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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4082 OURHaza, Ofra.
Contents: Im nin'alu (5:16) -- Yachilvi veyachali (3:24) -- A'salk (4:42) -- Medley. Tzur menati ; Se'i yona ; Sapri tama (5:44) -- Galbi (4:14) -- Ode le'eli (3:29) -- Lefelach harimon (5:06) -- Ayelet chen (6:29).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Style 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST HAZSeba
Contents: Ben Ali (4:12) -- Chouft (3:52) -- TGe dGekoum -- Zina zina (3:34) -- Nomades (4:31) -- MGsirda (3:57) -- Bladna (3:39) -- Kayen dGe (3:43) -- RaFi raFi (3:51) -- Loukane (5:33) -- Yamina (4:27) -- Salam (4:21)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tinder Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST SEBHead, Heno.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Standard Pub. 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: 567.9 HEASummary: Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. But when a tragedy strikes the family, they are forced to leave this self-created paradise and begin a journey into the outside world that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent and brings into question everything...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CAPEERA
Contents: Living -- Beast -- Christine -- I wanna dance -- Survived -- Watching you -- 10,000 voices -- Trust -- Wise man -- Reflection of youth.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK EERHara
Summary: What do you do when your body doesn't match the ideal shape as dictated by society? What do you wear when sweats seem to be the only clothes that fit you? How do you deal with the constant, overwhelming waves of criticism about your appearance from yourself and others? A love letter to anyone striving to embrace their size, this wonderfully illustrated, uplifting comic essay by a plus-size...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 HARHama
Contents: Terroir -- Houmeissa -- Dounia -- Bororo -- Wassa -- Takamba -- Touareg -- Baoura -- Takamba (remix) -- Yeta yeta.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN HAMBobby Hebb
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Portable Music 1965
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMKovály, Heda
Summary: "In 1985, Czech Holocaust memoirist, literary translator, and political exile Heda Margolius Kovaly turned her pen to fiction. Inspired by the stories of Raymond Chandler, Kovaly knit her own terrifying experiences in early 1950s Socialist Prague--her husband's imprisonment and wrongful execution, her own persecution at his disgrace--into a gorgeous psychological thriller-cum-detective novel....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KOVMcEntire, Reba.
Contents: Just a little love -- Poison sugar -- I'm gettin' over you -- You are always there for me -- Every second someone breaks a heart -- Tell me what's so good about goodbye -- He broke your memory last night -- If only -- Congratulations -- Silver eagle.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Records 1984
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY MCEFela
Contents: Koola Lobitos 64-68. Highlife time (5:22) -- Omuti tide (3:50) -- Ololufe mi (5:16) -- Wadele wa robin (4:05) -- Laise lairo (4:11) -- Wayo (1st version) (4:41) -- The '69 L.A. sessions. My lady frustration (6:58) -- Viva nigeria (3:45) -- Obe (3:12) -- Ako (2:40) -- Witchcraft (5:25) -- Wayo (3:27) -- Lover (6:08) -- Funky horn (4:42) -- Eko (4:12) -- This is sad (5:19).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Wrasse Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN KutiFela
Contents: Shuffering and shmiling -- No agreement -- Dog eat dog (instrumental).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN KutiHebb, Michael
Summary: "Of the many critical conversations we will all have throughout our lifetime, few are as important as the ones discussing death--and not just the practical considerations, such as DNRs and wills, but what we fear, what we hope, and how we want to be remembered. Yet few of these conversations are actually happening. Inspired by his experience with his own father and countless stories from others...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.09 HEBFela
Contents: disc 1. Jeun ko ku (Chop 'n quench) ; Opposite people (edit) ; Highlife time ; Lover ; Viva Nigeria ; Upside down (edit) ; Egbe mi o (Carry me I want to die) ; Johnny just drop (edit) ; VIP (part 2 live in Berlin) -- disc 2. Teacher don't teach me nonsense (edit) ; Go slow (edit) ; Zombie ; Power show (edit) ; Beasts of no nation (edit) ; Shuffering and Shmiling (edit) ; Colonial mentality...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knitting Factory Records 2014
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Summary: Morocco, 1968: Two siblings, unusual for their biracial parentage--their father is Moroccan, their mother French--search for their place in a world not made to fit them. Aicha, strong-willed and studious, dreams of leaving Morocco to study medicine in her mother's homeland. Her younger brother, Selim, the family's errant misfit, will forge a path of rebellion among the European hippies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SLISlimani, Leïla
Summary: "In her first new novel since The Perfect Nanny launched her onto the world stage and won her acclaim for her "devastatingly perceptive character studies" (The New York Times Book Review), Leila Slimani draws on her own family's inspiring story for the first volume in a planned trilogy about race, resilience, and women's empowerment. Mathilde, a spirited young Frenchwoman, falls in love with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SLICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SLIFela
Contents: Confusion (25:36) -- Gentleman (14:42) -- Fefe naa efe (8:12) -- Igbe (8:07).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN FELFela
Contents: Fela mentality (Intro) (Fela Kuti) -- Kalakuta show (Gab & Lateef) -- Interlude: Live at Kalakuta (Fela Kuti) -- Shuffering & shmiling (Dead Prez, Talib Kewli, Jorge Ben and Bilal) -- Interlude: Gimme sh*t (Mixmaster Mike) -- Water no get enemy (Mixmaster Mike) -- Water no get enemy (D'Angelo, Femi Kuti, Macy Gray & The Soultronics (feat. Nile Rodgers & Roy Hargrove)) -- Gentleman (MeShell...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN REDBasu, Shrabani
Summary: "In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of her two great loves--Prince Albert and John Brown--Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables at her Golden Jubilee. The two form an unlikely bond and within a year Abdul becomes a powerful figure at court, the Queen's teacher, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 941.081 BASSlimani, Leïla
Summary: "When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris's upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SLIHerg,̌
Summary: Whether he's trolling the high seas for treasure or blasting off for the moon, young reporter-sleuth Tintin and his faithful dog, Snowy, have delighted readers everywhere for generations with their timeless adventures. Join Tintin and Snowy as they tackle the toughest mysteries around the world in The Castafiore Emerald, Flight 714, and Tintin and the Picaros.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown 1993
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Summary: "An Empowering and Celebratory Portrait of Black Women-from Josephine Baker to Aunt Viv to Cardi B. In 2013, film and culture critic Zeba Blay was one of the first people to coin the viral term #carefreeblackgirls on Twitter. As she says, it was "a way tocarve out a space of celebration and freedom for Black women online." In this collection of essays, Blay expands on this initial idea by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.48 BLAHilmar, Hera
Summary: A young woman seeking revenge for her mother's death sets out to destroy London, a massive city on wheels in a post-apocalytpic world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entert. 2019