Summary: A filmmaker travels to a remote mountain village secretly planning to record a local ritual ceremony surrounding an old dying woman. He befriends a local boy who ultimately becomes his informant on the fate of the old woman. As the rustling wind, golden light, and deep shadows of the village cast an alluring spell, the deathwatch drags on as the woman stubbornly clings to life, leaving the crew...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WINMahmoud, Lena
Summary: Isra Shadi, a twenty-one-year-old woman of mixed Palestinian and white descent, lives in California with her paternal amu (uncle), amtu (aunt), and cousins after the death of her mother and abandonment by her father at a young age. Ever the outcast in her amu and amtu's household, they eagerly encourage Isra to marry and leave. After rejecting a string of undesirable suitors, she marries Yusef,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University Press of Kentucky 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAHAudion
Contents: Dem -- There was a button -- Cut man Cometh -- Traanc -- Celestial antibody -- Destroyer -- Suppa -- Napkin -- Bob the builder -- Sucker -- Timewarp -- Zunk Synth -- Sicko.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC AUDSummary: "One of the preeminent figures of Iranian cinema, Mohsen Makhmalbaf has written and directed an impressive array of acclaimed films, winning accolades at international film festivals and admiration of world cinema audiences. This collection presents three of his most lyrical works which the director has termed his Poetic Trilogy. Gabbeh tells of an elderly couple who stop by a stream to wash...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN MOHDarwish, Mahmoud
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2009
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Contents: Erè mèla mèla (4:38) -- Mètché nèw (3:22) -- Bèmen sèbèb letlash (4:31) -- Abbay mado (3:18) -- Embwa bèlèw (3:35) -- Atawurulegn léla (3:59) -- Ohoho gèdama (4:44) -- Sedètègnash nègn (2:02) -- Samerayé (3:28) -- Endénèsh gèdawo (3:44) -- Fetsum denq ledj nèsh (4:41) -- Ebakesh tarèqign (4:37) -- Ashèwèyna (4:32) -- Bèlomi bènna (3:51) -- Tezeta (5:45).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Buda Musique 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN AHMFadl, Mahmoud.
Contents: The Drummers of the Nile. Maqsoum (2:38) ; Darig Masri (2:10) ; Hagala (2:06) ; Falahi (2:08) -- Nagrashad. Halawa Ya (2:54) -- South Nubian & Sudanese Rhythms. Mardoum (2:03) ; Saira (1:41) ; Shaygiya (1:57) ; Dishka (2:13) ; Karachi (1:56) ; Wahda (2:02) -- A night on Mohamed Ali street. Aament Bellah (12:03) -- Traditional Nubian Rythms. Koumbakash (1:40) ; Kiechade (1:55) ; Kaff (Ollin...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Piranha 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST FADHayden.
Contents: The closer I get -- Stride -- The hazards of sitting beneath palm trees -- Bullet -- Waiting for a chance to see her -- Two doors -- Between us to hold -- Better off inside -- Instrumental with Mellotron -- Memphis -- Nights like these -- You are all I have -- I'll tell him tonight.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Outpost Recordings 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HAYDobkin, Adin
Summary: "On June 29, 1919, one day after the Treaty of Versailles brought about the end of World War I, nearly seventy cyclists embarked on the thirteenth Tour de France. From Paris, the war-weary men rode down the western coast on a race that would trace the country's border, through seaside towns and mountains to the ghostly western front. Traversing a cratered postwar landscape, the cyclists faced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.62 DOBHaydn, Joseph
Contents: CD 1. No. 50 in C major (15:23) -- No. 40 in G major (9:22) -- No. 46 in A-flat major (20:27) -- No. 41 in B-flat major (9:50) -- No. 52 in E-flat major (20:03) -- CD 2. No. 23 in F major (16:45) -- No. 43 in A-flat major (15:05) -- No. 24 in D major (12:02) -- No. 32 in B minor (13:51) -- No. 37 in D major (11:39).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL HAYMahmood, Imran
Summary: "Two parents, desperate to find their missing daughter, stand accused of murder. How far will they go to find the truth? Someone is guilty. For the last seventeen years, everything Harry and Zara King have done has been for their crown jewel, Sophie, their one and only daughter. When she goes missing, Harry and Zara will stop at nothing to find her. Someone knows what happened. The police have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLESummary: This film explores the 20-year relationship between two families, one Israeli and one Palestinian. Danae Elon last saw her childhood caregiver in 1991, and she seeks here to discover what happened to Musa, the Palestinian who helped raise her from her infancy until she joined the Israeli army. Her quest takes her to Paterson, NJ, where he had sent his own children to school, and she finds...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GeoQuest Entertainment Group, Ltd. 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ANOGhania, Maleem Mahmoud.
Contents: La Allah Dayim Moulenah -- Bala Moussaka -- Hamdouchi -- Peace in Essaouira (For Sonny Sharrock) -- Boulandi Samawi -- Moussa Berkiyo/Koubaliy Beriah La'Foh -- Salat Anbi -- Casa Casa Atougra -- Mahraba.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Island Records 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/ WORLDBEAT GHAMahmoody, Betty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Paperbacks 1988
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MAHMOODY MAHSteinsaltz, Adin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.3 STEMahiout, Anouk
Summary: "As the eldest child in a large family, Pauline struggles to find her niche, and she longs for peace and quiet -- a charming graphic novel. Pauline lives with her mother, father, little brother and sister, and there's a new baby on the way. Her friends tell her she's lucky to be the eldest -- she's the one who gets new clothes and can stay up late -- but Pauline isn't so sure. In her busy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MAHMahood, Jan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 MAHMahmoody, Mahtob.
Summary: The author tells the story of her and her mother's escape from an abusive, fanatical Iranian father when she was six, as well as how she lived her subsequent life under the shadow of fear of her menacing father, and eventually was healed by her faith in God.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAHAldrin, Buzz
Summary: Everywhere he goes, crowds gather to meet Buzz Aldrin. He's a world-class hero, a larger-than-life figurehead, and the best known of a generation of astronauts whose achievements surged in just a few years from first man in space to first men on the moon. Now he pauses to reflect and share what he has learned, from the vantage point not only of outer space but also of time: still a nonstop...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 ALDRIN, BUZZ ALDAnding, Roberta.
Summary: Provides an overview of fundamental nutrition concepts and the science underlying them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 613.2 NUTAtkin, Jacqui
Summary: "Learn how to master one of the most ancient yet simple and appealing ceramics techniques. Taught with a modern approach by a master potter, this amazing collection of pinched projects is the perfect place to start your new ceramics hobby or to explore new ways to shape clay as a more experienced crafter. Pinching is a wonderfully direct method of interacting with clay that allows for making a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738.1 ATKConjunto Jardin.
Contents: El balaju -- La culebra -- El ahualulco -- La yerba buena -- Fandanguito de los muertos -- El aguanieve / El zapateado -- Fandango jarocho -- La tuza -- El pajaro cu -- La vieja -- Conquistador
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Trova Recordings 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN CONHaydon, Elizabeth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAYLayden, Emily
Summary: "A keenly perceptive coming-of-age novel for fans of Sally Rooney, Curtis Sittenfeld, and J. Courtney Sullivan, All Girls captures one year at a prestigious New England prep school, as nine young women navigate their ambitions, friendships, and fears against the backdrop of a scandal the administration wants silenced. But as the months unfold, and the school's efforts to control the ensuing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021