Rees-Jones, Trevor
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REES-JONES, TREVOR REECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 941.085` REESummary: "A comedy about four old friends who, driving back from a failed ski trip, encounter a strange and enormous rock by the side of the road above a lake. The men's frivolous attempt to dislodge the rock gradually disintegrates into a tale of betrayal, defeat and renewed hope."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Filmmovment 2006
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MENSummary: An autobiographical film based on the director's life beginning in 1942 during Hitler's struggle to wrest Egypt, especially the city Alexandria, from the British Army. Yehia, an aspiring actor, and his friends experience the impact of war. Yehia studies cinema in Alexandria, stages his first makeshift productions, and finally reaches the conclusion that his future lies in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ALESummary: Presents the true stories of three Iraqi people who endured life in a psychiatric hospital in Baghdad during the Iraq War and then were in the streets after their hospital is decimated. The film was shot in Baghdad in 2004. The Iraqi filmmaker had a camera in one hand and an AK-47 in the other. His crew was beaten and lined up to be shot by insurgents, the 14-year old boom boy was shot in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pathfinder Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AHLAllahyari, Hamed
Summary: Hamed Allahyari cooks to connect - for that joyful moment you can say salamati (Farsi for "health" and "cheers") around the table. A restaurateur in Iran, it was natural for Hamed to gravitate to food after a long and perilous journey to a new life in Australia. He road-tested his dishes at hundreds of cooking classes, eventually launching his heartfelt cafe and restaurant, SalamaTea. With...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.El Bakkar, Mohammed.
Contents: Port Said -- Sauda sauda (Dark eyes) -- Bint il geran (Girl next door) -- Banat iskandaria (Girls of Alexandria) -- Al Jazayair (Dance of Algiers) -- Hela hope (Be careful of love) -- Haun meelee (Sway here) -- Balady (Native girl) -- Rahks Port Said (Dance of Port Said) -- Hygalo (They say I love her) -- Ah ya zain (Beautiful one).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hollywood Music Center 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING ELAl Abed, Bana
Summary: When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors she and her family were experiencing in war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world and gave a voice to millions of innocent children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AL ABED, BANA ALSummary: Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MAREl-Kurd, Mohammed
Summary: Each day after school, Mohammed El-Kurd's grandmother welcomed him at the door of his home with a bouquet of jasmine. Her name was Rifqa -- she was older than Israel itself and an icon of Palestinian resilience. With razor-sharp wit and glistening moral clarity, El-Kurd lays bare the brutality of Israeli settler colonialism. His poems trace Rifqa's exile from Haifa to his family's current...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.El-Sayed, Abdul
Summary: "A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waiting. There are few issues as consequential in the lives of Americans as health care--and few issues more politically vexing. Every single American will interact with the health care system at somepoint in their lives, and most people will find that interaction less than satisfactory. And yet for every dollar spent in our economy, 19...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives, which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith, abruptly disturbed when they are forced to follow the new laws of their foreign occupants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cohen Media Group 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TIMSummary: Rabble rouser or activist? Opportunist or trailblazer? During his six-decade journey from pastoral prodigy to racial justice firebrand to elder media statesman, the Reverend Al Sharpton has been a polarizing figure on the national stage. It is the definitive look at his life and legacy, featuring President Barack Obama, Reverend Jesse Jackson, and Senator Chuck Schumer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOUSummary: Wadjda, a fun-loving 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia, has her heart set on a beautiful new bicycle. However, her mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. Determined to turn her dreams into reality and buy the bike on her own, Wadjda uncovers the contradictions and opportunities ingrained in her world. Hilarious,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WAD1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WAD
Summary: At an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performances, a dysfunctional sonic collective faces power struggles, vendettas, and gastrointestinal disorders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FLUContents: Voice your choice (The Radiants) (2:32) -- The boy from New York City (The Ad Libs) (2:57) -- Hold what you've got (Joe Tex) (3:05) -- Twine time (Alvin Cash & the Crawlers) (2:22) -- Don't mess up a good thing (Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure with Oliver Sain and Orchestra) (2:59) -- My girl (The Temptations) (3:06) -- Shotgun (Jr. Walker & the All Stars) (2:56) -- People get ready (The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bear Family Records 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES SWESummary: Inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately, murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2022
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY HOUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HOUContents: Disc 1. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (John Mellencamp) -- Be my baby (Melissa Etheridge) -- Love child (Melissa Etheridge) -- Leader of the pack (Melissa Etheridge) -- Tired of being alone (Al Green) -- A change is gonna come (Al Green) -- My city was gone (The Pretenders) -- Folsom Prison blues (Johnny Cash) -- I can't turn you loose (Aretha Franklin) -- It's a man's man's man's world (James Brown)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CONContents: Stuck with you / Huey Leis and the News. -- Rock me tonight / Freddie Jackson. -- You're in love / Wilson Phillips. -- When I'm with you / Sheriff. -- Here I am (just wen I thought I was over you) / Air Supply. -- I'm in you / Peter Frampton. -- Love ballad / L.T.D. -- Feel the fire / Peabo Bryson. -- (Last night) I didn't get to sleep at all / 5th Dimension. -- Crying / Don McLean. -- My Angel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BODKhan, Nusrat Fateh Ali.
Contents: Kinna sohna -- Ali da malang -- Jhoole jhoole lal -- Mera pia ghar ayaa -- Dum dum ali ali -- Sahnoon rog laan walla.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oriental Star Agencies 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN/INDONESIAN KHASummary: Explores the nature of Islam and unfolds many of its inner-dimensions. It dispels many myths and discusses contributions to science and math.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 LEGKhan, Nusrat Fateh Ali.
Contents: 1. My heart, my life (5:30) -- 2. Intoxicated (7:34) -- 3. Lament (5:14) -- 4. My comfort remains (6:39) -- 5. Longing (5:35) -- 6. Sweet pain (6:28) -- 7. Night song (4:47) -- 8. Crest (6:14).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Real World Records Ltd. 1996
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN/INDONESIAN KHAKhan, Nusrat Fateh Ali.
Contents: Sweet point remix (Joi) -- My heart, my life remix (Talvin Singh) -- Taa deem remix (Asian Dub Foundation) -- Shadow remix (State of Bengal) -- Longing remix (Aki Nawaz) -- My comfort remains remix (Black Star Liner) -- Tracery remix (Nitin Sawhney) -- Lament remix (Earthride) -- Nothing without you/Tery Bina remix (The Dhol Foundation & Fun Da Mental).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Real World Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN/INDONESIAN KHASummary: Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef who wants his cooking to bring people together, but his half-Israeli, half-Palestinian family has never had a meal that didn't end in a fight. Ditching his traditional summer camp, Abe begins working with Chico, an adventurous street chef who encourages him to think outside his old cuisines. However, when Abe's deceit is uncovered, he must grapple with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Breaking Glass Pictures 2020
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ABESummary: 12-year-old Hany tries to fit in at his new governmental school after his father suddenly drops dead, leaving his mother in debt and unable to continue to afford his private education. Not only is Hany clearly from a more privileged background than the working class boys in his new class, but he is also the only Christian in a room full of Muslims.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014