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bibliography Biographical television programs. Comics (Graphic works) Documentary television programs. Graphic novels. Nonfiction television programs. Science television programs. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. videorecordingSummary: Set in China during the warring 1920s, notorious bandit chief Zhang descends upon a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, an identity that he had hijacked from Old Tang, who was a small-time imposter. Bent on making a fast buck, Zhang soon meets his match in the tyrannical local gentry Huang as a deadly battle of wit and brutality ensues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF LETBlu, Suzi.
Summary: "Mixed-Media Girls with Suzi Blu takes you step-by-step through the process of how to draw a folk art and stylized girls' faces. With inspiration from Suzi's popular online workshops and videos, this inspiring book teaches you to create simple, balanced features and add shading with colored pencils and paint. From there, you'll discover how to draw the rest of the figure and put it into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702.81 BLUStein, Lou.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Books 1988
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.42 STESun-tzu
Summary: For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's "The Art of War" has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble 1994
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost Boys" from the Sudan who are forced to leave their homeland due to a tumultuous civil war. Chronicles their triumph over seemingly insurmountable adversities and a relocation to the United States, where the Lost Boys build active and fulfilling new lives but remain deeply committed to helping friends and family they have left behind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GODZhu, Fayuan
Summary: "To understand China, we need to step into the palace of her culture and explore her rich history. With this in mind, a group of scholars from China and America have put this book together as a primer on all things China, from art and science to religion and society. They attempt to offer a panoramic view of the totality of Chinese culture, using only the most representative material, to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951 ZHUSutin, Jack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 SUTStockton, Suzin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Meredith Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 FOOSutin, Lawrence
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 SUTSha, Zhi Gang.
Summary: Master Zhi Gang Sha teaches the "divine" way to transform any aspect of your life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204.4 SHASummary: In 1962, three prisoners escaped from Alcatraz, a prison surrounded on all sides by the waters of San Francisco Bay, and disappeared. The fates of the three men have remained unknown to the present day. In this program, three scientists from the Netherlands employ 3D modeling technology to reconstruct the water currents of the day of the prison break in an attempt to uncover whether or not it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ALCSha, Zhi Gang.
Summary: The Power of Soul reveals secrets, wisdom, knowledge, and practices to transform the consciousness of humanity and all souls, and enlighten them in order to create love, peace, and harmony for humanity, Mother Earth, and all universes. The Power of Soul teaches soul healing, soul prevention of sickness, soul rejuvenation, soul transformation of every aspect of life (including relationships and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Sha, Zhi Gang.
Summary: "Millions of people on Mother Earth are suffering from sicknesses in their spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical bodies. Millions of people have limited or no access to healthcare. They want solutions. Millions of people are searching for spiritual secrets, wisdom, knowledge, and practical techniques to transform their physical lives and spiritual journeys. The key to physical life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 299.5 SHASubin, Anna Della
Summary: "A provocative history of men who were worshipped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 202 SUBKang, Mingoo
Summary: "Like butter in French cooking or olive oil in Italian, jangs are the soul of Korean cuisine. These umami sauces are found in every meal, from soups and stews, to salads, marinades, and even desserts, adding depth and complexity to every dish. The foundation of the three main jangs- gochujang, doenjang, and ganjang-is simple. Soybeans, water, and salt are dried, aged, and fermented in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Srinivasan, Bhu
Summary: From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana takes us on a four-hundred-year journey of this spirit of innovation and ambition through a series of Next Big Things -- the inventions, techniques, and industries that drove American history forward: from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 SRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 330.973 SRIBukin, Denis
Summary: When most people think of the word spy, they imagine gadgets – laser pens and exploding cigarette lighters – but the most important piece of equipment an agent has is their brain. Memory is vital to the work of an agent. The need for total secrecy often prevents them from recording anything, so operatives have to rely on their brains to retain and reproduce an incredible amount of information...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.73 BUKKumin, Maxine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 KUMKunin, Vladimir.
Summary: This book is an autobiographical prose work by the well known Russian modern writer Vladimir Kunin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bereg 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.7 FIC KUNSejic, Stjepan
Summary: A young psychiatrist with a potential cure for the madness that haunts Gotham City, Dr. Harleen Quinzel must prove her revolutionary theory to a skeptical establishment by delving into the disturbed minds of Arkham Asylum's deadliest inmates. But the more time she spends with her criminally insane subjects, the closer she is drawn to one patient in particular--and the further she falls away...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 SEJZhuo, Julie
Summary: "Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing. That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of twenty-five. She stared at a long list of challenges--from hiring to firing, from meeting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2019
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Summary: "Trot, a Vietnamese American surfer girl, and Cap'n Bill, her cranky one-eyed cat, catch too big a wave and wipe out, sucked down into a magical underwater kingdom where an ancient deep-sea battle rages"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC CHUChu, Lenora
Summary: China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system is held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence. Chu, an American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. Enrolling three-year-old Rainer in China's state-run public school system, the immediate results were positive. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 370.951 CHUSummary: Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021