Fontanella-Khan, Amana.
Summary: Illuminates the possibilities of female grassroots activism in India through the story of Sampat Pal and her Pink Gang.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 FONPorter, Chana
Summary: "Trina Goldberg-Oneka is a fifty-year-old trans woman whose life is irreversibly altered in the wake of a gentle-but nonetheless world-changing-invasion by an alien entity called The Seep. Through The Seep, everything is connected. Capitalism falls, hierarchies and barriers are broken down; if something can be imagined, it is possible. Trina and her wife, Deeba, live blissfully under The Seep's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PORChan, Alina
Summary: "In this uniquely insightful book, a scientist and a writer join forces to try to get to the bottom of how a virus whose closest relations live in bats in subtropical southern China somehow managed to begin spreading among people more than 1,500 kilometres away in the city of Wuhan. They grapple with the baffling fact that the virus left none of the expected traces that such outbreaks usually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 CHAPorter, Chana
Summary: "In the quaint religious town of Seagate, abstaining from food brings one closer to God. But Beatrice Bolano is hungry. She craves the forbidden: butter, flambé, marzipan. As Seagate takes increasingly extreme measures to regulate every calorie its citizens consume, Beatrice must make a choice: give up her secret passion for cooking or leave the only community she has known. Elsewhere, Reiko...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PORKuan, Diana.
Summary: Provides popular Chinese takeout recipes for appetizers, soups, main courses, noodle and rice dishes, and desserts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5951 KUAStiefel, Chana
Summary: "The true story of how schoolchildren helped fund the construction of the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty in New York City."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 STIStiefel, Chana
Summary: "The story begins with Yaffa Eliach, a spirited young girl who grows up in a vibrant, happy 800-year-old town in Poland, filled with family life and rich traditions. Yaffa's grandmother, who receives a gift of a camera from America, becomes the village photographer, and takes photos of all the family events: weddings, bar mitzvahs, and family gatherings. And on the Jewish New Year, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STIChau, Alina
Summary: "Jordan's days as the star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed...Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her...until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan discover a brand new sport. Will water polo be the way for Jordan to continue her athletic dreams--or will it just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC CHASummary: Every 30 seconds in America, normal life stops. Someone is reported missing. That's where special agent Jack Malone comes in. On the behalf of victims and loved ones, Jack and his FBI team do the hard, exciting work of turning the missing into the found. Among the vanished: a man terrified of extraterrestrials, a spoiled celebrity heiress and an idealistic woman caught up in a romance with a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WITEwing, Chana Ginelle
Summary: "An ABC of equality introduces complicated concepts to the youngest of children, from celebrating our differences, understanding everyone's beliefs, and treating everyone with kindness."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2020
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE EWIEwing, Chana Ginelle
Summary: An ABC of equality introduces complicated concepts to the youngest of children, from celebrating our differences, understanding everyone's beliefs, and treating everyone with kindness.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BRDSummary: Frank Kuntz, a Vietnam War veteran, has spent his entire life-preserving a herd of 300 horses for human therapy. Diagnosed with cancer, the question is - how can Frank ensure the survival of this breed when his time is limited?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEFSummary: "In director Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other - to become brothers again like they used to be. Their 'spiritual quest', however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Darjeeling 2007Summary: From master director Jia Zhang-Ke comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors, Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong, born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, respectively. In their stories, we hear of the dire circumstances they faced in their rural villages and small towns, and the substantial political effort undertaken to address it, from the social...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SWIWorld Saxophone Quartet
Contents: Jest a little / Oliver Lake (9:13) -- Cairo blues / David Murray (1:10) -- Suffering with the blues / Conyers Temberton (5:34) -- You don't know me / Eddie Arnold ; Cindy Walker (6:35) -- Picasso / David Murray (5:51) -- Song for Camille / Hamiet Bluiett (7:41) -- Breath of life / Oliver Lake (4:43) -- Deb / Hamiet Bluiett (4:43)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Elektra Nonesuch 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ WORSummary: Season four of this procedural drama about the Missing Persons Squad, a unique New York based FBI task force, finds Martin gravely injured in the line of fire and going through rehabilitation. Jack, Samantha, and Danny try not to let their concern for Martin hinder their efforts. Vivian's heart surgery appears to have been a success. Rookie, Elena Delgado, formerly of the NYPD, has joined the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WITIglesias, Alberto.
Contents: Opening Titles (3:21) -- The Call, Kabul 1978 (2:33) -- He Hates Me (1:08) -- Kite Shop (3:07) -- Sin (1:34) -- Tanha Shudam Tanha (3:35) -- Kite Tournament (5:40) -- Hassan Theme (2:58) -- Az Man Begurezed (5:04) -- Plant The Watch (1:30) -- Russians Invade (2:23) -- The Truth (1:59) -- Omaid e Man (1:47) -- Fuel Tanker (3:09) -- End Phone Call (2:06) -- The Stadium (2:34) -- Escape (3:10) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: DG 2007
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Mergia, Hailu.
Contents: Yegle Nesh -- Tizita -- Belew Beduby -- Anchihoye lene -- Abichu nega nega --y Yetewat hilm
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Awesome Tapes from Africa 2023
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN MERSummary: The wedding bells are ringing, but will Castle and Beckett really tie the knot? On the biggest day of his life, Castle is nowhere to be found, and it's not because he has cold feet. Now, in a season of brilliant twists and turns, Castle and Beckett take on New York City's most fascinating cases while they try to solve the mystery of their own relationship.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CASSummary: The search begins. For the mistress and the son of a mob boss. For Barry 'Bottomless Pit' Rosen, missing soon after he won a competitive chili-eating contest. For an air traffic controller who reported possible terrorist activity. For a basketball star, a stripper, a victim of Hurricane Katrina. Some of them are reunited with loved ones. Some remain forever missing. All are part of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WITSamana
Contents: Melancholy heat -- Live for the road -- The spirit moving -- The beach -- Patience -- All one breath -- Passing me by -- Leaving -- Begin again
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK SAMAmanaz
Contents: Amanaz--I am very far--Sunday morning--Khala my friend--History of man--Nsunka Lwendo--Africa--Green apple--Making the scene--Easy street--Big enough--Kale
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Normal records 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN AMASummary: Follow chef Marcus Samuelsson as he immerses himself in diverse immigrant communities and cuisines in cities across the US. In each hour, Marcus will travel to a different city and dive into a new food culture. He'll discover the important immigrant histories - and delicious culinary traditions - that shape the way America eats today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NOKhan, Zainab
Summary: Noura and her parents head to the hills for a moonsighting picnic that signals the start of Eid and the joyful celebrations that bring with them visits with friends, eating sweets and painting henna on her hands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024