Pliska, Zeena M.
Summary: In this love letter to Cairo, Egypt, a young child is sung a lullaby by her great-aunt who paints a vivid portrait of the ancient city as the child drifts off to sleep.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PLIKastor, Deena
Summary: "From an Olympic medalist runner and the record-holder in the women's marathon and half-marathon, a lyrical, inspirational memoir on how harnessing the power of the mind can unlock hidden potential. Deena Kastor was a star youth runner with tremendous promise, yet her career almost ended after college. Her competitive method--run as hard as possible, all the time--brought her to the brink of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KASTOR, DEENA KASSummary: Set during Gandhi's rise to power, Chuyia, an Indian girl that is married and widowed at eight years old, is sent away to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Her feisty presence affects the other residents, forcing each to confront their faith and society's prejudices.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WATGodin, M. Leona
Summary: "A probing, witty, and deeply insightful history of blindness--in Western culture and literature, and in the author's own experience--that ranges from Homer to Milton to Braille to Stevie Wonder. M. Leona Godin begins her fascinating, wide-ranging study with an exploration of how the idea of sight is inextricably linked with knowledge and understanding; how "blindness" has, for millennia, been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 GODSummary: L.A.'s funkiest college student, Crawl, is hilariously out of his element when he spends Thanksgiving at the family farm of a straitlaced college co-ed.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hollywood Pictures Home Video 1994
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SONSummary: Pongo and Perdita have a litter of 15 Dalmatian puppies. Cruella De Vil takes a fancy to the puppies and tries to buy them from their human owners, Roger and Anita. Cruella wants to get a hold of those puppies, as well as more puppies, to make herself a lovely dalmatian skin coat. She hires some thugs to kidnap the puppies and hold them at an abandoned mansion. Now Pongo and Perdita must use an...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY ONECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ONEAvena, Nicole M.
Summary: "Many people blame sugar cravings on lack of willpower rather than accept that sugar is highly addictive-even more so than cocaine, nicotine, and alcohol. The problem isn't just dessert, but the fact that sugar is everywhere. Approximately 80% of products in supermarkets contain sugar, so it's unsurprising that many people struggle to eliminate it from their diets. In Sugarless, Dr. Nicole...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Marshall, Linda Elovitz
Summary: "The fascinating story of Marie Curie and her sister Bronia, two trailblazing women who worked together and made a legendary impact on chemistry and healthcare as we know it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MARSummary: "For most of America's history, rural people and culture have been casually mocked, stereotyped, and, in general, deeply misunderstood. Now an array of short stories, poetry, graphic short stories, and personal essays, along with anecdotes from the authors' real lives, dives deep into the complexity and diversity of rural America and the people who call it home. Fifteen extraordinary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC RURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RURSummary: In the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes, owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and renovation. Through her renovations she will find clues to uncover the house's secret past and in turn become an unlikely sleuth to help crack these unsolved mysteries.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FRASummary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOCottin, Menena.
Summary: In a story where the text appears in white letters on a black background, as well as in braille, and the illustrations are also raised on a black surface, Thomas describes how he recognizes different colors using various senses.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COTSummary: After one experiment, Johnny turns into a monster and everyone else becomes human. Now it has to be seen whether they will be able to reverse this experiment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV HOTAnsamblʹ pesni i pli͡a︡ski "Krasnai͡a︡ zvezda."
Contents: Regimental polka / music, B. Terentiev ; words, V. Gurian (3:12) -- Meadowland / music, Lev Knipper ; words, V. Gusev (2:24) -- Kalinka : Russian folk song (4:35) -- Volga Boat song : Russian folk song (4:59) -- The sun set [i.e. sunset] behind a mountain / music, M. Blanter ; words, A. Kovalenko (3:03) -- The swallow : Armenian folk song (4:03) -- The pine trees are rustling : Russian folk...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teldec 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/RUSSIAN REDSummary: Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSelena, Elena
Summary: "Can you guess who? Who's hiding behind bright blue feathers? Who's covering their face with yellow wings, or a bushy orange tail? Little ones will delight in lifting the flaps to find out just who is playing peekaboo in this cheerfully illustrated boardbook"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Keene, M. Lamar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.91 KEESummary: This is a fact-based story about a young Georgia housewife named Eve, who suffers from multiple personalities. Eve's husband, confused by his wife's aberrant behavior when assuming her two "other selves" seeks out help from a psychiatrist. Carefully probing Eve's subconscious via hypnosis, the doctor finds out that, through each of Eve's personalities is aware of the other's existance, none are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THRSummary: Practice the ancient art of bellydance to get into shape! Presents bellydance movements that help to tone and shape the arms, abs, hips, buns and thighs. Bellydancing throughly exercises the whole body but is low impact, relaxing, sensually stimulating, and fun. Also allows the viewer to choose the music only and includes extra bellydance performances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Goldhil Home Media International 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EXE BWatson, S. J. (Steven J.)
Summary: When two girls disappear from the town of Blackwood Bay, Alex intends to have the residents record their own stories. But she finds a village haunted by a tragedy that overshadows every corner.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA Fiction WatWen, Leana S.
Summary: Discusses how to avoid harmful medical mistakes, offering advice on such topics as working with a busy doctor, communicating the full story of an illness, evaluating test risks, and obtaining a working diagnosis.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.69 WENContents: ...Ready for it? (Taylor Swift) -- Sorry not sorry (Demi Lovato) -- Havana (Camila Cabello) -- Mi gente (J Balvin & Willy William, feat. Beyoncé) -- Best friend (Sofi Tukker, feat. NERVO, the Knocks & Alisa Ueno) -- No limit (G-Eazy, feat. A$AP Rocky & Cardi B) -- Let you down (NF) -- I fall apart (Post Malone) -- Young dumb & broke (Khalid) -- Faking it (Calvin Harris, feat. Kehlani & Lil...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWSummary: Sharpe's enemy : Sharpe leads a mission to free an English colonel's wife who is hostage to a gang of lawless deserters led by an evil villain from Sharpe's past. Sharpe's honour : When a French spy frames him for dishonouring a Spanish aristocrat's wife, Sharpe faces arrest, duels, court martial and death to clear his good name and avoid damaging Britain's alliance with Spain. Sharpe's gold :...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd. 2009