Summary: Gifted Eyad, a Palestinian Israeli boy, is given the chance to go to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Jerusalem. As he desperately tries to fit in with his Jewish schoolmates and within Israeli society, Eyad develops a friendship with another outsider, Jonathan, a boy suffereing from muscular dystrophy, and gradually becomes part of the home Jonathan shares with his mother, Edna. After...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: "Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir. Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SATRAPI, MARJANE SATSummary: "While traveling across [Alabama in the 1930s], Grace discovers the isolated plantation of Manderlay, a place where no one knows that slavery has been long abolished. With a good heart and pure intentions, Grace tries to emancipate the slaves and open the residents' eyes to the truth, with shocking results"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MANSummary: Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLISummary: Grace arrives in the isolated town of Dogville, on the run from gangsters. The townspeople agree to hide her. However, when outsiders start looking for the fugitive, the locals make demands of Grace in exchange for the risk of harboring her. But Grace has a secret and its a dangerous one. Dogville may regret it ever decided to bare its teeth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DOGSummary: An exceptional anthology exploring the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration-- written by YA authors who are themselves immigrants and the children of immigrants. Their characters face random traffic stops, TSA detention, customs anxiety, and the daunting and inspiring journey to new lands... while also dancing at weddings, keeping diaries, teaching ESL. In presenting the myriad facets...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COMBadawi.
Contents: Critical Combustion -- War On Mt. Zion -- Rhythmic Flux -- Yashar -- Den Of Dreams -- Jihad -- Soldier of Midian -- Tall King Dub -- Alien Encounter -- Return of the Giant Fruit Flies -- Kill The Messenger -- Semetic Stepper -- Cooper's Corner -- Mt. Zion Dub -- Bedouin Interlude -- Ocean of Tears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reachout International Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC BadawSummary: Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIGCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BIGSummary: "Bathed in lurid Technicolor, melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind is the stylishly debauched tale of a Texas oil magnate brought down by the excesses of his spoiled offspring. Features an all-star quartet that includes Robert Stack as a pistol-packin' alcoholic playboy; Lauren Bacall as his long-suffering wife; Rock Hudson as his earthy best friend; and Dorothy Malone as his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD MOVIE WRIKertell, Lynn Maslen
Summary: "In Bob Books First stories you will find twelve easy-to-read and humorous books. Perfect for emerging readers, this set including kid-approved stories that progress gently through graded reading levels A, B, and C. With one-syllable words and short vowels, Bob Books First stories is a fun confidence builder, especially for kids in Kindergarten"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE KERMarlowe
Contents: Marlowe returns (intro) -- Spring kick -- Small business -- Later with it -- Otherworld -- Snake oil scientist -- Future power sources -- Sawdust underground -- Paydirt -- Eddy Appetite gets repoed -- Dead a lot -- Same team -- OG funk rock -- The machinations of E.W. Godfist -- Can't have me nothing -- Lamilton Taeshawn -- Preach honest -- A madman of conviction (outro).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP MARKertell, Lynn Maslen
Summary: A companion set to the bestselling Bob Books Beginning Readers set, featuring the classic Bob Books characters and some new ones, too!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN KERSummary: The Technicolor expressionism of Douglas Sirk reached a fever pitch with this operatic tragedy, which finds the director pushing his florid visuals and his critiques of American culture to their subversive extremes. Alcoholism, nymphomania, impotence, and deadly jealousy; these are just some of the toxins coursing through a massively wealthy, degenerate Texan oil family. When a sensible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: Presents a collection of ten easy-to-read stories that introduce three- and four-letter rhyming words and feature consistent short vowel sounds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc 2013
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Summary: "At the age of twenty-one, Leslie Van Houten was sentenced to death, along with Charles Manson and several of his other disciples, for the infamous murder rampage spanning two nights in August 1969. Leslie, who was present at the Rosemary and Leno LaBianca murders, cheerfully accepted her sentence, wishing only that she had better served Manson in carrying out his apocalyptic vision of "Helter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northeastern University Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 FAIBrennen, Carlene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pineapple Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST BREPerez, Marlene.
Summary: Welcome to Nightshade, California—a small town full of secrets. It's home to the pyschic Giordano sisters, who have a way of getting mixed up in mysteries. During their investigations, they run across everything from pom-pom-shaking vampires to shape-shifting boyfriends to a clue-spewing jukebox. With their psychic powers and some sisterly support, they can crack any case! Teenage girls are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2008
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Summary: Chef Mario Batali presents over one hundred simple seasonal recipes organized in month-by-month menus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5945 BATGrace, Marlee.
Summary: A book about personal practice, a daily dance documentation project by Marlee Grace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 GRAHajali, Issam.
Contents: Ana Damir El Motakallim (11:42 min) -- Mouasalat Ila Jacad El Ard (3:27 min) -- Khobs (3:31 min) -- Lam Azal (3:36 min) -- Ada (4:58 min) -- Yawma Konna (4:34 min) -- Intazirne (3:13 min)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Habibi Funk 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST HAJRichards, Marlee.
Summary: Looks at life in the United States in the 1910s, discussing notable people, events and developments in politics, society, the economy, culture and technology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.912 RICPhipps, Marilene
Contents: Prologue: Saint Bernadette at night -- Down by the river -- Life outside my own -- Marie-Ange's ginen -- Dogs -- Meat -- Land -- River Valley rooms -- Grande Jesula gets a visit -- The chapel -- Venant found it hard to know -- Dame-Marie -- At the gate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Iowa Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PHIHoughton, Marlene
Summary: There have been many books written on herbal medicine. This book differs from most because it is based on the empowerment model, which aims to help people take responsibility for their own health. Houghton helps readers tackle everyday ailments and takes the guesswork out of using herbs to keep them feeling well. Herbal medicine is useful for a range of common complaints, and gentle and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc. 2017
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Summary: "Follow favorite animals as they grow, discover new things, and nurse less -- all with the comfort and reassurance that love and hugs from mama never change."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018