Hirschmann, Kris
Summary: Discusses werewolf lore, including its history, possible explanations, and impact on popular culture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2454 HIRHirschmann, Kris
Summary: Discusses elves and fairies in history, pop culture, literature, mythology, and folklore, including famous examples Legolas, Tinker Bell, and the Tooth Fairy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 398.21 HIRLopez, Kristen
Summary: "For film buffs and literature lovers alike, this is an essential guide to 52 great reads, and the cinema classics they inspired"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 LOPContents: Furui, Y. Wedlock.--Kono, T. Bone meat.--Abe, K. Friends.--Yasuoka, S. Prized possessions.--Kojima, N. The American school.--Kurosawa, A. Ikiru.--Ozu, Y. Tokyo story.--Takeda, T. To build a bridge.--Kurahashi, Y. To die at the estuary.--Mishima, Y. The boy who wrote poetry.--Kawabata, Y. Seven very short stories.--Kaneko, M. Three poems.--Sekine, H. Three poems.--Tamura, R. Two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf : distributed by Random House 1977
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Summary: "Greta Gerwig's 2019 adaption of Little Women is bringing new fans to Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic, and this comprehensive, in-world guide follows the making of this highly anticipated film--starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet,Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Bob Odenkirk, and Chris Cooper. Readers will see the character sketches and costumes that brought these cherished...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ten years after the tragic events of Jean de Florette, Manon (Jean's daughter) seeks revenge against those she holds responsible for her father's death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Renn Productions/Films 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MANSummary: When their dad dies on his 55th birthday, Beverley Hills sisters Mary and Nora find themselves destitute, forced by a grasping sister-in-law to move in with their aunt in East L.A. Younger sister Mary is mortified, without Spanish, and scared of the vatos. Her sister convinces her to finish college, where she promptly decides that one of her T.A.s will be her ticket back to Rodeo Drive. Elder...
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Publisher / Publication Date: OddLot Films 2011
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Summary: "This book presents over forty innovative examples of contemporary treehouses and various conceptions of treehouses designed by architect Andreas Wenning. His clients are increasingly investors in treehouse hotels. This volume is completed by substantial essays on questions of statics and construction."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DOM Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 677 WENKanellos, Nicolás
Summary: "Latino Almanac covers the history of Latino Americans in politics, labor, law, religion, business, science, medicine, the military, media, sports, literature, music, theater, art, and film. Chapters address the important events and social and cultural changes that affected Latino Americans over the centuries. Each chapter offers a narrative history, along with separate biographical profiles of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Visible Ink Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0468 KANSummary: When Mo Folchart reads a story aloud, the characters leap off the page. Literally. And that's a problem. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta are two villains. Dustfinger is a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Mo's daughter, Meggie, discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD INKCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV INKSummary: Key scenes of MacBeth are enacted by classically trained actors, then analyzed and interpreted by internationally renowned Shakespeare scholars. Insightful comments help explain meaning, characters, motives, background action and plot.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: TeleMedia Productions 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.3 MACStiegler, Bernd.
Summary: "Armchair travel may seem like an oxymoron. Doesn't travel require us to leave the house? And yet, anyone who has lost herself for hours in the descriptive pages of a novel or the absorbing images of a film knows the very real feeling of having explored and experienced a different place or time without ever leaving her seat. No passport, no currency, no security screening required--the luxury...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Univ of Chicago Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.9332 STIBan Breathnach, Sarah.
Summary: Draws from literature, film, drama, and women's magazines of the Great Depression to comfort women who are struggling during the economic downturn and relates the author's own financial struggles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 BANDesai, Mihir A. (Mihir Arvind)
Summary: The Harvard Business School professor draws upon literature, film, philosophy, and history to argue that, at the core of finance and financial practices, there is a place for principles, ethics, and humanity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 DESCunningham, Clifford J.
Summary: "Grounded in historical studies of asteroids from the nineteenth century, Asteroids is a fully up to date view of these remarkable objects. Without resorting to any technical plots or mathematics, the author shows that asteroids are not just rocks in space, but key to understanding the life and death on Earth of both animals and humans. From space missions to the asteroids' starring role in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reaktion Books Ltd 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.5 CUNSummary: This volume concentrates on successful storytelling. In a talk called "Scene, Summary, Silence," writer/educator Al Young tells how to engage readers and keep a story moving by creating believable narrative and maintaining a balance between scene and summary. A panel discussion moderated by Mark Childress follows, in which authors Olga Carlisle, James Brown, Lynn Freed, and Al Young examine the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Elkin, Lauren
Summary: The flâneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals of the world with abandon. But it is the flâneuse who captures the imagination of Elkin. She takes us on a cosmopolitan jaunt that begins in New York, where Elkin grew up, and transports us to Paris via Venice, Tokyo, and London, all cities in which she's lived. Elkin creates a mosaic of what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017
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Summary: The remarkable renaissance of Patricia Highsmith continues with the publication of The Highsmith Reader , featuring two groundbreaking novels as well as a trove of penetrating short stories. With a critical introduction by Joan Schenkar, situating Highsmith's classic works within her own tumultuous life, this book provides a useful guide to some of her most dazzlingly seductive writing. ...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2010
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Summary: Colour is a given of most people's everyday lives, but at the same time it lies at the limits of language and understanding. 'The Luminous and the Grey' is a study of the places where colour comes into being and where it fades away, an inquiry into when colour begins and when it ends, both in the material world and in the imagination. Batchelor draws on a wide range of material, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reaktion Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 535.6 BATSummary: What makes the promise of Camelot still resonate in the 21st century? In this program, Barbara and Alan Lupack, authors of King Arthur in America and Arthurian Literature by Women; Debra Mancoff, author of The Arthurian Revival in Victorian Art; and Kevin J. Harty, author of King Arthur on Film, New Essays on Arthurian Cinema, discuss the enduring fascination with King Arthur in Britain and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Nguyen, Viet Thanh
Summary: "All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. Exploring how this troubled memory works in Vietnam, the United States, Laos, Cambodia, and South Korea, the book deals specifically with the Vietnam War and also war in general. He reveals how war is a part of our identity, as individuals and as citizens of nations armed to the teeth. Venturing through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7 NGUSamuelsson, Marcus
Summary: It is long past time to recognize Black excellence in the culinary world the same way it has been celebrated in the worlds of music, sports, literature, film, and the arts. Black cooks and creators have led American culture forward with indelible contributions of artistry and ingenuity from the start, but Black authorship has been consistently erased from the story of American food. Now, in The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voracious, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 SAMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59296 SAMFrydman, Joshua
Summary: Many modern fans of Japanese film, anime, manga, literature and popular music thrill to the images of gods and monsters in the shrouded valleys and craggy peaks of the islands. Yet few in the West understand the long history of Japanese mythology that underpins them. Frydman explores the tapestry of religion, philosophy, imperial propaganda and regional folklore, and considers their place...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson Ltd 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Collection of four film adaptations of classic English literature. Includes a printed set of replica memorabilia from the lives of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Charlotte and Emily Brontë.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH 2012