Summary: A filmmaker travels to a remote mountain village secretly planning to record a local ritual ceremony surrounding an old dying woman. He befriends a local boy who ultimately becomes his informant on the fate of the old woman. As the rustling wind, golden light, and deep shadows of the village cast an alluring spell, the deathwatch drags on as the woman stubbornly clings to life, leaving the crew...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WINHourani, Albert
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.09174 HOUDiabaté, Toumani
Summary: A very special collaboration between two titans in music: Toumani Diabaté, the Grammy-winning Malian kora virtuoso, and the London Symphony Orchestra, renowned worldwide for their performances of orchestral music on record, film and stage. The title translates from the Mandinka language as 'ancestral', a fitting theme for an album that brings together ancient griot melodies and Western...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DIADuran Duran
Contents: The reflex -- New moon on Monday -- (I'm looking for) cracks in the pavement -- I take the dice -- Of crime and passion -- Union of the snake -- Shadows on your side -- Tiger tiger -- The seventh stranger.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1983
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DURNoorani, Ali
Summary: "This compelling approach to the immigration debate takes the reader behind the blaring headlines and into communities grappling with the reality of new immigrants and the changing nature of American identity. Ali Noorani, the Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum, interviews nearly fifty local and national leaders from law enforcement, business, immigrant, and faith communities...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304 NOODiabate, Toumani
Contents: Dagna -- Dounuya -- Tunga -- Larsidan -- Soutoukou -- Mamadou diawara -- Djanjo -- Djelimory -- Mande.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alula Records 1986
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DiabaRoumani, Rhonda
Summary: Set in the early days of the Syrian Civil War, cousins Kareem and Samira living in Massachusetts navigate the growing conflict in Syria, new friendships, and the use of art to express themselves.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ROUBellard, Alfred
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1975
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 BELBedard, Michael
Summary: When a mother and child pay a visit to their reclusive neighbor Emily, who stays in her house writing poems, there is an exchange of special gifts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Book for Young Readers 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BEDBehari, Jo
Summary: Start doing your own household repairs and simple renovations without the expense of calling in a professional. Full of expert advice, this practical beginner's handbook features easy instructions for all the home DIY basics, from painting and wallpapering to simple plumbing, changing a lock, using power tools, fixing a squeaky board and much more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Homeowner 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.7 BEHDougan, Andy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILLIAMS, ROBIN DOUDurant, Will
Contents: 1. Our oriental heritage; being a history of civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the death of Alexander, and in India, China and Japan from the beginning of our own day; with an introduction on the nature and foundations of civilization.--2. The life of Greece; being a history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the death of Alexander, to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1935
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 901.9 DURDiabaté, Toumani
Contents: Si naani (10:29) -- Elyne Road (8:50) -- Ali Farka Toure (6:20) -- Kaounding Cissoko (6:27) -- Ismael Drame (5:45) -- Djourou Kara Nany (6:53) -- El nabiyouna (6:03) -- Cantelowes (6:57)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nonesuch 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DIADiabaté, Toumani
Contents: Hamadoun toure -- Claudia & Salma -- Rachid ouiguini -- Toguna industries -- Lampedusa -- Bagadaji sirifoula -- Tijaniya -- Dr. Cheikh Modibo Diarra -- A.C.I. 2000 diaby -- Bansang.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nonesuch 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DIABedard, Tony.
Summary: Four action-packed stories starring Thor, God of Thunder. First with great power comes...a whole lotta trouble? That's what the Wrecker finds out when he's zapped by a jolt of magical muscle meant for Loki, the god of mischief. Next, villains march across Bifrost Bridge, to challenge the forces of Odin! But wait...these are the Avengers?! Third, see how the God of Thunder came to our world, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BED SPINDLEKurani, Jennifer.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Two Rivers Distribution 0000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Social Emo Kurani 2018Diabate, Toumani
Contents: Toumani (5:50) -- Boulevard de l'independance (3:53) -- Ya fama (4:54) -- Mali sadio (7:54) -- Africa challenge (5:46) -- Wasso (5:27) -- Mamadou diaby (6:43) -- Tapha niang (6:51) -- Single (4:56).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nonesuch 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DiabaDiabaté, Toumani
Contents: Bi lambam -- Salaman -- Kita kaira -- Bafoulabe -- Cheikhna demba -- Kora bali -- Kadiatou -- Yamfa
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hannibal Records 1999
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DIADurrani, Pashtana
Summary: "Inspired by generations of her family's unwavering belief in the power of education, Pashtana Durrani recognized her calling early in life: to educate Afghanistan's girls and young women, raised in a society where learning is forbidden. In a country devastated by war and violence, heeding that call seemed both impossible and dangerous. Pashtana founded the nonprofit LEARN and developed a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corporation 2024
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Summary: A young Armenian-American goes to Turkey in a 'love thine enemy' experiment that becomes a transformative reflection on how we use-- and abuse-- our personal histories.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOUMANI, MELINE TOUGorani, Hala
Summary: "Emmy Award-winning international journalist Hala Gorani weaves stories from her time as a globe-trotting correspondent and anchor with her own lifelong search for identity as the daughter of Syrian immigrants. What is it like to have no clear identity in a world full of labels? How can people find a sense of belonging when they have never felt part of a "tribe?" And how does a blonde-haired,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2024
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Summary: "Counting in two languages is so much fun with our dim sum friends!" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bitty Bao, LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD BENDuran Duran (Musical group)
Contents: (Reach up for the) sunrise -- Want you more! -- What happens tomorrow -- Astronaut -- Bedroom toys -- Nice -- Taste the summer -- Finest hour -- Chains -- One of those days -- Point of no return -- Still breathing.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Epic 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD PM Duran 2004Duran Duran (Musical group)
Summary: The highly anticipated fifteenth studio album from Duran Duran and boasts esteemed producers Erol Alkan, Giorgio Moroder and Mark Ronson behind the board. It features special guests Graham Coxon of Blur on guitar, Mike Garson from David Bowie's band on piano, guest vocals from Lykke Li, with more very special guests to be announced.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: BMG Rights Management (Us) Llc 2021