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Bahari, Maziar.

Summary: A former prisoner in one of Iran's most notorious prisons offers a moving memoir of how thoughts of his family got him through the days of torture, in a book that also sheds light on Iran's history.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAHARI, MAZIAR BAH

Fadi͡ei͡ev, Denys

Summary: "Victory for Ukraine is a collection created by Ukrainian artists during the first weeks of the Russian invasion, channeling all their emotions - their anger, courage, dreams, and despair into one goal, one manifestation of their nation's fight for survival!"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 FAD

Summary: Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003

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Summary: Documents a Danish expedition by a team of scientists to hitherto unexplored fjords in northeast Greenland, which, due to the seasonal melting of glacial ice due to global warming, are now accessible for a few weeks a year.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EXP
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF EXP

Makari, George

Summary: "A startling work of historical sleuthing and synthesis, Of Fear and Strangers reveals the forgotten histories of xenophobia-and what they mean for us today. By 2016, it was impossible to ignore an international resurgence of xenophobia. What had happened? Looking for clues, psychiatrist and historian George Makari started out in search of the idea's origins. To his astonishment, he discovered...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8009 MAK

Najafi, Cheryl.

Summary: Shares ideas for first-time home entertainers, outlining ten fully photographed party plans for such events as birthdays and baby showers while offering suggestions for food and drink preparations, decorating, and having fun while hosting.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2012

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: 793.2 NAJ

Azari, Sara

Summary: "Unprecedented is a simple, go-to guide to the many legal issues engulfing the Donald Trump presidency"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 AZA

Gotsubo, Masaru.

Summary: Three strangers--a hardworking waitress, an arrogant mercenary, and a mysterious samurai--form an uneasy alliance as they search for the enigmatic Sunflower Samurai and cross paths with numerous characters, including ninjas, assassins, and princes in disguise.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SAM

Makary, Marty

Summary: One in five Americans now has medical debt in collections and rising health care costs today threaten every small business in America. Dr. Makary, one of the nation's leading health care experts, travels across America and details why health care has become a bubble. Drawing from on-the-ground stories, his research, and his own experience, The Price We Pay paints a vivid picture of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 MAK

Sellers, Bakari

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: "The CNN analyst and youngest state representative in South Carolina's history illuminates the lives of America's forgotten rural, Black working-class men and women"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SELLERS, BAKARI SEL

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B SELLERS SEL

Vasari, Giorgio

Summary: 120 full-color plates and 127 black and white illustrations. An extensive biography about the Italian Renaissance artists.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beaux Arts Editions 1986

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.5 GRE

Gotsubo, Masaru.

Summary: Three strangers--a hardworking waitress, an arrogant mercenary, and a mysterious samurai--form an uneasy alliance as they search for the enigmatic Sunflower Samurai and cross paths with numerous characters, including ninjas, assassins, and princes in disguise.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SAM

Hazard, Leah

Summary: "A groundbreaking investigation of the uterus--from birth to death, in sickness and in health, throughout history and into our possible future--from a midwife and acclaimed writer Leah Hazard." -- inside front jacket flap.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.6 HAZ

Madani, 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8652 MAD

Ishikawa, Masaji

Summary: Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: AmazonCrossing 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ISHIKAWA, MASAJI ISH

Harari, Oren.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 HAR

Hazard, Rowland

Summary: "Back pain afflicts more than 3 in 4 adults and costs Americans over $100 billion every year. While most people recover quickly, the disabilities suffered by people who don't generate the vast majority of the costs and heartache. Talking Back offers people disabled by chronic back pain personal strategies for recovering active lives and wellness"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.5 HAZ

Magary, Drew

Summary: The fan-favorite Defector and former Deadspin columnist shares his long recovery from a catastrophic brain hemorrhage and how he learned to live with a broken mind as he tried to figure out who this new person is, in this fascinating, darkly funny comeback story.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAGARY, DREW MAG

Munari, Bruno

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: M. Corraini 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.2 Munari

Nazario, Sonia.

Summary: Based on the Los Angeles Times series that won two Pulitzer Prizes, this is a timeless story of families torn apart. When Enrique was five, his mother, too poor to feed her children, left Honduras to work in the United States. The move allowed her to send money back home so Enrique could eat better and go to school past the third grade. She promised she would return quickly, but she struggled...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.23 NAZ

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.23 NAZ

Adaf, Shimon

Summary: Cycle of poems composed after Adaf's sister's death.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alice James Books 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 492.4 ADA

Naman, Christine Pisera

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: R to R Naman

Nazario, Sonia.

Summary: Documents the journey of a Honduran teen who braved hardship and peril to reunite with his mother after she was forced to leave him behind and seek migratory work in the United States.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 ENR

Nayak, Hari.

Summary: Features Indian recipes modified to suit a modern lifestyle, including lemon pepper chicken with fresh mint, fresh-baked rosemary naan, and green cabbage with lentils.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Pub. 2012

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5954 NAY

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