Salh, Shugri Said
Summary: "A fresh, captivating memoir about an indomitable woman's journey from her idyllic childhood with her nomadic grandmother in the deserts of Somalia to her escape from her country's brutal civil war and eventually to America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SALH, SHUGRI SAID SALMohseni, Saad
Summary: "From Time 100 honoree Saad Mohseni, the deeply moving and surprising story of the attempt to build a truly independent media company in contemporary Afghanistan. Saad Mohseni, chairman and CEO of Moby Group, Afghanistan's largest media company, charts atwenty-year effort to bring a free press to his country after years of Taliban rule, and how that effort persists even after the Taliban's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Saad, Layla F.
Summary: "From the author of the New York Times bestselling book ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY comes the young readers' edition that teaches readers how to explore and understand racism and white supremacy and how young readers can do their part to help change the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Explore 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 SAACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 SAAHossain, Saad Z.
Summary: "Welcome to Baghdad during the US invasion. A desperate American military has created a power vacuum that needs to be filled. Religious fanatics, mercenaries, occultists, and soldiers are all vying for power. So how do regular folks try to get by? If you're Dagr and Kinza, a former economics professor and a streetwise hoodlum, you turn to dealing in the black market. But everything is about to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Unnamed Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOSSaad, Layla F
Summary: "When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it... Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and over 80,000 people downloaded the supporting work Me and White Supremacy. Updated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.809 SAACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.809 SAASummary: The documentary takes viewers on an eye-opening journey through the life and work of the great Salvador Dali and his longtime muse and collaborator, Gala. The film begins in 1929, a crucial year in Dali's life and career, as he joined the surrealist group and met Gala, and ends in 1989, the year of his passing. Using archival footage, images, and documents (many of them never before used in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SALSalo, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Utah Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 499.99 SALHalo Maud.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bella Union 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HALGand, Gale.
Summary: "Gand offers 150 recipes--including plenty of kid-friendly fare (tested and approved by Gand's own children)--along with tons of tips for packing foods to go or turning lunch into a celebration with friends and family. As Gand says, when it comes to entertaining, 'lunch is the new dinner.' Chapters on soups, pastas, salads, grains, fruits, and more, as well as desserts, drinks, dips, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.54 GANBald, F. Clever
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Publisher / Publication Date: Univ. of Michigan Press 1948
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977.434 BALJ R Hald
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: J.R.Hald, Chicago 0000
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMBald, F. Clever
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 9610
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 977.4 BALContents: Disc one. Give me back my wig / Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers (3:31) -- I'm a woman / Koko Taylor (4:36) -- Have mercy / Big Walter Horton ; with Carey Bell (3:45) -- Somebody loan me a dime / Fenton Robinson (2:54) -- It's my fault, darling / Professor Longhair (4:54) -- Telephone angel / Son Seals (5:25) -- Lights out / Johnny Winter (2:35) -- Blue Monday hangover / Albert Collins...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES ALLSummary: The Florence Hills High School seniors are having their last hurrah before graduation. It's the biggest event of the year-- and you're invited! The place: a megamansion in one of Chicago's wealthiest suburban enclaves. The host: DeAndre Dixon, FHHS's golden boy. Kisses will be swapped between old friends, new friends, and could've-sworn-they-were-enemies kind of friends. Relationships get...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joy Revolution 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOUBald, F. Clever (Frederick Clever)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1954
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977.4 BAL1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4 BAL
Summary: After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood, and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained, and a firestorm of murder, madness, and mayhem will be released in this terror ride to Hell . . . and back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Shortly before his father's death, Prince Akeem learns that he sired an illegitimate son during his last stay in the United States and now he has to return to Queens to retrieve him to ensure a male successor to the throne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COMCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY COMSummary: Pampered African Prince Akeem is a rebel who is against an arranged marriage and heads to Queens, New York to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "regular" guy job at a fast-food...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY COMSummary: Based on a true story of the rise and fall of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and the two DEA agents that brought the famed Medellin Cartel to its knees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NARContents: Is that what love is all about? / Pete Wylie -- Every time a bell rings / Half Man Half Biscuit -- Liquid mercury / The Wild Swans -- Eyes of the moon / The Coral -- What a way to end it all / Deaf School -- The return of evil Bill / Clinic -- The punishment of luxury / Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark -- Heart shaped stone / Kathryn Williams -- Lucinda Byre / Michael Head & The Red Elastic...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJSummary: In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf. After destroying the overpowering demon Grendel, he incurs the undying wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother, who will use any means possible to ensure revenge. The ensuing epic battle resonates throughout the ages.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BEOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY BEOSummary: Selected, annotated and produced by Stephen Wade, the 30 tracks on this release were all recorded during 1933 and 1946. There are recordings from Kentucky, Arkansas, Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Kansas, Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and New York.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK TRESummary: "The controversial sitcom that defined the late '70s and became an instant classic, Soap took viewers into the homes of not one but two of the most dysfunctional families ever-- and we couldn't help but embrace every eccentric one of them!"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SOASummary: A feisty, Bangladeshi teen-aged painter sets out on a quest to save her ailing father. Her artistic gift has blossomed with his encouragement but hasn't yet proven financially rewarding. Naima's mother dashes such childish dreams, which sends the frustrated teen off to the big city, determined to earn money for the family's survival. And she does, by disguising herself as a boy to get a job as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022