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Ayubi, Durkhanai

Summary: "Authentic Afghan recipes with family narratives and stunning photography. Parwana tells one family's story of a region long afflicted by war, but with much more at its heart. Author Durkhanai Ayubi's parents, Zelmai and Farida Ayubi, fled Afghanistan with their young family in 1987, at the height of the Cold War. When their family-run restaurant Parwana opened its doors in Adelaide, Australia...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59581 AYU

Summary: This video examines Frida Kahlo's creative process.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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

Morales, Yuyi.

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Bilingual text, accompanied by colorful photographs, explores the famous artist's life, and illuminates the laughter, love, and tragedy that influenced her work.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2014

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Mariza.

Contents: O silencio da guitarra -- Cavaleiro monge -- Feira de Castro -- Vielas de Alfama -- Retrato -- Fado curvo -- Menino do bairro negro -- Caravelas -- Entre o rio e a razao -- O deserto -- Primavera -- Aneis do meu cabelo.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Times Square Records 2003

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MAR

Wagner, Richard

Summary: The four operas of The Ring Cycle.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2012

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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA RIN

Summary: An aging warlord decides to split his kingdom between his three sons, who will live in three separate castles. The two eldest sons are quite happy, but the youngest thinks his father has gone mad, and predicts that it won't be long until the two older brothers are fighting with each other.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2005

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

Summary: Two old ladies who spend their days scavenging the local trashpiles, find a mysterious little girl in their home, knitting a sweater which will promptly be unraveled the moment it's done and knitted again-and again.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Koch Entertainment 2007

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

Mariza

Summary: New Best of from much-loved Portuguese Fado singer, who was a smash at the Sydney Festival in 2006 and subsequently toured Australia again in 2007 and 2009 (both times performing at the Sydney Opera House). The album features a guest appearance from recent Australian visitor Buika.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MAR

Mariza.

Contents: Loucura -- Medo -- Maria Lisboa -- Montras -- Há uma música do povo -- Menino do bairro negro -- Meu fado meu -- Duas lágrimas de orvalho -- Cavaleiro monge -- Recusa -- Há palavras que nos beijam -- Feira de Castro -- Desejos vãos -- Primavera -- Chuva -- Ó gente da minha terra.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Times Square Records 2007

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MAR

Mariza

Contents: Trigueirinha -- Quem me dera -- Amor perfeito -- Oração -- Sou (rochedo) -- É mentira -- Semente viva -- Por tanto te amar -- Nosso tempo -- Verde limão -- Quebranto -- Oi nha mãe -- Fado errado -- Fado refúgio -- Triguerinha.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Music 2018

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MAR

Mariza.

Summary: Master of Portugal's fado, Mariza'a debut finds her escaping with a familiar sound of her voice accompanied by her evocative guitar.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Times Square Records 2001

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MAR

Summary: College is full of opportunities to leave one's comfort zone. One third year student is constantly fantasizing about how his life might differ had he joined various campus circles chasing, with mixed results, an idealistic rose-colored campus life where romance, friendships, and purpose fuse into a perfect university experience... at least until bad luck, questionable decisions, and dubious...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME TAT

Zaman, Farida

Summary: "It looks like someone took a big bite out of the moon--and that marks the beginning of Ramadan! As her Abba and Ammi prepare for their month-long fast, Aliya has a secret: she's going to fast, too! Even though Ammi told her she's not allowed to until she turns thirteen. At school, Aliya starts her secret fast full of determination. She skips lunch, despite her rumbling tummy, and doesn't give...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2023

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Gaida

Contents: Dream -- Ammar -- Illak shi -- Indulgence -- Kaifa uhibuka -- Salam min dimashq -- Almaya -- Ghayeb -- Bint elbalad

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Palmyra Recordings

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST GAI

Summary: Invisible aliens in a tiny flying saucer come to Earth looking for heroin. They land on top of a New York apartment inhabited by a drug dealer and her female, androgynous, bisexual nymphomaniac lover, a fashion model. The aliens soon find the human pheromones created in the brain during orgasm preferable to heroin, and the model's casual sex partners begin to disappear. This increasingly...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY SCI-FI LIQ

Marina

Contents: Ancient dreams in a modern land -- Venus fly trap -- Man's world -- Purge the poison -- Highly emotional people -- New America -- Pandora's box -- I love you but I love me more -- Flowers -- Goodbye.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MAR

Summary: "Lucy, a small-town girl from Ohio, has been shielded from all the bad in the world by her mother Claire, including Claire's own terminal illness. Claire's no-BS sister urges Claire to break her silence before it's too late. Lucy, aware that something is up, goes to Cleveland for an ill-fated job interview. She stumbles upon a festival of Oscar-winning Federico Fellini's films and is instantly...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Samuel Goldwyn Films 2018

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

Wolff, Ferida

Summary: Thirteen suitably creepy things from witches to snakes and ghosts are counted in honor of Halloween.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tambourine Books 1994

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WOL

Farid, Diana

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Ava loves to surf and to sing. Singing and reading Rumi poems settle her mild OCD, and catching waves with her best friend, Phoenix, lets her fit in--her olive skin looks tan, not foreign. But then Ava has to spend the summer before ninth grade volunteering at the hospital, to follow in her single mother's footsteps to become a doctor. And when Phoenix's past lymphoma surges...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC FAR

Ogada, Ayub.

Contents: Obiero -- Dala = Home -- Wa winjigo ero -- Thum nyatiti -- Kronkronhinko -- Chiro -- 10% -- Ondiek = Hyena -- Kothbiro -- En mana kuoyo.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Real World Records 2012

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN OGA

Summary: The truth about the Titans begins to come to light. Political secrets, a false king, and the reality that will shake the foundation of the world--all falls on the shoulders of Eren and his friends, as they fight to survive. With Historia set to be the rightful Queen, the Levi Squad must act. But a figure from Levi's past, the deadly Kenny, could turn this into a losing battle. Are Eren and his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME ATT

Fariña, Richard.

Summary: The surrealistic adventures of the young anti-hero reflect the author's irreverent view of life, using a 1950s college campus as a microcosm of the world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1996

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Farina, Katy

Summary: Deciding a new haircut will give her the boost she needs, Karen is devastated when the hairstylist cuts her hair all wrong and wonders if she will ever get back to feeling like her usual confident self.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC FAR

Kahlo, Frida.

Summary: "Carlos Fuentes writes passionately and brilliantly about Frida Kahlo in the introduction of this book, which reproduces the pages and drawings of Kahlo's personal diary. Sarah M. Lowe, who wrote the commentaries and the essay, provides a more balanced view. Work is a curious gathering of thoughts and feelings, observations and annotations, and indeed makes the reader feel that he/she is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAHLO, FRIDA KAH

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