Summary: Franȯis and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contemporary France. As amusing and inspiring as the teenaged students can be, their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CLASummary: Comprised of a miniseries featuring three 46 minute episodes, the group of filmmakers interview the global community, ranging from political figures to on-the-street citizen dialogue, in the Western, European, and indigenous Arabic communities. Examines the dominant discourse on terrorism in the United States and Europe, and offers critics an opportunity to respond. The film casts a critical...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arab Film Distribution 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ARAKassin
Contents: Comprimidos demais -- Relax -- Estricina -- Momento de clareza -- O anestesista -- Sua sugestao -- A paisagem morta -- Digerido -- Serio o donut -- As coisa que nos nao fizemo -- Enquanto desaba o mundo.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Luaka Bop 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN KASTaleb, Nassim.
Summary: "The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 155.24 TALTaleb, Nassim.
Summary: Not all swans are white, and not all events are predictable. Taleb shows that black swans, like 9/11, cannot be foreseen and have an immeasurable impact on the world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 003.54 TALTaleb, Nassim.
Summary: "The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 TALTaleb, Nassim.
Summary: Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 003.54 TalebNadim
Summary: "Four-year-old Nadim puts his words on paper and gives us a glimpse of how he sees the world: one filled with glitter, magical boxes, and cuddles with Mom. A place where school smells like daffodils and honey (and sometimes dirty socks), where Wednesdaysare rainbow-colored, where fish in the sea make a shhhh sound, and where everyone has love, even baddies. The poems in this anthology make for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821 NADNassif, Thiago.
Contents: Soar estranho-- Pele de leopardo-- Voz Única foto sem calcinha-- Plástico-- Feral fox-- Trepa trepa-- Transparente-- Cor-- Rijo jorra já-- Santa
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Gearbox records 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NASAlikhani, Nasim
Summary: "Growing up in Isfahan, a province in central Iran, Nasim Alikhani was a passionate cook almost from birth, spending the first decades of her life in the kitchen alongside her mother. And so, when she departed after the revolution--with two suitcases, both filled with Iranian pantry staples--it was by recreating the dishes of her childhood that she was able to feel connected to her home. After...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5955 ALIBader, Bonnie
Summary: "Through this engaging Who Was? biography, kids will discover the woman behind the sunglasses. Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy. As First Lady she restored the once neglected rooms of the White House to their former glory, and through her charm and elegance became a style icon whose...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENWeston, Randy.
Contents: African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant 1 (3:16) -- The healers (10:44) -- African cookbook (17:13) -- La Elaha-Ella Allah/Morad Allah (6:39) -- The call (6:12) -- African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant 2 (8:26) -- The seventh queen (16:35) -- Blue Moses (11:57) -- African sunrise (19:50) -- A prayer for us all (5:16).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Antilles 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ WESCapula, Massimo.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597.6 CAPFassin, Didier
Summary: "Adapted from the landmark essay Enforcing Order, this striking graphic novel offers an accessible inside look at policing and how it leads to discrimination and violence. What we know about the forces of law and order often comes from dramatic episodes that make the headlines, or from sensationalized versions for film and television. These gripping accounts can obscure a crucial aspect of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2 FASFraĭ, Maksim
Summary: Now living in Echo, Max Frei joins the night shift secret police and tackles surreal criminal cases involving undead outlaws, alien representatives from another continent, and zombies in the cemetery.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FREKassis, Reem
Summary: "The Arabesque Table takes inspiration from the traditional food of the Arab world, weaving Reem Kassis's historic research and cultural knowledge with her contemporary interpretations of an ancient, remarkably diverse cuisine. Organized by primary ingredient, the recipes and vivid photographs bring the dishes to life while her narrative offers not only a sense of taste, but a sense of time and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Limited 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5953 KASAbboud, Samer Nassif
Summary: In this fully revised second edition of his acclaimed text, Samer Abboud provides an in-depth analysis of Syria's descent into civil war, the subsequent stalemate, and the consequences of Russian military involvement after 2015.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Polity Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.91 ABDHrab, Naseem.
Summary: Ira and Malcolm are best friends: they always make each other laugh, always eat lunch together, and always play together. But one day, a disagreement about whether to play tag or hide-and-seek sees the suddenly über-popular Malcolm run off with a crowd of tag-loving kids―and Ira all alone. Ira’s tummy hurts, his chin is wibbling, and his eyes are leaking. What’s happening?! Any efforts to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HRAKassam, Raheem
Contents: The unsettled debate -- What happens in Europe -- From Molenbeek, with terror -- From Sweden, with rape -- From France, with hate -- From the United Kingdom, with sharia -- From San Bernardino, with lies -- From Detroit, with the call to prayer -- From America, with radical Islam.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Pol KassamLassig, Jürgen.
Summary: A newly hatched spinosaurus wanders away from his nest into the forest and encounters many of the dangers and pleasures that lurk there.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North-South Books 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: FIC LASTaslim, Priyanka
Summary: When her mother sets her up with handsome, aloof Harun, eighteen-year-old Bangladeshi American Zahra pretends to date him while she pursues her coworker, Nayim, but she quickly finds herself second-guessing her true feelings.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TASCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TASBalkan Taksim
Contents: Meram Ekspresi (5:08 min) -- Zalina (3:48 min) -- Shlonak (3:22 min) -- Žali Zare (4:32 min) -- Lunca (4:31 min) -- A Mirelui (4:28 min) -- Mortu (4:40 min) -- Ankara Ekspresi (9:07 min) -- Anadolka (4:42 min) -- Cartes Postales (3:30 min) -- Foaie Verde (3:58 min) -- Ușak Ekspresi (4:32 min) -- Balkan Teleskop (3:32 min)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Balkan Taksim 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT BALFrai, Maksim
Summary: Follows the adventures of a vice-driven loafer who becomes a celebrity in a magical parallel universe for his membership in an enchanted secret agent organization and his talent for solving extravagant and imaginative cases.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FREUpadhyay, Samrat
Summary: "Samrat Upadhyay's new collection vibrates at the edges of intersecting cultures. Journalists in Kathmandu are targeted by the government. A Nepali man studying in America drops out of school and finds himself a part of the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. Awhite American woman moves to Nepal and changes her name. A Nepali man falls in love with mysterious foreign black woman. A rich kid is caught...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press 2017