Wassef, Nadia
Summary: "The warm and winning story of starting a bookstore where there were none, Shelf Life recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASSEF, NADIA WASSummary: "Sami runs his immigrant family's gas station with his cousin Mike, a charismatic hustler with dreams of expanding into an unleaded empire. More than just a pit stop for late-night gas an drolling papers, their station is where a steady stream of unforgettable and often hilarious cumstomers flow through. When a gorgeous "up-do girl" Najlah comes to deliver cheap long-distance phone cards, Sami...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gas Afterhours Productions 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DETDayes, Yussef
Contents: Black classical music (feat. Venna & Charlie Stacey) -- Afro Cubanism -- Raisins under the sun (feat. Shabaka Hutchings) -- Rust (feat. Tom Misch) -- Turquoise galaxy -- The light (feat. Bahia Dayes) -- Pon di plaza (feat. Chronixx) -- Magnolia symphony -- Early Dayes -- Chasing the drum -- Birds of paradise -- Gelato -- Marching band (feat. Masego) -- Crystal Palace Park (feat. Elijah Fox) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Nadim
Summary: "Four-year-old Nadim puts his words on paper and gives us a glimpse of how he sees the world: one filled with glitter, magical boxes, and cuddles with Mom. A place where school smells like daffodils and honey (and sometimes dirty socks), where Wednesdaysare rainbow-colored, where fish in the sea make a shhhh sound, and where everyone has love, even baddies. The poems in this anthology make for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821 NADSummary: "Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed and await death"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CHISummary: Maria, a rejected teenage girl finds solace in her own mysteriously autonomous mirror image from the torments of high-school and her alienating parents. Her reflection knows all her secret desires and darkest dreams. After all, they are one and the same. With the help of her secret ₁twin₂, Maria slowly gains confidence and finds her place as a young woman. When it all blows up in her face, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LOOSummary: When a mysterious beast ravages the countryside, two men are called in to fight the evil and end the reign of terror. The only way they can save the land from the unspeakable fright is to unearth a dark power, reveal a deadly secret and face their greatest fears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In Season One, Pearl juggled her commitments to the restaurant the eponymous Whitstable Pearl with her side hustle as a PI. In Season Two, Pearl prioritizes her detective work and transition from being a chef who solves crimes to a full-time investigator who just happens to own a restaurant. Pearl's cases overlap with DCI Mike McGuire's police investigations. Their relationship is charged by a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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6 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WHICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV WHINajma.
Contents: Jheel mai chand -- Dil mai -- Jhoomo gao -- Pukar -- Dil jala ne -- Improvisation (semi-classical) -- Baabul -- Pukar (without tabla).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mondo Melodia 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN/INDONESIAN NajmaSamia
Contents: Kill her freak out -- Charm you -- Pink balloon -- Mad at me -- Sea lions -- To me it was -- Breathing song -- Honey -- Nanana -- Amelia -- Dream song.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SAMBasia.
Contents: Promises (4:03) -- Run for cover (3:38) -- Time and tide (4:03) -- Freeze thaw (3:57) -- From now on (3:45) -- New day for you (4:27) -- Prime time TV (5:20) -- Astrud (4:39) -- How dare you (3:22) -- Miles away (4:10).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Epic 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BASNajma.
Contents: Rishte -- Fragrance -- Aksar -- Behaal -- Woh Dhin -- Special rider blues -- Naya Dhin -- Da aya -- Parda -- Soul taker -- Pensif Khayal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Village 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN/INDONESIAN AKHPadian, Maria.
Summary: This is a hilarious and heartbreaking story of two teen girls and the summer when everything changes for them. Both Henry and Eva are New Jersey natives and excellent athletes: Henry's a master on the tennis court and Eva is a graceful ballerina. When opportunity knocks for both of them the summer before their junior year in high school they throw open the door: Henry sees freedom from her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2011
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Padian, Maria
Summary: Izzy Crawford's family has been selected for a new home by Habitat for Humanity, near where the very attractive Sam lives, but just when her neighbor and best friend needs her most.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PADSummary: From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the forced military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013, we follow a group of Egyptian activists as they battle leaders and regimes, and risk their lives to build a new society of conscience. The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster. Through the news, we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SQURania
Summary: Best friends Lily and Salma disagree over their preferred foods, but after trading sandwiches to see how they taste, the girls change their minds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E RanSummary: Based on the novels by Julie Wassmer, this mystery series follows big-hearted restaurant owner Pearl Nolan, who sets up a local detective agency in the English seaside town of Whitstable after undergoing police training in an earlier career. She's joined by Detective Mike McGuire, who comes from London to investigate a case.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WHICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV WHIWasser, Joan.
Contents: Nervous -- The magic -- The action man -- Flash -- Run for love -- Human condition -- Kill the specifics -- Chemmie -- Forever and a year -- I was everyone -- Say yes.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Play It Again Sam 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JOASummary: The story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 12Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TWECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TWEOkamoto, Nadya
Summary: "This is a book about gender equality in the United States and how to engage in activism to get there"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613 OKAHiggins, Nadia
Summary: An introduction to Siberian huskies, covering their personalities, behaviors, physical characteristics, and such defining features as their blue eyes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bullfrog Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7 HIGSammurtok, Nadia
Summary: "Nadia Sammurtok lovingly invites the reader into the amautik--the pouch in the back of a mother's parka used to carry a child--to experience everything through the eyes of the baby nestled inside, from the cloudlike softness of the pouch to the glistening sound of Anaana's laughter."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Hetherington, Nydia
Summary: "Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her into focus. Now an adult, haunted by an incident in which a child was lost from the circus, our narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy magic and folklore, all in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2020