Summary: "Winner of top prizes at the Venice and Mumbai film festivals, Chaitanya Tamhane's Court is a quietly devastating, absurdist portrait of injustice, caste prejudice, and venal politics in contemporary India. An elderly folk singer and grassroots organizer, dubbed the 'people's poet,' is arrested on a trumped-up charge of inciting a sewage worker to commit suicide. His trial is a ridiculous and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COUYoshi.
Summary: A boy pursues and captures elusive butterflies but decides that it is more fun to carry home his memories than a trophy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Book Studio 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC YOSJoshi, Alka
Summary: After being tasked with her first major project for the master perfumer, Radha travels to India, enlisting the help of her sisters and the courtesans of Agra, but discovers that the son she gave up years earlier is heading to locate her in Paris--threatening her marriage and carefully managed world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 0000
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Summary: "Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist--and confidante--to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own. Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Joshi 2020Joshi, Alka
Summary: After being tasked with her first major project for the master perfumer, Radha travels to India, enlisting the help of her sisters and the courtesans of Agra, but discovers that the son she gave up years earlier is heading to locate her in Paris--threatening her marriage and carefully managed world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOSJoshi, Alka
Summary: Immersed in her exciting perfume work, Radha hears that her unacknowledged son is coming to Paris to find her, which could upset her career and threaten to destroy a vulnerable marriage.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOSJoshi, Alka
Summary: Back in the Pink City where he was once a wily street urchin, Malik, assigned to help Samir Singh's feckless son Ravi build the new public cinema, finds his livelihood, reputation and the people he loves most threatened after Ravi implicates him in a ruthless scandal.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JOSSummary: In a story inspired by the events surrounding the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi, a suicide bomber examines her emotions and finds herself in a psychological divide as she contemplates her future.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Winstar TV & Video 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TERNovakovich, Josip
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOVReagon, Toshi.
Contents: Misty mountain (4:53) -- Kindness (4:18) -- Mr. Conductor man (5:28) -- I call you (3:56) -- Land on the shore (4:54) -- Action (3:57) -- Darlin' (4:37) -- Where you gon be standin' (3:54) -- Wait a minute (4:51) -- For our love (2:48)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK REAAsunción, Josep.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 676.22 ASUDoshi, Tishani
Summary: "A captivating and original story of two sisters caught in a moment of transformation, set against the vivid backdrop of modern India. Escaping her failing marriage, Grace Marisola has returned to Pondicherry from the United States to cremate her mother. Once there, she receives an inheritance she could not have expected-a property on the beaches of Madras-and discovers a sister she never knew...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOSJospe, Kitty
Summary: Generous, joyful, polygot and grief-struck, torrent of creative power, Kitty Jospe urges us to look, listen, think and feel.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: FootHills Publishing 0000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 811 JOSReagon, Toshi.
Contents: Have you heard -- 22 hours -- Didn't I tell you -- Trying to bring love home -- Ooh wee -- Building blues -- You -- Down to the water -- Soul-n-deep -- Dream -- Heartbreak hotel.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Righteous Babe Records 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK READoshi, Avni
Summary: "In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her loveless marriage to join an ashram, endured a brief stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents), and spent years chasing after a dishevelled, homeless 'artist' - all with her young child in tow. Now she is forgetting things, and her grown-up daughter is faced with the task of caring for a woman who never cared for her. This is a love...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Overlook Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOSJosel, Leslie
Summary: "Packed with practical solutions and tips to stay on top of homework, develop a sense of time, manage digital distractions, and create easy-to-follow routines, this guide will help teens stop procrastinating and get their tasks done"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 371.3 JOSAlharthi, Jokha
Summary: In the village of al-Awafi in Oman live three sisters. Mayya Marries after a heartbreak. Asma marries from a sense of duty. Khawla rejects all offers while waiting for her beloved, who has emigrated to Canada. Celestial Bodies is the story of the history and people of modern Oman told through one family's losses and loves.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2019
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Northwestern University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.8 HIRJosse, Gaëlle
Summary: "New York, November 3, 1954. In a few days, the immigration inspection station on Ellis Island will close its doors forever. John Mitchell, an officer of the Bureau of Immigration, is the guardian and last resident of the island. As Mitchell looks back over forty-five years as gatekeeper to America and its promise of a better life, he recalls his brief marriage to his beloved wife Liz, and is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Editions 2020
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOSNovakovich, Josip
Contents: The burning clog -- Yahbo the hawk -- Yolk -- Apple -- Wool -- Rust -- Petrol and chocolate -- The eye of God -- The address -- Bricks -- A drop of cognac -- Darkened vision -- Dresden -- Turkish coffee -- Honey in the carcase -- Hats and veils -- Raw paper.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOVNovakovich, Josip
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Publisher / Publication Date: Story Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 NOVRebelle, Josey
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC REBYoung, Josh (Joshua D.)
Summary: "Expedition Deep Ocean tells the inside story of this exploration of one of the most unforgiving and mysterious places on our planet, including the site of the Titanic wreck and the little-understood Hadal Zone. The expedition pushed technology to the limits, mapped hidden landscapes, discovered previously unknown life forms and began to piece together how life in the deep oceans affects our...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.46 YOUBishop, Josh (Joshua D.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel Pub 2009