Orchestra of Syrian Musicians
Contents: Intro / The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians -- 3azely / The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians -- Wild wood / Paul Weller & the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians ft Seckou Kelta -- Yah mahla el fus'ha / Faia Younan & the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians ft Bassekou Kouyate -- Out of time / Damon Albarn & the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians -- Feel you / Julia Holter & the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians ft...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST ORCAslam, Nadeem.
Summary: The disappearance of Jugnu and Chanda turns tragic when Chanda's brothers are arrested for their murders and the families struggle to reconcile their Islamic faith and the crime's impact on their families.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASLArash, Jawad
Summary: "In this dual-narrative tale, a teenage American army private and an Afghan boy living under the horrors of the Taliban, caught on separate sides of the world during the tumultuous times leading up to and following 9/11, come to discover how much more they have in common than they ever could have imagined"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ARAEsham, Barbara.
Summary: Max Leonard is convinced that he will never succeed with memorizing his multiplication tables; and his brain "freezes" during timed tests. But to everyone's surprise, Max has been completing algebra problems sets in his spare time! Max, his parents and teachers are amazed by his math "potential."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mainstream Connections 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ESHAslam, Nadeem.
Summary: Jeo and Mikal are foster brothers from a small town in Pakistan. Though they were inseparable as children, their adult lives have diverged: Jeo is a dedicated medical student, married a year; Mikal has been a vagabond since he was fifteen, in love with a woman he can't have. But when Jeo decides to sneak across the border into Afghanistan--not to fight with the Taliban against the Americans,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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Summary: "Meet a handful of the men and women that helped shape the early life of Prophet Muhammad. In these pages, you will find his mother, Amina bint Wahb; the women that loved and protected him like their very own, Halimah Sa'diyyah and Barakah (Umm Ayman); and his beloved grandfather Abd al-Muttalib, alongside his uncle Abu Talib. This beautifully illustrated book introduces readers to Prophet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Islamic Foundation 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 297.63 ISLIslam, Yusuf
Contents: Blackness of the night (2:59) -- See what love did to me (3:44) -- The laughing apple (3:02) -- Olive hill (2:44) -- Grandsons (3:03) -- Mighty peace (2:18) -- Mary and the little lamb (3:35) -- You can do (whatever)! (3:10) -- Northern wind (death of Billy the Kid) (2:41) -- Don't blame them (3:39) -- I'm so sleepy (2:19).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ISLAslam, Nadeem
Summary: "A brave, timely, searingly beautiful novel from the acclaimed author of The Blind Man's Garden: set in contemporary Pakistan, the story of a Muslim widow and her Christian neighbors whose community is consumed by violent religious intolerance When shotsring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis's life begins to crumble around her. Her husband, Massud--a fellow architect--is caught in the cross...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASLEsham, Barbara
Summary: Katie always thought her dad was smart--he is one of the busiest attorneys in town. People are always asking him for advice. She has been a bit confused ever since asking him for help with her weekly spelling list. How can her very smart dad struggle with one of her spelling words? This definitely didn't make sense. The word Mississippi has changed everything ... This frank and thoughtful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pickle Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2018
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Summary: The latest album from the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: YA Music/Yusuf 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ISLEsham, Barbara.
Summary: David Sheldon finds it difficult to pay attention and follow directions. His teacher, Mrs. Gorski, has had enough of David's brainstorms, but David "brainstorms" a way to manage his "wiggle fidgets."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mainstream Connections 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: 618.92 ESHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ESHEsham, Barbara.
Summary: Carolyn has been practicing cursive handwriting, but is frustrated by her lack of success. Her classmate, Stacey Coolidge, has no problem with it, creating more self doubt for Carolyn. Carolyn's teacher finds a way to convince her that creative writing and cursive handwriting are two unrelated skills.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mainstream Connections 2008
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELASummary: Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARPedican, Jawara
Summary: "Udoka Clendon is a first-year university student and a product of basketball systems that have produced professional players. He’s been pushed relentlessly by the obsessive mentorship of his older brother, which has been tolerated by his hard-working single mother. For years his brother has taken him to tournaments and pushed him to succeed on the outdoor courts of the west end....
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Publisher / Publication Date: James Lorimer and Company Ltd., Publishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC PEDIslam, Yusuf
Contents: Wild world (3:19) -- Oh very young (2:35) -- Can't keep it in (2:59) -- Hard headed woman (3:47) -- Moonshadow (2:48) --Two fine people (3:32) -- Peace train 3:44) -- Ready (3:13) -- Father & son (3:38) -- Sitting (3:11) -- Morning has broken (3:17) -- Another Saturday night (2:27).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: A & M Records 1975
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL POP/ROCK STEIssa, Islam
Summary: An award-winning British-Egyptian writer presents an authoritative history of the first modern city and how it has shaped our modern world, including its role as a global capital of knowledge as well as the site of plagues and violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024
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Summary: "A memoir by the lawyer, activist, and county councilman Will Jawando"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B JAWANDO JAWAhmed, Nawaaz
Summary: "Raised in India, Seema is the beloved daughter of a commanding, erudite, Romantic-poetry-loving doctor father who cut her off when she came out to him as a lesbian. Now living alone in San Francisco, estranged from her African American ex-husband, Seema is one week away from delivering a baby boy, Ishraaq. Ishraaq's arrival has brought to Seema's side, for the first time in 15 years, her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AHMBolam, James
Summary: After jazz lover Trevor Chaplin orders some records and receives the wrong shipment, he and his English teacher girlfriend search for the missing items and stumble upon a black market operation in a church basement.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BEIEssame, Hubert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 ESSRankin, Ellan
Summary: Inspired by a true story, a remarkable friendship between a baby elephant and her keeper shows that kindness is never forgotten.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble Books 1982
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Summary: For nearly 70 years, the eternal love triangle has been the bane of Archie's existence - and of fans who have wondered, 'Who will Archie choose, Betty or Veronica?' This year, the fans received an answer, not once, but twice! First came the announcement that Archie would marry Veronica, and the reaction was deafening! While some fans rejoiced, others were stunned. But just as it seemed Archie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archie Comics 2010