Summary: In the heart of Chinatown, New York, an ornery, chain-smoking, newly widowed 80-year-old grandma is eager to live life as an independent woman. When a local fortuneteller predicts a lucky day in her future, Grandma decides to head to the casino, only to land herself on the wrong side of luck, attracting the attention of some local gangsters. Desperate, Grandma employs the services of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Deed Entertainment 2020
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LUCSummary: 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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Summary: "Clementine Chang moves from Earth to Mars for a new start and is lucky enough to land her dream job with Dr. Marcella Lin, an Artificial Intelligence pioneer. On her first day of work, Clem meets Dr. Lin's assistant, a humanoid AI named Kye. Clem is no stranger to robots--she built herself a cute moth-shaped companion named SENA. Still, there's something about Kye that feels almost too human....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books / HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC XUXu, Wendy
Summary: Sophie is a young witch whose mother and grandmother pressure her to attend the Royal Magic Academy--the best magic school in the realm--even though her magic is shaky at best. To train for her entrance exams, Sophie is sent to relatives she's never met. Cousin Sage and Great-Aunt Lan seem more interested in giving Sophie chores than in teaching her magic. Frustrated, Sophie attempts magic on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 XUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 XUContents: The Mekons: Where Were You? -- Fatal Microbes: Violence Grows -- Animals & Men: The Terraplane Fixation -- Blue Orchids: Work -- Karl's Empty Body: Small Hours -- Frankie's Crew: Somebody -- Scritti Politti: Confidence -- Thin Yoghurts: Drink Problem -- Bean, Anne: Low Flying Aircraft / Anne Bean & Paul Burwell -- Performing Ferret Band: Brow Beaten -- The Manchester Mekon: No Forgetting -- The...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK WINFu, Kim
Summary: A group of young girls at summer camp find themselves stranded, with no adults to help them survive or to guide them home.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC FUSummary: After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Rydell. But when the doctor steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD ANGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Anger 2003Summary: European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Great 2017Contents: CD A. Amazing grace / Dye's Sacred Harp Singers -- How firm a foundation / Dye's Sacred Harp Singers -- Soar away / Denson Quartet -- Sabbath morning / Denson Quartet -- Rejoicing on the way / Fa Sol La Singers -- Jesus walks with me / Fa Sol La Singers -- Happy on the way / Fa Sol La Singers -- Weeping Mary / Roswell Sacred Harp Quartet -- Odem / Roswell Sacred Harp Quartet -- Bound for Canaan...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS SACSummary: Liu Jin-xi is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper's life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu. Convinced that Liu's martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region's vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WUFu, Peimei.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zhongguo peng ren bu xi ban 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5951 FuSummary: "By the early-1970s, Chang Cheh was already Shaw Brothers' most prolific and well-known director with a plethora of box office hits (including the One-Armed Swordsman franchise) to his name and renowned for discovering the hottest young talents to star in his films. Three of those stars - David Chiang, Ti Lung and Alexander Fu Sheng - all feature in Five Shaolin Masters and Shaolin Temple, two...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN SHAFu, Melissa
Summary: 1938, China. With the Japanese army approaching, Meilin and her four year old son, Renshu, are forced to flee their home. Relying on little but their wits and a beautifully illustrated hand scroll, filled with ancient fables that offer solace and wisdom, they must travel through a ravaged country, seeking refuge. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. Though his daughter is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FUSummary: Tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China in the early days of World War II and focuses on the efforts of a small group of unarmed Westerners who established a Safety Zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. Told through deeply moving interviews with Chinese survivors, archival footage, and chilling testimonies of Japanese soldiers, interwoven with staged readings of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Thinkfilm, LLC 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NANXu, Ru
Summary: Blue arrives in the capital city of Altalus, where she is determined to find her friend Crow, the boy who was created to be a flying war machine, and Jack, the engineer who built him. But soon she is inadvertently kidnapped by Snow and Red, twins from the enemy side of their ten-year war. They set off on a dangerous adventure that brings them to the front lines of the war, and eventually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2019
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Summary: With her city at war, orphan Blue disguises herself as a newsboy for the only local paper that tells the truth, but a new friend gives her the courage to start seeking the freedom to be herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2017
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Summary: Little messy Marcy Su cleans the house to help her mother, but with every mess she picks up she somehow makes another. Includes Chinese language lesson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FUFu, Kim
Summary: "From the award-winning author of For Today I Am a Boy, a gripping and deeply felt novel about a group of young girls at a remote camp--and the night that changes everything and will shape their lives for decades to come A group of young girls descend onCamp Forevermore, a sleepaway camp in the Pacific Northwest, where their days are filled with swimming lessons, friendship bracelets, and camp...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION FUContents: High school U.S.A. (national version) (Tommy Facenda) (2:13) -- Endless sleep (Jody Reynolds) (2:25) -- Breaking up is hard to do (Jivin' Gene & the Jokers) (2:30) -- Rocking pneumonia & the boogie woogie flu (Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns) (2:20) -- Robbin' the cradle (Tony Bellus) (2:35) -- Click clack (Dicky Doo & the Dont's) (2:22) -- Lucky ladybug (Billy & Lillie) (2:36) -- White bucks &...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Eric Records 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HARContents: She / No Fun -- Evasive measures / No Fun -- Answer / No Fun -- White glove test / Endtables -- Defectors / Endtables -- They're guilty / Endtables -- Baby boom / Babylon Dance Band -- Comes change / Babylon dance band -- Pulling away / Babylon Dance Band -- This isn't my mother's car / Blinders -- Honey hush / Blinders -- It won't last long / Blinders -- Walk away / Dickbrains -- Decay /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Noise PollutionI 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BOLSummary: Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Connecticut town begin to slip into an existentialist void. Social taboos are shattered on whims and the line between adult authority and juvenile irresponsibility is practically nonexistant. Focuses on the Hood and Carver families....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013