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Chinese Americans Fiction Convents Fiction Graphic novels Great Britain History Richard I, 1189-1199 Fiction Kings and rulers Fiction Murder Drama of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England Eleanor 1122?-1204 Fiction Regression (Civilization) Fiction Religion Fiction Social stratification FictionRay, Shann.
Summary: An epic that runs from the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 to the ore and industry of the 1930s, American Copper is a novel not only about America’s hidden desire for regeneration through violence but about the ultimate cost of forgiveness and the demands of atonement. It also explores the genocidal colonization of the Cheyenne, the rise of big copper, and the unrelenting ascent of dominant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Unbridled Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RAYFay, Shannon
Summary: "London, 1958. By crafting magical outfits for his friend, Princess Katherine, cloth mage Paul Gallagher is getting ahead. It's not a seamless path. Not since the Virtuis Party came to power. The far-right faction is using criminals to create a protective barrier around England. The enchanted uniforms the prisoners wear may beget a demand for mages, but using luckless convicts as tools for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 47North 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Zero Motivation is a unique, sharply observed, sometimes dark and often hilarious portrait of everyday life for a unit of young, female soldiers in a remote Israeli desert outpost. Playing out like M*A*S*H meets Orange is the New Black, Talya Lavie's debut details the power struggles of three women with different agendas and very little to do. Pencil-pushers in the Human Resources Office, best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ZERSummary: Storm of the century: When a murder shakes the island of Little Tall, the local constable must stop the evil that is growing as quickly as the snowstorm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD StScott, Seann William
Summary: Doug Glatt wants a more rewarding job and his father's respect, so he jumps at the chance when an on-ice brawl leads to a position on a hockey team, even though he cannot skate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnet 2012
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GOOLee, Chang-rae
Summary: "From the award-winning author of NATIVE SPEAKER and ON SUCH A FULL SEA, a brilliant, exuberant and entertaining story of a young American whose life is transformed when a Chinese-American businessman suddenly takes him under his wing on a global adventure"-- Tiller is an average American college student with a good heart but minimal aspirations. Pong Lou is a larger-than-life, wildly creative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEELee, Chang-rae
Summary: Korean born June Han has forged a life thousands of miles from her birthplace: she has built a business in New York, survived a husband, borne a child. But her past holds more secrets than she has ever been able to tell, and thirty years after her escape from war-ravaged Korea, the time has come for her to confront them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEELee, Chang-rae.
Summary: In a future, long-declining America, society is strictly stratified by class. Long-abandoned urbanneighborhoods have been repurposed as highwalled, self-contained labor colonies. And the members of the labor class-descendants of those brought over en masse many years earlier from environmentally ruined provincial China-find purpose and identity in their work to provide pristine produce and fish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LEELee, Chang-rae.
Summary: At the end of the Korean War, the lives of orphan June Han and American soldier Hector Brennan collide. Thirty years later, they meet again and are forced to come to terms with the secrets of their devastating past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC LEELee, Chang-rae.
Summary: "From the beloved award-winning author of Native Speaker and The Surrendered, a highly provocative, deeply affecting story of one woman's legendary quest in a shocking, future America. On Such a Full Sea takes Chang-rae Lee's elegance of prose, his masterly storytelling, and his long-standing interests in identity, culture, work, and love, and lifts them to a new plane. Stepping from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Lee 2014Lee, Chang-rae.
Summary: The secret life of a Japanese-American pharmacist in a small town in New York. On the surface a model of propriety and serenity, he is torn by memories of his service in the Japanese army in World War II and the comfort woman he loved and could not save. By the author of Native Speaker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEEFraction, Matt
Summary: After the fall of Attilan and the Terrigen Bomb explosion, thousands of people across the globe have transformed into Inhumans Their new powers are dangerous and terrifying, making them targets. With Black Bolt believed dead, who can these new Inhumans turn to? As the Avengers face Karnak, who has discovered the Inhumans' secret, Medusa struggles to rule her vastly increased population, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 INHSummary: Same Genius. New World. Florence is thrown into chaos in the wake of the Pazzi conspiracy and Leonardo da Vinci must push the limits of his mind and body to defend the city against the forces of Rome. When the dust settles, friends are buried and rivalries are enflamed. While the Medicis go to unthinkable lengths to deal with new threats, da Vinci continues on his quest to find the fabled Book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DASummary: Starring Academy Awardʼ-winner Hilary Swank, the film follows a journalist grieving the murder of her son who forms an unlikely alliance with his pregnant girlfriend to track down the killers in the seedy world of drugs and corruption.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Entertainment 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOOSchulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe)
Summary: "Join Linus and the rest of the Peanuts gang in this graphic novel that features a comic adaptation of the classic story Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, classic Schulz strips, previously published stories, and an all-new original story about Linus and his trusty blanket! From rainy days to learning new things and working as a team, Linus and the rest of the Peanuts gang have plenty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Scrat's constant quest for an acorn causes a shift in the ice. Manny, Sid, and Diego end up stranded on an iceberg in the middle of the sea. A group of misfit pirates are determined to stop the trio from ever returning home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ICECopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ICESummary: In 1950s New York, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MOTCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Motherless 2020Penman, Sharon Kay.
Summary: In 12th century England, Justin de Quincy, special agent for Eleanor of Aquitaine, investigates the murder of a peddler's daughter. Two men are suspected, but they are rich and the rich are difficult to bring to justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PENPenman, Sharon Kay.
Summary: The 12th Century sleuth, Justin de Quincy, investigates a murder which could shed light on a plot to usurp the crown of England. Prince John is scheming to unseat his brother, King Richard the Lionheart, who went missing as he was returning from a crusade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PENPenman, Sharon Kay
Summary: The Christian ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem following the First Crusade, Baudouin IV, struggles to hold his throne despite political intrigue, personal health risks, and the growing threat of Saladin and his army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PENPenman, Sharon Kay.
Summary: "Thirteenth-century Wales is a divided country, ever at the mercy of England's ruthless, power-hungry King John. Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales, secures an uneasy truce by marrying the English king's beloved illegitimate daughter, Joanna, who slowly grows to love her charismatic and courageous husband. But as John's attentions turn again and again to subduing Wales--and Llewelyn--Joanna must...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston 1985
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Place a hold to request this item.Penman, Sharon Kay.
Summary: A novel about the English king Henry II and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PENShinn, Sharon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHIShinn, Sharon.
Summary: On a barren planet near the edge of the civilized galaxy, two religions are practiced, both sects worshipping the same goddess, but when a serial killer begins stalking the priestesses, Interfed Agent Cowen Drake is called in to stop the killer before both religions are destroyed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace 1999