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(Fictitious character from Lucas) Yoda Fiction (Fictitious character) Danvers, Carol Juvenile fiction (Fictitious character) Spider-Man Juvenile fiction Cartoons and comics Cosmology Electronic music Martial arts Training Fiction Schools Juvenile fiction Star Wars films Characters Fiction Superheroes Juvenile fictionSummary: Follow five clueless buffoons as they plan to strike a blow on their own turf, showing that while terrorism is supposed to be about ideology, it can also be about idiots.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alamo Drafthouse Films 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FOU1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FOU
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCFF FoAlias
Contents: Ghost cloudz -- Crimson across it (featuring Doseone) -- Vermillion coda -- Amber revisions -- Gold clouddead skiez -- Joseph Greenleaf mornings -- Pistachio payoff -- Vallejo's sapphire views -- Indiiggo (featuring Therese Workman) -- Amethyst afternoon-- Pitch black prism -- Slackened onyx -- Aikotune.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Revolver USA 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP ALIBrohi, Khalida
Summary: "A fearless memoir about tribal life in Pakistan--and the act of violence that inspired one ambitious young woman to pursue a life of activism and female empowerment. From a young age, Khalida Brohi was raised to believe in the sanctity of arranged marriage. Her mother was forced to marry a thirteen-year-old boy when she was only nine; Khalida herself was promised as a bride before she was even...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House, an imprint and division of Penquin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROHI, KHALIDA BROBurton, Dreena
Summary: Presents two hundred whole-foods-based recipes that use fresh, seasonal ingredients and emphasize gluten-free options, natural sweeteners, raw foods, beans, and greens to satisfy even the pickiest eaters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 BURKolinas, Sophia
Summary: "Once there was a bear who lived in the forest and did all the regular bear things. But as the world and the forest around him changes, he finds that it's becoming more and more difficult to be a bear. So he decides that the sensible thing to do would be to learn how to be human. After all, humans don't seem to be having any trouble in the changing world. With a little girl as his teacher, the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KOLAgarwal, Pragya
Summary: Using real-world stories underpinned by scientific theories and research, one of the top one hundred most influential women in social enterprise in the UK unravels the way our unconscious bias affects the way we communicate and perceive the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177.5 AGAPreece, Rob.
Contents: The awakening warrior -- Bodhichitta -- The cultivation of bodhichitta -- Preparing the ground -- Equanimity -- Finding the capacity to care -- Remembering their kindness -- Repaying their kindness -- Exchanging self with others -- The practice of tonglen -- The supreme wish -- The awakening mind -- The paradox of awakening -- Our place in the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Snow Lion Publications 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 PREClarke, Breena.
Summary: The impact of a child's drowning on a black family in 1925 Washington, especially on the 12-year-old sister who was baby-sitting the girl. Told against the background of the lot of blacks at the time.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLAKalins, Dorothy
Summary: "A beautifully written tribute to the people who teach us to cook and guide our hands in the kitchen, by the founding editor of Saveur"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 KALAlinas, Marv
Summary: Kip and his friend Pip have adventures on a ship. This simple story for beginning readers teaches the "ip" sound through rhyming text and bright, original illustrations. Additional features to aid in comprehension include a word list for review, a note to parents and educators, and an introduction to the author and illustrator.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Chhibber, Preeti
Summary: "A group of new teachers arrives at Avengers Assembly, and not everyone is who they seem! Kamala, Doreen, and Miles are back at Avengers Assembly for a new semester! When Captain Marvel announces she's adding staff to the school, the students aren't sure who could possibly join--but it looks like Cap went above and beyond, and the school is full of new teachers! With all these new teachers,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHHClarke, Breena
Summary: "Russell's Knob is not paradise. But already in 1849 this New Jersey highlands settlement is home to a diverse population of blacks, whites, and reds who have intermarried and lived in relative harmony for generations. It is a haven for Dossie Bird, who has escaped north along the Underground Railroad and now feels the embrace of the Smoot family. Duncan Smoot presides as accidental patriarch,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Clarke 2014Crochet, Treena.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 747.88 CROKallas, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 581.6 KALChhibber, Preeti
Summary: Kamala Khan, Miles Morales, Doreen Green, America Chavez, and other young Marvel heroes join forces to defeat . . . the academic decathlon? Welcome to the Avengers Institute!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHHBard, Breena
Summary: Gabby Woods loves a mystery, but is breaking into an abandoned lake house going too far to uncover the truth? Gabby Woods is looking forward to another summer vacation at her family's lake house, even though she would rather bury herself in a mystery novel than make new friends. But soon Gabby meets Paige, a snarky kid from Chicago, and they get caught up in a local mystery: the sudden...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Press 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Chhibber, Preeti
Summary: "Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and learn how to use the Force in this hilarious and stylized picture book narrated by everybody's favorite Jedi Master, Yoda!" --Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Lucasfilm Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHHChhibber, Preeti
Summary: The first in a three-book middle grade novel series by Spider-Man's number one fan and hilarious fiction writer, Preeti Chhibber! Peter Parker has been swinging and thwipping his way through New York City as Spider-Man for just a few months, and balancing his double life is complicated. He goes to school and tries not to embarrass himself in front of his crush, MJ; he takes photos for the Daily...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHHMerali, Zeeya
Summary: "What if you could become God, with the ability to build a whole new universe in the lab? As startling as it sounds, modern physics suggests that within the next two decades, scientists may be able to perform this seemingly divine feat--to concoct an entirely new baby universe, complete with its own physical laws, star systems, galaxies, and even intelligent life. To create your own cosmos, you...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523 MERBharara, Preet
Summary: A former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York presents an overview of the American justice system, drawing on case histories and personal experiences to discuss why the rule of law is essential to U.S. society.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 347.73 BHAHuq, Priya
Summary: "Nisrin is a 13-year-old Bangladeshi-American girl living in Milwaukie, Oregon, in 2002. As she nears the end of eighth grade, she gives a presentation for World Culture Day about Bangladesh while wearing a traditional cultural dress. On her way home, she is the victim of a hate crime when a man violently attacks her for wearing a headscarf. Deeply traumatized by the experience, Nisrin spends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HUQCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HUQBasil, Priya
Summary: "A thought-provoking meditation on food, family, identity, immigration, and, most of all, hospitality--at the table and beyond--that's part food memoir, part appeal for more authentic decency in our daily worlds, and in the world at large"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177 BASBard, Breena
Summary: "Julianna loved her life in rural Oregon. She loved taking care of her farm animals and being part of her local 4H club. But then the unthinkable happened...a wildfire destroyed her family's home. In the aftermath, her family relocated to Portland, Oregon, where Julianna hopes to put everything behind her. Believing the fire to be the result of kids playing with fireworks, she certainly isn't...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: LB Ink, Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Summary: Even though Sewing Annie Coats and her son, Gabriel, have managed to buy their freedom, their lives are still marked by constant struggle and sacrifice. Washington's Georgetown neighborhood, where the Coatses operate a tailor's shop and laundry, is supposed to be a "promised land" for former slaves but is effectively a frontier town, gritty and dangerous, with no laws protecting black people.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2008