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Aristocracy (Social class) Comic books, strips, etc Butlers Comic books, strips, etc Demonology Comic books, strips, etc In-N-Out Burger (Firm) Joy Religious aspects Christianity London (England) Comic books, strips, etc Meditation Buddhism Success in business Success in business Religious aspects Yasui, SachikoSummary: To mark its 100-year anniversary, the American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman to bring together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case. On January 19, 1920, a small group of idealists and visionaries, including Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Roger Baldwin, and Crystal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.06 FIGCleland, Esi
Summary: Learn simple Akan for getting around Ghana and making friends.Modern Akan is a concise, portable and easy-to-grasp reference to the Akan language.This kasahorow language guide includes- a basic grammar for Akan readers and writers- useful phrases for warming up a new relationshipWritten in Modern Akan. Modern Akan is a simplified spelling system used to write all the varieties of spoken Akan....
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Publisher / Publication Date: [manufacturer not identified] 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 496.3385 CLEMcCormick, Patricia
Summary: Forced to flee Kurdistan by the Iraqi government, young refugee Mevan travels from country to country seeking safety and feels more and more alone until a stranger's gift changes everything, in this true story and moving reminder of how powerful one act of kindness can be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: For 18 months, award-winning director Scott Hicks followed the legendary composer Philip Glass across three continents, creating a remarkable portrait of one of the greatest artists of all time. Allowed unprecedented access to Glass's working process and long time collaborators, Hicks provides a unique glimpse into the composer's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GLASummary: Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Blay, Yaba
Summary: "Explores the extent to which historical definitions of race continue to shape contemporary racial identities and lived experiences of racial difference"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 BLAStelson, Caren Barzelay
Summary: "Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YASYap, Jules
Summary: "Jules Yap and the contributors to her wildly popular website IkeaHackers.net show you how to transform affordable IKEA products into creative new furniture and more. With clear instructions and easy-to-follow photos" -- page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ulysses Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684 YAPKelsang Gyatso
Summary: This popular and practical manual allows us to discover for ourselves the inner peace and lightness of mind that come from meditation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tharpa 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 KELYan, Lianke
Summary: "In this heartfelt, intimate memoir, Yan Lianke brings the reader into his childhood home in Song County in Henan Province, painting a vivid portrait of rural China in the 1960s and '70s and chronicling the extraordinary lives of his father and uncles, aswell as his own. Yan's parents are so poor that they can only afford to use wheat flour on New Year and festival days, and as a child he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 YANXiao, Yao
Summary: "Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid perfectly captures the feelings of a young sojourner in America as she explores the nuances in searching for a place to belong. Baopu is a monthly serialized comic on Autostraddle, and this book includes beloved fan favorites plus new, never-before-seen comics. This one-of-a-kind graphic novel explores the poetics of searching for connection,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 XIASnyder, Lynsi
Summary: "When Lynsi Snyder's grandparents founded In-N-Out Burger in 1948, they built it with a passion for quality and service that Lynsi embraced at a young age. After starting as a store associate at age seventeen, she then worked in other departments, gaining first-hand experience with almost every aspect of the family business until she became president in 2010. She has led the company through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 647.95794 SNYEldredge, Stasi
Summary: We all spend a lot of energy reaching for happiness, but we are never quite able to hang on to it. Real life happens, and our circumstances take us on an emotional rollercoaster ride. So the Bible’s call to “be joyful always” sounds almost crazy—and out of reach. But it doesn’t have to be. Joy is meant to be ours, a joy that is defiant in the face of this broken world. This joy is not simply...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 ELDGrass, Gunter
Contents: The tin drum -- Cat and mouse -- Dog years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MJF Books 1987
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRAPalden Gyatso.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PALBlasi, Abigail
Summary: "Lonely Planet's Malta and Gozo is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Visit ancient temples, dive into deep blue waters and marvel at St John's Cathedral in Valetta all with your trusted travel companion. Inside Lonely Planet's Malta and Gozo Travel Guide: Lonely Planet's Top...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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Summary: Nobel Prize-winning author Gunter Grass remembers his early life, from his boyhood in a cramped two-room apartment in Danzig through the late 1950s, when The Tin Drum was published. During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRASS, GUNTER GRAYagi, Koji
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha International 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.2952 YAGYan, Martin
Summary: TV chef Martin Yan demystifies the art of Chinese cooking with 100 taste-tested recipes. Includes step-by-step line drawings illustrating the foods and techniques essential to preparing traditional Chinese dishes with a contemporary spin. 16-page color insert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDG Books Worldwide 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5951 YANToboso, Yana
Summary: "Baldo and Lau have uncovered the blood collection scheme at the Athena Sanitorium for Former Service men in record time, but the situation is not as cut-and-dry as they had assumed. While chief nurse Ada wants nothing more than to wash her hands of the whole affair, her duty to give the best care possible to her fellow veterans keeps her shackled to the Aurora Society. After all, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAToboso, Yana
Summary: Earl Phantomhive and his butler, Sebastian, are called to action by Queen Victoria after a number of her citizens become the victims of some bizarre attacks, but the clues lead them straight to a Indian prince, who appears to have a remarkable butler of his own, and a new rivalry begins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAToboso, Yana
Summary: "When searching for Ran-Mao, Mey-Rin's succesfully uncovered the covert operation in Baron Heathfield's manor--but an unforeseen hurdle stands in the way of a job well done. A tantalizing offer of employment has Mey-Rin reflecting on her own blood-soaked history that binds her to the former Earl Phantohive...Will she remain the master's devoted servent or will she abandon her post for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAToboso, Yana
Summary: "The truth of what happened three years ago comes to light, as the past Ciel sought to erase is thrust back into his face. The revelations shake the Phantomhive manor to its foundations, and even Sebastian, the resident devil, can only look on in admiration at the consummate gamesmanship at play. The Phantomhive blood, it would seem, runs thick with the thirst for vengeance..."--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2019