Alpert, Tanya.

Summary: Presents 25 simple, modern garments and accessories inspired by Japanese design, featuring innovative elements and beautiful fibers. Alpert introduces each pattern by explaining the inspiration behind it and how she incorporated it into her design. Illustrated with stunning photographs, this beautiful book also includes an appendix of essential techniques.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 ALP

Summary: A complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma. A college student attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic whose kindness, however, soon takes an unsettling turn. Startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological realism, the film represents one of the purest on-screen expressions of the sensibility of the intimate community of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SOM

Anaya, Rudolfo A.

Summary: "Mythmaker, master storyteller, and a writer powerfully attuned to the land and history of his native New Mexico, Rudolfo Anaya is one of the undisputed fathers of Chicano literature. Writing in an era when Latino voices were marginalized and just beginning to be read and acknowledged, Anaya broke new ground with Bless Me, Ultima (1972), a mythic novel that captures the richness and complexity...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANA

Davis, Tanya R.

Summary: Thinking about building or remodeling your house? Are you looking for ways to cut costs and save money in this endeavor? Have you considered hiring yourself as the general contractor? You can save 10% to 35% of the project's cost, and, perhaps more important, you'll be able to monitor the quality of materials and workmanship, fine-tune the design, and make sure the result meets your needs....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc. 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 662.5 DAV

Summary: East Hampton, the mid-1970's: documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles set up camp in a decrepit mansion known as Grey Gardens, where the eccentric Edith "Big Edie" Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale live amid piles of trash and mounds of cats. The film becomes an instant cult classic. Fast forward to the present day: "Grey Gardens" has inspired a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BEA

Summary: When a drug bust goes wrong, ex-cop Danny Gallagher's quest for justice leads him to the car-bomb murder of a government official's wife. When Gallagher learns that the woman's secret lover was a seductive federal agent, he finds himself under fire. But from whom, his own cops, a vengeful drug lord, the CIA, or someone even more ruthless?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2018

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BEN

Summary: Zumba Fitness was created in the mid-90's by Colombian native Alberto Peréz, a celebrity fitness trainer and choreographer for International pop superstars. Inspired by the traditional cumbia, salsa, samba and merengue music he grew up with, Beto paired his favorite pulsating Latin rhythms with the red-hot international dance steps his clients loved and Zumba Fitness (Spanish slang for "to move...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Guthy-Renker 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.71 ZUM

Summary: Epic story of two families in Italy traces both the rise of fascism and the conflict between the sons of the families, both born on January 1, 1900.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2012

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NIN

Summary: This historical drama tells the story of Juana Inés de la Cruz, one of the greatest poets of the Spanish Siglo de Oro. In order to pursue her passion for writing, Juana enters the convent. There, she develops an intimate relationship with the vicereine, who inspires her poetry. But when the forces of the Inquisition invade the convent, the women have only each other to turn to.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2003

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN I

Summary: In her new role as a CIA station chief, Carrie convinces Saul and Quinn to help her hunt down one of the world's most dangerous terrorists. But when Carrie recruits a young Pakistani as an asset, the lines between right and wrong blur and the operation spins out of control. Facing unclear loyalties at every turn, Carrie must take extreme measures and risk everything to protect her country.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOM RATED R

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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOM

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Homeland

Aranya.

Summary: In this unique book, Aranya leads you through the design process from beginning to end, using clear explanations, flowcharts and diagrams. Linking theory to practice, he places the ethics, principles, philosophies, tools and techniques directly into the context of the process itself. While written for anyone with a basic grasp of permaculture, this book also has plenty to offer the more...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Permanent Publications 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 ARA

Summary: Thunderball : The thrills never let up as James Bond dives into this riveting adventure filled with explosive confrontations and amazing underwater action sequences! Sean Connery brings his characteristic style, humour and magnetism to Agent 007 as he travels to Nassau to track down villainous creminal Emilio Largo, who is threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Danjaq LLC and United Artists 2006

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JAM

Summary: In 1880 London, a young doctor who sets out to find a medical cure for "hysteria" in women invents the electro-mechanical vibrator.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HYS

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HYS

Summary: A beautiful Russian girl is used as part of an international conspiracy to kill James Bond, Agent 007. The adventure leads him through Istanbul aboard the Orient Express.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM/UA Home Entertainment 2000

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE FRO

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie From 2000

Summary: James Bond travels to San Francisco to thwart an industrialist intent on creating a microchip monopoly by flooding Silicon Valley. Features Roger Moore in the role of the MI6 super spy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios 2012

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE VIE

Fanga.

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 FAN

Summary: Now working at a private security firm in Berlin, Carrie is trying to start a new life, but she soon discovers she can't escape her past. Blindsided by stunning betrayals, and without Saul and Quinn to rely on, Carrie must uncover a deadly conspiracy that puts thousands of lives at risk, including her own.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOM RATED R

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOM

Yanyi

Summary: "Question: How do we carry our homes with us? Answer: In memory Informed by Yanyi's experiences of immigration, violent heartbreak, and a bodily transition, Dream of the Divided Field explores the contradictions that accompany shifts from one state of being to another, these are poems of love and isolation, lust and alienation, tenderness and violence, suffering and wonder. In his latest book,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2022

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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 811 YAN

Summary: Inglewood, a Los Angeles suburb, is called the Wood. It is largely home to Black middle class families. Mike, Slim, and Roland have been best friends since junior high. It's three hours before Roland's wedding and he has a bad case of cold feet. Mike and Slim must sober him up and help him decide if he wants to go through with the wedding. In flashbacks, they recall key moments of their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WOO

Summary: Scooby-Doo and the cyber chase: Scooby-Doo and the gang are zapped into a computer game based on their own adventures. There they must play the game through to its end to find and capture the Phantom Virus.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SCO

Alpert, Herb.

Contents: Winter wonderland -- Jingle bells -- My favorite things -- Christmas song -- Mañanitas -- Sleigh ride -- Bell that couldn't jingle -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow -- Jingle bell rock -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2005

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD HOL Alpert

Alpert, Herb.

Contents: 1980 (2:25) -- Rise (7:37) -- Behind the rain (5:34) -- Rotation (5:12) -- Street life (5:01) -- Love is (4:28) -- Angelina (4:13) -- Aranjuez (Mon amour) (6:42).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: A&M Records 1979

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING ALP

Alpert, Mark

Summary: Just before his death after a brutal attack, Professor David Swift's mentor whispers to him "Einheitliche Feldtheorie"--the Theory of Everything. Supposedly, Einstein died before actually discovering the theory. Or did he? Soon, Swift is on a journey to discover the theory so he can keep it from those who know the true deadly scope of its consequences.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ALP

Rania

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 Ran