Izgil, Tahir Hamut
Summary: "A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a family's escape from genocide One by one, Tahir Hamut Izgil's friends disappeared. The Chinese government's brutal persecution of the Uyghur people had continued for years, but in 2017 it assumed a terrifying new scale. The Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim minority group in western China, were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 IZGIL, TAHIR HAMUT IZGSummary: When several diamonds are stolen from a jewelry store in Marseilles, the heist bears the hallmarks of the supposedly retired Pink Panther gang. After a child is accidentally killed in their getaway, the thieves resort to desperate measures to fence the jewels. This sparks a series of events that set a British insurance-loss adjuster, a French-Algerian cop, and a Serbian soldier turned diamond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LASDe Regil, Tania
Summary: En una primera visita sin sus papás a la casa de su abuela en las afueras de la Ciudad de México, una niña descubre lo que hace que la abuela tan especial.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: At Grandma's house, where Julia is staying without her parents for the first time, the breeze is sweet like jasmine. Mornings begin with sugared bread, and the most magnificent hot chocolate cures all homesickness. There's something about this place and about Grandma. Like how she can tell when Julia has been quietly picking limes from the garden. Or that she can see the future--and knows when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: In a shared voice, a young boy conveys his fears about moving from New York City to Mexico City while, at the same time, a young girl expresses her worries about leaving Mexico City to move to New York City.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DERSummary: Zero Motivation is a unique, sharply observed, sometimes dark and often hilarious portrait of everyday life for a unit of young, female soldiers in a remote Israeli desert outpost. Playing out like M*A*S*H meets Orange is the New Black, Talya Lavie's debut details the power struggles of three women with different agendas and very little to do. Pencil-pushers in the Human Resources Office, best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ZERContents: Space of no pain : take 2 (6:36) -- Katon (6:39) -- Silent observations (4:40) -- At play in the fields of the Lord (6:19) -- Contrary motion (7:44) -- The power (8:20) -- Moment's resolution (4:47) -- A little sumpin' sumpin' (7:08) -- Alternate tuning (2:43) -- Space of no pain : take 3 (6:40) -- Vocal improv (2:57).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Improvised Music Projects 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ELZSummary: A group of Palestinian and Israeli women attends a video workshop at a small town community center run by Rona, a young filmmaker from Tel Aviv, who teaches them to document their lives. As each student shares footage from her home life with the others, their beliefs and preconceptions are challenged and barriers are broken down. The group comes together as mothers, daughters, wives, and women,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CINSummary: A seemingly random group of people find themselves in a state of confusion as they attempt to return home. What they don't know is that they have been dead for several years, and no one is expecting them back. Buried secrets emerge as they grapple with reality, struggling to reintegrate with their friends and families. But they aren't the only ones back from the dead. Their arrival coincides...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV RETSummary: In the wake of season one's climatic wave, the residents of the town adjust to the new order of life and the repercussions of the horde's appearance. Season two picks up after six months have gone by since the returned left with Simon, Camille and her mother, and Julie, along with the mysterious boy Victor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV RETSummary: "Hatidze lives with her ailing mother in the mountains of Macedonia, making a living cultivating honey using ancient beekeeping traditions. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping, while disregarding her advice"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HONVirgil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 873.01 VIRSummary: After more than 30 years of service as one of the navy's top aviators, Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TOPVirgil.
Summary: Recounts the adventures of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who helped found Rome, after the fall of Troy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Legend VirgilShah, Tahir.
Summary: Here, travel writer Shah sets out on a bold new journey across Morocco. As he wends his way through the labyrinthine medinas of Fez and Marrakesh, traverses the Sahara sands, and tastes the hospitality of ordinary Moroccans, Tahir collects a dazzling treasury of traditional stories, gleaned from the heritage of A Thousand and One Nights. The tales, recounted by a vivid cast of characters,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.404 SHAPlanet Drum (Musical group)
Contents: King clave -- Storm drum -- Tides -- Drops -- Phil da glass -- Gadago gadago.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PLATahir, Sabaa
Summary: Beyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger as the Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, Laia of Serra, and Elias Veturius all face increasing dangers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fantasy Tahir 2018Tahir, Sabaa
Summary: Following the events of the Fourth Trial, an army led by Masks hunts the two fugitives as they escape the city of Serra and journey across the vast lands of the Martial Empire. Laia is determined to break into Kauf-- the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison-- and save her brother, whose knowledge of Serric steel is the key to the Scholars' future. And Elias is determined to stay by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TAHShah, Tahir.
Summary: Describes the author's and his family's experiences after purchasing a run-down palace in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, as they work to renovate the house, exorcise the jinns haunting the structure, and cope with the house's human guardians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 964 SHAShah, Tahir.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 963 SHATahir, Sabaa.
Summary: "Laia is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fantasy Tahir 2015Summary: It is a poignant and funny romantic comedy about love, marriage, and faith in life's infinite possibilities. Michal, blindsided by her fiance's decision to call off their wedding with only a month's notice, is unwilling to return to single life. Michal decides to put her trust in fate and continue with her wedding plans, believing Mr. Right will appear by her chosen date. As the day of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC TAHTahir, Sabaa
Summary: Laia and Elias fight their way north to liberate Laia's brother from the horrors of Kauf Prison, a mission that is complicated by hunting Empire soldiers, the manipulations of the Commandant, and lingering ghosts from their pasts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016