Acquaye, Saka.
Contents: Sugar soup -- Down the Congo -- Saturday night -- Drum festival -- Concomba -- Beyond Africa -- Congo beat -- Echoes of the African forest -- Bus conductor -- Ebony -- Kenya sunset -- Awuben -- Akudonno.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nonesuch 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN ACQGaika
Contents: Basic volume -- Hackers & jackers -- Seven churches for St. Jude -- Ruby -- Born thieves -- 36 oaths -- Black empire (killmonger riddim) -- Grip -- Clouds, chemists and the angel Gabriel -- Immigrant sons (pesos & gas) -- Close to the root -- Yard -- Crown & key -- Warlord shoes -- Spectacular anthem.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC GAIHara
Summary: What do you do when your body doesn't match the ideal shape as dictated by society? What do you wear when sweats seem to be the only clothes that fit you? How do you deal with the constant, overwhelming waves of criticism about your appearance from yourself and others? A love letter to anyone striving to embrace their size, this wonderfully illustrated, uplifting comic essay by a plus-size...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 HARHama
Contents: Terroir -- Houmeissa -- Dounia -- Bororo -- Wassa -- Takamba -- Touareg -- Baoura -- Takamba (remix) -- Yeta yeta.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN HAMKrasikov, Sana
Summary: "When the Great Depression hits, Florence Fein leaves Brooklyn College for what appears to be a plum job in Moscow-and the promise of love and independence. But once in Russia, she quickly becomes entangled in a country she can't escape. Many years later, Florence's son, Julian, will make the opposite journey, immigrating back to the United States. His work in the oil industry takes him on...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KRAMelanie Safka
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Kama Rippa 1970
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSada, Daniel
Summary: In 1945 Oaxaca, an agronomist named Demetrio Sordo regularly visits a prostitute named Mireya even as he pursues a more pure form of love in his correspondence with a girl from his hometown named Renata, until problems arise with the arrangement.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SADSakwa, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 SAKBakar
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BAKBéka.
Summary: Training ambitiously in hopes of being accepted into the National Ballet Competition in Paris, Julie, Lucy, and Alia team up against archenemy Carla while struggling to balance their dance requirements, boyfriends, and schoolwork.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BEKBakar
Contents: Oneinoneout (3:14) -- Alive! (3:52) -- Facts_situations (2:42) -- All night (3:28) -- Selling biscuits (2:10) -- I'm done (2:29) -- Right here, for now (3:01) -- Hate the sun (3:35) -- Invisible (2:37) -- To open my heart (3:39) -- Hell n back (3:33).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BAKMelanie Safka
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Neighborhood Music 1971
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMStanišić, Saša
Summary: HERKUNFT ist ein Buch über den ersten Zufall unserer Biografie: irgendwo geboren werden. Und was danach kommt. HERKUNFT ist ein Buch über ein Dorf, in dem nur noch dreizehn Menschen leben, ein Land, das es heute nicht mehr gibt, eine zersplitterte Familie, die meine ist. Es ist ein Buch über die Frage, was zu mir gehört, ein Selbstporträt mit Ahnen. Und ein Scheitern des Selbstporträts. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: btb 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 438.4 STASava, Ayegül
Summary: "After her mother's death, Nunu moves from Istanbul to a small apartment in Paris. One day outside of a bookstore, she meets M., an older British writer whose novels about Istanbul Nunu has always admired. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris and talking late into the night. What follows is an unusual friendship of eccentric correspondence and long walks around the city. M. is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAVGoldberg, Sana
Summary: "From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive handbook to navigating common medical situations. From the routine to the unexpected, How to Be a Patient is your ultimate guide to better healthcare.Let's face it: nobody likes going to the doctor. It can be uncomfortable, nerve wracking, expensive--and that's just for routine care! When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.69 GOLSaitō, Sakae
Summary: "Youko and Airi's next stop is Umihotaru, a rest stop in the middle of Tokyo Bay famous for its nighttime views--but with the Aqua-Line tunnel from Kawasaki flooded, they're forced to take a huge detour all the way to Kisarazu! On the way, the two swing by Akihabara to investigate a mysterious radio signal.. Could someone still be alive there...?" -- Back cover.
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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 TOUSala, Sharon
Summary: "PI Charlie Dodge may be down, but he's most definitely not out. He's still reeling after a series of earth-shattering events, so when a desperate woman hires Dodge Investigations to find her missing sister, the head-scratcher of a case is exactly the distraction Charlie and his steadfast partner, Wyrick, need. Two days prior, Rachel Dean disappeared without a trace from her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SALSenghor, Shaka
Summary: "In 1991, Shaka Senghor was sent to prison for second-degree murder. Today, he is a lecturer at the University of Michigan, a leading voice on criminal justice reform, and an inspiration to thousands. In life, it's not how you start that matters. It's how you finish. Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle class neighborhood on Detroit's east side during the height of the 1980s crack epidemic. An...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SENGHOR, SHAKA SENBéka.
Summary: Enjoying the addition of African folk dance to their dance curriculum, best friends Julie, Lucy and Alia are enthralled by the form's challenging style until problems at home and in the classroom place their dance pursuits at risk.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BEKSala, Enric
Summary: In this book, world-renowned marine ecologist Enric Sala illuminates the many reasons why preserving Earth's biodiversity makes logical, emotional, and economic sense. Using key moments from his own scientific awakening, Sala reveals that our survival depends on all species. The natural world, he explains, is a perfect circular economy, where every species, in life and in death, sustains...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 SALSala, Felicita
Summary: As a young girl seeks reassurances to more elaborate what-ifs, her father's reassurances paint a picture of infinite care, showing her there is no limit to the love he has for her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2024
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Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs invites men everywhere on a journey of honesty and healing through this book of moving letters to his sons-one whom he is raising and the other whose childhood took place during Senghor's nineteen-year incarceration. Shaka Senghor has lived the life of two fathers. With his first son, Jay, born shortly after Senghor was incarcerated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 SENShaka, Jah.
Contents: Rastaman / Earl Sixteen -- Look Youthman / Barrington Levy -- I love King Selassie / Black Uhuru -- None a jah jah children / Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus -- Can't pop no style / Hugh Mundell -- Protect them / Norris Reid -- Bad days are giong / Johnny clarke -- Never stop fighting / Johnny Osbourne -- Love and only love / Fred Locks -- Jah love is with I / Johnny Clarke -- Slave driver /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Greensleeves Records ltd. 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE JAHStanisic, Sasa
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2008