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Authors, Danish 20th century Biography Country life Kenya Dinesen, Isak 1885-1962 Homes and haunts Kenya Kenya Description and travel Kenya Social life and customs 1895-1963 Paper animal making Taneda, Santōka 1882-1940 Tehran (Iran) Social conditions 21st century Tehran (Iran) Social life and customs 21st century Tomine, Adrian 1974-Tomita, Isao
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1986
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE TOMOgita, Hisako.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.8 OGIAsano, Inio
Summary: "Selling copies is the only thing that matters. So what if your first series just ended and you have no idea how to start the next one, your marriage is breaking up, your pure love of manga has been destroyed by the cruel reality of the industry and nothing seems to fill the sucking void inside you... Find the secret combo for a new hit manga series and everything will be okay. Right?"--Page...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ASAYoshikawa, Isao
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joie, Inc. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.0952 YOSIssa, Islam
Summary: An award-winning British-Egyptian writer presents an authoritative history of the first modern city and how it has shaped our modern world, including its role as a global capital of knowledge as well as the site of plagues and violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 962 ISSIsol.
Summary: This alphabet book explores feelings, raises questions, and features rich, thought-provoking pictures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2016
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE ISOIsay, Dave
Summary: "StoryCorps founder Dave Isay draws from ten years of the revolutionary oral history project's rich archives, collecting conversations that celebrate the power of the human bond and capture the moment at which individuals become family. Between blood relations, friends, coworkers, and neighbors, in the most trying circumstances and in the unlikeliest of places, enduring connections are formed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Penguin Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 ISAFukui, Hisao
Summary: Japanese origami expert Hisao Fukui shows you how to create incredibly realistic paper birds and flying insects, a winged dinosaur and even an undulating Chinese dragon! The easy-to-follow folding instructions and photos in this book present 24 challenging and amazingly lifelike models--from intermediate to complex in terms of their level of difficulty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 736.982 FUKDinesen, Isak
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 839.8137 DINIsay, Jane
Summary: A meditation on the joys of grandparenthood shares practical suggestions for making the most of a grandparent-grandchild relationship, building trust, knowing when and when not to get involved, and managing long-distance challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 ISACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 ISADinesen, Isak
Summary: In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game that were her near...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1992
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: RelationIsayIsay, Jane.
Summary: Using extensive interviews with people ages 25 to 70, editor Isay shows that we're far from alone in our struggles to make this adult relationship work. Isay charts a course through the confusing and often painful interactions parents and children can face, offering up groundbreaking insights and moving stories that will inspire those in even the toughest situations. You'll learn why silence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday/Flying Dolphin Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation IsayTomine, Adrian
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn and Quarterly 2002
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TOMDinesen, Isak
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1985
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 967.6 DINDinesen, Isak
Summary: A collection of seven stories by the Danish author, written in English and first published in 1934.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DINTomine, Adrian
Summary: What happens when a childhood hobby grows into a lifelong career? The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Adrian Tomine's funniest and most revealing foray into autobiography, offers an array of unexpected answers. When a sudden medical incident lands Tomine in the emergency room, he begins to question if it was really all worthwhile: despite the accolades and opportunities of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TOMŌyama, Sumita
Summary: "Zen monk Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) is one of Japan's most beloved modern poets, famous for his 'free-verse' haiku, the dominant style today. This book tells the fascinating story of his life, liberally sprinkled with more than 300 of his poems and extracts from his essays and journals--compiled by his best friend and biographer Sumita Oyama and elegantly translated by William Scott Wilson."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TANEDA, SANTOKA OYATomine, Adrian
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TOMTomine, Dylan.
Summary: Depicts the days and seasons of a family intent on living joyfully, providing a meditation on our relationship to nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Patagonia Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508 TOMRomito, Dee
Summary: Kenzie Rhines doesn't have a home she has too many. Her dad s job keeps them flying around the country, which means home is whatever fancy hotel they're currently staying in and school takes place 30,000 feet in the air. And since it's just the two of them, she has no choice but to be his travel partner. Kenzie loves the constant adventures, but she wouldn't mind planting her feet in one place...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin M!X 2017
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Summary: "Rich, absorbing, and exotic, City of Lies travels up and down Vali Asr Street, Tehran's pulsing thoroughfare, from the lavish shopping malls of Tajrish through the smog that lingers over the alleyways and bazaars of the city's southern districts. Ramita Navai gives voice to ordinary Iranians forced to live extraordinary lives: the porn star, the aging socialite, the assassin and enemy of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 955 NAVNavai, Ramita.
Summary: This is Real Tehran: A City that is hidden from view and rarely written about, where survival depends on an intricate network of lies and subterfuge. It is a place where mullahs visit prostitutes, drug kingpins run crystal meth kitchens, surgeons restore girls' virginity and homemade porn is uploaded to the Internet and sold in the bazaars. Plotted around the city's great central thoroughfare,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 955 NAVReinhard, Tonia.
Summary: A comprehensive reference to the world's superfoods, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, cereals, and meat and dairy products.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2010