Summary: A wealthy merchant in nineteenth century Macao becomes obsessed with bringing to life an oft-related anecdote about a rich man who gives a poor sailor a small sum of money to impregnate his wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IMMFrançoise
Contents: Jeanne-Marie counts her sheep -- Springtime for Jeanne-Marie -- Noël for Jeanne-Marie.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark Publishers 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FRACachao.
Contents: Los tres golpes -- Bemba è cuchara -- El progress -- El guapachoso -- Descarga A -- Cunde echa un pie -- Romántica mujer -- Sigue a Paquito si puedes -- El timbalero travieso -- Africa suite: Eleggua (Intro) -- Africa viva -- Juana la coja -- Eleggua con cachao (Coda).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Moon Records 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN CACCathon
Summary: "It's a beautiful day in the garden when Poppy and her friend Sam (a panda bear) hear a commotion nearby. Basil is crying, for someone has nibbled the leaves of his crown! But not to worry - Poppy is on the case. Putting their detective skills to work, Poppy and Sam try to catch the thief red-handed, but the friends fall asleep during the stakeout. They attempt to trap the culprit by spreading...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 CATCathon
Summary: "Winter is coming, and Poppy and Sam's tiny garden neighbors are getting ready to hibernate. After stocking their pantries for the colder days ahead, Poppy and Sam settle in for a long winter's nap as well. But what is Poppy doing wrong? She can't sleep and nothing seems to work! Determined to hibernate like her friends, Poppy sets out with Sam to ask the other creatures for their deep-sleep...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2020
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Summary: Shares brief biographies of forty influential black musicians, including James Brown, The Fugees, and Rihanna.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.42 CACFrenkel, Françoise
Summary: "In 1921, Franc̦oise Frenkel-a Jewish woman from Poland-fulfills a lifelong dream. She opens Berlin's first French-language bookshop, La Maison du Livre, attracting artists, diplomats, celebrities, and poets. The shop soon becomes a haven for intellectual exchange as Nazi ideology begins to poison the culturally rich city. But as the occupation intensifies and politics darken, Frenkel's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 921 FREHardy, Françoise
Contents: À cache-cache (3:31) -- Dors mon ange (4:06) -- Personne d'autre (3:01) -- Un seul geste (3:24) -- You're my home (3:24) -- Seras-tu là? (3:09) -- Quel dommage (3:19) -- Train spécial (4:08) -- Brumes (3:03) -- Trois petits tours (3:11) -- Le large (3:46) -- Un mal qui fait du bien (1:34).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Parlophone 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HARSagan, Françoise
Summary: Endearing, self-absorbed, seventeen-year-old CÃcile is the very essence of untroubled amorality. Freed from the stifling constraints of boarding school, she joins her fatherâa handsome, still-young widower with a wandering eyeâfor a carefree, two-month summer vacation in a beautiful villa outside of Paris with his latest mistress, Elsa. CÃcile cherishes the free-spirited moments she and her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket 2009
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SAG FRENCHFREEDMAN, FRANCOISE
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796 FREEDHardy, Francoise
Contents: Jazzy retro satanas -- Branche cassee -- Ame s'trame drame -- Si c'est vraiment vraiment vrai -- Bosse bossez bossa -- Gin tonic -- Juke box -- Seule comme une pomme -- Chanson ouverte -- Minuit minuit -- Que tu m'enterres
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI France 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HARCashin, Sheryll
Summary: "A meditation on how America protects and overinvests in "white space" and disinvests, surveils, and stereotypes in "the Hood;" Cashin calls for abolition of these anti-Black processes and bold new investment to repair poor Black neighborhoods and our broken race relations"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.1 CASSummary: "A stylish and poignant film about Jewish director Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennent), who is forced to hide in the basement of his theater during the Nazi occupation while his wife (Catherine Deneuve) stars in its latest production. Romantic tensions mount when she and her leading man (Gérard Depardieu) begin to fall in love with each other. At the same time, a pro-Nazi theater critic ensconces...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Home Video 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LASFrenkel, Françoise
Summary: In 1921, Françoise Frenkel--a Jewish woman from Poland--fulfills a dream. She opens La Maison du Livre, Berlin's first French bookshop, attracting artists and diplomats, celebrities and poets. The shop becomes a haven for intellectual exchange as Nazi ideology begins to poison the culturally rich city. In 1935, the scene continues to darken. First come the new bureaucratic hurdles, followed by...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRENKEL, FRANOISE FREHardy, Françoise
Contents: Ma jeunesse fout l'camp -- Viens là -- Mon amour adieu -- La fin de l'été -- En vous aimant bien -- Qui peut dire -- Des ronds dans l'eau -- Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux -- Il est trop loin -- Mais il y a des soirs -- Voilà -- C'était charmant -- Comment te dire adieu = It Hurts To Say Goodbye -- Où va la chance -- L'anamour -- Suzanne -- Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux -- La mésange -- Parlez moi...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Music France 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HARHardy, Françoise.
Contents: Disc 1. Tous les garçons et les filles -- J'suis d'accord -- Temps de l'amour -- Ton meilleur ami -- Fille avec toi -- Amour s'en va -- Je pense à lui -- Qui aime t'il vraiment -- Premier bonheur du jour -- Va pas prendre un tambour -- J'aurais voulu -- Sais tu -- Amour ne dure pas toujours -- Pourtant tu m'aimes -- On se quitte toujours -- Tout me ramène à toi -- Apprends le moi -- C'est le...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Camden Deluxe/BMG 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HARGilot, Francoise
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1990
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Summary: "How interracial love and marriage changed history, and may soon alter the landscape of American politics. Loving beyond boundaries is a radical act that is changing America. When Mildred and Richard Loving wed in 1958, they were ripped from their shared bed and taken to court. Their crime: miscegenation, punished by exile from their home state of Virginia. The resulting landmark decision of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 CASSagan, Françoise
Summary: Cecile is the spoiled 17-year-old daughter of Raymond, a wealthy Parisian widower vacationing in a villa on the French Riviera. Their pleasure-seeking existence is threatened when Raymond decides to marry Cecile's straitlaced godmother, Anne, who disapproves of the teenager's steamy summer affair.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial Modern Classics 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SAGSummary: JCVD is an out of luck actor. He's out of money, his agent can't find him a decent production, and a judge is inclined to give his ex-wife custody of his daughter. He returns to his childhood home of Brussels. When he goes into a post office to receive a wire transfer, he finds himself in the middle of a hostage situation. Due to an unfortunate mistake, the police believe JCVD is responsible...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Peace Arch Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JCVSummary: Cardinal Mazarin dies in 1661. The young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, who wants to be prime minister and is looting the treasury. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand. Louis' mistress reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TAKFuret, Francois
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335.4 FURCouperin, François
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Keats Pub. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 581.632 COULelord, François.
Summary: Story of a psychiatrist who traveled around the world to try to understand what made people happy or unhappy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2010