Quattro, Ken
Summary: Stories of Black artists who drew -- mostly covertly behind the scenes -- superhero, horror, and romance comics in the early years of the industry. The life stories of each man's personal struggles and triumphs are represented as they broke through into a world formerly occupied only by whites. Using primary source material from World War II-era Black newspapers and magazines, this book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yoe Books, IDW Publishing 2020
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 920 QUAMen
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MENKem
Contents: Saving my love for you -- Promise to love -- Downtown -- Beautiful world -- Do what you gotta do -- Say something real -- My favorite thing -- It's you -- The soft side of love -- Nobody -- Pray for me.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES KEMKem.
Contents: Find your way (back in my life) (4:33) -- Heaven (6:23) -- Into you (5:02) -- I can't stop loving you (5:23) -- Without you (4:08) -- Set you free (4:26 ) -- I'm in love (4:23) -- True love (4:25) -- Each other (3:44) -- You might win (3:47) -- I get lifted (4:04).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Motown 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES KEMKeno, Leigh.
Summary: Antique experts Leigh and Leslie Keno describe more than a dozen of their most fascinating treasure hunts and extraordinary discoveries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 749.213 KENSummary: A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NINQuatro, Jamie
Summary: "Maggie is entirely devoted to her husband Thomas, their two beautiful children, and to God--until what begins as a platonic intellectual and spiritual exchange between writer Maggie and poet James transforms into an erotically-charged bond that challenges Maggie's sense of loyalty and morality, drawing her deeper into the darkness of desire." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC QUAQuatro, Suzi.
Contents: Suzi Quatro. 48 crash -- Glycerine queen -- Shine my machine -- Official suburbian superman -- I wanna be your man -- Primitive love -- All shook up -- Sticks and stones -- Skin tight skin -- Get back mamma -- Rockin' moonbeam -- Shakin' all over -- Quatro. Wild one -- Keep a-knockin' -- Too big -- Klondyke Kate -- Savage silk -- Move it -- Hit the road Jack -- Trouble -- Cat size -- Shot of...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Beat Goes On Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK QuatrSummary: Liu Jin-xi is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper's life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu. Convinced that Liu's martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region's vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WUSummary: In this madcap and lighthearted comedic romp, introverted optometrist Weichung begins to question his marriage with his wife Feng, upon learning of her desire to have another baby. At his sister's engagement party, Weichung bumps into an old friend, Stephen, a wedding photographer who, though also married, is living the high life of a younger, single gay man. When Stephen teases Weichung for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WILContents: 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
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLI1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLIN
Avil, Kee
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK AVISanbe, Kei
Summary: "Satoru Fujinuma's power of Revival has sent him eighteen years into his past to relive his middle school days and prevent the death of his classmate Kayo Hinazuki. But even with the advantage of foreknowledge, Satoru finds himself unable to prevent Kayo from becoming a victim yet again. Back in the present, twenty-nine-year-old Satoru is still on the run from the police and no closer to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ERASen, Mayukh
Summary: "America's modern culinary history told through the lives of seven pathbreaking chefs and food writers. Who's really behind America's appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from an electric new voice in food writing honors seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers stretches from World War II to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company, independent publishers since 1923 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 SENKeb' Mo'
Contents: The worst is yet to come -- Somebody hurt you -- Do it right -- I'm gonna be your man -- Move -- For better or worse -- That's alright -- The old me better -- More for your money -- So long goodbye.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES KEBKeno, Megan
Summary: In Cast Iron Gourmet, Megan shows that you don’t need dozens of dishes or tons of time in order to create gourmet meals. She showcases the unique, all-purpose nature of cast iron with recipes like Gorgonzola and Herb Skillet Grilled Strip Steak, Summer Vegetable Baked Polenta with Eggs, Czech Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder, Rosemary Focaccia, No Pit Hawaiian Kalua Pork, Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.58 KENKoen, Karleen.
Summary: An ambitious young woman, Alice Verney risks everything for pride and status as she deals with the political intrigues, private passions, shifting alliances, and social machinations of the Restoration court of King Charles II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KOEYen, Jennifer
Summary: Smart, kind, and pretty, Liza Yang dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. But her mom compares her to older sister Jeannie, and sees Liza as stubborn, rebellious, and determined to push back against all of Mrs. Yang's traditional values, especially when it comes to dating. The one thing they agree on is their love of baking. Mrs. Yang is the owner of Houston's popular Yin & Yang...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YENSummary: A new arrival in British-occupied Hong Kong wants to open a martial arts academy to teach his unique Wing Chun style. But a corrupt cabal of martial arts masters, led by Master Hung, refuses to allow him to teach in peace until he proves himself in a series of fights against the local master, which Ip does, in style. But even after earning the respect of the local masters, Ip's troubles are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IPFarthing, Pen.
Summary: Describes how the author's witness to the brutality of Afghanistan's dog-fighting activities prompted his intervention and led to his relationship with a freed canine, recounting how he helped create a makeshift pound for rescued and stray dogs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.08 FARHen Ogledd
Contents: Love Time Feel -- Sky Burial -- Problem Child -- First Date -- Gwae Reged o Heddiw -- Dyma Fy Robot -- Tiny Witch Hunter -- Transport & Travel -- Welcome to Hell -- Etheldreda
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Domino recording Co.
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HENMcDonald, Kel
Summary: "Ave has decided to illegally harvest healing moss from the Stone King, a mighty giant who roams the lands. Her theft goes even better than she could have dreamed. But what she thought would buy her a ticket to adventure and a better life, brings disaster instead. Now her home is in danger and fixing her mistakes is the city's only hope"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MCDSen, Amartya
Summary: "From Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen, a long-awaited memoir about home, belonging, inequality, and identity, recounting a singular life devoted to betterment of humanity. The Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is one of a handful of people who may truly be called"a global intellectual" (Financial Times). A towering figure in the field of economics, Sen is perhaps best known for his work on poverty and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2022