Aimaq, Jasmine
Summary: "Born to an American mother and a late Afghan war hero-turned-magnate, Daniel Sajadi has spent his life navigating a complex identity. After years in Los Angeles, he is returning home to Kabul for the first time as the head of a US foreign aid agency dedicated to staunching the growth of the poppy fields in Fever Valley that feed the world's opiate epidemic. But on the drive back to Kabul from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AIMRamadan, Ahmad Danny
Summary: All Salma wants is to make her mama smile again. Between English classes, job interviews, and missing Papa back in Syria, Mama always seems busy or sad. A homemade Syrian meal might cheer her up, but Salma doesn't know the recipe, or what to call the vegetables in English, or where to find the right spices! Luckily, the staff and other newcomers in her Welcome Home are happy to lend a hand-and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Your Future Is Bright! After all, your mother is a robot, your father has joined the alien hive mind, and your dinner will be counterfeit 3D-printed steak. Even though your worker bots have staged a mutiny, and your tour guide speaks only in memes, you can always sell your native language if you need some extra cash." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tachyon Publications 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEWLima, Jamie Kern
Summary: "Shares the wild but true story of how a once struggling waitress turned her against-the-grain idea into an international bestselling sensation, eventually selling the company for over a billion dollars and becoming the first female CEO of a brand in L'Oraeal's 100+ year history. Faced with self-doubt, body-doubt, God-doubt, Jamie reveals how she almost didn't make it, how she learned to trust...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LIMA, JAMIE KERN LIMLima, Jamie Kern
Summary: Sharing her journey of going from Denny's waitress to billion-dollar entrepreneur, the New York Times bestselling author of Believe It, providing simple steps that lead to life-changing results, teaches you how to stop doubting your greatness, build unshakable self-worth and embrace who you are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House, Inc. 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette return to their iconic roles in Scream alongside Melissa Barrera, Mason Gooding, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2022
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR SCRJasmyn
Contents: Green nature -- Crystal ball -- Edge of time -- In the wild -- Blank paper -- Happy tarot -- Cruel moon -- Galaxy -- Killer instinct - Find the light -- Purple reflections.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES JASAllende, Isabel
Summary: A minor traffic accident becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster, a 60-year-old human rights scholar, hits the car of Evelyn Ortega, a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ALLJanine
Contents: Let It Run (4:04) -- Dark Mind (4:16) -- Hold Me (3:35) -- Little Bit (3:55) -- Bullets (3:37) -- Hold Me (feat. Pusha T) (4:08).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Mixtape Records/Atlantic 2014
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Galenorn, Yasmine
Summary: With the war in Otherworld raging, the Queen of Shadow and Night summons me to her court. Aeval orders me on a quest through the mists to find an ancient ally of hers. I am to seek out The Merlin and wake him from his long sleep. Surrounded by danger on all sides, with Morgaine and Bran along for the journey, I must pray they are allies rather than enemies, as we undertake a perilous search...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GALMéndez, Jasminne
Summary: Jasminne Mendez didn't speak English when she started kindergarten, and her young, white teacher thought the girl was deaf because in Louisiana, you were either black or white. She had no idea that a black girl could be a Spanish speaker. In this memoir for teens about growing up Afro Latina in the Deep South, Jasminne writes about feeling torn between her Dominican, Spanish-speaking culture at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 MENSullivan, Jazmine
Contents: Bust your windows -- Need u bad -- My foolish heart -- Lions, tigers & bears -- Call me guilty -- One night stand -- After the hurricane -- Dream big -- Live a lie -- Fear -- In love with another man -- Switch! (bonus track).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES SULMéndez, Jasminne
Summary: A powerful and expertly told novel-in-verse by about a 12-year-old Dominican American swimmer who is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis by an award-winning poet. Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years ago. That is, until the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Surovec, Yasmine
Summary: A cat that enjoys his carefree life gets some treats and backrubs from the humans who have just moved into his favorite abandoned house, then sets out to train them properly, all the while protesting to his friends that he has no interest in being tied down to a human pet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED SURDarznik, Jasmin
Summary: "A dazzling novel of one of America's most celebrated photographers--exploring Dorothea Lange's wild years in San Francisco that awakened her career-defining grit, compassion, and daring. In 1918 Dorothea leaves the East Coast for California, where a disaster kick-starts a new life. Her friendship with Caroline Lee, a vivacious, straight-talking woman with a complicated past, gives her entrée...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DARKaur, Jasmin
Summary: Kiran flees her home in Punjab for a fresh start in Canada after a sexual assault leaves her pregnant with a daughter, Sahaara, but when Sahaara learns the truth about Kiran's past, she feels compelled to seek justice, even if it means challenging a powerful and dangerous man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KAUGalenorn, Yasmine
Summary: Fifteen years ago, I ran away from Whisper Hollow, Washington, a small town on Crescent Lake in the Olympic Peninsula. But truth is, if you were born here, you can never really leave. I'm Kerris Fellwater, and when I returned, I inherited my grandmother's house--and her gift. As a spirit shaman, it's my responsibility to drive the dead back to their graves, because around Whisper Hollow,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GALMéndez, Jasminne
Summary: A novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old Dominican American girl who must keep her love of swimming a secret from her mother, is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, and is forced to reimagine the person she is to become.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MENMéndez, Jasminne
Summary: "Como a todos los niños, a Josefina le encanta comer dulces. ¡Le encantan las galletas calientes con chispas de chocolate recién salidas del horno, las magdalenas y los dulces! Una noche, mientras come un flan, Mami le pide que considere dejar los dulces por la Cuaresma, los 40 días previos a la Pascua. '¡Eso es imposible!' dice Josefina. Cuando Mami promete enseñarle cómo hacer su postre...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG MENSummary: David is a Jumper who can teleport himself anywhere in the world, which creates a fun and exciting life. Things turn deadly when David finds himself pursued by a secret organization sworn to kill Jumpers. He forms an uneasy alliance with another Jumper and becomes a player in a war that has been raging for thousands of years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE JUMElgharably, Yasmine
Summary: "Middle Eastern cuisine is renowned the world over for its sophistication, variety, and flavor. Bilhana (Egyptian for 'bon appétit') brings a contemporary twist to traditional Middle Eastern dishes with the use of healthy cooking methods and the freshest ingredients the region has to offer. Spanning the vast area south of the Mediterranean from the East (Lebanon and Egypt) to the West...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The American University in Cairo Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5956 ELGGalenorn, Yasmine
Summary: It's been a long and devastating week. Back in Otherworld, war has decimated the elfin city of Elqaneve, our father has gone missing, and Shadow Wing has managed to obtain another spirit seal. On the home front, somebody burned down my bar, the Wayfarer, killing eight people, including a friend. To make matters worse, we still haven't found a way to stop Lowestar Radcliff--the daemon in charge...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GALSummary: A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020