Chern, Lina
Summary: "A cynical tarot card reader seeks to uncover the truth about her friend's mysterious death in this delightfully clever whodunit. For Katie True, a keen gut and quick wit are just tools of the trade. After a failed attempt at adulting in Chicago, she's back in the suburbs living a bit too close to her overbearing parents, jumping from one dead-end job to the next, and flipping through her tarot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CHECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M CHESummary: A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NINChen, Gina
Summary: "When asked by the king to falsely prophesy the prince's love story for an upcoming ball, prophet and a liar Violet awakens a dead curse that will end in either damnation or salvation for the kingdom--and her own fate"--BTCat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHEChan, Alina
Summary: "In this uniquely insightful book, a scientist and a writer join forces to try to get to the bottom of how a virus whose closest relations live in bats in subtropical southern China somehow managed to begin spreading among people more than 1,500 kilometres away in the city of Wuhan. They grapple with the baffling fact that the virus left none of the expected traces that such outbreaks usually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 CHACheng, Linda
Summary: Disgraced teen idol Sunny, comes face to face with Candie, her former bandmate, and the demons of their shared past when the two enter a K-pop competition that devolves into a deadly nightmare.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "AFTER TILLER intimately explores the highly controversial subject of third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of practitioner Dr. George Tiller. The procedure is now performed by only four doctors in the United States, all former colleagues of Dr. Tiller, who risk their lives every day in the name of their unwavering commitment toward their patients. Directors Martha...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AFTContents: CD 1. The seasons (Lynyrd Skynryd) (4:09) ; Smokies (Barefoot Jerry) (2:13) ; Hush (Joe South) (3:45) ; Papa, won't you let me go to town with you (Bobbie Gentry) (2:33) ; Stone fox chase (Area Code 615) (3:16) ; God rest his soul (Duane and Gregg Allman) (3:52) ; I walk on guilded splinters (Cher) (2:30) ; Please be with me (Cowboy) (3:46) ; Ain't wastin' time no more (The Allman Brothers) ;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES DELContents: I want to break free (Queen) -- Freedom '90 (George Michael) -- Born this way (Lady Gaga) -- Believe (Cher) -- Roar (Katy Perry) -- I'm coming out (Diana Ross) -- I'm every woman (Chaka Khan) -- Hot stuff (Donna Summer) -- Cold heart (Pnau remix) (Elton John ; feat. Dua Lipa) -- Midnight sky (Miley Cyrus) -- Montero (Lil Nas X) -- Cherry (Fletcher ; feat. Hayley Kiyoko) -- Chains of love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWSummary: Isa and Kalbinur are a pair of best friends who live in a small Uyghur village in the Xinjiang region of China and attend elementary school together. The two are so tight that they share custody of a baby lamb each day after school. But not everything is as smooth, sweet, and straightforward in their lives as taking care of the little animal. Isa has to take care of his sick, non-verbal mother,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cheng Cheng Films 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FIRSummary: Holly Kennedy is beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life - a passionate, funny, and impetuous Irishman named Gerry. So when his life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry, so it's a good thing he planned ahead. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief, but in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie P.S. 2008Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE P.S.Summary: With a radical take on narrative, disturbing yet beautiful cinematography, and a highly sophisticated use of on- and offscreen sound, Martel turns her tale of a decaying bourgeois family, whiling away the hours of one sweaty, sticky summer, into a cinematic marvel. This visceral take on class, nature, sexuality, and the ways political turmoil and social stagnation can manifest in human...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN CIESummary: A group of seemingly "perfect" high-school buddies lead double lives. They fly high in a world of petty crime and material excess - a free-wheeling lifestyle that soon takes a downward spiral, leading to an unexpected, violent end.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BETSummary: In the sixth installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start afresh in New York City.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR SCRCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SCRSummary: "Gripping saga of two rival moles--played by superstars Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah--who navigate slippery moral choices as they move between the intersecting territories of Hong Kong's police force and its criminal underworld. Set during the uncertainty of the city-state's handover from Britain to China and steeped in Buddhist philosophy, these ingeniously crafted tales of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Contents: Girl from the gutter -- I love you -- Have a cry -- Stop -- Give and take -- Me -- U don't know -- Loser -- Hurt so bad -- Insanity -- Still here.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamworks 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES KINAMiranda, Lin-Manuel
Summary: Broadway hit musical from Tony Award-winning composrer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda. "Hamilton" is the acclaimed new hip-hop musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 2016
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC HAMCher
Contents: Woman's World (3:41) -- Take It Like A Man (4:10) -- My Love (3:31) -- Dressed To Kill (2:51) -- Red (3:06) -- Lovers Forever (4:01) -- I Walk Alone (3:23) -- Sirens (5:03) -- Favorite Scars (4:25) -- I Hope You Find It (3:46) -- Lie To Me (3:18).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. 2013
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Summary: "Acclaimed street syle photographer Ari Seth Cohen and director Lina Plioplyte dive into the personal lives of New York City's most fashionable seniors. In an industry obsessed with youth, these older women dispel conventional ideas about beauty and aging and prove that with age comes grace, confidence, and new, unimagined opportunities for fame and fortune."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ADVCher
Contents: Believe -- The power -- Runaway -- All or nothing -- Strong enough -- Dov'e l'amore -- Takin' back my heart -- Taxi taxi -- Love is the groove -- We all sleep alone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CHECher
Summary: Collection of 15 video clips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Reprise Video 2004
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC VERContents: Bad things (Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello) -- I don't wanna live forever (Fifty shades darker) (Zayn & Taylor Swift) -- Mercy (Shawn Mendes) -- Paris (the Chainsmokers) -- That's what I like (Bruno Mars) -- Cold (Maroon 5 feat. Future) -- I feel it coming (the Weeknd feat. Daft Punk) -- Chained to the rhythm (Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley) -- Rockabye (Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul &...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Music Group 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWKass, Linda Stern
Summary: "Just days after the close of World War II, Bess Myerson, the daughter of poor Russian Jewish immigrants living in the Bronx, is competing in the Miss America pageant. At stake: a $5,000 scholarship. The tension and excitement in Atlantic City's Warner Theatre are palpable, especially for traumatized Jews rooting for one of their own. So begins Bessie. Drawing on biographical and historical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KASChown, Xanna Eve
Summary: Use the ancient discipline of astrology to discover the secrets of zodiac signs, and harness the power of the planets to uncover insights about your personality and life. Inside you will find everything you need to explore the hidden wisdom of the cosmos, and shine a light on your own life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Belief ChownSummary: "In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers to one another before this day. As events cause their journeys to intertwine, they discover the challenges of friendship, the perils of younger siblings, the power or words, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar. Twelve virtuoso authors draw from their own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allida, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023