Pallavi Aiyar.
Summary: "Middle-class Soyabean is tended by a traditional grandma, while Tofu was born in a trash can. But these two pussies are adopted by foreigners and live together in a courtyard house in one of Beijing's traditional "hutong" neighborhoods. Then a serious illness sweeps the country--and cats are blamed."--Library Journal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PALSummary: Follows three housemates as they do their best to live their lives as normally as possible despite their strange and dark secrets. Lovable George battles with his double identity as a mild mannered hospital porter who for one night of the month turns into a flesh hungry werewolf, Mitchell is a good looking and confident vampire trying to go cold turkey from his blood sucking urges and recently...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Americas 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BEIMunsch, Robert N.
Summary: "When Saoussan immigrated with her family from war-torn Lebanon, she was only seven years old. This picture book tells the story of how she had to adjust to her new home in Canada. She describes the frustration of not understanding the teacher when she started school, not knowing how to ask to go to the bathroom, and being terrified of a prop skeleton. This is the perfect book to help kids...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUNAiya, Kyū
Summary: Naofumi managed to finally reunite with Raphtalia. But he finds himself with complicated feelings, unable to understand their conflict with Kizuna's world or the true meaning of the waves. Can Naofumi and Kizuna change the fates of both of their worlds by coming together? Meanwhile, Kyo unleashes his dark magic once again!
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Peace Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RISAiya, Kyū
Summary: Help her, Master! Save Filo from her capture! Filo has been captured and put on display, and she is crying out for help. Her captors only stoke the flames of Naofumi's anger! And will Naofumi finally reunite with Raphtalia?!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Social Club Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RISMalladi, Amulya.
Summary: In December of 1984 in Bhopal, India, Anjali survives a catastrophic gas leak but her marriage to her army officer husband does not. Years later, she is remarried with an ill son when her first husband suddenly reappears in her life. She is forced to reconcile her roles of wife, ex-wife, working woman, and mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MALMalladi, Amulya
Summary: In trendy Silicon Valley, Priya has everything she needs; a loving husband, a career, and a home. But the one thing she wants most is the child she's unable to have. In a Southern Indian village, Asha doesn't have much. She and her husband can barely keep a tin roof over their heads. But she wants a better education for her gifted son. Pressured by her family, Asha reluctantly checks into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MALAgar Agar
Contents: Made ; Lost dog ; Sorry about the carpet ; Fangs out ; Gigi song ; Shivers ; Lunatic fight jungle ; Duke ; Requiem ; Schlaflied für Gestern.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK AGAMalladi, Amulya
Summary: "Everyone in Denmark knew that Yousef Ahmed, a refugee from Iraq, brutally murdered the right-wing politician Sanne Melgaard. So, when part-time blues musician, frustrated home renovator, and full-time private detective Gabriel Præst agrees to investigate the matter because his ex--the one who got away--asked him to, he knew it was a no-win case. But as Gabriel starts to ask questions, his face...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MALMalladi, Amulya
Summary: In trendy Silicon Valley, Priya has everything she needs; a loving husband, a career, and a home. But the one thing she wants most is the child she's unable to have. In a Southern Indian village, Asha doesn't have much. She and her husband can barely keep a tin roof over their heads. But she wants a better education for her gifted son. Pressured by her family, Asha reluctantly checks into the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC MALAimaq, Jasmine
Summary: "Born to an American mother and a late Afghan war hero-turned-magnate, Daniel Sajadi has spent his life navigating a complex identity. After years in Los Angeles, he is returning home to Kabul for the first time as the head of a US foreign aid agency dedicated to staunching the growth of the poppy fields in Fever Valley that feed the world's opiate epidemic. But on the drive back to Kabul from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AIMAltar Eagle
Contents: Battlegrounds -- Honey -- You lost your neon haze -- B'nai b'rith girls -- Monsters -- Spy movie -- Breakdown -- Pour your dark heart out -- Six foot arms
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Type Recordings 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ALTSitar, Edyta.
Summary: Fabric designer and quilter Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts introduces you to the fun, beauty and ease of creating Half-Square Triangle Block Quilts through Triangle Block Exchange Programs. Quilts, wall hangings, table toppers, a tote and more are among the 15 projects provided. Complete project instructions and illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Landauer Publishing 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 SITWhiteley, Aliya
Summary: Skyward Inn, within the high walls of the Western Protectorate, is a place of safety, where people come together to tell stories of the time before the war with Qita. But safety from what? Qita surrendered without complaint when Earth invaded; Innkeepers Jem and Isley, veterans from either side, have regrets but few scars. Their peace is disturbed when a visitor known to Isley comes to the Inn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Solaris, an imprint of Rebellion Publishing Ltd 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHISummary: Iceland's official submission to the Academy Awardsʼ for Best International Feature Film! Addi, a boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys explore aggression and violence but also learn about loyalty and love. As the group's behavior escalates towards life-threatening situations, Addi begins to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BEAAymar, Brandt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.1309 MENLeake, Diyan.
Summary: Describes the training, equipment, and work of a firefighter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.378 LEALevinson, Aliya
Summary: "Willpower, for most, is a refined skill set needed to succeed in life. How to Win with Willpower provides a roadmap to managing this inner strength. From your diet to life in general, you'll find ways to reach your goals faster by eliminating roadblocks like procrastination, temptations, and waning motivation--and embracing positivity. Your personalized program begins with understanding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 LEVQuintana, Pilar
Summary: Una novela sobre el fin de la infancia y sus fantasmas. Claudia vive con sus padres en un apartamento invadido por plantas que se estiran para tocarla. Como todas las familias, la suya contiene una crisis, y solo hará falta que algo o alguien llegue a detonarla. Cada quien tiene un punto de quiebre en la infancia, y Claudia, la protagonista de esta historia, narra, desde la expectación y la...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfaguara 2021
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SPANISH QUISitar, Edyta.
Summary: Established fabric designer, quilter and author Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts invites quilters everywhere to enjoy the fun, creativity and camaraderie of her new friendship fabric exchange idea- trading fabric strips. Edyta has created a simple strip panel technique and designed 18 gorgeous quilt projects. Share from your own stash or use precut fabric strips such as Jelly Rolls and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Landauer Corporation 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 SITAlvar, Mia
Summary: "A powerful, globe-trotting debut short-story collection from an exciting new writer--vivid, character-driven stories about Filipinos from every walk of life. Mia Alvar's stunning debut gives us a vivid, insightful picture of the Filipino diaspora: exiles and emigrants and wanderers uprooting their families to begin new lives in the Middle East and America--and, sometimes, turning back. One man...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALVAnwar, Arif
Summary: "Seamlessly interweaves five love stories that, together, chronicle sixty years of Bangladeshi history. Shahryar, a recent PhD graduate and father of nine-year-old Anna, must leave the US when his visa expires. In their last remaining weeks together, we learn Shahryar's history, in a village on the Bay of Bengal, where a poor fisherman and his wife are preparing to face a storm of historic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANWAsfar, Dan
Summary: Amid the beauty of Michigan's lakes and forested hills lurk spine-tingling stories of the supernatural. These tales of fright-filled folklore span the length and breadth of the Great Lakes State. Read about the Red Dwarf, a hideous harbinger of doom, who continues to be sighted in Detroit whenever tragedy visits; a cantankerous ghost that hampers renovations of an old farmhouse in Gladwin; and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ghost House Pub. 2002