Summary: A true story of humanity and heroism, this film vividly recounts the 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai, India. Among the dedicated hotel staff is the renowned chef Hemant Oberoi and a waiter who choose to risk their lives to protect their guests. As the world watches on, a desperate couple is forced to make unthinkable sacrifices to protect their newborn child.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOTCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HoSummary: In her new role as a CIA station chief, Carrie convinces Saul and Quinn to help her hunt down one of the world's most dangerous terrorists. But when Carrie recruits a young Pakistani as an asset, the lines between right and wrong blur and the operation spins out of control. Facing unclear loyalties at every turn, Carrie must take extreme measures and risk everything to protect her country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOM RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HomelandNazario, Sonia.
Summary: Based on the Los Angeles Times series that won two Pulitzer Prizes, this is a timeless story of families torn apart. When Enrique was five, his mother, too poor to feed her children, left Honduras to work in the United States. The move allowed her to send money back home so Enrique could eat better and go to school past the third grade. She promised she would return quickly, but she struggled...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.23 NAZCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.23 NAZConradi, Peter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.086 HANConradi, Heike
Summary: A persistent dove searches for the right words to inspire the smallest church bell to ring.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CONConradi, Peter.
Summary: Between June 9th and 12th 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were the guests of Franklin Delano Roosevelt at his country estate in Hyde Park, New York, during what was the first ever visit by a reigning British monarch to the United States. Coming at a time when Britain desperately needed U.S. help in the conflict that now seemed inevitable, the meeting was front page news on both sides...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.084 CONNazario, Sonia.
Summary: Documents the journey of a Honduran teen who braved hardship and peril to reunite with his mother after she was forced to leave him behind and seek migratory work in the United States.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 ENRNayani, Farzana
Summary: Nayani gives caregivers the tools for exploring race with their children. She offers practical guidance on how to initiate conversations; consciously foster racial identity development; discuss issues like microaggressions, intersectionality, and privilege; and intentionally cultivate a sense of belonging. In providing an overview of key issues and current topics relevant to raising multiracial...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649 NAYNarain, Nadia
Summary: Wellness pioneers Nadia Narain and Katia Narain Phillips have spent decades helping others to feel their best. But it took them a bit longer to learn to care for themselves. Here they share the small, achievable steps they picked up on a lifetime’s journey towards self-care, and how you can apply them to your life, wherever you are.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hutchinson 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Enter the world of Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva Dance Company. A man with an extraordinary vision, Naharin is regarded as one of the most important choreographers in the world today. He is known for developing "Gaga"--a movement language that resists labels, highlights somatic experience, emphasizes improvisation, and pushes dancers to use their body in ways that are ignored or overlooked by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MR.Bradbury, Pamela Zanin.
Summary: Boola has many secrets, and the biggest secret of all is her friendship with a young boy and his dog.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1988
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC BRALogue, Mark.
Summary: Albert, Duke of York began to see speech therapist Lionel Logue in a desperate bid to cure his lifelong stammer. Little did the two men know that this unlikely friendship would ultimately save the House of Windsor from collapse. The amiable Logue gave the shy young Duke the skills and the confidence to stand and deliver before a crowd. And when his elder brother, Edward VIII, abdicated the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 941.084 LOGYang, Sunny.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Shufunotomo/Japan Publications 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746 YangSummary: Donald Baines is a successful movie director nearing death whose life was filled with fame and riches but devoid of love. Haunted by the memory of the son he abandoned and never knew, he is given the chance to see three views of his son's journey. Ultimately he is offered the opportunity to alter the outcome of his son's life in this haunting yet beautiful tale of love and redemption. --Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ILLLogue, Mark.
Summary: Presents the life of the Australian speech therapist who helped the English king, George VI, overcome a lifelong speech disorder and become an eloquent leader of his people during the difficult days of World War II.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2011
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 941.084 LOGSummary: A couple of friends David and Tomas made a living by selling fast food. They helped a non-professional detective to finish a difficult case.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Bonzai Media Corporation 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WHEMoore, Sandra.
Summary: Miyajima, a white pine, recounts how it grew nearly four hundred years ago, was made into a bonsai by a man named Itaro and cared for by his family, survived the bombing of Hiroshima, and was given to the National Arboretum in Washington in 1976.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Logue, Mark.
Summary: Based on the recently discovered diaries of Lionel Logue, recounts the story of the Australian who taught King George VI how to overcome his crippling speech defect in order to speak to his subjects.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.084 LOGGianluigi Trovesi Ottetto
Contents: As strange as a ballad -- Sogno d'Orfeo -- African triptych -- Canto di lavoro -- Clumsy dancing of the fat bird -- Siparietto I -- Blues and west -- Siparietto II -- Il domatore -- Ramble -- Siparietto III -- Fugace -- Siparietto IV -- Totò nei caraibi.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ECM 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ GianlWoodward, Kay
Summary: Profiles twenty-five female trailblazers who overcame huge obstacles, including Catherine the Great, Zaha Hadid, and Valentina Tereshkova.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carlton Books Limited 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WOOSummary: During a sweltering summer vacation on the Aegean coast, the relationship between a middle-aged professor and his younger girlfriend brutally implodes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CLISummary: Federico Fellini satirizes his youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals in this portrait of provincial Italy during the Fascist period.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AMASummary: Young Louisa Ginglebusher is recruited from a local orphanage to become an usherette at a movie theater. Encouraged by her kindly guardian to spread her wings, Louisa decides to lead the life of a fairy tale angel and in her quest to do good she tries to redirect money from a rich playboy to a struggling lawyer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GOOSummary: In this Christmas classic a man is saved from a suicide attempt when his guardian angel shows him how important he is to the people who love him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006