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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books 2013
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Summary: How do women mothers, daughters, aunts, nieces and grandmothers -- make sense of judgment to a lifetime behind bars? In Women Doing Life, Lora Bex Lempert examines the carceral experiences of women serving life sentences, presenting a typology of the ways that life-sentenced women grow and self-actualize, resist prison definitions, reflect on and own their criminal acts, and ultimately create...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 LEMSumino, Yoru
Summary: A high school boy finds the diary of his classmate - only to discover that she's dying. Yamauchi Sakura has been silently suffering from a pancreatic disease, and now exactly one person outside her family knows. He swears to her that he won't tell anyone what he learned, and the shared secret brings them closer together in this deeply moving, first-person story that traces their developing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ISanbe, Kei
Summary: "Satoru Fujinuma's power of Revival has sent him eighteen years into his past to relive his middle school days and prevent the death of his classmate Kayo Hinazuki. But even with the advantage of foreknowledge, Satoru finds himself unable to prevent Kayo from becoming a victim yet again. Back in the present, twenty-nine-year-old Satoru is still on the run from the police and no closer to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ERAFord, Ben
Summary: A guide to cooking grilled, smoked, and outdoor-roasted foods outlines nine menus that feature such options as Texas-style barbecue and wood-fired paella, providing complementary recipes for game meats, side dishes, and desserts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56 FORMiller, Kei
Summary: "In this moving, critical, and lyrical collection of essays, by the acclaimed Forward Prize winner, Kei Miller explores the silences in which so many important things are kept. Miller examines the experience of discrimination through this silence and what it means to breach it-to risk words, to risk truth; and through the body and the histories those bodies inherit-the crimes that haunt them,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 MILKusunoki, Kei.
Summary: "Ren and Rai play with fire when they sell their souls to the demon Diabolo to save Ren's cousin. Diabolo gives Ren the power of ultimate offense and Rai the power of ultimate defense. However, those who fall into the Diabolo's trap start to go crazy at 17, and at age 18 they reach the point of no return."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2004
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DIASanbe, Kei
Summary: "Satoru is making great strides toward recovery, despite the gaping hole in his memory. But after a chance encounter with a stranger named Airi, Satoru realizes the fragments of 'dreams' from when he was asleep must be memories from another timeline--and Airi, from a future that no longer exists. As Satoru begins to piece together the events leading up to the incident, he finds himself once...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ERAMori, Kaoru
Summary: "Mr. Smith keeps on his journey retracing his steps, stopping next at a seaside village where he is greeted by a pair of enthusiastic young brides! Laila and Leily are eager to prove themselves as capable hostesses, but failing in the attempt could have serious social consequences. As the twins scramble in the kitchen, the discussion around the table turns to recent rumors of danger in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BRIMori, Kaoru
Summary: As she and her husband adjust to their arranged marriage, Amir strives to find her role as she settles into a new life and a new home in a society quick to define that role for her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2011
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Summary: "Having reached his destination in Ankara, Smith is not only reunited with his old friend, but also Talas, the woman he briefly stayed with on his journey. An agreement was made, and now Smith must travel back to Amir and Karluk with his new companions and newly acquired camera. However, the roads back are perilous as war approaches..."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BRIMori, Kaoru.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WildStorm Productions 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 EMMQu, Lei Lei
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.4251 QUMori, Kaoru
Summary: "The Halgals enter talks of marriage with another clan, but first, Azel and the other men must be tested to see if they are worthy. They face off against their prospective brides in a horse-riding competition, and whoever retrieves an arrow and makes it to the finish line first will hold the future of both clans in their hands!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BRIMori, Kaoru
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen 2013
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Summary: "Combining the humor and warmth of Bringing Up Baby with the insight of The Smartest Kids in the World, World Class is a firsthand exploration of how American schools are failing our children, and what parents can learn from the Asian education system tohelp our children excel in today's competitive world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 370.9 CLAMori, Kaoru
Summary: "A young widow, Talas opens her home to the researcher Mr. Smith, who has ventured to her town to continue his studies. However, when Talas's uncle begins to see Smith as an impediment to his plans to wed his son to Talas, the old man's schemes land the Englishman in prison! Far from friends and even farther from home, Smith's outlook seems grim" -- from publisher's web site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen 2012
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Summary: Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori's tale of life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road continues. As Anis and Sherine settle into a new life built on love and friendship, tragedy and destruction have thrown the Eihons' village into turmoil. Conflict with neighboring tribes has taken its toll, leaving Pariya's family home in ruins. Though no one was hurt, little survived the assault, including the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BRIMori, Kaoru
Summary: When Emma is sent across the Atlantic to a life of indentured servitude by Eleanor's father, William and Hakim set sail to rescue her. The Jones family must deal with the consequences of the social black-balling they've received, but with luck Mrs. Meredith's plans to elevate Emma's social standing will help them save face.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WildStorm Productions 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 EMMMori, Kaoru
Summary: "Calling upon his former governess, William Jones, gentleman, is startled when his knock is answered by an uncommonly beautiful servant, the soft-spoken Emma. Throughout his visit, William's eyes drift to the maid whenever she enters the room, and he contrives to meet Emma socially as she goes about her errands. But London society is a web of strict codes and divisions. For the son of a wealthy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 EMMMcCagg, Tory
Summary: "In 2012, McCagg and her husband built a solar-powered house in New Hampshire. It was to be a weekend getaway, with cats and chicks in tow, but they ended up moving there permanently when they learned their rooster would be banned back home in Rhode Island. While chicken kerfuffles lighten the mood, this is a story born of heartbreak, of yearning for the great beauty of the world as it used to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Garden Home McCaggStephenchel, Tora
Summary: A simple story about nighttime things, such as twinkling stars, hooting owls, and flying bats. This story helps readers learn the words all, night, and long. Bright pictures provide visual cues to help the reader. Additional features include a word list, an introduction to the author, and a letter to caregivers and educators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE STEStephenchel, Tora
Summary: A simple story about a hot day. This story helps readers learn the words it, is, and hot. Bright pictures provide visual cues to help the reader. Additional features include a word list, an introduction to the author, and a letter to caregivers and educators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021