Awada, Dounya
Summary: "Dounya Awada is a 24-year-old, devout Muslim, happy, healthy, and very much alive. But just a few years before, she nearly starved to death. Her struggle began when she was six years old. Little Dounya wanted nothing less than to be perfect, like her mother. She pushed herself hard every day, excelling in schoolwork and at home. She had to be the cutest, prettiest, smartest girl in the room....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zuiker Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 AWASummary: 19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. International media coverage of the Arab world and its many complex, interconnected conflicts is dominated by the work of Western correspondents, many of whom are white and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4082 OURSummary: A SWAT team arrives at a rundown apartment block with a mission to remove its owner, a notorious drug lord named Tama. The building has never been raided before, never been touched by police. Seen as a no-go zone, it has since become a sanctuary to killers, gangs, rapists, and thieves seeking accommodation in the one place they know they cannot be touched. Making their move in the break of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Disc 1, Films 1-3. Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi (1962 ; 96 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kenji Misumi -- Zoku Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi continues (1962 ; 72 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kazuo Mori -- Shin Zatōichi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLINKaada.
Contents: Care -- Mainframe -- Black California -- Burden -- No you don't -- Go brown -- All wrong -- Honk -- I need you -- Thank you for giving me your valuable time.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ipecac Recordings 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KAAKaada
Contents: Smiger (4:37) -- Mainstreaming (4:39) -- From here on it got rough (3:20) -- Spindle (5:29) -- The mosquito and the abandoned old woman (3:57) -- Julia Pastrana (4:42) -- No man's land (5:00) -- Daily living (3:49) -- The small stuff (3:48) -- Celibate (7:20) -- Retirement community (5:12) -- Birds of prey (4:16) -- In hora mortis (3:46).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ipecac Recordings 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KAATeada.
Contents: Brid Thomais mhurchadha -- Stepping stone -- The league reel/Peter Horan's/The flannel jacket -- The ace and deuce of piping -- Humours of lissadell/Maude Mille/The jolly tinker -- Thios I Dteach an toraimh -- Highland chluain ard/Clarke's/The foxhunter's jig/The old maid -- John Egan's/Saunder's fort -- Tom Cawley's/Ta an coilleach ag fogairt an lae/Rowsome's/Clancy's -- The trip we took over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Green Linnet Records 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN TeadaCanada
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imprimé par S. Derbishire et G. Desbarats 1863
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2 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3714 MONTREAL Commissioners Vol. 1Call number: R GEN 929.3714 MONTREAL Commissioners Vol. 3
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imprimé par G. Desbarats 1863
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3714 COURONNE CommissionersTawada, Yōko
Summary: Japan, after suffering from a massive irreparable disaster, cuts itself off from the world. Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly. Mumei lives with his grandfather Yoshiro, who worries about him constantly. They carry on a day-to-day routine in what could be viewed as a post-Fukushima time, with all the children born ancient--frail...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAWAwad, Amal
Summary: For as long as humans have existed, we have consulted everything from the stars to stones with symbols on them. Growing up in an Arab Muslim family, SBS journalist and TEDx presenter Amal Awad was keenly aware of the unseen forces at play in her life - superstition, fatalism and magical jinn were more real to her than any Hollywood fantasy. From fundy (aka fundamentalist) Muslim to New Age...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Murdoch Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204.092 AWAWada, Tashi.
Contents: Aubade -- Ground -- Litany -- Ondine -- Niagara -- Double body -- Bottom of thesky -- Mutable signs -- Fanfare -- Moments of exile.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WADSummary: When a medical resident loses a patient, he moves back home with his father to rethink his career. His visit is a bittersweet one, overshadowed by memories of the mother he lost 18 years earlier on Christmas Eve. Nathan accepts a coaching position at a local elementary school where he meets Megan, a teacher, and becomes close with a young boy named Charlie. His world is turned upside down when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feature Films for Families 2009
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1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE CHRSummary: Christine Eisley is a single mom of two struggling to keep her family afloat during Christmas time in the small town of Wilsonville. Having recently moved into town, Christine becomes acquainted with the townspeople, and as the holidays progress, she comes to find her struggles are replaced by surprise and good fortune, as a long time family secret is finally brought to light.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2016
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1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE CHRSihachakr, Sourya
Summary: "Talli is a Summoner: a nearly extinct people, hunted by those who fear their mysterious powers. As a baby, she was adopted by Lord [Borin], and all was well for many years . . . But one day, their castle is sacked by [Borin]'s rival, Lord Ulric. Talli escapes in the chaos and darkness with the help of the noble (some might say too noble) knight Sir Alan. With Ulric's forces hot on her heels,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni-Lion Forge Publishing, LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TALAwad, Mona.
Summary: Follows Lizzie, a young woman growing up in Mississauga, as she fights her way from fat to thin, but who still, even as a married adult woman, sees herself as a fat girl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Doudna, Kelly
Summary: Provides information about ninja, including their history, skills, and secrecy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Doudna, Kelly
Summary: Presents several fun science experiments one can do with temperature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2011
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 536.50 DOUAwad, Mona
Summary: "ALL'S WELL is about Miranda Fitch whose life is a waking nightmare after an accident ruins her acting career, and leaves her with chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers and alcohol. On the verge of losing her job as a college theater director, Miranda lives out her broken dreams through an upcoming production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AWACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AWAAwad, Mona
Summary: "For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother's considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marysue Rucci Books 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLESihachakr, Sourya
Summary: "On the run from the ruthless forces of Lord Ulric and Captain Nina who seek the extermination of the magical women known as Summoners, Princess Talli and her motley crew of companions find themselves cut off from their chosen route of escape and forced to traverse the deadly Forbidden Forest. Can Talli and her team make it to the other side without getting eaten by wild animals? Will they find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni-Lion Forge Publishing, LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TALDoudna, Kelly
Summary: Presents several fun science experiments one can do with a balloon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2011
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 530.07 DOUDoudna, Kelly
Summary: Presents several fun science experiments one can do with pressure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2011
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 531.1 DOUAmado, Martin
Summary: The ultimate guide to creating a gorgeous home that reflects your best, most beautiful self. Design expert and "makeover maestro" Martin Amado reveals the 3-step method he uses to create dramatic room makeovers for his clients in only one day. From walls to furniture to accessories, learn how to decorate rooms of any style in layers like a professional designer. Overflowing with stunning color...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2018