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Kaurismaki, Aki

Summary: Finnish musicians the Leningrad Cowboys seek fame and fortune touring America with their manager Vladimir and the village idiot; Vladimir turns into a delusional self-proclaimed prophet, wanting to lead the boys back home; documents the Leningrad Cowboy's Helsinki concert.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AKI

Summary: A coal miner takes a road trip looking for a way out of financial despair and criminal trouble. He finds unexpected love instead.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ARI

Summary: After a man is beaten and declared dead, he suddenly sits up and walks out of the hospital on his own. Determined to start his life over in a new town and unable to remember his name or anything about his past, he becomes involved with a mother and her sons. Everything seems good until his past comes back to haunt him.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MAN

Summary: "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 OTH

Miguel, Blondin

Summary: A young African refugee is saved from deportation by a kindly old man, who shines shoes for a living, and his tight-knit community.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HAV

Summary: Iris has a dead-end job in a match factory, lives with her dour and forbidding parents, and her social life is a disaster. Finally she decides that enough is enough and plans her revenge.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MAT

Aki

Summary: A group of girls explore the city, from watching the sunrise from a rooftop and breakfast from a food cart to museums and parks.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2020

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Aki

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Summary: A group of girls explore different natural environments, visiting the sea, the forest, the desert, grasslands, and the tundra.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2019

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Aliu, Akim

Summary: "Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALI

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC ALI

Kamozawa, Aki.

Summary: The writers of Popular Science's "Kitchen Alchemy" online column share informative essays that explain both food-preparation methods and underlying science, building on today's popular "geek-chic" trends with one hundred recipes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 KAM

Aki, Evi

Summary: In Flavors of Africa, Evi Aki shares the traditional Nigerian dishes she grew up enjoying, as well as typical eats from all across the continent. She introduces customary recipes from each of Africa's different regions, including meals from Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, Egypt, Angola and more, all of which she collected with the help of relatives and family friends. Whether...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishng Co. 2018

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Katsu, Aki.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2004

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PSY

Katsu, Aki.

Summary: "Before they can have some hot fun in the summertime, Ai, Orina and Mew help Zero investigate a mysterious stray aura at a seaside camp. Once there, it is apparent that all psychically gifted people are experiencing the same dream : a beautiful sunset overlooking the ocean. Is this some sort of environmental message? Or is somone fooling with Mother Nature?" -- Cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2005

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Katsu, Aki

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2004

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Katsu, Aki.

Summary: As the semester continues for Ai, Mew, and Orina, everyone is on the lookout for the aura hunters on the loose--and wondering if the school president may be involved.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2004

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PSY

Takase, Aki.

Contents: Meraviglioso (dedicated to Horst Weber) -- Ida Lupino -- A.V.S. -- Point -- Presto V.H. -- Shima shoka -- Rocking in rhythm -- Timebends -- Dr. Beat (dedicated to Otosan) -- Hanabi -- Giant Steps -- Goodbye pork pie hat -- Valse hot.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Enja 1990

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ TAK

Avi

Summary: Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 1996

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC AVI

Avi

Summary: In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AVI

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC AVI

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Avi 2011

Avi

Summary: Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 1996

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AVI

Avi

Summary: To avenge his father, Noah becomes a spy for the British during the American Revolution, witnessing firsthand the hypocrisy, lies, and allegiances that come with war, and must determine for himself where his loyalty truly lies.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AVI

Avi

Summary: In Italy in 1491, Mangus the magician and his apprentice are summoned to the castle of Duke Claudio to determine if his daughter is indeed being haunted by a ghost.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 1999

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC AVI

Avi

Summary: Poppy, accompanied by her troublesome son Junior, his skunk friend, and Uncle Ereth the porcupine, responds to a summons to return to her ancestral home, Gray House, to save the mice there from destruction by a bulldozer.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AVI

Avi

Summary: In 1925, fourteen-year-old Ida Bidson secretly takes over as the teacher when the one-room schoolhouse in her remote Colorado area closes unexpectedly.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2001

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC AVI

Avi

Summary: Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2009

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC AVI

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