Leduc, Amanda
Summary: Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? If every disabled character is mocked and mistreated, how does the Beast ever imagine a happily-ever-after? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour and linking the quest for disability rights to new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coach House Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398 LEDAmanaz
Contents: Amanaz--I am very far--Sunday morning--Khala my friend--History of man--Nsunka Lwendo--Africa--Green apple--Making the scene--Easy street--Big enough--Kale
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Publisher / Publication Date: Normal records 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN AMASummary: Beautiful, troubled Dominique Marceau came to bohemian Paris to escape the suffocation of provincial life, only to wind up in a courtroom, accused of a terrible crime: the murder of her lover. As the trial commences and the lawyers begin tangling over Dominique's fate, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Oscar-nominate film delves into her past, reconstructing her struggle to find a foothold in the city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VERSamana
Contents: Melancholy heat -- Live for the road -- The spirit moving -- The beach -- Patience -- All one breath -- Passing me by -- Leaving -- Begin again
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK SAMFlint, Eric
Summary: In 1636 France, King Louis sends his expectant wife, Queen Anne, into seclusion to keep her safe, while France's foreign enemies as well as traitors within the court make their move, forcing factions both inside and outside of the country to choose sides.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baen Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLIPunter, Russell
Summary: D'Artagnan is looking forward to his new life with the king's guards. He soon finds himself caught up in duels, double-dealing and danger, alongside Porthos, Athos and Aramis-the legendary Three Musketeers. Join d'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers as they fight for justice in this swashbuckling graphic version of the classic adventure story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2019
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Summary: In this unique book, Aranya leads you through the design process from beginning to end, using clear explanations, flowcharts and diagrams. Linking theory to practice, he places the ethics, principles, philosophies, tools and techniques directly into the context of the process itself. While written for anyone with a basic grasp of permaculture, this book also has plenty to offer the more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Permanent Publications 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: SG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, on board the Odyssey, SG-1 travels to the Ori galaxy. The International Oversight Committee has their own plans and SG-1 finds themselves in a distant galaxy fighting two powerful enemies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor] 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STASummary: "True crime, as an entertainment genre, has always prioritized clear narrative arcs: victims wronged, police detectives in pursuit, suspects apprehended, justice delivered. But what stories have been ignored? In Evidence of Things Seen, fourteen of the most innovative crime writers working today cast a light on the cases that give crucial insight into our society. This anthology pulls back the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 WEIJoy, LaManda.
Summary: LaManda Joy, the founder of Chicago’s Peterson Garden Project and a board member of the American Community Gardening Association, has worked in the community gardening trenches for years and brings her knowledge to the wider world in Start a Community Food Garden. This hardworking guide covers every step of the process: fundraising, community organizing, site sourcing, garden design and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press, Inc. 2014
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Contents: Walking on (4:55) -- Tori (8:12) -- Pluck (6:40) -- Alma ata (4:55) -- Jungle symphony live (3:35) -- Betelnutters (6:18) -- Tanusree (6:07) -- Throw down (5:22) -- Love and passion (6:08) -- Reverse (6:45) -- Streets of Calcutta live (4:45).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Real World 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN/INDONESIAN SHADumas, Alexandre
Summary: In 1844, Alexandre Dumas published The Three Musketeers, a novel so famous and still so popular today that it scarcely needs introduction. Shortly thereafter he wrote a sequel, Twenty Years After, that resumed the adventures of his swashbuckling heroes. Later, toward the end of his career, Dumas wrote The Red Sphinx, another direct sequel to The Three Musketeers that begins, not twenty years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUMAranda, Ana
Summary: "A family honors their living and dead relatives as they celebrate the Day of the Dead with shared food and stories"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ARAKamanda, Ali
Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text encourage Black boys to learn about the accomplishments of famous men in Black history and then forge their own paths. The last two pages provide information on the accomplishments of the eight men mentioned in the book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks eXplore 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KAMCollins, Manda
Summary: "England, 1865: As one of England's most notorious newspaper columnists, Lady Katherine Bascomb believes knowledge is power. And she's determined to inform and educate the ladies of London on the nefarious-and deadly-criminals who are praying on the fairer sex. When her reporting leads to the arrest of a notorious killer, however, Katherine flees to a country house party to escape her newfound...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC COLMana
Contents: disc 1. De pies a cabeza (5:40) -- Oye mi amor (4:54) -- Refrigerador (3:59) -- Donde jugaran los niños (Obertura) (6:30) -- Soledad (6:12) -- Huele a tristeza (7:12) -- Te llore un rio (6:34) -- Estoy agotado (4:16) -- Perdido en un barco (4:19) -- Buscandola (4:11) --
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Publisher / Publication Date: WEA Latina 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN MANScott, Manda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SCOSummary: Set within the vibrant dancehalls and historic crime corridors of 1940s Paris, a singer with "stars in her eyes" ignores the protest of her covetous husband and pursues a meeting with a lecherous movie financier. When her husband attempts to crash the rendevous, murder ensues. Enter the detective, whose seasoned instincts lead him down a circuitous path of alibis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN QUACollins, Manda
Summary: "Miss Poppy Delamare has been living a lie. To escape an odious betrothal, she hid as the quiet and unassuming Flora Deaver, secretary to London's most infamous female crime reporter. When her beloved younger sister is accused of murder, however, Poppy returns home to keep her sibling from the hangman's noose. But a collision with the most unexpected--and unwelcome--of travel companions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCOKassai, Amalia
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Publisher / Publication Date: Icarus Films 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WOLGarzon, Armando.
Contents: Flor de ausencia -- Si me comprendieras -- Escandalo -- Nosotros -- La mentira -- Alfonsina y el mar -- Tenia que ser asi -- Capullito de alheli -- Eso -- Rosa dormida -- Guarina -- Sabor a mi -- Le dije a una rosa -- No me vayas a engan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Corason 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN GARHahn, Chanda
Summary: "With the Godmother Guild destroyed by Teague's army, Mina finds herself without the guidance of her Fae Godmother. Alone and confused, she must lean on her friends for support. The dark prince threatens their very existence with a show of power on the human plane that has everyone running for their lives. To save them, Mina must make a deal with the prince to become his prisoner or lose her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chanda Hahn 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Hahn 2019Amanat, Abbas
Summary: A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from 1501 to 2009 This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history of the diverse societies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2017