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Summary: In this madcap and lighthearted comedic romp, introverted optometrist Weichung begins to question his marriage with his wife Feng, upon learning of her desire to have another baby. At his sister's engagement party, Weichung bumps into an old friend, Stephen, a wedding photographer who, though also married, is living the high life of a younger, single gay man. When Stephen teases Weichung for...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2014

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WIL

Summary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASS

Summary: During his time as a police captain in Foshan, Ip Man is targeted by a vengeful gangster just as the Japanese army invades the region.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IP

Summary: In four late-nineteenth-century Shanghai "flower houses", courtesans live confined to opulent splendor but are forced to work to buy back their freedom, and romantic intrigue, jealousies and tensions roil around their assignations.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FLO

Binoche, Juliette

Summary: A young boy, who must deal with the increased fragility of his loving but preoccupied mother, befriends a red balloon that hovers around him and his family.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2008

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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FLI

Yan, Lan

Summary: "In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country. In telling her and her family's story, she serves up an intimate account of the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 YAN

Summary: Set in late nineteenth-century Shanghai and takes place in an elegant brothel. With its own highly ritualized codes of behavior, the lives of the "Flower girls" depend on their ability to win, and then keep, the affections of their wealthy callers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Films 2001

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN Flo

Fan, Eric

Summary: "A mysterious cook whips up midnight meals for fellow night owls in a lavish lunch cart while a hungry mouse looks on in this atmospheric picture book inspired by the forerunner of food trucks and diners. A delectable picture book inspired by forerunners of food truck, for fans of The Night Gardener. Noses sniff the air as mouthwatering smells waft down city streets, luring growling bellies to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2022

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FAN

Fan Brothers

Summary: "A young girl named Lizzy buys a cloud and keeps it as a pet--until the day it grows too big for her to handle"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FAN

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FAN

Fan, Terry.

Summary: Everyone on Grimloch Lane enjoys the trees and shrubs clipped into animal masterpieces after dark by the Night Gardener, but William, a lonely boy, spots the artist, follows him, and helps with his special work.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E FAN

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FAN

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FAN

Summary: A new arrival in British-occupied Hong Kong wants to open a martial arts academy to teach his unique Wing Chun style. But a corrupt cabal of martial arts masters, led by Master Hung, refuses to allow him to teach in peace until he proves himself in a series of fights against the local master, which Ip does, in style. But even after earning the respect of the local masters, Ip's troubles are...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IP

Can

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2021

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CAN

Fan, Terry

Summary: From the creators of the critically acclaimed The Night Gardener and Ocean Meets Sky comes a whimsical and elegantly illustrated picture book about community, art, the importance of giving back-and the wonder that fell from the sky. It fell from the sky on a Thursday. None of the insects know where it came from, or what it is. Some say it's an egg. Others, a gumdrop. But whatever it is, it fell...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021

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Fan, Terry

Summary: "A little boy builds a ship to honor his late grandfather and sets sail for the magical place where ocean meets sky from his grandfather's stories"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018

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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FAN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FAN

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FAN

Fan, Terry

Summary: "In a world built for Perfect Pets, Barnabus is a Failed Project, half mouse, half elephant, kept out of sight until his dreams of freedom lead him and his misfit friends on a perilous adventure. A stunning picture book from international bestsellers The Fan Brothers, joined by their brother Devin Fan."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FAN

Fan, Terry

Summary: All the insects agree that the object that fell from the sky is a Wonder, but when Spider decides it is his, he risks losing all of his friends.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FAN

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FAN

Summary: "Set in Fo Shan, China during the Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man vividly brings to life the brutality of the infamous Japanese occupation, where once proud men are forced to fight [to the] death for a precious bag of rice. Defined by courage and humility, Ip Man, whose fighting skills are revered all over China, rises to the fore front. Upon refusing to teach his martial arts to the invading...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IP

Summary: Set in China during the warring 1920s, notorious bandit chief Zhang descends upon a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, an identity that he had hijacked from Old Tang, who was a small-time imposter. Bent on making a fast buck, Zhang soon meets his match in the tyrannical local gentry Huang as a deadly battle of wit and brutality ensues.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2012

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF LET

Ant-Man

Summary: "This is the incredible story of an ex-con turned world-saving Super Hero. In Look Out for the Little Guy, Scott Lang shares with the world a bracingly honest account of his struggles and triumphs, from serving time to being a divorced dad to becoming Ant-Man and joining The Avengers. These are stories of epic battles won and lost, as this everyman turned Super Hero finally tells all--from the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Avenue 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAN
1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Summary: Computer hackers demand ransom when they break into a computer system with a powerful and apparently unstoppable virus. A mysterious young woman quickly saves the business. She requests a meeting with the company's CEO and he ends up getting more than he bargained for. Lynn turns out to be a highly skilled assassin, who knocks off the CEO with the help of her younger sister Sue. Hong, a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SO

Fran

Contents: Limousine -- Palm trees -- How did we -- How did I -- Leaving -- Everybody -- Winter -- So long -- God -- The label -- I know you.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL POP/ROCK FRA

Man Man

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2020

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MAN

Cao, Lan

Summary: "A mother-daughter memoir exploring loss, love, and healing, told in two alternating voices, from the critically acclaimed novelist and her teenage daughter"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CAO

Germer, Fawn

Summary: "A street smart, inspiring, practical and utterly honest book for renewing or resuming your career. Millions of mid- and late-career professionals are wondering why our careers are dying. We've been fired, downsized, job-eliminated, or we've left work voluntarily to raise children, care for loved ones, or go to school. Our unemployment rate is more than three times the national average. It...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.14 GER

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