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Bui, Hanh Christmas, Johnnie Jacobs, Jonnie. Kirshenbaum, Binnie Li, Winnie M. Lui, MavisSummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONC
Li, Winnie M.
Summary: "One bright spring afternoon in West Belfast, cosmopolitan Taiwanese-American tourist Vivian's path collides with fifteen-year-old Irish teenager Johnny and culminates in a horrifying act of violence. Inspired by true events, a riveting novel of suspense about of the dark chapters and chance encounters that can irrevocably determine the shape of our lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LISummary: Liu Jin-xi is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper's life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu. Convinced that Liu's martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region's vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WULi, Winnie M.
Summary: "After a long-buried, harrowing incident, a woman whose promising film career was derailed has an opportunity for revenge in this visceral and timely thriller about power, privilege, and justice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Emily Bestler Books/Atria 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LISummary: To save her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man to battle northern invaders in China.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2020
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MULCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MULCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MULSummary: A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, whom he's previously kept at arm's length to keep out of danger. First, he must complete one last mission, even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 3DACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER THRBui, Hanh
Summary: A debut picture book about a little girl who connects to her Vietnamese heritage when she accidentally rips her late grandmother's áo dái.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Christmas, Johnnie
Summary: "Esme, a barista, feels invisible, like a ghost... also, when Esme drinks too much coffee she actually sees ghosts. Yara, the elegant heir to a coffee plantation, is always seen, but only has eyes for Esme. Their world is turned upside down when the strange ghost of an old-world nobleman begs Esme to take his letter from New York City to a haunted coffee farm in Brazil, to reunite him with his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Comics 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CHRSummary: Costa-Gavras puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN STASummary: Marianne is the wife of a famous diamond jeweler. When he suddenly commits suicide, she learns that the business is in shambles and she is drawn back into the jewel dealing world. Forced to sell a cache of stolen gems her husband hid in their home, she finds herself confronted by plenty of would-be suitors, including the Russian mafia and the De Beers diamond cartel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Films 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PLASummary: The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well -- dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Lui, Mavis
Summary: "Meet Frank is a picture book about our unique and beautiful qualities. Frank is a curious little alien who comes from a planet where everyone looks the same: same box shape, same green color. Convinced there must be something more, Frank explores the universe and lands on Earth, where he befriends three little Earthlings who all look very different. By celebrating their unique qualities, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUISummary: The world famous thief, Carmen Sandiego, plays an intricate game of cat and mouse with teen ACME detectives, Zack and Ivy. Based on the award-winning line of educational computer games, the energizing series is rich in both excitement and education as Carmen Sandiego attempts to steal the most valuable objects in the world. It's up to the detectives and the audience to figure out where in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cookie Jar 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A new arrival in British-occupied Hong Kong wants to open a martial arts academy to teach his unique Wing Chun style. But a corrupt cabal of martial arts masters, led by Master Hung, refuses to allow him to teach in peace until he proves himself in a series of fights against the local master, which Ip does, in style. But even after earning the respect of the local masters, Ip's troubles are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IPSummary: Residency Director Dr. Leanne Rorish leads four first-year residents through the life-or-death challenges that will change the course of their careers and lives. Rookies Christa Lorenson, Malaya Pineda, Mario Savetti and Angus Leighton dive into the chaos of Angels Memorial Hospital, hoping to learn from the best while facing some of life's worst.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD / Paramount 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CODSummary: Laura and her children travel from Buenos Aires to the small Spanish village where she was born to attend her sister's wedding. Unexpected events soon lead to a crisis that exposes the family's hidden past. Suspicions mount, loved ones begin to turn on one another, and dark secrets long hidden threaten to come to light, revealing shocking truths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN EVEJacobs, Jonnie.
Summary: Marta Crawford is away on business when she stops at the hotel bar after a particularly difficult day. There she meets the charming Todd Wilson and, much to her dismay, wakes up the next morning in his bed. Filled with remorse and regret, she tells Todd she's made a terrible mistake and puts her reckless behavior behind her. But Todd isn't willing to let go. He follows her, worms his way into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Five Star, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACJacobs, Jonnie.
Summary: Young Chloe Henderson was raised in foster homes. Aged out of the system when she turned 18, she moved in with her abusive boyfriend, Trace Rodriguez, hoping to make a life for herself and the child that they are expecting. While they're out for a Sunday drive, Trace stops at a convenience store in San Francisco's rundown Bayview neighborhood. He tells Chloe to wait in the car, but she goes in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACSummary: During a blackout, a woman is found murdered in the middle of the Oresund Bridge, on the border between Sweden and Denmark. Police from both countries are called to the scene, and what looks like one murder turns out to be two. It's a spectacular double murder: the bodies have been brutally cut in half at the waist and put together to form a single corpse. Half of the body belongs to a Swedish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BRIJacobs, Jonnie.
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Caitlin Whittington is the second girl in Paradise Falls to disappear in five months. When Caitlin's mother discovers information that seems to implicate her stepson, Adam, it splits her once happily blended family. Detective Rayna Godwin, assigned to the case, is hampered by memories of her own murdered daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Five Star 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACKirshenbaum, Binnie
Summary: "Master of razor-edged literary humor Binnie Kirshenbaum returns with her first novel in a decade, a devastating, laugh-out-loud funny story of a writer's slide into depression and institutionalization. It's New Year's Eve, the holiday of forced fellowship, mandatory fun, and paper hats. While dining out with her husband and their friends, Kirshenbaum's protagonist--an acerbic, mordantly witty,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press 2019