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Matsumura, Naohiro Rogers, Judi. Tashiro, Chisato Tashiro, Osamu Tashiro, Taku. Tashiro, Ty.Matsumura, Naohiro
Summary: "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up meets Nudge in this irresistible design method from Japan. We are living in a time when behavioral change is necessary for our health and survival. Yet we find it exceedingly difficult to transform our own habits, let alone those of other people. Enter Naohiro Matsumura, whose powerful new design method is as astonishingly simple in its logic as it is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.4 MATSummary: An adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo, set 3000 years in the future. Therein, the mysterious Count infiltrates the Parisian aristocracy in order to exact revenge on the men who destroyed his life decades years ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Geneon Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME GANContents: 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 BLINTashiro, Chisato
Summary: In order to win a race and claim the ultimate piece of cheese, five mice team up to build an unbeatable car, but they will have to navigate a dog, heavy human feet, and a big, bouncing red ball.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Independent Pub Group 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TASTashiro, Osamu
Summary: "Japan in the 1500s was torn apart by warring clans. The heroes of the many battles were the samurai who defended lands, conquered foes, and unified the nation. Learn their stories, and explore their armor, weapons, tactics, and more"--Back Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gakken Plus Co., Ltd. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 952 TASTashiro, Ty.
Summary: Tashiro, a relationship expert for Discovery's Fit & Health channel, considers how employing scientific principles in a search for a mate could yield success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 TASTashiro, Chisato
Summary: When too many cats move into their neighborhood, five mice team up to build themselves a new home from objects they find at a landfill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minedition 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TASTashiro, Taku.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kaiseisha 2002
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE JAPANESE TASSummary: Set in postwar Japan, the film follows the last two decades in the life of Hyakken Uchida, a free spirited writer and teacher, highlighted by his relationship with his students who venerate him in his old age.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WinStar TV & Video 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MADSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: In the middle of a fierce commercial competition between three caramel companies, an executive builds up a ditsy teenage girl as a mascot while simultaneously trying to uncover the rival companies' plans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN GIASummary: Suzume's journey begins when she meets a young man looking for a door. Following him, she finds one and reaches for the knob. Doors open across Japan, unleashing destruction. Now Suzume must close them to prevent further disaster. On the other side of the door⁵was time in its entirety. Includes second disc of bonus material.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME SUZRogers, Judi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Demos 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.3 ROGSummary: A portrait of a woman victimized by the strictures of seventeenth-century feudal Japanese society, from her beginnings as the daughter of a samurai and ending up as a prostitute.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN LIFSummary: The international breakthrough for one of Japan's most innovative filmmakers, who went on to make such other marvelous movies as Onibaba and Kuroneko. It follows a family whose home is on a tiny, remote island off the coast of Japan. They must row a great distance to another shore, collect water from a well in buckets, and row back to their island, a nearly backbreaking task essential for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN NAKSummary: Otsuya is the daughter of a rich merchant who is tempted by her lover, Shinsuke, a lowly employee of her father's, to elope. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts the gaze of Seikichi, a mysterious master tattooist who sees her pristine white skin as the perfect canvas for his art. The image of the large demonic spider that he emblazons across Otsuya's back marks her as the property of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN IRESummary: Introduces more than one thousand historically important sites from around the world and discusses what makes each one so unique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: It's been six months since the vent that trapped thousands of players in the online game world of Elder Tales and the situation is far from secure. The people of the land are engaged in open warfare against the goblin armies of Zantleaf. Minami spies are infiltrating the populace. And even with the support and guidance of the Round Table Alliance, the cost of sustaining the City of Akihabara is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentai Filmworks 2016
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME LOGSummary: "After a yacht is damaged in a storm and stranded on a deserted island, the passengers ... take refuge in a fungus covered boat. While using ... mushrooms for sustenance, they find the ship's journal describing the mushrooms to be poisonous, however some members of the shipwrecked party continue to ingest the mysterious fungi transforming them into hideous fungal monsters."
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MATSummary: Juggling a relationship, parental responsibilities, friendships, and a sick brother while earning a living would be difficult for anyone, but it's particularly difficult when you're a criminal for hire. Ray Shoesmith takes care of people collecting debts, relieving them of drugs and guns, and often taking care of them on a more permanent basis. Ray demands respect and does not tolerate it when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MR.Summary: Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide, stay alive whatever happens, the mission is more important than anything else. Although the Empire will surrender soon after, Onoda waits 10,000 days demanding orders direct from his CO before he stops fighting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONOSummary: In the epic final season, Daryl and Maggie embark on a risky mission with Negan to root out the shadowy Reapers while Eugene and Ezekiel make contact with the sprawling Commonwealth. To secure aid for Alexandria, their goal, they must assimilate, a tough ask for people who have seen no end of deceit, betrayal, and loss. Stunned by the Commonwealth's resources, the group slowly adjusts to their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Sword of vengeance: He was Ogami Itto, a man who held himself to the harsh code of Bushido. Their first commission: to save the life of Daimyo and kill the traitors that plot his death. Baby Cart at the River Styx: The Yagyu clan has murdered Ogami Itto's wife, and had him stripped of his position of Official Shogunate Second. Now Ogami and his son Diagoro wander the countryside.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Tokyo teenager Gorgeous is upset with her long-widowed father--he wants to marry his new girlfriend Ryoko. Seriously miffed, Gorgeous hits the road to visit her aunt in the country, bringing along her best girlfriends Sweet, Melody, Fantasy, Prof, Mac, and Kung Fu. The titular house belongs to the wheelchair bound aunt, whose large white cat has been immortalized in artwork throughout. Things...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010