Summary: "In director Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other - to become brothers again like they used to be. Their 'spiritual quest', however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Darjeeling 2007Summary: Sixteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. When out with her friends, she's a regular Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect Pakistani daughter. But when her father catches her alone with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example and escape the judgment of their peers, Nisha's parents send her to live with extended family in a small town in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WHASummary: A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE LIFDur-Dur Band Int
Contents: Wan ka helaa (3:52 min) -- Riyo (4:12 min) -- Hasha geel (6:01 min) -- Heeyaa (4:02 min) -- Duurka (4:01 min) -- Love my love (5:57 min) -- Sallal (4:24 min) -- Jija love (4:42 min)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: OutHere Records 2014
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DURSummary: An airport janitor makes a big difference in the lives of the children in his poor neighborhood when they mistake him for an airplane pilot. Using his imagination to weave stories of the wonderful places he has visited around the world, a friendship develops as he brings hope to their otherwise grim home life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Terra Entertainment 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CAPSummary: A young Indian woman returns to her wealthy hometown and faces her pretentious family and their traditions. But when she meets the handsome son of local shopkeepers and invites him over, she accidentally uncovers a pair of family secrets.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY INDHossain, Anushay
Summary: Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, the concept of women's healthcare hardly existed. Hossain was relieved to deliver her baby in the US. But things started to go awry from the minute she stepped in the hospital, and after thirty hours of labor Hossain ran a fever of 104 degrees, she shook and trembled uncontrollably, and the doctors finally performed an emergency C-section. Her experience...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 HOSNadim
Summary: "Four-year-old Nadim puts his words on paper and gives us a glimpse of how he sees the world: one filled with glitter, magical boxes, and cuddles with Mom. A place where school smells like daffodils and honey (and sometimes dirty socks), where Wednesdaysare rainbow-colored, where fish in the sea make a shhhh sound, and where everyone has love, even baddies. The poems in this anthology make for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821 NADKamaly, Hossein
Summary: Beginning in seventh-century Mecca and Medina, A History of Islam in 21 Women takes us around the globe, through eleventh-century Yemen and Khorasan, and into sixteenth-century Spain, Istanbul and India.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld Publications 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.082 KAMSummary: "One of the preeminent figures of Iranian cinema, Mohsen Makhmalbaf has written and directed an impressive array of acclaimed films, winning accolades at international film festivals and admiration of world cinema audiences. This collection presents three of his most lyrical works which the director has termed his Poetic Trilogy. Gabbeh tells of an elderly couple who stop by a stream to wash...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN MOH'Omoumi, Hossein
Contents: Dastgâh-e homâyun (28:15) -- Avâz-e dashti (13:02) -- Dastgâh-e châhârgâh (28:44).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nimbus Records 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST NOMHossein, Robert
Summary: When her husband is killed by bandits, a woman seeks revenge and turns to an old friend for help.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2015
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY WESTERN CEMHussain, Nadiya
Summary: "A touching story about a little boy whose worry monster follows him everywhere he goes. It's there when he gets dressed, when he wants to play with his toys, and even when his friends come over to visit. How can he escape his worries?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HUSHossain, Saad Z.
Summary: "Welcome to Baghdad during the US invasion. A desperate American military has created a power vacuum that needs to be filled. Religious fanatics, mercenaries, occultists, and soldiers are all vying for power. So how do regular folks try to get by? If you're Dagr and Kinza, a former economics professor and a streetwise hoodlum, you turn to dealing in the black market. But everything is about to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Unnamed Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOSHussain, Nadiya
Summary: "The host of the beloved Netflix series Time to Eat and Nadiya Bakes and winner of The Great British Baking Show returns to her true love, baking, with more than 100 delicious, Americanized recipes for sweet treats. When Nadiya Hussain, the UK's "nationaltreasure," began cooking, she headed straight to the oven--which, in her home, wasn't used for baking, but rather for storing frying pans! One...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.815 HUSHussain, Nadiya
Summary: "The Great British Baking Show winner and host of Time to Eat shares more than 100 recipes for family meals, complementing such series favorites as Instant Noodles and Peanut Butter & Jelly Traybake with time-saving and make-ahead tips.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.555 HUSHussain, Anika
Summary: Best friends Zara and Adnan navigate the twists and turns of fake dating, family dynamics, and cultural stereotypes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HUSHussain, Nadiya
Summary: "Nadiya Hussain, winner of The Great British Baking Show, knows that what we bake depends on the day of the week and what mood we're in. In Nadiya's Everyday Baking, Nadiya shares nearly 100 simple and achievable recipes for breakfast, dinner, dessert, and everything in between. Organized by situation and occasion, Nadiya's recipes are designed to always provide for a delicious, rewarding meal...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter/Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 HUSSummary: When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili's head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two young daughters. Capturing their uncertain journey, Fazili shows firsthand the dangers facing refugees seeking asylum and the love shared between a family on the run.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIDBhattacharya, Anandi.
Contents: Jai ganesh (5:49) -- Aurora (5:10) -- Amaro porano jaha chay (What my heart desires) (7:50) -- In between us (4:19) -- A pluviophile's dance (Sawani) (5:49) -- Maya's dream (Kalavati) (5:50) -- Flor de puja (Flowers of rain) (6;35) -- Migration of colours (Buleria meets Holi) (8:21) -- Radha enraptured (Soi Lo) (5:52).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverboat Records 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL INDIAN/INDONESIAN BHAHusain, Mishal
Summary: Award-winning broadcaster Mishal Husain inspires, champions, and encourages women to make their ambitions a reality by focusing on practical skills that make a difference.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1082 HUSDarby, Anabel
Summary: Fodor's Essential New Zealand travel guide is packed with customizable itineraries with top recommendations, detailed maps of New Zealand, and exclusive tips from locals. Whether you want to explore Auckland, bungee-jump in Queenstown, or visit The Lord of the Rings sights in Middle-earth, this up-to-date guidebook will help you plan it all out.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel 2910
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 NEW ZEALAND TRAVELHassan, Hawa
Summary: "Grandmothers from eight eastern African countries welcome you into their kitchens to share flavorful recipes and stories of family, love, and tradition in this transporting cookbook-meets-travelogue"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2020