Summary: A portrait of contemporary Iran, as seen through the eyes of one woman as she drives through the streets of Tehran over a period of several days. Her journey is comprised of ten conversations with various female passengers, and shed light on the lives of these women whose voices are seldom heard.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TENSummary: "[H]andsome young Tariq is about to marry Bilquis, eldest daughter of a prominent and powerful judge. But as he wanders the ancient city of Sana'a late one night, he spots a beautiful young woman dancing in the street and falls madly in love with her. Before long, the young groom must choose between following his heart and protecting his family's honor."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF NEWSummary: "On September 13, 2022, a young Iranian student, Mahsa Amini, was arrested by the morality police in Tehran. Her only crime was that she wasn't properly wearing the headscarf required for women by the Islamic Republic. At the police station, she was beaten so badly she had to be taken to the hospital, where she fell into a deep coma. She died three days later. A wave of protests soon spread...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A black comedy in which a young man's sexual impulses go haywire when he discovers that the woman he has just slept with happens to be his mother's lesbian lover. Set against Reykjavik's swinging nightlife, Hlynur soon finds that he can't continue resisting adulthood.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONESummary: Inspired by She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up, and rose up against the odds. This collection includes the first eight biographies in the series.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 920 SHESummary: Small town pizza parlor owner Longfellow Deeds inherits a fortune and a media empire. The humble Deeds thinks the hoopla is a bit much, though he manages to win the heart of a sneaky reporter and fend off a slimy CEO.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MR. DMana
Contents: disc 1. De pies a cabeza (5:40) -- Oye mi amor (4:54) -- Refrigerador (3:59) -- Donde jugaran los niños (Obertura) (6:30) -- Soledad (6:12) -- Huele a tristeza (7:12) -- Te llore un rio (6:34) -- Estoy agotado (4:16) -- Perdido en un barco (4:19) -- Buscandola (4:11) --
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: WEA Latina 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN MANRania
Summary: Best friends Lily and Salma disagree over their preferred foods, but after trading sandwiches to see how they taste, the girls change their minds.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E RanSummary: Creed: Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: SDS 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CREFlume
Contents: Highest building / feat. Oklou -- Say nothing / feat. MAY-A -- DHLC -- ESCAPE / feat. KUCKA ; with Quiet Bison -- I can't tell / feat. Laurel -- Get U -- Jasper's song -- Only fans / feat. Virgen Maria -- Hollow / feat. Emma Louise -- Love light -- Sirens / feat. Caroline Polachek -- Go -- Palaces / feat. Damon Albarn.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC FLUMaita
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MAIFanga.
Summary: Groundbreaking musical experience pickingkey tracks from Fanga's back catalogue and re-structuring them around a unique fusion of Gnawa Afrobeat & Funk. Gnawa a unique genre, first surfaced on cassette around 1975 has become a central music culture to Morocco.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: STRUT RECORDS 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN FANMacha
Contents: You and the new plastic -- Never underdose -- Hey goodbye -- Only the bodies survive -- How are your windows? -- Believe.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Jetset 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MACBasia.
Contents: Promises (4:03) -- Run for cover (3:38) -- Time and tide (4:03) -- Freeze thaw (3:57) -- From now on (3:45) -- New day for you (4:27) -- Prime time TV (5:20) -- Astrud (4:39) -- How dare you (3:22) -- Miles away (4:10).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Epic 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BASSummary: Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRE RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CREMandisa
Contents: Overcomer -- Back to you -- The distance -- Face 2 face -- Press on -- What scars are for -- Dear John -- At all times -- Joy unspeakable -- Praying for you -- Where you begin.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS MANBallour, Amani
Summary: "This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Syria"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Mandisa
Contents: Overcomer (Capital Kings Remix) (3:51) -- Back To You (Neon Feather Remix) (3:23) -- Joy Unspeakable (Atellagali Remix) (3:56) -- Good Morning (Capital Kings Remix) (4:13) -- What If We Were Real (Neva Remix) (3:46) -- Stronger (Movin' Remix) (3:05) -- My Deliverer (RawlsCo Latin Remix) (3:04) -- Shackles (Switch Remix) (2:58) -- Waiting For Tomorrow (Silver Remix) (3:28) -- Only The World...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: UMG-EMI 2014
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Summary: Presents eleven songs by contemporary Christian singer and "American Idol" finalist Mandisa.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sparrow 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS MANRissi, Anica Mrose
Summary: "A contemporary collection of original short stories by Anica Mrose Rissi that is sure to elicit chills, laughs, and screams, even from the most devoted fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RISStojic, Manya.
Summary: As snow approaches and begins to fall, Moose, Bear, Fox, and other forest creatures prepare for winter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: A. Knopf 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC STOSuri, Manil.
Summary: In a novel that incorporates elements of Hindu mythology, an apartment building becomes a metaphor for the divisions and cultural clashes of modern India.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SURManta, Karina
Summary: "A memoir of Karina Manta, the first female member of USA Figure Skating to come out as queer"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 MANAbouzeid, Rania
Summary: This astonishing book by the prize-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid tells the tragedy of the Syrian War through the dramatic stories of four young people seeking safety and freedom in a shattered country. Extending back to the first demonstrations of 2011, No Turning Back dissects the tangle of ideologies and allegiances that make up the Syrian conflict. As protests ignited in Daraa, some...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018