Tominaga, Yukiko
Summary: "A tender, slyly comical, and shamelessly honest debut novel following a Japanese widow raising her son between worlds with the help of her Jewish mother-in-law, as she wrestles with grief, loss, and-strangest of all, joy. Shortly after her husband Levi's untimely death, Kyoko decides to raise their young son, Alex, in San Francisco, rather than return to Japan. Her nosy yet loving Jewish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC TOMSummary: A heartwarming comedy about coal miners' daughters who took a once-in-a-lifetime chance to escape their monotonous lives, only to become unwitting heroes to their depressed mining town. Based on a true story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Pictures 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HULContents: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLINMotoya, Yukiko
Summary: Motoya's collection of stories features individuals who lift the curtains of their orderly homes and workplaces, only to be confronted by the bizarre, the grotesque, the fantastic-- yet somehow find a doorway to liberation. -- adapted from back cover. "A housewife takes up bodybuilding and sees radical changes to her physique, which her workaholic husband fails to notice. A boy waits at a bus...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOTMotoya, Yukiko
Summary: In these eleven stories, the individuals who lift the curtains of their orderly homes and workplaces are confronted with the bizarre, the grotesque, the fantastic, the alien--and, through it, find a way to liberation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MOTSummary: With the threat of arch enemy Naraku lurking at every turn, our heroes must face an array of foes, including a jealous dark priestess, an evil mountain sage, giant ogres, and deadly traps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Video 2006
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME INUHaydock, Yukiko.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha International 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 HAYAlexander, Yumiko.
Summary: Presents step-by-step instructions for eighteen crochet projects by the Japanese designer with organic themes and earth colors, including such items as gloves, scarves, cowls, and shawls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F & W Media Inc 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.434 ALESummary: "One of the ineffably lovely domestic sagas made by Yasujiro Ozu at the height of his mastery, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice is a sublimely piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle-aged couple, as the wife's city-bred sophistication bumps up against the husband's small-town simplicity, and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN FLAMishima, Yukio
Summary: Irresistible to women, the beautiful, young Yuichi embarks on a loveless marriage while he enters a homosexual underworld during postwar Japan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1968
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MISAdachi, Yumiko
Summary: Real Vietnamese Cooking gathers the collective culinary wisdom of three intrepid food explorers who spent years training with Vietnam's best chefs while scouring the countryside in search of tastes few foreigners experience. It introduces readers to local takes on classic dishes, as well as lesser known favorites--all delicious and accessible, made from easy-to-find ingredients.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59597 ADAKano, Yumiko
Summary: "Yumiko Kano is one of Japan's best-known macrobiotic chefs and food writers. She has devoted her life to celebrating the flavor, versatility and nutritional benefits of a plant-based diet. This book is the latest in a series of over 30 cookbooks featuring her 'no meat, no eggs, no dairy, no sugar' recipes{u2014} and the first to appear in English! Kano's recipes have previously been featured...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: M.E. Sharpe 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MISHiguchi, Yumiko
Summary: Learn how to use felt, cotton, and linen to create beautifully layered designs full of texture and contrast, then embellish with just a handful of basic embroidery stitches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zakka Workshop 2017
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Summary: A lively and accessible book featuring embroidery motifs and sewing projects that highlight the wonder and beauty of the animal kingdom with designs for foxes, cats, owls, zebras, and pandas. From elegant birds to adorable rabbits and wonderfully simple sheep, the 25 motifs and patterns in this book offer both a modern flair and an organic true-to-nature style. The whimsical animal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roost Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.44 HIGSummary: The story of the life of Japan's most prolific modern author, who killed himself on the entranceway to the Japanese Eastern Army Headquarters after he was blocked in his bid to take it over.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MISMishima, Yukio
Summary: "Translated into English for the first time, a gripping short novel about an affair gone wrong, from the acclaimed Japanese author, Yukio Mishima. Set in rural Japan shortly after World War II, The Frolic of the Beasts tells the story of a strange and utterly absorbing love triangle between a former university student, his would-be mentor, the eminent literary critic Ippei Kusakado; and Ippei's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage International, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MISMorinaga, Sōkō
Contents: Pt. 1. Novice -- The prospect of my own death -- Nothing is certain -- The encounter at misery's end -- There is no trash -- Consumed with cleaning -- Confucius gives Jan Yu a scolding -- Working it out for myself -- "I can't do it" -- Between teacher and student -- That's between him and me -- Tree types of students -- "For the disposal of your corpse" -- The meaning of courage -- What am I...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisdom Publications. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 MORKimura, Yukie
Summary: "When Yukie Kimura was eight years old, her family lived on a tiny island near the coast of northern Japan, where her father was a lighthouse keeper. Her days were filled with adventure and nature: collecting seagull eggs to bake cookies, finding fresh seafood on the shore, and digging for fossils in a cave. But it was also 1945, the final year of World War II. Then, during one sunny weekend,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KIMSone, Makiko
Summary: In Ultimate Soap Carving, Makiko Sone--founder of the Mizutama.Soap YouTube channel--shares her secrets for designing and hand carving a variety of beautiful soap designs by cutting, shredding, shaping, sculpting, and other oddly satisfying techniques.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 736 SONSummary: Before the hero's killing blow, The Corpse God revealed his final gambit reincarnation magic. Now the necromancer is alive in the modern world, but despite his escape, death still follows. And this world seems to be more dangerous than the last.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME DEAZiefert, Harriet
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE ZIESudō, Kumiko.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quilt Digest Press 1998