Erian, Alicia.
Summary: Sent to live with her strict Lebanese father in Texas upon the outbreak of the Gulf War, Arab-American teen Jasira endures racial taunts from her new classmates and enters into a dangerously exploitative relationship with a bigoted Army reservist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERITrabucco Zeran, Alia
Summary: "When Women Kill: Four Crimes Retold analyzes four homicides carried out by Chilean women over the course of the twentieth century. Drawing on her training as a lawyer, Alia Trabucco Zeraan offers a nuanced close reading of their lives and crimes, foregoing sensationalism in favor of dissecting how all four were perpetrators of grievous violent acts at the same time as being victims of another,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 TRASummary: Multidisciplinary artists Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman bring their unique dynamism to this Afrofuturist vision. It is a sci-fi-punk-musical that's a visually wondrous amalgamation of themes, ideas, and songs that they have been exploring in their work, including on Williams' 2016 album MartyrLoserKing. It takes place in the hilltops of Burundi, where a group of escaped coltan miners form an...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NEPWilliams, Alicia
Summary: As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, he first must have the difficult conversation Black families have with their sons, warning them about the challenges they face due to racism.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILSummary: A woman who left her high-school sweetheart to marry another, returns 15 years later as a single mother, becoming best friends with his wife. It happens in Maine, where she opens a candle shop.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CSummary: Featuring original illustrations created by diverse artists from around the world, this collection of empowering short stories highlights inspiring acts of courage and kindness shown by Disney princesses and "Frozen" queens.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TALSummary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOSummary: Set in near-future Seattle, follow couple Jude Williams and Emma Ryerson as their relationship grows amidst the global epidemic from the Alzheimer's-like condition, Neuroinflammatory Affliction.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA LITSummary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOSummary: Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked teacher, share the kind of relationship that truly, seriously, for the love of God cannot be real: that is, they're actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished; in fact, they seem to relish the opportunity to share a single ice cream cone and drive...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDElias, Eliane.
Contents: Hallucinations -- Cross currents -- Beautiful love -- Campari & soda -- One side of you -- Another side of you -- Peggy's blue skylight -- Impulsive -- When you wish upon a star -- East coastin' -- Coming and going = Vou alí e já volto.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Denon 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ELIElias, Eliane.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ELIContents: Locked out of heaven (Bruno Mars) (3:51) -- Suit & tie (Justin Timberlake, with Jay-Z) (4:28) -- The way (Ariana Grande, with Mac Miller) (3:44) -- Feel this moment (Pitbull, with Christina Aguilera) (3:47) -- Troublemaker (Olly Murs, with Flo Rida) (3:03) -- I knew you were trouble (Taylor Swift) (3:38) -- Just give me a reason (P!nk, with Nate Ruess) (4:02) -- My songs know what you did--...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: UMG 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Elias, Eliane
Contents: Brasil = Aquarela do Brasil (4:42) -- Você (5:19) -- Águas de março = Waters of March (5:53) -- Searching (4:52) -- Some enchanted place (5:04) -- Incendiando (4:50) -- Vida = If not you (4:40) -- Este seu olhar ; Promessas (3:30) -- Driving ambition (5:33) -- Rio (4:51) -- A sorte do amor = The luck of love (3:47) -- No tabuleiro da Baiana (4:52).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ELIGrayson, Devin K.
Summary: "Gifted doctor Cecelia Cobbina was once held in the highest regard by peers and patients alike. But that was before an incident in Africa changed her life forever. Now with the ability to process thoughts at the speed of light, she faces the unimaginable burden of literally having an answer for everything. As the truth of her origin slowly comes into focus, Cecelia must overcome her fears and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: H1, an imprint of Humanoid, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 OMNSummary: A realistic drama depicting students at a Portland, Oregon high school before and during a tragic school shooting. Follows a young boy who takes over the wheel from his drunken dad while returning from lunch. Then follows another student who crosses paths with the first, then the other of the two boys in camouflage gear, carrying heavy bags, who arrive inside the school and begin shooting. No...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ELEElias, Eliane.
Contents: Rosa Morena (4:17) -- Stay cool (4:02) -- Aquele abrac̦o (5:18) -- Light my fire (5:38) -- Isto aqui o que é (silver sandal) (4:00) -- My chérie amour (4:30) -- Toda menina baiana (4:22) -- Bananeira (3:27) -- Made in moonlight (5:12) -- Turn to me (Samba maracatú) (3:39) -- Take five (5:12) -- What about the heart (bate bate) (4:46).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Concord Picante 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ELISummary: It's not easy for a boy to grow up with ten sisters. It's a constant battle not to succumb to their various plans for him. To maintain his own identity as the Man with a Plan, it's important to stay true to himself--even when being pulled in ten different directions. Lincoln Loud explores middle school life while Lori is working on her backswing at Fairway University, but what is Leni, Luna,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LOUSummary: This contemporary drama is about romance between two imperfect, alcoholic, resentful ordinary people, neighbors in the suburbs, adults with enough money to support themselves in the discontent to which they have become accustomed. Terry Wolfmeyer, suburban Detroit mother of four girls, is suddenly abandoned by her husband, and sinks into depression and subsists on a steady diet of vodka tonics....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY UPSCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UPSAvicii
Contents: Peace of mind -- Heaven -- SOS -- Tough love -- Bad reputation -- Ain't a thing -- Hold the line -- Freak -- Excuse me Mr. Sir -- Heart upon my sleeve -- Never leave me -- Fades away.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC AVISummary: A fantasy adventure based on the Arthurian legend, the film tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's headstrong nephew, who embarks on a quest to confront the eponymous knight, a gigantic tree-like creature.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE GRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRESummary: A fresh take on the coming-of-age story, this surreal tale follows the artistically driven Oscar, hovering on the brink of adulthood. Struggling to find his place in the world after a rough childhood and haunted by images of a tragic incident, Oscar dreams of escaping his small town. After he meets a mysterious and attractive new co-worker, Oscar follows the guidance of his pet hamster Buffy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016