Morozumi, Atsuko.
Summary: A counting book which gives the reader the challenge of finding the creatures to be counted.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MORSummary: "One of the ineffably lovely domestic sagas made by Yasujiro Ozu at the height of his mastery, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice is a sublimely piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle-aged couple, as the wife's city-bred sophistication bumps up against the husband's small-town simplicity, and a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN FLAYusen, Atsuko
Summary: Enoki is practically the poster-boy for what a typical nerd looks like: short and slight, complete with big round glasses and social awkwardness. His main hobby is making video games, and he's used to not having many friends at school. Then, he meets Shirataki, a former member of the baseball club and his exact opposite; tall, muscular and sporty. Despite their many differences, the spark of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YUSMorozumi, Junka
Summary: This book provides a revolutionary new 3-step tracing technique that beginning artists can use to quickly learn to draw manga characters just like a pro!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 741.2 MORContents: Disc 1, Films 1-3. Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi (1962 ; 96 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kenji Misumi -- Zoku Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi continues (1962 ; 72 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kazuo Mori -- Shin Zatōichi...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLI1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLIN
Imamura, Natsuko
Summary: "A bestselling, prizewinning novel of obsession and psychological intrigue about two enigmatic unmarried women, one of whom manipulates the other from afar, by one of Japan's most acclaimed young writers"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC IMASugimoto, Etsuko
Summary: The youngest daughter of a high-ranking samurai in late-nineteenth-century Japan, Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto is originally destined to be a Buddhist priestess. She grows up a curly haired tomboy in snowy Echigo, certain of her future role in her community. But as a young teenager, she is instead engaged to a Japanese merchant in Ohio--and Etsu realizes she will eventually have to leave the only...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Modern Library 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SUGIMOTO, ETSU SUGMorozzi, Gianluca
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bitter Lemon 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORWatsuki, Nobuhiro.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz 0000
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RURMatsuo, Bashō
Contents: Narrow road to the interior -- Travelogue of weather-beaten bones -- The knapsack notebook -- Sarashina travelogue -- Selected haiku.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 895.6132 MATYoshino, Satsuki
Summary: "After ten years of false starts, Naruhiko Yoshino's new manga series is garnering sales little by little. Now, the guy who's never left his secluded island home and never even had a drawing assistant is getting his own autograph event. What's going to happen when he travels to Tokyo to meet his fans?"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 YOSSummary: A gently heartbreaking story about a man's dignifed resignation to life's shifting currents and society's modernization. Though widower Shuhei has been living comfortably for years with his grown daughter, a series of events leads him to accept and encourage her marriage and departure from their home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: Meet cute Pokémon in a whole new way! This original illustrated storybook is perfect for moms and dads who want to introduce their little ones to the most beloved Pokémon of all time. Pikachu sets out on a voyage of exploration! The little Pokémon is looking for a home. Then it lands on a mysterious island. Pikachu begins to explore. What new friends will it meet? Join Pikachu in this...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE MATOtsuka, Julie.
Summary: Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage, and the prospect of wartime internment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011
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Kirino, Natsuo
Summary: In a place like no other, on an island in the shape of a tear drop, two sisters are born into a family of the oracle. Kamikuu, with creamy skin and almond eyes, is admired far and wide; Namima, small but headstrong, learns to live in her sister's shadow.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIROtsuka, Julie
Summary: Otsuka's commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese internment camps unlike any previously written--a haunting evocation of a family in wartime and an unmistakably resonant lesson for our times.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OTSEndo, Yasuko.
Summary: Explores stitch patterns that incorporate beads, providing step-by-step instructions on adding beads to clothing, handbags, and home décor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Interweave 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.5 ENDKirino, Natsuo
Summary: In a suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four teenage girls become suspicious of a neighbor's teenage son when his father is found brutally murdered and the young man disappears, unaware that all four of them will become caught up in the crime.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIROtsuka, Julie
Summary: Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage, and the prospect of wartime internment.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OTSYoshino, Satsuki
Summary: "Thirty-two-year-old Tohno Naruhiko has been scraping by as a manga creator for ten years, and when his latest series gets canceled, he finds himself at a crossroads. Tohno's always had his sights set on fantasy, but this time around, his editor's got another idea-a slice-of-life story set in a remote village not unlike the one where he was born and raised. Could a return to his roots be...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 YOSTakaya, Natsuki
Summary: The time for Yuki's parent-teacher conference has finally arrived, and Yuki must learn how to make his own decisions if he wants to have a say about his future. Later, Tohru sets off on a quest to find out if Kureno Sohma is the same person Arisa has been in love with all this time. Along the way she will discover a tragic secret about Momiji's sister Momo...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2006
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC TAK Bk13Takaya, Natsuki
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC TAK Bk2Takaya, Natsuki
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC TAK Bk5Watsuki, Nobuhiro
Summary: Action, romance and historical intrigue help make Nobuhiro Watsuki s Rurouni Kenshin, the tale of a wandering swordsman set against the backdrop of the Meiji Restoration, one of the most popular manga titles of all time!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2018