Heng, Rachel
Summary: "A sweeping novel set in Singapore during the years leading up to its independence from British colonial powers, about one young boy from a rural fishing family and the love story that will shape his life and complicate the fate of his larger community"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Book 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "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 SHASummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONC
Summary: Mulan: Mulan is a young Chinese woman who breaks tradition and joins the Imperial army, accompanied by a her guardian dragon, Mushu, to battle an invading army.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment] 2013
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MULCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MULCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MULCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Mulan 2013Summary: "Gripping saga of two rival moles--played by superstars Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah--who navigate slippery moral choices as they move between the intersecting territories of Hong Kong's police force and its criminal underworld. Set during the uncertainty of the city-state's handover from Britain to China and steeped in Buddhist philosophy, these ingeniously crafted tales of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.O'Malley, Bryan Lee
Summary: "Lottie Person is a fashion blogger and online influencer living in gorgeous downtown Los Angeles. She's terribly allergic to everything in the known universe, but she never lets it get her down. And she's got big plans this year -- finding love, getting follows, and finally opening her own popup shop. From sister fights to friend drama to grim unspeakable evil, she'll face it all down with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SNOSummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSSchönberg, Claude-Michel
Contents: Overture -- Backstage Dreamland -- Heat is on -- Movie in my mind -- Transaction -- Dance -- Why God why? -- This money's yours -- Sun and moon -- Asking for leave -- Deal -- Wedding ceremony -- Thuy's intervention -- Last night of the world -- Morning of the dragon -- I still believe -- Coo-coo princess -- You will not touch him -- If you want to die in bed -- Kim & engineer -- I'd give my...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC MISSummary: "Pitch black": Journey to a remote, hostile planet with a group of marooned passengers who learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. ""Dark fury": Riddick battles ruthless soldiers of fortune and vicious creatures. "The chronicles of Riddick": Riddick finds himself humanity's unlikely champion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2006
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2 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI RIDEvans, Rachel Held
Summary: In this final collection of original writings by the late author, her close friend brings together her unpublished essays and talks, reflections that explore why the Christian faith captivated her and drove her writing, teachings, activism and relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 EVAEvans, Rachel Held
Summary: The author spends a year exploring traditional Biblical roles for women, including such activities as interviewing a polygamist's wife, visiting an Amish school, abstaining from gossip, and corresponding with an Orthodox Jewish woman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Konietzko, Bryan
Summary: "Join Korra, Asami, Mako, Bolin, Tenzin, and more familiar faces from The Legend of Korra, featured in stories specially crafted by a bevy of talented comics creators!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LEGSummary: 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 IPSummary: Profiles Paul Taylor, pioneer of 20th century modern dance. Features interviews with Taylor and company members. Includes excerpts from: Espanade; Company B; Polaris; 3 epitaphs; Events II, Epic, and Duet from 7 new dances; Scudorama; Aureole; Airs; Cloven kingdom; Last look; Musical offering; Offenbach overtures; Eventide; Piazzola caldera.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DANSummary: A female agent, attacked and left for dead, trains with a kung fu master and uses her new skills to complete some unfinished and deadly business.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COMHead, Heno.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Standard Pub. 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: 567.9 HEAO'Malley, Bryan Lee
Summary: "Lottie Person is a glamorous fashion blogger living her best life in L.A.--at least that's what she wants you to think. California Screeming finds Lottie putting the past behind her and trying to make the best of a bad situation--her life! Lottie's new bestie is an emotional roller coaster: first she died, and then she killed someone. Who will Caroline hurt next, and what is her brother Virgil...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SNOHerg,̌
Summary: Whether he's trolling the high seas for treasure or blasting off for the moon, young reporter-sleuth Tintin and his faithful dog, Snowy, have delighted readers everywhere for generations with their timeless adventures. Join Tintin and Snowy as they tackle the toughest mysteries around the world in The Castafiore Emerald, Flight 714, and Tintin and the Picaros.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown 1993
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Place a hold to request this item.Hieroglyphic Being (Musical group)
Contents: Apes & ages -- Civilization that is dying -- Cybernetics is an old science -- Brain damage -- Three days more -- Universe is a simulation -- Cimetiere des innocents -- Root of -- We are not the first
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC HIEHeng, Sarm
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BUOSummary: A lavish Chinese epic, set in the Age of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, tells the story of a royal court in turmoil: forbidden love, deceit, revenge, overpowering beauty, and greed. The second disc contains several in-depth bonus features.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dragon Dynasty 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LEGROCHES.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1982
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK ROCSummary: In post-war occupied Japan, young Tatsumi's passion for comics not only leads him becomes a means of supporting his poor family but also leads him to redefine the manga landscape. He pioneered gekiga (dramatic pictures), an alternative genre for adults which is by encouraging an alternative genre for adults which is realistic, disquieting and grapples with the darker aspects of life. This film...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kimstim 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TATSummary: After having the emperor's minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail the victim's children to a remote point on the northern Chinese border. But that bloodthirsty mission is confounded by a mysterious group of fighters who arrive on the scene, intent on delivering justice and defending the innocent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018