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Hrytsak, Yaroslav

Summary: "When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society that is contemporary Ukraine. In this timely and original history, a bestseller in Ukraine, the historian Yaroslav Hrytsak tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts, and developments that have shaped it...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2024

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Seifert, Jaroslav

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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Pub. Co. 1986

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.8 SEI

Trofimov, Yaroslav

Summary: Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yaroslav Trofimov has spent months on end at the heart of the conflict, very often on its front lines. In this authoritative account, he traces the war’s decisive moments—from the battle for Kyiv to more recently the gruelling and bloody arm wrestle involving the Wagner group over Bakhmut—to show how Ukraine and its allies have turned the tide...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024

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Summary: In a small provincial town, arrangements and events surrounding the firemen's annual ball, honoring a retiring firechief, go wrong at every turn.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2002

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FIR

Summary: This stirring and poetic depiction of a feud between two rival medieval clans is a fierce, epic, and meticulously designed evocation of the clashes between Christianity and Pagansim, humankind and nature, and love and violence.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MAR

Kalfar, Jaroslav

Summary: "When Jakub Procha is sent into space to examine a cosmic dust cloud covering Venus, it may be a solo suicide mission. Dreaming of becoming a national hero and desperate to atone for his father's sins as a Communist informer, he leaves his beloved wife behind and launches into the galaxy. But things aboard spaceship JanHus1 quickly turn weird, and, to make matters worse, he soon learns that his...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAL

Kalfar, Jaroslav

Summary: In a 2030 America led by an isolationist authoritarian government, a star biotech scientist trying to discover the key to immortality becomes a whistleblower when she uncovers alarming activity in the wastelands of what was once Florida.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAL

Seifert, Jaroslav

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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.861 SEI

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Summary: A beautiful musical comedy that follows one young man's journey as he experiences the true spirit of Ukraine on his search for a woman to call his wife.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HUT

Penkov, Miroslav.

Summary: "A young Bulgarian immigrant returns to the country of his birth in search of his grandfather, who suddenly and unexpectedly cut all contact with the family three years ago. The trail leads him to a village on the border with Turkey, a stone's throw away from Greece, high up in the Strandja Mountains--a place of pagan mysteries and black storks nesting in giant oaks; a place where every spring,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEN

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Penkov 2016

Summary: A moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland who, on the verge of taking her vows, discovers a dark family secret dating from the terrible years of the Nazi occupation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IDA

Vitous, Miroslav.

Contents: Freedom jazz dance (10:50) -- Mountain in the clouds (4:49) -- When face gets pale (6:48) -- Infinite search (6:43) -- I will tell him on you (10:56) -- Epilogue (6:57).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Collectables Records 2001

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1 available in NEW Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ VIT

Volf, Miroslav

Summary: "A guide to defining and then creating a flourishing life, based on the popular class at Yale What makes a good life? The question is inherent to the human condition, asked by people across generations, professions, and social classes, and addressed by all schools of philosophy and religions. This search for meaning, as Yale professors Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Open Field/Penguin Life 2023

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Sasek, M. (Miroslav)

Summary: Illustrations and descriptive captions of historic places in England, Scotland, and Wales.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe Pub. 2008

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 914.104 SAS

Sasek, M. (Miroslav)

Summary: A pictorial tour of Manhattan Island presenting drawings of its neighborhoods, transportation and traffic, buildings, and the city's activities, from the local shoeshine stall to Wall Street.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe 2003

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.47 SAS

Sasek, M. (Miroslav)

Summary: Describes the city of bridges, canals, pigeons, and gondolas, and includes places of interest to see and historical and cultural facts.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 914.5 VEN

Sasek, M. (Miroslav)

Summary: A pictorial tour of the capital of England, presenting drawings of her historic buildings and monuments, traditions, transportation, and the daily activities of her many inhabitants and visitors.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe Pub. 2004

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 914.21 SAS

Sasek, M. (Miroslav)

Summary: Presents a pictorial tour of Munich, looking at the city's famous buildings, landmarks, museums, art galleries, festivities, food, and drinks.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 914.3364 SAS

Sasek, M. (Miroslav)

Summary: A pictorial tour of the city by the Golden Gate, presenting drawings of its hills, cable cars, harbor, bridges, market areas, and flower stalls.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe 2003

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.9461 SAS

Sasek, M. (Miroslav)

Summary: A pictorial tour of Australia presenting drawings of its cities, animals, sports, beaches, aborigines, and the island of Tasmania.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe Pub. 2009

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.404 SAS

Sasek, M. (Miroslav)

Summary: Describes the city and country sights of Ireland, and includes historical and cultural facts.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 914.15 SAS

Sasek, M. (Miroslav)

Summary: A pictorial tour of the "promised land" presenting drawings of the historic sights and modern city and town life in Israel.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1962

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 915.694 SAS

Sasek, M. (Miroslav)

Summary: Presents a history of Cape Canaveral and the American space program, discussing the space missions that were launched from there, the various types of rockets used, and the successful landing of two astronauts on the Moon in 1969.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe 2009

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.47 SAS

Sasek, M. (Miroslav)

Summary: A pictorial presentation of the capital of Scotland, with drawings of its famous sights, monuments, and buildings.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 914.1 SAS

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