Pedican, Jawara
Summary: "Udoka Clendon is a first-year university student and a product of basketball systems that have produced professional players. He’s been pushed relentlessly by the obsessive mentorship of his older brother, which has been tolerated by his hard-working single mother. For years his brother has taken him to tournaments and pushed him to succeed on the outdoor courts of the west end....
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Publisher / Publication Date: James Lorimer and Company Ltd., Publishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC PEDAwada, Dounya
Summary: "Dounya Awada is a 24-year-old, devout Muslim, happy, healthy, and very much alive. But just a few years before, she nearly starved to death. Her struggle began when she was six years old. Little Dounya wanted nothing less than to be perfect, like her mother. She pushed herself hard every day, excelling in schoolwork and at home. She had to be the cutest, prettiest, smartest girl in the room....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zuiker Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 AWAMağden, Perihan
Summary: Two young boys who grew up in a Turkish orphanage must rely on each other in order to survive the mean streets of Istanbul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAGDiawara, Fatoumata
Contents: Nterini (3:43) -- Kokoro (3:37) -- Ou y'an ye (4:12) -- Kanou dan yen (3:34) -- Fenfo (4:28) -- Negue negue (3:28) -- Mama (4:21) -- Takamba (4:41) -- Bonya (3:07) -- Dibi bo (2:17) -- Don do (4:27).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Shanachie 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DIASagara, Michelle
Summary: Queen of the Dead trilogy tells the gripping tale of a teenage girl who discovers her powers of necromancy after the death of her boyfriend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Daw Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SAGPelikan, Judy.
Summary: Includes musical scores of bird songs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.8 PELCamara, Gabriela
Summary: "Inspired by the flavors, ingredients, and flair of culinary and cultural hotspot Mexico City, Gabriela Caamara's style of fresh-first, vegetable-forward, legume-loving, and seafood-centric Mexican cooking is a siren call to home cooks who crave authentic, on-trend recipes they can make with confidence and regularity. With 150 recipes for Basicos (basics), Desayunos (breakfasts), Primeros...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lorena Jones Books/an imprint Ten Speed Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5972 CAMDiawara, Fatoumata
Contents: Nsera / feat. Damon Albarn (3:05) -- Somaw / feat. Angie Stone (3:24) -- Sete (3:18) -- Seguen (3:14) -- Massa den / feat. -M- (3:47) -- Mogokan / feat. M.anifest (3:12) -- Blues / feat. Roberto Fonseca (2:43) -- Moussoya (4:06) -- Netara (2:51) -- Yada (3:03) -- Tolon / feat. Yemi Alade (3:56) -- Dambe (3:53) -- Dakan (3:38) -- Maya (2:57).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DIAJantra, Ingrid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.965 JANPadian, Maria
Summary: Izzy Crawford's family has been selected for a new home by Habitat for Humanity, near where the very attractive Sam lives, but just when her neighbor and best friend needs her most.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PADSagara, Michelle
Summary: Kaylin wasn't sent to the West March to start a war. Her mission to bring back nine Barrani might do just that, though. She traveled with a Dragon, and her presence is perceived as an act of aggression in the extremely hostile world of Barrani-Dragon politics. Internal Barrani politics are no less deadly, and Kaylin has managed to help the rescued Barrani evade both death and captivity at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fantasy Sagara 2019Asim, Jabari
Summary: John Lewis wants to be a preacher when he grows up a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm's flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So he preaches to his flock, and they listen, content under his watchful care, riveted by the rhythm of his voice.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: JE CD Fiction Asim 2017Jebara, Mohamed
Summary: "An accessible and fresh biography boldly arguing that Muhammad's entrepreneurial mindset helped unleash the modern world "A beautifully written, immaculately researched meditation on the impact of the Prophet Muhammad on the modern world. I loved this book!" -Reza Aslan, author of No God but God and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth A six-year-old cries in his mother's arms as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUHAMMAD JEBTawada, Yōko
Summary: Japan, after suffering from a massive irreparable disaster, cuts itself off from the world. Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly. Mumei lives with his grandfather Yoshiro, who worries about him constantly. They carry on a day-to-day routine in what could be viewed as a post-Fukushima time, with all the children born ancient--frail...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAWNerenberg, Jenara
Summary: "A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women-those with ADHD, autism, and other sensory processing differences-exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish As a successful, Harvard- and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her "symptoms" that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2019
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Summary: Presents the life of the artist, who was inspired as a child by a book of anatomy given to him by his mother after being injured in a car crash and who went on to become a celebrity in the art world before his early death at twenty-eight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BASCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BASCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASQUIAT STEMağden, Perihan
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2012
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Summary: Children are invited to explore their toes by playing "This Little Piggy."
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Publisher / Publication Date: LB Kids 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOAD ASIDiawara, Fatoumata.
Summary: "Inspired by Wassoulou tradition, jazz and blues, 29 year old Fatou has created her own unique contemporary folk sound, giving a distinctly African spin to the concept of the female singer songwriter."--The performer's myspace page on January 9, 2012.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: World Circuit 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DIAElectric Jalaba
Contents: Tora tora -- Cubaili ba -- Agia hausa -- Daimla -- Fulan -- Shabakru -- Briando -- Tugra -- Hindewu -- Lagmami.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT ELEO'Shea, Samara
Summary: Presents a guide to overcoming rejection and thriving in the face of unrequited love, offering advice on cultivating self-worth and loving oneself without requiring the validation of others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: February Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 OSHSteptoe, Javaka
Summary: "This beautiful board books by award-winning author and illustrator Javaka Steptoe celebrates the joy, hope and pride that a new baby brings"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD STEBlackwell, Lawana
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLACamara, Laye.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1994