Coker, Shobo.
Summary: What strange secrets lie in the mysterious town of Buckhead, USA? An astonishing Afrofuturist series from Shobo Coker (Outcasts of Jupiter) and George Kambadais (The Black Ghost) that blends the immigrant experience, African myth, and weird science in Small Town USA. Toba and his mother, a renowned scientist, have just immigrated to the US from Nigeria. But instead of living in the Big City...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boom! Studios 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A few years from now, Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertô, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their village has literally vanished from online maps and a UFO-shaped drone is seen flying overhead. There are forces that want to expel them from their homes, and soon, in a genre-bending twist, a band of armed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BACSummary: Set in near-future Seattle, follow couple Jude Williams and Emma Ryerson as their relationship grows amidst the global epidemic from the Alzheimer's-like condition, Neuroinflammatory Affliction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA LITSummary: The deeply personal story of a man who confronts the trauma of past sexual abuse by a local priest, only to find his decision shatters his relationships with his family, community, and faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TWISummary: The film tells the story of young Ramen Chef Masato who leaves his home and family's shop in Japan after his father dies in search of his mother's family and the recipes she left behind in Singapore. There he traces a culinary path of delicious signature dishes to find his estranged family across the sea. With the help of food blogger Miki, he learns the recipes of his mother's homeland and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RAMSummary: Set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the film tells the story of director Mario Suarez's quest to make the ultimate tango film. Lonely after his wife (one of the film's stars) has left him, Mario must find the themes that will hold the film together, while simultaneously permitting his musicians and dancers the freedom of expression that is necessary to satisfy the tango-hungry Argentine audience....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TANSummary: When Sarah starts a job in a nursing home, to her surprise she is really good at it. She's a natural with the residents, and begins to form a special bond with Tony, a younger resident who has early onset dementia. The home is chronically underfunded and when the Covid pandemic hits, it suffers from understaffing, sickness and heart-breaking losses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HELCoker, Margaret
Summary: "From the former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad comes the gripping and heroic story of an elite, top-secret team of unlikely spies who triumphed over ISIS"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 COKCoker, Jerry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1970
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 PATPrine, John.
Summary: Several of indie music's most inventive artists and songwriters come together to pay homage to one of America's most acclaimed folk musicians, John Prine, who has been cutting great records since the early 1970s.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Oh Boy Records 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BROSummary: When originally produced, this was a sincere exploration of the evils of marijuana. Over time, it has become classic camp. High school kids get hooked on marijuana, which leads to wild behavior, accidents and ultimately death and murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA REECroker, Theo
Contents: Love quantum (prelude) (0:57) -- Jazz is dead (feat. Gary Bartz & Kassa Overall) (5:07) -- To be we (feat. Jill Scott) (4:26) -- Royal conversation (feat. James Tillman) (4:26) -- Cosmic intercourse (pt. II) (feat. Chris Dave) (2:14) -- Humanity (1:03) -- Divinity (feat. Jamila Woods) (2:02) -- Love thyself (feat. Teedra Moses) (3:38) -- Love quantum (Soliloquy) (2:51) -- Somethin' (feat. Ego...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ CROSummary: A teenage runaway takes part in a sleep study that becomes a nightmarish descent into the depths of her mind and a frightening examination of the power of dreams.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COMComer, Meryl.
Summary: "A profoundly personal, unflinching account of Meryl Comer's husband's battle with Alzheimer's disease that serves as a much-needed wake-up call to better understand and address a progressive and deadly affliction"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 362.1 COMRoker, Al
Summary: Presents an account of the legendary hurricane to assess its destruction of Galveston, role in thousands of deaths, and influence on American history and culture. --Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.8 ROKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 ROKCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 ROKRoker, Al
Summary: The "Today Show" co-anchor shares his life lessons on success and happiness in a humorous essay collection. These days, the road to success can feel jam-packed with scheduling, networking, nonstop hustle, and flat-out absurdity. And no one knows that better than Al Roker-beloved cohost of the Today Show, weatherperson extraordinaire, and the man we all secretly wish we could turn to for wisdom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4 ROKSummary: Madagascar: A lion and zebra and two other of their pampered friends, from New York's Central Park Zoo, accidentally find themselves on a ship heading for Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, they become shipwrecked on the exotic island of Madagascar where they discover it really is a jungle out there!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Cocker, Joe.
Contents: Feeling alright 4:08. -- Bye bye blackbird 3:28. -- Change in Louise 3:23. -- Marjorine 2:15. -- Just like a woman 5:19. -- Do I still figure in your life? 4:01. -- Sandpaper Cadillac 3:17. -- Don't let me be misunderstood 4:42. -- With a little help from my friends 5:11. -- I shall be released 4:35.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: A&M Records 1969
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK COCKanai, Shozo.
Summary: Strategy and implementation to learn the Japanese Mah Jong rules and regulations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795.3 KANSummary: This HBO Films drama tells the dramatic, poignant and often-exasperating story of the early days of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial. This film boasts an all-star cast,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NORBurks, Ruth Coker
Summary: "In 1986, twenty-six-year-old Ruth visits a friend at the hospital when she notices a door to one of the rooms is painted red. Nurses are drawing straws to see who will tend to the patient crying for his mother on the other side, all of them unwilling tohelp. Ruth immediately steps into the quarantined space herself, comforting the young man in his last moments. Before she realizes what she's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BURKS, RUTH COKER BURSummary: True to the "Fire and Blood" words of House Targaryen, rivers, fields and skies turn red as Aegon sets out on his brave and bloody conquest to defeat the seven reigning families that made up the realm--an impossible feat were it not for Aegon's possession of the most feared and ferocious weapons in all of Westeros: Dragons. Told in the animated, storybook style of the history & lore features,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GAMCocker, Joe.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1986
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Place a hold to request this item.Croker, Theo
Contents: 4Knowledge -- Soul call -- Just be -- Every part of me -- Anthem -- Lucid drea -- Where will you go -- No more maybe -- Happy feet -- Imperishable star -- State of the union 444 -- BLK2THEFUTURE -- Hero stomp -- Pathways
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music 2021