Summary: A young woman, trained from childhood as an assassin and hellbent on revenge for her father₂s murder and her mother₂s rape, hacks and slashes her way to gory satisfaction. Rampant with inventive violence and spectacularly choreographed swordplay, the influential cult classic Lady Snowblood and set in late nineteenth century Japan, is a bloody, beautiful extravaganza composed of one elegant...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LADOkura
Summary: "Despite belonging to a family of four, the Aoyama residence is typically home to three due to father Akiyoshi's job. While he's away at work, mom Tomoko and her two beloved sons Hiroki and Yuri go about their everyday lives--going to school, making dinner, doing homework, etc. But now that Hiroki's in his first year of high school, his thoughts are turning ever so slightly to sex and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Square Enix Manga 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 IOkuda, Michael.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4575 OKUOkute
Contents: Caridad -- Quiere la rumba -- Chichiribako -- Gaston's rumba -- Rumbarimbula -- Na na saguey -- Orayakinyongo -- Devuelvame la voz.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN OKUContents: 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
Tokumaru, Shugo
Contents: Platform -- Tracking elevator -- Linne -- Lahaha -- Rum hee -- Laminate -- River low -- Straw -- Drive-thru -- Suisha -- Orange -- Malerina.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Polyvinyl Record Co. 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TOKTokuda, Wendy
Summary: Describes how a migrating humpback whale mistakenly entered the San Francisco Bay in 1985 and swam sixty-four miles inland before being led back to the sea by people concerned for his welfare.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HEIAN 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TOKTokumaru, Shugo
Contents: Circle -- Katachi -- Gamma -- Decorate -- Call -- Mubyo -- Poker -- Ord Gate -- Pah-paka -- Tightrope -- Helictite (LeSeMoDe) -- Shirase -- Micro guitar music -- Down down -- Balloon.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Polyvinyl Record Co. 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TOKSummary: A sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. Follows Musashi's odyssey from his unruly youth to his enlightened years as a warrior.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SAMOkupe, Roye
Summary: The orphan Iyanu is thrust into the wildlands beyond the safety of the walls of her home! She must quickly learn to work with an exile and the people of the Riverlands Settlement if she hopes to save her mentor. Meanwhile, Chancellor Nuro finalizes a diabolical plan that threatens to destroy the entirety of Yorubaland in his greedy hunt to capture Iyanu, also known now as the Chosen One!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 IYARouda, Kaira.
Summary: "The perfect home. The perfect family. The perfect lie. Jane Harris lives in a sparkling home in an oceanfront gated community in Orange County. It's a place that seems too beautiful to be touched by sadness. But exactly one year ago, Jane's oldest daughter, Mary, died in a tragic accident and Jane has been grief-stricken ever since. Lost in a haze of anti-depressants, she's barely even left...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROUIkeda, Akihisa
Summary: Tsukune is trying to hide the fact that he is human from the rest of Yokai because monsters kill humans on sight, especially humans who discover the existence of Yokai. Now, Kuyo, leader of the Security Enforcement Committee, has gotten a hot tip that Tsukune is human. Not only does that mean death for Tsukune, but his friends and allies--Moka and the rest of the newspaper club--may also have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROSOgada, Ayub.
Contents: Obiero -- Dala = Home -- Wa winjigo ero -- Thum nyatiti -- Kronkronhinko -- Chiro -- 10% -- Ondiek = Hyena -- Kothbiro -- En mana kuoyo.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Real World Records 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN OGAOkawa, Hisako.
Summary: An irresistible Japanese craft book full of photos, illustrations, and 20 crochet patterns to make adorably understated long-legged stuffed animals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.434 OKAIkeda, Akihisa.
Summary: All-around average student Tsukune transfers to Monster High, where he discovers the turf war isn't between the jocks and the nerds but the vampires and the werewolves. In this episode, Tsukune learns that having a witch for a classmate can create a vexing hexing situations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROSOjeda, Daniel
Summary: "Babia tiene diecisiete años, una guitarra, un gato que se llama Mousse de chocolate y unos cuantos kilos de más que el resto del mundo se empeña en recordarle."--From publisher's website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roca Editorial 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPAOkupe, Roye
Summary: Iyanu, a teenage orphan with no recollection of her past, suddenly discovers that she has abilities that rival the ancient deities spoken of in the folklore of her people. It is these abilities that are the key to bringing back an "age of wonders," as Iyanu begins her journey to save a world on the brink of destruction! The Corrupt--cursed wildfire and strange, divine beasts--are determined to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 IYAOsada, Hiroshi
Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text depict nature darkened by a brief rainstorm then, at sunset, colors brighten, rain drips like crystals, and the bright white moon shines as we fall asleep.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OSATsuda, Nobuko.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weatherhill 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 TSUSummary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SUMTokuda-Hall, Maggie
Summary: Being a samurai isn't easy. Sixteen-year-old Chihiro Ito knows that more than anyone. Her father is renowned among the samurai, but the only thing Chihiro is known for is spending way too much time on her phone obsessing over Tatsuo Nakano, Chihiro's idol and the first woman to be accepted into Kesi Academy, a prestigious samurai school. So, when Chihiro's father is conscripted for service and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In Treasure Town, life can be both gentle and brutal. This is never truer than for our heroes, Black and White, two street urchins who watch over the city, doing battle with an array of old-world Yakuza and alien assassins vying to rule the decaying metropolis. When foreign investors want to destroy the town and turn it to an amusement park, they face their greatest adversaries yet.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TEKOkumu, Dave
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN OKUTokuda-Hall, Maggie
Summary: Based on a true story of love and resilience at the Minidoka incarceration camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022