Ōe, Kenzaburō
Summary: "[Kogito Choko] returns to his hometown village in search of a red suitcase rumored to hold documents revealing the details of his father's death during World War II, details that will serve as the foundation for his new, and final, novel. Since his youth, renowned novelist Kogito Choko planned to fictionalize his father's fatal drowning in order to fully process the loss. Stricken with guilt...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OESummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NINO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: As the horrors of the Third Reich were exposed after World War II, many Nazi war criminals--including Josef Mengele, Klaus Barbie, and Adolf Eichmann--went on the run. But self-styled "Nazi hunters" were determined to track them down. This disparate group included a French couple, American lawyer, German prosecutor, Israeli Mossad agents, and a death camp survivor. Over decades, these men and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5318 ORESummary: "Xavier is a strait-laced French college senior who moves to Barcelona as part of a student exchange program, much to the dismay of his beautiful girlfriend. But sharing cramped quarters with students from all over Europe quickly leads to multi-cultural chaos as Xavier gets an eye-opening lesson on how to live, love, laugh-- and party!"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN L'AUSummary: Two years after his wife's unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku arrives in Hiroshima to direct a production of Uncle Vanya for a theater festival and, through relationships with an actor with whom he shares a tangled history and a chauffeur with whom he develops a surprising rapport, finds himself confronting emotional scars. This quietly mesmerizing tale of love, art, grief, and healing is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRICopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DRISummary: A female agent, attacked and left for dead, trains with a kung fu master and uses her new skills to complete some unfinished and deadly business.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COMKatz, Re
Summary: "And Then the Gray Heaven centers on Jules, whose partner B has recently died in a freak accident. Confronting the red tape of the hospital, the dissociation and cruelty of B's family, and the unimaginable void now at the center of their lives, Jules and new friend Theo embark on a road trip to bury two-thirds of B's ashes in the places they most belong. Along the way, Katz delves into their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dzanc Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KATSummary: Xavier, now thirty, reunites again with his old friends from his time in Barcelona when William marries a Russian dancer in Saint Petersburg. Although he is working as a writer, Xavier has been unable to publish his serious novel. He is ghostwriting celebrity memoirs and writing scripts for corny TV soap operas. His love life is a series of short-term encounters. When he loses his apartment,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RUSAta, Te.
Summary: Willful Baby Rattlesnake throws tantrums to get his rattle before he's ready, but he misuses it and learns a lesson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ATAHe, Joan
Summary: Zephyr, now a god in a warrior's body, faces challenges as she strives to support her lordess Xin Ren in a tumultuous political landscape, and is determined to overcome fate and make her enemies pay, even when confronting a revelation about Crow's true allegiance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement Llc 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WILKe$ha
Contents: Warrior -- Die young -- C'mon -- Thinking of you -- Crazy kids -- Wherever you are -- Dirty love -- Wonderland -- Only wanna dance with you -- Supernatural -- All that matters (The beautiful life) -- Love into the light.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Ne-Yo.
Contents: Closer -- Nobody -- Single -- Mad -- Miss Independent -- Why does she stay -- Fade into the background -- So you can cry -- Part of the list -- Back to what you know -- Lie to me -- Stop this world.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Def Jam 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES NERe-Tros
Contents: Hum -- Hailing drums -- Red rum aviv -- 8+2+8 I -- 8+2+8 II -- Pigs in the river -- At mosp here -- The last dance -- Sounds for celebration
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Sky
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RETKe$ha
Contents: Your love is my drug -- Tik tok -- Take it off -- Kiss n tell -- Stephen -- Blah blah blah (featuring 3OH!3) -- Hungover -- Party at a rich dude's house -- Backstabber -- Blind -- D.I.N.O.S.A.U.R. -- Dancing with tears in my eyes -- Boots & boys -- Animal.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA 2010
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Contents: Champagne life -- Making a movie -- Know your name -- Telekinesis -- Crazy love (feat. Fabolous) -- One in a million -- Genuine only -- Cause I said so -- Beautiful monster -- What have I done?
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Def Jam 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES NEYYan, Ge
Summary: "From one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful bestiary that blurs the line between human and beast ... In the fictional Chinese city of Yong'an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled beasts. These creatures live alongside humans in near-inconspicuousness-save their greenish skin, serrated earlobes, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YANYe, Chun
Summary: "After her village is devastated by famine, 10-year-old Sixiang is sold to a human trafficker for a bag of rice and six silver coins. Her mother is reluctant to let her go, but the promise of a better life for her beloved daughter ultimately sways her. Arriving in America with the profits from her sale and a single photograph of Guifeng, her absent father, Sixiang journeys across an unfamiliar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WUHe, Joan
Summary: "Princess Hesina of Yan is thrust into power when her beloved father is murdered, and she's determined to find his killer--whatever the cost"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HEYe Vagabonds
Contents: Tuaim (0:43 min) -- An Island (5:07 min) -- Lord Gregory (3:56 min) -- Blue is the Eye (6:02 min) -- The Humours of Glin (4:54 min) -- Go Away and Come Back Hither (4:45 min) -- Joyáil (3:03 min) -- Her Mantle So Green (7:06 min) -- Fuaim (0:43 min) -- The Munster Jig ; Tell Her I Am (3:25 min) -- Máire Bhán (4:12 min)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: River Lea Records 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK YEZE, TOM
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ZEZe, Tom
Contents: Defect 1, Gene -- Defect 2, Curiosidade -- Defect 3, Politicar -- Defect 4, Emerpe -- Defect 5, O olho do lago -- Defect 6, Esteticar -- Defect 7, Dan=car -- Defect 8, ONU, arma mortal -- Defect 9, Juventude javali -- Defect 10, Cedotardar -- Defect 11, Tangolomango -- Defect 12, Valsar -- Defect 13, Burrice -- Defect 14, Xiquexique.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Luaka Bop 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ZEHe, Joan
Summary: In a near future when life is harsh outside of Earth's last unpolluted place, Cee tries to leave an abandoned island while her sister, STEM prodigy Kasey, seeks escape from the science and home she once trusted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021