Summary: Italian visual artist Yuir Ancarani's exquisite documentary enters the surreal world of wealthy Qatari sheikhs with a passion for amateur falconry. The opulence of this Middle Easterm gas state is on full display as the men race SUVs up and down sand dunes, fly their prized falcons around on private jets, and take their pet cheetahs out for desert spins in their souped-up Ferraris.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CHAContents: Thousand miles / (the Kid Laroi) -- Sunroof / (Nicky Youre ; feat Dazy) -- Betty (get money) / (Yung Gravy) -- Vegas / (Doja Cat) -- Bad habit / (Steve Lacy) -- First class / (Jack Harlow) -- I like you (a happier song) / (Post Malone & Doja Cat) -- 10 things I hate about you / (Leah Kate) -- Unstoppable / (Sia) -- Don't you worry / (Black Eyed Peas ; with Shakira & David Guetta) -- Numb /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: N95 / (Kendrick Lamar) -- Boyfriend / (Dove Cameron) -- Numb little bug / (Em Beihold) -- Freaky deaky / (Tyga & Doja Cat) -- Bones / (Imagine Dragons) -- When you're gone / (Shawn Mendes) -- Don't forget my love / (Diplo & Miguel) -- All 4 nothing / (I'm so in love) / (Lauv) -- Skyline / (Khalid) -- Out of time / (the Weeknd) -- Bam bam / (Camila Cabello ; feat. Ed Sheeran) -- Get into it...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWSummary: "This wry, melancholic comedy from Aki Kaurismäki, a response to the ongoing global refugee crisis, follows two people searching for a place to call home. Khaled (Sherwan Haji), a displaced Syrian, lands in Helsinki as a stowaway; meanwhile, middle-aged Finnish salesman Wikström (Sakari Kuosmanen) leaves his wife and his job and buys a conspicuously unprofitable restaurant. Khaled is denied...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF OTHAl Abed, Bana
Summary: When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors she and her family were experiencing in war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world and gave a voice to millions of innocent children.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AL ABED, BANA ALSummary: It follows Maryam, a determined young doctor who runs for city council after the make incumbent repeatedly ignores her request to fix the muddy road leading to her clinic. Despite her father and her community₂s struggle to accept her as their town₂s first female candidate, Maryam₂s creative and ambitious campaign builds momentum, becoming a symbol for a larger movement.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PERSummary: Eight hundred years ago, Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt met on the bloody battlefields of the Crusades. Based on new research and scholarship about that fateful meeting, The Sultan and The Saint tells one of the great, lost stories from history as two men of faith fought against a century of war and distrust in a search for mutual respect and common ground.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SULSummary: One of the most popular music series is back with a brand new installment that includes hits from Justin Timberlake, Meghan Trainor, Nick Jonas and many more.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise twelve-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they've given him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN CAP1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TCFF CAP
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CAPContents: 24k magic (Bruno Mars) (3:45) -- Love so soft (Kelly Clarkson) (2:52) -- Despacito (remix) (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) (3:49) -- Humble (Kendrick Lamar) (2:57) -- Green light (Lorde) (3:54) -- Redbone (radio edit) (Childish Gambino) (3:27) -- The story of O.J. (Jay-Z) (3:52) -- Stay (Zedd & Alessia Cara) (3:30) -- Million reasons (Lady Gaga) (3:25) -- Thunder (Imagine...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Records 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK GRAKhaled
Contents: Aalach tloumouni (5:02) -- El harba wine (4:33) -- Leili (4:08) -- Trigue lycee (4:43) -- E'dir e'sseba (5:50) -- Ya aachkou (3:57) -- Melha (6:07) -- Raba-raba (5:37) -- El bab (5:28) -- El aadyeme (5:37) -- Gouloulha-dji (5:37) -- Mele h'bibti (6:29) -- Derwiche tourneur (6:00) -- Chebba (man city remix) (5:19).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ark21 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN KHASummary: 19 Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. International media coverage of the Arab world and its many complex, interconnected conflicts is dominated by the work of Western correspondents, many of whom are white and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4082 OURSummary: Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad's breathtaking work, a searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage, follows the efforts of the internationally recognized White Helmets, an organization consisting of ordinary citizens who are the first to rush towards military strikes and attacks in the hope of saving lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Grasshopper Film 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASSummary: Jan, recently released from prison after serving time for the murder of a child, has always maintained his innocence and is ready to put the past behind him. A gifted organist, he takes a job at an Oslo church under his middle name, Thomas. His talent and gentle manner quickly earn him the respect of his superiors, as well as the love of the pastor, Anna, and her little boy, Jens. But his past...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TROSummary: Following their win at the world championship, the now separated Bellas reunite for one last singing competition at an overseas USO tour, but face a group who uses both instruments and voices.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY COMEDY PITCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PITCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PIT RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PiKhalid
Summary: Hailing from El Paso, Texas, eighteen-year-old singer/songwriter Khalid releases his debut album. It features the first single, Location, along with Let's Go; Hopeless; Coaster; Saved; and the newly released track, Shot Down. Khalid burst onto the music scene with his first single, Location, which received great critical acclaim.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Right Hand Music Group 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES KHAKhalid
Contents: Intro -- Bad luck -- My bad -- Better -- Talk -- Right back -- Don't pretend / (with SAFE) -- Paradise -- Hundred -- Outta my head / (with John Mayer) -- Free spirit -- Twenty one -- Bluffin' -- Self -- Alive -- Heaven -- Saturday nights (bonus track).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KhaCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES KHASummary: A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian casualties as well as footage of American POW's, the station has revealed (and continues to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CONSummary: Explores the nature of Islam and unfolds many of its inner-dimensions. It dispels many myths and discusses contributions to science and math.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 LEGContents: I'm the one / (DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne -- Stay / (Zedd & Alessia Cara) -- Something just like this / (The Chainsmokers & Coldplay) -- Say you won't let go / (James Arthur) -- Castle on the hill / (Ed Sheeran) -- Believer / (Imagine Dragons) -- Slow hands / (Niall Horan) -- Bad liar / (Selena Gomez) -- Swish swish / (Katy Perry feat. Nicki Minaj) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Davis, Miles.
Contents: Disc 1. Great expectations / M. Davis, Zawinul (27:34) -- Ife (21:34) -- Recollections (18:55) -- Trevere (5:55).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ DAVContents: Girls like you / (Maroon 5) (3:35) -- Psycho / (Post Malone, featuring Ty Dolla $ign) (3:41) -- In my blood / (Shawn Mendes) (3:31) -- Delicate / (Taylor Swift) (3:52) -- IDGAF / (Dua Lipa) (3:36) -- Back to you / (Selena Gomez) (3:25) -- Growing pains / (Alessia Cara) (3:11) -- Boo'd up / (Ella Mai) (4:16) -- Everyday / (Logic & Marshmello) (3:25) -- Sit next to me (edit) / (Foster the People)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Music Group 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK 67Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWWarrick, Joby.
Summary: In December 2009, Khalil al-Balawi, a Jordanian double agent and a go-between for the CIA and al-Qaeda, detonated a suicide bomb at a CIA base, killing seven agents. Here, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick chronicles how this tragedy happened, examining al-Balawi's journey through the spy world and how the CIA failed to recognize the danger he posed.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 BALAWI, HUMAM KHALIL AL WarSummary: An entertaining film about Léon Thérémin, a Russian émigré who pioneered the field of electronic music 4 decades before the rise of electronic rock music, and then mysteriously vanished, not to be seen again for over 50 years. Includes rare film clips from classic Hollywood films and soundtracks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM/UA Home Entertainment 2001