman (3:57) -- Julia Pastrana (4:42) -- No man's land (5:00) -- Daily living (3:49) -- The small stuff (3:48) -- Celibate (7:20) -- Retirement community (5:12) -- Birds of prey (4:16) -- In hora mortis (3:46).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Ipecac Recordings 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KAA

Teada.

Contents: Brid Thomais mhurchadha -- Stepping stone -- The league reel/Peter Horan's/The flannel jacket -- The ace and deuce of piping -- Humours of lissadell/Maude Mille/The jolly tinker -- Thios I Dteach an toraimh -- Highland chluain ard/Clarke's/The foxhunter's jig/The old maid -- John Egan's/Saunder's fort -- Tom Cawley's/Ta an coilleach ag fogairt an lae/Rowsome's/Clancy's -- The trip we took over...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Green Linnet Records 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN Teada

Kaada.

Contents: Care -- Mainframe -- Black California -- Burden -- No you don't -- Go brown -- All wrong -- Honk -- I need you -- Thank you for giving me your valuable time.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Ipecac Recordings 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KAA

Canada

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Imprimé par S. Derbishire et G. Desbarats 1863

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3714 MONTREAL Commissioners Vol. 1
Call number: R GEN 929.3714 MONTREAL Commissioners Vol. 3

Canada

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Imprimé par G. Desbarats 1863

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3714 COURONNE Commissioners

Tawada, Yōko

Summary: Japan, after suffering from a massive irreparable disaster, cuts itself off from the world. Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly. Mumei lives with his grandfather Yoshiro, who worries about him constantly. They carry on a day-to-day routine in what could be viewed as a post-Fukushima time, with all the children born ancient--frail...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Books 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAW

Awad, Amal

Summary: For as long as humans have existed, we have consulted everything from the stars to stones with symbols on them. Growing up in an Arab Muslim family, SBS journalist and TEDx presenter Amal Awad was keenly aware of the unseen forces at play in her life - superstition, fatalism and magical jinn were more real to her than any Hollywood fantasy. From fundy (aka fundamentalist) Muslim to New Age...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Murdoch Books 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204.092 AWA

Wada, Tashi.

Contents: Aubade -- Ground -- Litany -- Ondine -- Niagara -- Double body -- Bottom of thesky -- Mutable signs -- Fanfare -- Moments of exile.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WAD

Summary: Christine Eisley is a single mom of two struggling to keep her family afloat during Christmas time in the small town of Wilsonville. Having recently moved into town, Christine becomes acquainted with the townspeople, and as the holidays progress, she comes to find her struggles are replaced by surprise and good fortune, as a long time family secret is finally brought to light.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2016

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday C

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE CHR

Summary: When a medical resident loses a patient, he moves back home with his father to rethink his career. His visit is a bittersweet one, overshadowed by memories of the mother he lost 18 years earlier on Christmas Eve. Nathan accepts a coaching position at a local elementary school where he meets Megan, a teacher, and becomes close with a young boy named Charlie. His world is turned upside down when...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Feature Films for Families 2009

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE CHR

Sihachakr, Sourya

Summary: "On the run from the ruthless forces of Lord Ulric and Captain Nina who seek the extermination of the magical women known as Summoners, Princess Talli and her motley crew of companions find themselves cut off from their chosen route of escape and forced to traverse the deadly Forbidden Forest. Can Talli and her team make it to the other side without getting eaten by wild animals? Will they find...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oni-Lion Forge Publishing, LLC 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TAL

Sihachakr, Sourya

Summary: "Talli is a Summoner: a nearly extinct people, hunted by those who fear their mysterious powers. As a baby, she was adopted by Lord [Borin], and all was well for many years . . . But one day, their castle is sacked by [Borin]'s rival, Lord Ulric. Talli escapes in the chaos and darkness with the help of the noble (some might say too noble) knight Sir Alan. With Ulric's forces hot on her heels,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oni-Lion Forge Publishing, LLC 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TAL

Amado, Martin

Summary: The ultimate guide to creating a gorgeous home that reflects your best, most beautiful self. Design expert and "makeover maestro" Martin Amado reveals the 3-step method he uses to create dramatic room makeovers for his clients in only one day. From walls to furniture to accessories, learn how to decorate rooms of any style in layers like a professional designer. Overflowing with stunning color...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 670 AMA

Apaka, Alfred.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1987

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/OCEANIC APA

Dojny, Brooke.

Summary: Creamy Clam Chowder. Portuguese Caldo Verde Chowder. Northwest Salmon Chowder with Leeks and Peas. Double Corn Summer Chowder. Brooke Dojny offers 57 recipes for chowders of all kinds -- some made with seafood, some with meat, and some with just veggies -- plus side dishes, salads, and desserts to round out the menu. Whether you’re looking for a hearty meal on a cozy winter evening or a fresh...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2015

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 DOJ

Jobareth, Dawda.

Contents: I Met Her By The River -- Begging Boys -- Karang Folo -- Firifiroolu -- Sidi Yella -- The Red Desert -- Jeg Gik Mig Ud En Sommerdag -- Afro Blue -- Hello.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Sterns Africa 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN JOB

Mathis, Ayana.

Summary: In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. Instead, she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins succumb to an illness a few pennies could have prevented. Hattie gives birth to nine more children whom she raises with grit and mettle and not an ounce of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAT

Owara, Sumito

Summary: "Midori loves to design worlds. Tsubame loves to animate. Sayaka loves to make money! And at Shibahama High, they call them Eizouken--a three-girl club determined to produce their own spectacular science fiction anime! But with no budget from their school and a leaky warehouse for a studio, Eizouken is going to have to work hard and use their imagination ... the one thing they've got plenty of!"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Manga, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 KEE

Spada, James.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ONA