Summary: The filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass-killings in the style of the American movies they love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ACTSabar, Ariel
Summary: "In 2012, Dr. Karen King, a star professor at the Harvard Divinity School, announced a blockbuster discovery at a scholarly conference just steps from the Vatican: She had found an ancient fragment of papyrus in which Jesus calls Mary Magdalene "my wife." The discovery made front-page news around the world - if early Christians believed that Jesus was married, it would threaten not just the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 229 SABSabic-El-Rayess, Amra
Summary: In Bihac, Bosnia, in 1992, sixteen-year-old Amra and her family face starvation and the threat of brutal ethnic violence as Serbs and Bosnians clash, while a stray cat, Maci, provides solace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA B SABIC-EL-RAYESS SABGrady, Cynthia
Summary: In 1942, children's librarian Clara Breed discovers that her young Japanese-American patrons are being relocated and gives them stamped and addressed postcards so they can write to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 GRASacasa, Maria del Mar
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.874 WINSabic-El-Rayess, Amra
Summary: "A middle-grade nonfiction story of five young cousins who grow closer than sisters as ethnic tensions escalate over three summers in 1980s Bosnia"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SABSEARS, STEPHEN W., ED
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1973
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 942 SEAEl-Waylly, Sohla
Summary: "More than 200 recipes--and techniques--for cooking with creativity and confidence"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: Presents the life of a California ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MASSummary: Writer/detective Jessica Fletcher continues to follow the clues to uncover the truth, both at home in the charming town of Cabot Cove and on her many travels. With incredible guest stars and plot twists that leave viewers wanting more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Mu 4Aliki.
Summary: Briefly introduces various types of dinosaurs whose skeletons and reconstructions are seen in museums and explains how scientists uncover, preserve, and study fossilized dinosaur bones.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1988
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETAliki.
Summary: Describes human growth and how the different parts of the body change as it grows.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1993
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LETSummary: "Kisa Kids Publication's first ever graphic novel surrounding the stories and lives of the 14 ma'soomeen and what their name means"--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kisa Kids Publications 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 297.1 NAMMadani, Saura
Summary: "A warm slice of homemade pie can complete any celebration--but every baker knows that a problematic pie is enough to sour a sweet occasion. This pie cookbook gives you the support you need to start making perfect, homemade pies from scratch. This pie cookbook gets your dough rolling, complete with step-by-step techniques for mixing, shaping, rolling, and finishing your dough. Refine your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8652 MADSummary: This story begins on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963 when a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism. It comes to a bloody end almost five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. In the years since those events unfolded, the man at the center, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has become a mythic figure, a minister whose...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CITO'Shea, Samara
Summary: Presents a guide to overcoming rejection and thriving in the face of unrequited love, offering advice on cultivating self-worth and loving oneself without requiring the validation of others.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: February Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 OSHShah, Saira.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.1 SHACohen, Ari Seth.
Summary: A collection of street fashion focused on the over-60 set.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Power House Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.3 CohenTorres, El
Summary: Goya: The Terrible Sublime is a graphic novel inspired by Goya’s life, in particular focusing on his final years, as he struggles with assorted physical ailments that threaten to take his mind, as well. Recovering from a serious illness in Cadiz, Spain, which has left him deaf, Goya suffers from terrible headaches, high fevers, and hallucinations, beset by visions of death that will become all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TORPel©♭
Summary: The three-time World Cup champion celebrates the kick and thrill of his favorite sport, recounting his inspiring rise to fame as illustrations depict his life and the story of a young athlete's efforts to follow in his hero's speedy footsteps.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Pele 2010Mir, Saira
Summary: Introduces nineteen Muslim women from all around the world who have found their callings in a vast range of fields, from social justice to competitive sports to the entertainment industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MIRAliki.
Summary: Surveys the history and components of music, concentrating on Western musical traditions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AlikiAliki.
Summary: Briefly describes how a cow produces milk, how the milk is processed in a dairy, and how various other dairy products are made from milk.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1992