Adayfi, Mansoor
Summary: "The moving, eye-opening memoir of an innocent man detained at Gauntánamo Bay for 15 years: a story of humanity in the unlikeliest of places and an unprecedented look at life at Gauntánamo on the eve of its 20th anniversary"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADAYFI, MANSOOR ADAManzoor, Sarfraz
Summary: As a teenager, Manzoor tried to reconcile being both British and Muslim. After his best friend introduced him to the music of Bruce Springsteen at age sixteen, he found a lens through which he could view his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Departures, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MANZOOR, SARFRAZ MANMonsour, Samuel
Summary: Bold new burgers are appearing on the menus of the country's top restaurants, reverently prepared by some of the nation's best chefs. The burger has become a fine dining event, expertly crafted and fiendishly devoured. Allow award-winning chef Samuel Monsour and noted burger critic and chef Richard Chudy to serve as your guides in this brave new world, bringing that energy and creativity to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Park Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.362 MONSummary: It follows Maryam, a determined young doctor who runs for city council after the make incumbent repeatedly ignores her request to fix the muddy road leading to her clinic. Despite her father and her community₂s struggle to accept her as their town₂s first female candidate, Maryam₂s creative and ambitious campaign builds momentum, becoming a symbol for a larger movement.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PERMangor, Jodie
Summary: Imagine being able to taste or hear with your feet, or feel your way through the dark with your nose! Like humans, animals interact with the world through their senses. Unlike humans, many animals use their senses in truly unique ways to communicate, reproduce, and survive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Educational Media 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 573.87 MANZayid, Maysoon
Summary: Bay Ann is sure her tap dance will shine at the school talent show, but when her crush, Alyee Maq, catches her before she falls (which was his fault anyway) and gets all the "fame" she is determined to beat him at his own attention-seeking game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ZAYManson, Marilyn.
Summary: "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Container.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nothing/Interscope Records 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MANMasood, Syed
Summary: "Arsalan Nizami has learned all he knows from his 100-year-old great-grandfather, but when Beenish Siraj asks him to be her partner in a dance she's been forbidden to perform at her sister's wedding, Arsalan's world opens up in more ways than he could have imagined"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MASAdaf, Shimon
Summary: Cycle of poems composed after Adaf's sister's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alice James Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 492.4 ADAManson, Marilyn.
Contents: Thaeter -- This is the new s**t -- mOBSCENE -- Doll-dagga buzz-buzz ziggety-zag -- Use your fist and not your mouth -- The golden age of grotesque -- (s)AINT -- Ka-boom Ka-boom -- Slutgarden -- [Spade] -- Para-noir -- The bright young things -- Better of two evils -- Vodevil -- Obsequey (The death of art).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nothing/Interscope 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Farivar, Masood.
Summary: Massood Farivar draws on his unique experience as a native Afghan, a former mujahideen fighter, and a longtime U.S. resident to provide unprecedented insight into the recent collision between Islam and the West.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.104 FARIVAR, MASOOD FARMasood, Syed
Summary: "Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 90s through to San Francisco in 2016, a comic novel about being Muslim immigrants in modern America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Javed, a British teen of Pakistani descent, is growing up in England in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when he is introduced to the music of 'the Boss,' Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen's powerful lyrics.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BLICopies Available at Fife Lake
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BLICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BLIAjayi, Luvvie.
Summary: "With over 500,000 readers a month at her enormously popular blog, AwesomelyLuvvie.com, Luvvie Ajayi is a go-to source for smart takes on pop culture. I'm Judging You is her debut book of humorous essays that dissects our cultural obsessions and calls outbad behavior in our increasingly digital, connected lives--from the importance of the newest Shonda Rhimes television drama to serious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 AJAManson, Ainslie.
Summary: Recounts the adventures of Our Dog, the dog who accompanied Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie on his journey across Canada to the Pacific Ocean and thus became the first dog to cross the North American continent by land.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.1 MANManson, Marilyn
Contents: Killing strangers (5:36) -- Deep six (5:03) -- Third day of a seven day binge (4:27) -- The mephistopheles of Los Angeles (4:57) -- Warship my wreck (5:57) -- Slave only dreams to be king (5:20) -- The devil beneath my feet (4:16) -- Birds of hell awaiting (5:06) -- Cupid carries a gun (4:59) -- Odds of even (6:23) -- Day 3 (4:12) -- Fated, faithful, fatal (4:41) -- Fall of the house of death...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MANManson, Marilyn.
Contents: Revelation #12 -- Tattooed in reverse -- We know where you fucking live -- Say10 -- Kill4me -- Saturnalia -- Je$u$ Cri$i$ -- Blood honey -- Heaven upside down -- Threats of romance.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MANManson, Marilyn.
Summary: Discusses the life and influences of the gothic/death metal musician, and includes a tour diary from his band's controversial "Dead to the World" tour
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MANSON, MARILYN MANManson, Mark
Summary: "We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best it's ever been--we are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and horribly fucked--the planet is warming, governments are failing, economies are collapsing, and everyone is perpetually offended on Twitter. At this moment in history, when we have access to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Manson, Mark
Summary: "In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades, we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2016
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Summary: Based on interviews with young women kidnapped by Boko Haram, this novel is the story of a girl taken from her home in Nigeria and her harrowing fight for survival in the forest where she is forced to follow her captors' radical beliefs and watch her best friend succumb to them.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC NWABoston Manor
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BOSAdachi, Toka
Summary: "Yato has promised Hiyori that he's going to confront his father, and now there's no turning back. The first thing he'll need is a shinki powerful enough to take the crafter down, but vessels that can survive an attack from Chiki aren't easy to come by. As he contemplates his options, he realizes an even bigger problem: now that Bishamon knows what the crafter looks like, her life is in grave...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 NORAdachi, Toka
Summary: When Kugaha continues to plot Bishamon's downfall, Yukine wonders what happened to his new friend Suzuha. He sees Kazuma leaving flowers at Suzuha's cherry tree and follows him back to the heavens--right into the enemy stronghold. But when Bishamon attacks, Kazuma is forced to choose whose side he is really on.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha, Comics 2015