Summary: Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne begins making a film for Zachary, son of his oldest friend who was murdered by Zachary's mother. The film's focus shifts to Zachary's grandparents as they fight to win custody of Zachary from the woman who took their son's life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2009
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEAYang, Kelly
Summary: "After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family--to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school!...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "All across the country, unused railroad corridors have been converted into public multiuse trails. Level and accessible, these paths are ideal for a brisk fitness walk, bike ride, or stroll with the family. In Rail-Trails California, the experts from Rails-to-Trails Conservancy present the best of these routes, as well as other multiuse pathways. Many rail-trails are paved and run within view...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.94 CALYe, Chun
Summary: "After her village is devastated by famine, 10-year-old Sixiang is sold to a human trafficker for a bag of rice and six silver coins. Her mother is reluctant to let her go, but the promise of a better life for her beloved daughter ultimately sways her. Arriving in America with the profits from her sale and a single photograph of Guifeng, her absent father, Sixiang journeys across an unfamiliar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CHUHahn, Emanuel
Summary: "A successful self-published project, now in a new and expanded trade package, Koreatown Dreaming offers readers an intimate look into the lives of shopkeepers and small business owners in Los Angeles Koreatown. A touching homage to Korean immigrants everywhere, this book will resonate with the growing audience of people interested in Korean culture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 HAHSummary: Wildsam Field Guides: Napa & Sonoma leads travelers into the heart of California's sun-washed wine country, unlocking the pleasures and complexities of one of America's most beloved landscapes. Contributors include longtime Wall Street Journal wine writer Dorothy Gaiter, novelist and tribal leader Greg Sarris, winemakers Andrew Mariani and Tony Coturri (among others) and innovative farmer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.941 NAPA WILSummary: In 1962, three prisoners escaped from Alcatraz, a prison surrounded on all sides by the waters of San Francisco Bay, and disappeared. The fates of the three men have remained unknown to the present day. In this program, three scientists from the Netherlands employ 3D modeling technology to reconstruct the water currents of the day of the prison break in an attempt to uncover whether or not it...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ALCHsu, Hua
Summary: "From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. In the eyes of 18-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken-with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity-is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HSU HSULeon, Jesse
Summary: "In this unflinching and inspiring memoir, Jesus Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and survival, shining a light on a childhood spent devastated by sex trafficking, gang life, and substance abuse. Born to indigenous working-class Mexican immigrants in San Diego in the 1970s, Jesus Leon's childhood was violently ruptured. A dangerous and harrowing encounter at a local gift shop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LEON LEOHambly, Barbara
Summary: "1924. After six months in Hollywood, young British widow Emma Blackstone has come to love her new employer, glamourous movie-star Kitty Flint--even if her late husband's sister is one of the worst actresses she's ever seen. Looking after Kitty and her three adorable Pekinese dogs isn't work academically-minded Emma dreamed of, but Kitty rescued her when she was all alone in the world. Now, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2021
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Summary: Johnny Frías has California in his blood. A descendant of the state's Indigenous people and Mexican settlers, he has Southern California's forgotten towns and canyons in his soul. He spends his days as a highway patrolman pulling over speeders, ignoring their racist insults, and pushing past the trauma of his rookie year, when he killed a man assaulting a young woman named Bunny, who ran from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STRHood, Charles
Summary: "Prize-winning poet and naturalist Charles Hood shares his passion for the Golden State with a series of roadside adventures centered on essential habitats, from the redwoods to the desert. Focusing on the accessible and the everyday, this book provides an overview of the plants, birds, snakes, bugs, rocks, and trees that make California such a unique collection of habitats. Lively style and an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2024
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Summary: Living off the coast of California in the Northern Pacific Ocean, Lutris the sea otter shares her life in a giant kelp forest habitat with many other otters and animals. Lutris is resourceful and relies on her keen sense of sight and smell to find food and survive. When her pup is born, Lutris lovingly tends to and teaches her daughter until she is ready to head out into the world on her own....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Astra Publishing House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J599.769 PRISheff, David.
Summary: The story of one teenager's descent into methamphetamine addiction is told from his father's point of view, describing how a varsity athlete and honor student became addicted to the dangerous drug and its impact on his family.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2008
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Summary: "A picture book biography of the four Moody sisters who designed and built fairy tale-like cottages in Santa Barbara in the 1930s and 1940s"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAYRandall, Laura
Summary: Thoroughly updated and newly redesigned, this guide, originally published in 1971 and considered the "PCT Bible," starts at the Mexican border and guides you to Yosemite's beautiful backcountry.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wilderness Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.944 PACIFIC CREST TRAIL RANPandian, Gigi
Summary: After a disastrous accident derails stage magician Tempest Raj's career, she heads back to her childhood home in California to comfort herself with her grandfather's Indian home-cooked meals. She resists working for her father's company. Secret Staircase Construction, which specializes in transforming clients' homes with sliding bookcases, intricate locks, and hidden reading nooks. When Tempest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC PANDavenport, Matthew J.
Summary: "Matthew J. Davenport's The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, and how a great earthquake sparked a devastating and preventable firestorm. At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, catching most of the city asleep. For approximately one minute, shockwaves buckled streets, shattered water mains,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group 2023
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Summary: In 1930s Burning Cove, California, Maggie Lodge hires PI Sam Sage to find the person posing as her boss, known only as Dear Aunt Cornelia. As far as Sam is concerned, Maggie is reckless and in over her head. Maggie, on the other hand, is convinced that Sam is badly in need of guidance and good advice. Sam is haunted by his past, which includes a marriage shattered by betrayal and violence....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC QUISwisher, Kara
Summary: "Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech's most powerful players. This is the inside story we've all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world."--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
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Summary: "Hollywood starlet Lana Turner was one Tinseltown's most recognizable faces in the 1940s and 50s. But, when the Academy Award-winning actress began dating mobster Johnny Stompanato-a thug for west coast mob boss Mickey Cohen-all the lights and glamor of Hollywood did not brighten the darkness of her personal life. Johnny's intense jealousy over Lana ruled their relationship from the get-go and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2024
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Summary: Hit the beach, hike hidden trails, or soak up some desert sun: the outdoor adventures are endless with Moon Southern California Road Trips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel, Hachett Book Group 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020