Summary: Filmed over three years, The farmer's wife presents the travails of a Nebraska farmer and his wife as they struggle to preserve both their farm and their marriage.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FARHavill, Juanita.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.54 HAVHall, Juanita
Contents: Lovin' Sam, the sheik from Alabam' -- Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer -- After you've gone -- Nobody wants you when you're down and out -- A good man is hard to find -- Downhearted blues -- Baby won't you please come home -- I don't want it second hand -- Second hand -- You've been a good old wagon -- Hold that train -- Gulf Coast blues.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantasy 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HALHavill, Juanita.
Summary: A little girl finds a stuffed dog in the park and decides to take it home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1986
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Summary: "While visiting her grandmother in the country, Mel discovers a neglected horse. Moved by the sight of the rib-thin pinto with the sad, glazed eyes and eager to help him, Mel starts a rescue process that results in the pinto's being moved to a horse rescue ranch to revive him and treat his problems. At the ranch, Mel learns about horse care and continues to bond with the horse she has named...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gryphon Press 2010
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAVMagness, Janiva.
Contents: Blues ain't pretty -- Nobody loves you like me -- It's your voodoo working -- The more I keep on losin' -- I don't know -- Makin' money -- St. Gabriel -- Act right -- Tell me how do you feel -- Help me to find my love -- I'm gonna play the honky tonks -- Tell me what I did wrong -- Every dog has his day -- Heartbreaker.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blues Leaf Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MAGPuri, Sunita
Summary: "A heart-wrenching and provocative memoir about how the essential parts of one young woman's early life--her mother's work as a surgeon and her spiritual practice--led her to become a doctor and to question the premise that medicine exists to prolong life at all costs. Dr. Sunita Puri's parents grew up in urban India, in extreme poverty. Yet they managed not only to reach America, but her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PURI, SUNITA PURJaślan, Janina.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Textbook Co. 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.85 JASOza, Janika
Summary: "At the turn of the twentieth century, Pirbhai, a teenage boy looking for work, is taken from his village in India to labor on the East African Railway for the British. One day Pirbhai commits an act to ensure his survival that will haunt him forever and reverberate across his family's future for years to come. Pirbhai's children are born and raised under the jacaranda trees and searing sun of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OZAMagness, Janiva.
Contents: A woman knows -- The whale has swallowed me -- Everything gonna be alright -- Lost and lookin' -- Wasn't that enough -- The soul of a man -- That's no way to get along -- Bury him at the crossroads -- One more heartache -- I'm leaving you -- Less and less of you -- Ain't lost nothin' -- Eat the lunch you brought.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: NorthernBlues 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MagneApte, Sunita.
Summary: A lively discussion about the culture, geography, and history of India.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 954 APTDomanska, Janina.
Summary: A farm child has a very busy week helping his father with the hay-making.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1985
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Summary: Presents several humorously illustrated food-related idioms, along with explanations of what they mean and examples of how they are used.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vanita Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 428.313 OELUnita, Yumi
Summary: "As an impromptu dad to Rin, his late grandfather's illegitimate child, Daikichi Kawachi has experienced his share of firsts while caring for his little aunt (?). Now it's Daikichi's turn to battle the initial wave of separation anxiety as Rin leaves the nest-- for her first day of elementary school! Rin's elementary school isn't the only place with new faces, either. Daikichi's office is also...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUNMatthewson, Janina
Summary: Mrs Featherby had been having pleasant dreams until she woke to discover the front of her house had vanished overnight ...On a seemingly normal morning in London, a group of people all lose something dear to them, something dear but peculiar: the front of their house, their piano keys, their sense of direction, their place of work. Meanwhile, Jake, a young boy whose father brings him to London...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Friday Project 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MATRamirez, Janina
Summary: "Abruptly woken in the middle of the night by the village jarls calling upon her uncle to investigate the story of a mysterious English stranger, Alva is drawn into an epic quest that has her family at its very core. Protected by her tame wolf, Fenrir, and with the aid of her mother and uncle, Alva must decode mysterious runes, explore the farthest reaches of her homeland, and confront some...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RAMUnita, Yumi
Summary: Returning to his family's estate for his grandfather's funeral, thirty-something bachelor Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a much younger lover! Needless to say, the rest of the family is shocked and embarrassed by this turn of events, and not one of them wants anything to do with the little girl, who refuses to say a word. In a fit of angry...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUNRamirez, Janina
Summary: The Middle Ages are seen as a bloodthirsty time of Vikings, saints and kings; a patriarchal society that oppressed and excluded women. But when we dig a little deeper into the truth, we can see that the "Dark" Ages were anything but. Oxford and BBC historian Janina Ramirez has uncovered countless influential women's names struck out of historical records, with the word Femina annotated beside...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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Summary: Violet, a young witch whose parents were murdered by necromancers, begins her magical training in the hope of becoming a Dark Agent, and as she battles monsters and ghouls, she learns to conquer her inner demons as well.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 DARCalvo, Janit
Summary: Calvo shares step-by-step instructions for accessories to bring your mini-gardens to life. Ideal for both novices and experienced miniaturists, this book will help you appreciate all kinds of miniature and dwarf plants, and help you expand your skills in mosaics, woodworking, and other applied arts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 CALCalvo, Janit.
Summary: "Award-winning miniature gardening expert Janit Calvo shows you how to craft your own beautiful tiny gardens with lush plantings, stylish accessories, functioning water features, and perfect pathways. Choose the best plant varieties, learn the secrets of scale and illusion, and design and create a unique miniature world"--Page 2 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 CALMedina, Juana
Summary: A spunky young girl from Colombia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her that a special trip is planned to an English-speaking place.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MEDUnita, Yumi
Summary: As Rin experiences the ups and downs of being a teenager, she begins to ponder what it means to be family. In her exploration of that question, she takes it upon herself to track down Masako, her birth mother. Masako, now engaged and pregnant, is about to start a new family of her own. But with Masako's feelings of guilt over her treatment of Rin, she can't bring herself to tell Daikichi of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUNMedina, Juana
Summary: When Juana's mother starts spending lots of time with her new friend Luis, Juana worries that these new developments will mean lots of change for her and her dog Lucas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019