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Summary: An in-depth exploration of the vibrant food and culture of Taiwan, including never-before-seen exclusive recipes and gorgeous photography.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Element 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59512 WEISummary: A collection of ten stories from award-winning YA authors celebrates first love, unrequited love, surprising love, and love that's been there all along.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SERCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SERSummary: Liu Jin-xi is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper's life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu. Convinced that Liu's martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region's vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WUAves, Edward
Summary: Explains in simple terms how science really works and offers stories of ingenuity and endeavor that convey the sense of wonder that inspired great scientists past and present.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 509 AVESummary: The Expendables are a tight-knit team of skilled combat vets turned mercenaries. Hired by a powerful covert operator, the team jets off to a small South American country to overthrow a ruthless dictator. Once there, they find themselves caught in a deadly web of deceit and betrayal. Using every weapon at their disposal, they set out to save the innocent and punish the guilty in this blistering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Films 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE EXPCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EXPSummary: A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NINDavis, Ben Ffrancon
Summary: Provides an introduction to mathematics and its uses, discussing numbers and counting, shapes and measurements, patterns and sequences, data and statistics, and probability and logic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020
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Summary: Granny has built a splendid vegetable garden from scratch on the rooftop of her Chengdu apartment building, and when harvest time comes she gives the extra produce to her neighbors and cooks a delicious feast for her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEIBei Bei.
Contents: Into The Wind -- Hot Thursday -- East -- Make Me Stronger -- Little Sunrise -- Bei's Bossa -- Whisky Walts -- Willingness -- Tiger -- Master Room -- Ambush -- Blue Grotto.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ubiquity 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC BEISummary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSWei, Opal
Summary: "The Plan was simple: find a cure for the cancer that nearly took her sister's life. But for Zoey Fong, something about The Plan isn't working anymore. Maybe it's her unsuccessful research, maybe it's burnout. But when a crucial tissue sample accidentally winds up in the hands of a very distracting--and disarmingly handsome--visitor, Zoey jumps at the chance to follow him home to retrieve it....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin 0000
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC WEIYou, Wei
Summary: "Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding and kirigami is the traditional art of paper cutting. In this beautifully illustrated book, paper artist Wei You introduces you to over 30 unique projects for your home that can be made by anyone, regardless of experience. After learning the basic folds, discover different paper types--try out pretty handmade ones such as mulberry and decorative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Herbert Press 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 736.98 YOUWei, Opal
Summary: "The Plan was simple: find a cure for the cancer that nearly took her sister's life. But for Zoey Fong, something about The Plan isn't working anymore. Maybe it's her unsuccessful research, maybe it's burnout. But when a crucial tissue sample accidentally winds up in the hands of a very distracting--and disarmingly handsome--visitor, Zoey jumps at the chance to follow him home to retrieve it....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1980
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WATWong, Clarissa
Summary: Introduces Natasha Romanov, discusses how she became known as Black Widow, and shows how she contributes to the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2015
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Summary: In this book is a story of triumph and a fierce determination to give back. The author was a runner. By twelve, she had run away from home, dropped out of school, and fled blindly into the arms of a brutal pimp, who made her walk the hard streets of central California. But even when she escaped him, she could not outrun the crushing inner pain of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. With little to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PHELPS, CARISSA PHESims, Charissa
Summary: The story is about a young Dragon in the Himalayas that is raised by Hawks in a village suffering a drought. Kinley has a dream of a lake with other dragons and decides to leave his village in search of water! He discovers that he is a Water Dragon and that bringing water to the world is his true purpose. He meets many friends and has challenges along the way. The story is meant to teach...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ergolution Inc. 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Sims 2015Summary: "By the early-1970s, Chang Cheh was already Shaw Brothers' most prolific and well-known director with a plethora of box office hits (including the One-Armed Swordsman franchise) to his name and renowned for discovering the hottest young talents to star in his films. Three of those stars - David Chiang, Ti Lung and Alexander Fu Sheng - all feature in Five Shaolin Masters and Shaolin Temple, two...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN SHAHazelwood, Ali
Summary: In this clever and swoonworthy YA debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, lifes moving pieces bring rival chess players together in a match for the heart. Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallorys focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Beaten and left for dead in the English countryside, clergyman and reformer Tom Cross is rescued and nursed back to health by Miranda and Simon Thorne, reclusive siblings who seem to have as many secrets as he does. Tom has spent years helping the downtrodden in London while lying to everyone he meets, but now he’s forced to slow down and confront his unexamined life. Miranda, a skilled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARWong, Clarissa
Summary: Introduces Sam Wilson, discusses how he became known as Falcon, and shows how he contributes to the Avengers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE WONWeaks, Charissa
Summary: " Every harvest,moon the witch collector rides into our valley...and leads one of us to the home of the immortal Frost King to remain forever. Today is that day... An age old story of ice ,fire,and ancient gods." (Back Cover)
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Publisher / Publication Date: City Owl Press 2021
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Summary: "A small child confronts his anxiety about the dark by befriending it. He thinks about the good things darkness provides--like safety for nocturnal creatures--then imagines the dark as a friendly companion made of shadow with whom he plays imaginary games, tells secrets, listens to music, and talks about beautiful things. The book concludes with an Author's Note about the Author's experience...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021