Summary: Director Robert J. Flaherty journeyed with his wife, Frances, and their children to the South Seas island of Savai'i to capture on film the exotic lifestyles of the Samoan people. In doing so, they resurrected and dramatized the recently vanished customs and struggles of the people just before modernization permanently altered the cultural landscape of the island. In 1975, nearly 50 years after...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOASummary: One of the first American black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Mickey Kelley, gets pulled away from everything he loves and into an unsanctioned MMA tournament.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2021
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Contents: Witch--He's waitin'--Do you love me--Shot down--Cinderella--Louie Louie--Psycho--Boss hoss--The hustler--Don't be afraid of the dark--Keep a knockin'--Strychnine
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Etiquette records 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SONFlaherty, Alice.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 FLAFlaherty, Dennis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Companion Press 1996
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 577.0979 FLAFlaherty, Maryea
Summary: "Chronic inflammation is a major health risk and can wreak havoc on your body, contributing to many types of diseases. But preventing and/or reducing inflammation doesn't have to be an overwhelming challenge. Diet-particularly one high in processed, fatty, and sugary foods-is one of the main causes of chronic inflammation, but by introducing anti-inflammatory meals into your diet, you can...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.58 FLAMonica
Contents: Intro -- Get it off -- So gone -- U should've known better -- Don't gotta go home / feat. DMX -- Knock knock -- Breaks my heart -- I wrote this song -- Ain't gonna cry no more -- Go to bed mad / feat. Tyrese -- Hurts the most -- That's my man -- So gone (remix) / feat. Bust Rhymes.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: J Records 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES MONRissi, Anica Mrose
Summary: "A contemporary collection of original short stories by Anica Mrose Rissi that is sure to elicit chills, laughs, and screams, even from the most devoted fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RISTonic
Contents: Future says run -- You wanted more -- Knock down walls -- Mean to me -- Sugar -- Stronger than mine -- Queen -- Waiting for the light to change -- Waltz with me -- Sunflower -- Drag me down -- Top falls down -- Love is a diamond.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TonicMancillas, Mónica
Summary: Mariana is visiting her abuelita and extended family in Mexico for the first time. Her tummy does a flip as she and Mami cross the frontera. There are all new sights, smells, and sounds. And at Abuelita's house, Mariana is overwhelmed by new faces and Spanish phrases she doesn't understand. But with a story, some kindness, and a few new words from Abuelita, Mariana discovers that the love of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MANMancillas, Maonica
Summary: After her mother's sudden departure, twelve-year-old Salva Sanchez adjusts to her new life in an RV campground with her father, and finds her voice through new friendships and a love for Celia Cruz, the "queen of salsa."
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "During the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath, siblings Soccoro and Paco must live with constant secrets while they wait to reunite with their father, who fled Spain due to political persecution."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MONRömer, Monika
Summary: What would the holiday season be without tins upon tins of delicious Christmas cookies? Baking during the holidays fills your home with an irresistible fragrance that moves from the oven and through every room, welcoming friends and family inside and filling you with Christmas spirit. Christmas Cookies makes it easier than ever to embrace the cheeriness of yuletide baking during the busy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 ROMFagerholm, Monika
Summary: "In 1969, a young girl makes a trip from Coney Island to the swampy coastland on the rural outskirts of Helsinki, Finland. There, her death will immediately become part of local mythology, furnishing boys and girls with fodder for endless romantic imaginings. Everyone who lives near the swamp dreams about Eddie de Wire, the lost American girl. . . . For both Sandra and Doris, two lonely,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FAGZgustová, Monika
Summary: "A poignant and unexpectedly inspirational account of women's suffering and resilience in Stalin's forced labor camps, diligently transcribed in the kitchens and living rooms of nine survivors. The pain inflicted by the gulags has cast a long and dark shadow over Soviet-era history. Zgustová's collection of interviews with former female prisoners not only chronicles the hardships of the camps,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365.45 ZGUSummary: "It wasn't really a movement, barely even a moment, but the Daisy Age was an ethos that briefly permeated pop, R&B and hip hop. The name was coined by Long Island trio De La Soul; they claimed D.A.I.S.Y. stood for 'da inner sound, y'all', but then De La Soul said a lot of things. Playfulness and good humour were central to their 1989 debut album, which cast a long, multi-coloured shadow. The...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP DAICarnesi, Mônica.
Summary: "Beatrice the bunny wants to share winter with her best friend, Bear, but he will be busy hibernating"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CARFlaherty, Alice W.
Summary: A young American girl's picky eating habits transform a small worm into the famous Loch Ness monster. Includes facts about the biology of pickiness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007
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Summary: "A group of animals worries that there's a lion among them, even though lions aren't supposed to live in tropical forests"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CARMancillas, Mónica
Summary: Mexican American boy Sami loves combining Spanish and English to make Spanglish and is eager to share his language and joy with his skeptical Abuela and his vibrant community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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Summary: "A mesmerizing novel about memory, privacy, fear, and what happens when our past catches up with us. After a decade living in England, Jeremy O'Keefe returns to New York, where he has been hired as a professor of German history at New York University. Though comfortable in his new life, and happy to be near his daughter once again, Jeremy continues to feel the quiet pangs of loneliness. Walking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLAGuzmán, Mónica
Summary: "When you think you have the answers, you need to be asking a lot more questions-and embracing fearless curiosity. In this timely, personal guide, journalist Mónica Guzmán shows why curiosity is our best policy and how you can put it to work for you immediately, sharing practical tips from the trenches of the social, political, and cultural divides"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult GuzmanMaristain, Mónica
Summary: How to know the man behind works of fiction so prone to extravagance? In the first biography of Chilean novelist and poet Roberto Bolaño, journalist Mónica Maristain tracks Bolaño from his childhood in Chile to his youth in Mexico and his early infatuation with literature, to his beginnings as a poet, and to the stardom that came with the publication of the novels The Savage Detectives and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOLANO, ROBERTO MARO'Flaherty, Brendan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 1996