Díaz, Junot
Summary: A collection of eleven stories by a young writer evoke his hard-fought youth in the barrios of the Dominican Republic and the bleak urban landscapes of New Jersey, combining a journalist's dispassionate eye with an ear for poetry
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DIADíaz, Junot
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2008
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Summary: Dominican American, Oscar has never had it easy. A romantic who dreamt of becoming the Domican J.R.R. Tolkien, wanted more than anything else to find true love. But, he may never get the chance thanks to the ancient curse put on his family dooming them for generations to torture, prison, tragic accidents and star-crossed love relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DiaSummary: A fantasy adventure based on the Arthurian legend, the film tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's headstrong nephew, who embarks on a quest to confront the eponymous knight, a gigantic tree-like creature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "An award-winning writer of absorbing, sophisticated fiction delivers a stylish and propulsive novel rooted in early 20th century New York, about wealth and talent, trust and intimacy, truth and perception. In glamorous 1920s New York City, two characters of sophisticated taste come together. One is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; the other, the brilliant daughter of penniless aristocrats....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction DiazDíaz, Junot
Summary: Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuké--the curse that has haunted the Oscar's family for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: A young crocodile swallows everything from a can of baby powder to his father's hat until the day he helps his mother tidy up the house with the vacuum cleaner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Press 1966
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Summary: Sitting quietly in his garden, a little boy observes the eating habits of birds, bugs, butterflies, and other small animals. Includes instructions on how to make your own garden and a detailed illustration of plants typically found in a garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An Argentine teacher lives in blissful ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her country's government. Over time, she begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political prisoner. When she attempts to unearth the truth, her investigation reveals levels of political corruption so abhorrent that the illusions of her past life are irrevocably shattered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OFFSummary: Caleb, a coder at the world's largest Internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat belonging to the company's reclusive CEO, Nathan. But when Caleb arrives he finds that he will have to participate in a fascinating experiment with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot woman, Ava. Truths, emotions, and motives are blurred as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2015
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2 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI EXAliki
Summary: Charles's habit of getting lost in his thoughts rather than doing what he should continually gets him in trouble at home and in school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Aliki 2018Díaz Canales, Juan
Summary: "Feline private eye John Blacksad he goes up against Lewis Solomon, a construction magnate with dreams of power and plans to pave over large swaths of 1950s New York"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DIAFlorio, Gwen
Summary: "Nora Best is the envy of her friends. She's just turned fifty and has traded in her home with The Perfect-Ass Husband for an Airstream trailer and an adventure of a lifetime across the US. But during their leaving party, Nora finds her husband in a compromising position with a friend. Storming out of the party she jumps into her truck with no idea how to tow the Airstream or where she's going....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2020
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Summary: "On a dull gray day, a boy puts his dog on a leash and they walk to a shimmering pond where snowy white swans swim freely. One of the swans invites the boy and dog for a ride. They climb on its back and sail into a stunningly beautiful landscape, dotted with wildflowers, spoonbills and ibises. Foxes, rabbits and deer appear in this paradise, then butterflies and even bigger, more beautiful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VALAllio, Kirstin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2005
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Summary: A child shows all the things he has learned to do all on his own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2000
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Summary: Miss Brilliant's class puts on a performance of "Mary had a little lamb."
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005
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Summary: A little boy who loves pushing buttons of all kinds ends up with such a sore finger that he must play with other things.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2010
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Summary: When Robert's best friend Peter moves away, both are unhappy, but they learn that they can make new friends and still remain best friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1982
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Summary: "Foreign correspondent Lola Wicks is pissed. Downsized from her Kabul posting, her editor reassigns her to a stateside suburban beat formerly the province of interns. Arriving in Montana for some R&R at a friend's cabin, her friend is nowhere in sight. Anger turns to terror when Lola discovers her friend shot dead. She can't get out of Montana fast enough, but finds that she can't as she's held...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Permanent Press 2013
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Summary: "For fans of A Thousand Splendid Suns comes a stirring novel set in Afghanistan & about two women--an American aid worker and her local interpreter--who form an unexpected friendship despite their utterly different life experiences and the ever-increasing violence that surrounds them in Kabul. In 2001, Kabul is suddenly a place of possibility as people fling off years of repressive Taliban...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLOValerio, Geraldo
Summary: A little girl falls asleep, her book in hand, and as she dreams an astonishing adventure unfolds. This wordless picture book celebrates the joy and freedom that can be found in stories, dreams and the imagination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VALManfredi, Valerio.
Summary: The story of the Brunis, a family of farmers from the Italian Padan plain who have worked the land since time immemorial, and the homeless multitudes, travelers, and tinkers roaming Europe during the hardscrabble nineteen twenties and thirties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MANAldrin, Buzz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1996