Summary: Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BREHoey, Aneela
Summary: "This book features 15 projects for a wide variety of sewing organizers. The patterns are designed to work together, so small projects fit into larger ones. Make for yourself or as gifts. Detailed concepts will include information on installing zippers, alternative fastenings, sewing with vinyl, making three-dimensional shapes, and the different types of interfacings that can be used and how...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: C&T Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.2 HOEKantar, Andrew.
Contents: The great November terror -- The sweetwater sea -- Death on Huron -- The Morrell's world -- Outward bound -- The witch of November -- Madness at sea -- Chaos! -- A nightmare without end -- Where is the Morrell? -- "Waiting to die" -- And the bodies keep coming -- Human wreckage -- Seeking answers -- Epilogue -- Morrell crew list.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 KANMarufu, Aneesa
Summary: Escaping from an arranged marriage, sixteen-year-old Khadija finds an unlikely ally in a poor young glassmaker's apprentice, and as a deadly revolution exploits forbidden magic, threatening their friendship, they must choose what kind of world they want to live in.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken House, Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MARSadat, Anwar
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SADAnwar, Arif
Summary: "Seamlessly interweaves five love stories that, together, chronicle sixty years of Bangladeshi history. Shahryar, a recent PhD graduate and father of nine-year-old Anna, must leave the US when his visa expires. In their last remaining weeks together, we learn Shahryar's history, in a village on the Bay of Bengal, where a poor fisherman and his wife are preparing to face a storm of historic...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANWKantar, Andrew.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.45 KANJagwar Ma
Contents: Falling -- Say what you feel -- Loose ends -- Give me a reason -- Ordinary -- Batter up -- O B 1 -- Slipping -- High rotations -- Don't make it right -- Colours of paradise.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JAGKanfer, Stefan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARX, GROUCHO KANKantor, Jodi
Summary: Kantor takes readers deep inside the White House as the Obamas try to grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise children, maintain friendships, and figure out what it means to be the first black President and First Lady.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA FAMILY KANWinwar, Frances
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 1959
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POE, EDGAR ALLAN WINKorwar, Sarathy
Contents: Bhajan -- Bismillah -- Dreaming -- Eyes closed -- Hail -- Indefinite leave to remain -- Karam -- Lost parade -- Mawra (Transcendence).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC KORPanetta, Karen
Summary: "There is a place for all girls and young women--not just the science fair winners and robotics club members--in STEM classes and careers. To succeed in science and tech fields today, girls don't have to change who they are. A girl who combines her natural talents, interests, and dreams with STEM skills has a greater shot at a career she loves and a salary she deserves. The authors present...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 PANPetkus, Janetta.
Contents: Opening and tuning : Energy : Kapha (earth and water) (4:42) -- Creative movement : Energy : Vata (air and ether) (9:52) -- Contemplation : Energy : Kapha (earth and water), Vata (air and ether) (17:21) -- Transformation : Energy : Pitta (fire and water) (4:02) -- Balance and joy : Energy : Vata-Pitta-Kapha (balanced energy) (15:21) -- Opening wider : Energy : Kapha (earth and water), Vata (air...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Relaxation Co. 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE PETKanner, Bernice.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomberg Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 659.143 KANKargar, Zarghuna.
Summary: Collects thirteen real-life stories of Afghani women who speak out about their hidden lives, from the child bride given as payment to end a family feud to a widow shunned by society, revealing their suffering and strength.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 KARKorwar, Sarathy
Contents: Mumbay (feat. MC Mawali) -- Jallaad -- Coolie (feat. Delhi Sultanate & Prabh Deep) -- Bol (feat. Zia Ahmed & Aditya Prakash) -- Mango (feat. Zia Ahmed) -- City of words (feat. TRAP POJU & Mirande) -- Good ol' vilayati (feat. Mirande) -- Pravasis (feat. Deepak Unnikrishnan).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ KORSyam, Neetha
Summary: "Includes a materials and tools section and some basic cake recipes, as well as sections on making and colouring buttercream, preparing piping bags, covering and stacking cakes. Projects range from cupcakes to one, two and three-tiered cakes, featuring Neetha's stunning piped and palette-knife painted flowers, leaves and embellishments"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.8653 SYAKander, Jason
Summary: "Barack Obama has called Jason Kander the future of the Democratic Party. A former Army Captain who served in Afghanistan, Kander was the first millennial ever elected to statewide office. Today, he is the founder and president of Let America Vote, and a bold new voice in American politics. In OUTSIDE THE WIRE, Jason Kander writes candidly about his life, from joining the military following...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve, Hatchette Book Group 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KANDER, JASON KANKanfer, Stefan.
Summary: In an insightful portrait of an iconic artist, the author of The Eighth Sin interweaves Marlon Brando's tumultuous personal life with his remarkable acting career as he documents the actor's troubled childhood, stage and film work, self-destructive nature, often contradictory attitude toward his craft, and the tragedies that marked his final years.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Large Print Home Library 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 BRANDO, MARLON KANOmotoni, Aleema
Summary: "Within the walls of Wodebury Hall, an elite boarding school in the English countryside, reputation is everything. But aspiring photographer Iyanu is more comfortable observing things safely from behind her camera. For Iyanu’s estranged cousin, Kitan, life seems perfect. She has money, beauty, and friends like queen bee Heather. But as a Nigerian girl in a school as white and insular as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OMOSarwar, Muhammad
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.122 SARSussman, Adeena
Summary: "The author of Sababa returns with a collection of good-for-the-soul recipes that embody the spirit and pleasures of Shabbat. As a child, Adeena Sussman looked forward to the magic of Shabbat--the traditional Jewish day of rest--all week. A treasured time when family and friends come together to relax, unwind, and revel in one another's company during an open-ended, tantalizing meal, Shabbat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2023