Summary: Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARSummary: From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the forced military removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013, we follow a group of Egyptian activists as they battle leaders and regimes, and risk their lives to build a new society of conscience. The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster. Through the news, we...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SQUSummary: The rise and fall of the New York Cosmos, America's first great soccer team, and its larger-than-life superstar, Pel.̌ The Cosmos kicked off America's first love affair with the world's most popular sport in the 1970s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONCSummary: A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives, which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith, abruptly disturbed when they are forced to follow the new laws of their foreign occupants.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cohen Media Group 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TIMSummary: 12-year-old Hany tries to fit in at his new governmental school after his father suddenly drops dead, leaving his mother in debt and unable to continue to afford his private education. Not only is Hany clearly from a more privileged background than the working class boys in his new class, but he is also the only Christian in a room full of Muslims.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF EXCVarious Artists
Contents: Day after the day after / El-P. -- Schrodinger's cat / Omid. -- Crab lice / Anti-Pop Consortium. -- Chiqwanga / Recloose. -- Slight amnesia / This Kid Named Miles. -- Wading Venus / Omid featuring Nobody. -- Vox apostolica / Steinski. -- B
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Astralwerks Records 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP CONSummary: Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors. On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Worlds 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STAAl Abed, Bana
Summary: When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors she and her family were experiencing in war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world and gave a voice to millions of innocent children.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AL ABED, BANA ALContents: Disc 1. As time goes by (Jimmy Durante) (2:26) ; I can't give you anything but love (Judy Garland) (4:41) ; My funny valentine (Gordon MacRae) (3:30) ; Isn't it romantic (Ella Fitzgerald) (3:00) ; Night and day (Frank Sinatra with orchestra conducted by Axel Stordahl) (3:02) ; Hey there (Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole and his orchestra) (2:58) ; I'll be seeing you (Bing Crosby) (2:50) ; That...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI-Capitol Music Special Products 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD VOCAL THEObel, Agnes
Contents: The evil theme (Henry Mancini) -- Moonbird (Roger Webb) -- Eden's Island (Eden Ahbez) -- The night's (Lee Hazelwood) -- Ay ay ay ay (Angle-lala) (Nora Dean) -- Great mission (Yello) -- Aleluia (Tamba Trio, Quarteto em Cy) -- Bloody shadows from a distance (Lena Platonos) -- I go to sleep (Ray Davies) -- Piano quintet, V (Alfred Schnittke) -- Stretch your eyes (Ambient Acapella) (Agnes Obel) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Late Night Tales 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OBEContents: Habit en ich (Rachid & Fethi) (3:56) -- Nesthel (Les Djinns) (4:48) -- Abadane (Freedom (Hourya)) (3:52) -- Wahdi (KriKri) (4:06) -- Hawajez = Barriers (Ahmed Malek) (2:49) -- A vava inouva (Idir) (4:20) -- Chenagh le blues (Les Abranis) (3:20) -- Ana ghrib (Rachid & Fethi) (5:13) -- Nadia : (instrumental) (Les Djinns) (2:10) -- N'sani n'sani (Smail Chaoui) (4:42) -- Silence des cendres (Ahmed...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN NINAMES, WINTHROP, ED
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1974
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "[H]andsome young Tariq is about to marry Bilquis, eldest daughter of a prominent and powerful judge. But as he wanders the ancient city of Sana'a late one night, he spots a beautiful young woman dancing in the street and falls madly in love with her. Before long, the young groom must choose between following his heart and protecting his family's honor."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF NEWSummary: Rose, a demure and prim governess, arrives in Marrakesh, Morocco to begin a new job as a paid companion to a wealthy English expatriate. As she explores the exotic environs of her new home, she is seduced by the men, music, and mystery of Morocco.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2007
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE ANOJalili, Abolfazl
Summary: Kaim, a young Afghan boy, runs into Iran after his mother is killed in a bombing and, not knowing where his father is, he finds a home with a married couple running a café.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DELHipp, Jutta
Contents: Just blues (8:38) -- Violets for your furs (6:07) -- Down home (6:39) -- Almost like being in love (6:12) -- Wee dot (7:25) -- Too close for comfort (6:48) -- These foolish things (6:10) -- 'S wonderful (5:52).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Note 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ HIPSummary: From the director of TAKEN and based on a true story. Three soldiers on their final patrol are ambushed by heavily armed militants in hostile territory. Trapped, wounded, and out of communication range, they are running out of options, ammunition, and time. Back at base, their commander receives word of the assault and must lead a daring rescue mission.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA Entertainment 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A group of hedonistic middle-aged friends gather eatch night on a luxurious houseboat for dancing, love-making and smoking hashish. When a young news reporter visits the houseboat to write a story on the group, she is outraged to learn the tragic depths of their social alienation"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arab Film Distribution 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ADRSummary: The year is 1958: Rev. Will Davenport is at odds with his own ideals when Leonard Finch is caught up in a scandal. It will take all of Will's skill and empathy to navigate the choppy waters and help the ones he loves.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Grantchester 2021Summary: Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad's breathtaking work, a searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage, follows the efforts of the internationally recognized White Helmets, an organization consisting of ordinary citizens who are the first to rush towards military strikes and attacks in the hope of saving lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Grasshopper Film 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASEl Perro Del Mar
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Many people in the world today see those who do not look like them, or who speak differently as being separate; as "other." Relations challenges the human illusion of separation, illuminating the connections that link us all as humans, different though equal in every way. In this powerful anthology, new and established storytellers reshape the narratives that restrict and subjugate, revealing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harpervia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.8 RELAhamed, Liaquat.
Summary: "With penetrating insights for today, this history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s presents unforgettable portraits of the four men whose personal and professional actions as heads of their respective central banks changed the course of the twentieth century." "In Lords of Finance, we meet the neurotic and enigmatic Montagu Norman of the Bank of England; the xenophobic and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 332.1 AHAPel©♭
Summary: The three-time World Cup champion celebrates the kick and thrill of his favorite sport, recounting his inspiring rise to fame as illustrations depict his life and the story of a young athlete's efforts to follow in his hero's speedy footsteps.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion Books 2010