Summary: The policy of "extraordinary rendition" began under the Clinton administration and accelerated after September 11, 2001. The policy allows for the handing over of suspected terrorists to countries that use torture as an interrogation tool. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian-born man who disappears on a flight from Africa to Washington, DC. He is sent to a North African country where torture is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Rendition 2008Mýa
Contents: My love is like ... wo -- Fallen -- Why you gotta look so good? -- Step -- Sophisticated lady -- No sleep tonight -- Anatomy 10n1 -- Hurry up -- Things come and go -- You -- After the rain -- Late -- Whatever bitch -- Taste this -- Take a picture -- Free fallin' -- Bonus tracks. Moodring -- Extacy -- Real compared to what.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: A & M/Interscope 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES MYARomanova, Moa
Summary: When Moa matches with a celebrity on a popular dating site, he offers to become her patron, but she soon discovers that his sympathy and too good to be true offer hides his manipulative behavior.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROMMop Mop.
Contents: Jua kiss (1:07) -- Let I go (5:14) -- Kamakumba (4:04) -- Heritage (4:53) -- Phantom of the panther (6:05) -- Run around (5:16) -- The golden bamboo (3:15) -- Loa chant (3:46) -- Black ivory (4:50) -- Damballah (5:01) -- Mojomamy (1:47) -- Afro jojo part one (2:02) -- Afro jojo part two (1:34).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Agogo Records 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT MOPSummary: "The Man of Steel Stars in DC's New Superman: Red & Blue anthology mini-series! In the spirit of DC's iconic Eisner Award-winning Batman: Black & White anthology series, DC proudly announces Superman: Red & Blue, a new anthology mini-series presenting fresh new takes on the Man of Steel. Around the world, everyone knows that when they see a red and blue streak in the sky, it's not a bird...it's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SUPSummary: The family and friends of prominent Danish patriarch Helge Klingenfeldt gather at his country estate to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. Two months prior to this event, Helge's daughter committed suicide. Her twin brother, Christian, makes a birthday toast that brings a barrage of family secrets out into the open.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CELMop Mop (Musical group)
Contents: Return of the king -- Destination -- Ash -- Mr. Know it all -- So high -- Outerspace -- Blue soul -- African freedom -- Ritual of the savage -- Naja haje -- Hot pot -- Aria
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: INFRACom!
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT MOPÅstot, Moa Backe
Summary: "Ánte's life has been steeped in Sámi tradition. It is indisputable to him that he, an only child, will keep working with the reindeer. But there is something else too, something tugging at him. His feelings for his best friend Erik have changed, grown into something bigger. Ánte is so aware of Erik and his body in relation to his own; everything he does matters so much. What would people say...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ASTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC ASTSummary: Tells the emotional true story of two men who defined the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas from an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SOMThomas, Bob
Summary: "Walt Disney is an American hero. From Mickey Mouse to Disneyland, he changed the face of American culture. His is a success story like no other: a man who developed animated film into an art form and made a massive contribution to the folklore of the world. After years of research, respected Hollywood biographer Bob Thomas produced a definitive biography of the man behind the legend of Disney:...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Editions 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DISNEY, WALT THOSummary: After journalist Michael Finkel is fired from The New York Times for embellishing a story, he learns that accused murderer Christian Longo has been claiming to be him. Hoping this story will save his career, Finkel begins interviewing Longo in prison. But soon, the men find themselves in an eerie game of cat and mouse in this psychological drama.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2015
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRUSummary: A dramatization of the story of Dan Morgan, an adventurer whose exploits during the Australian gold rush caused him to become a wanted outlaw and the object of a manhunt.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Troma Entertainment Inc. 2009
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MADSummary: Martha is the chef who fusses and obsesses over each dish before it leaves the kitchen. The demands of her job and her natural shyness keep her from meeting new people. When her sister suddenly dies, Martha adopts Lina, her eight-year-old niece, completely changing both lives. Martha gets unexpected help from Mario, Martha's hunky new sous chef, who is not only a whiz on the chopping block but...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MOSSummary: James and his wife Em have escaped the city for an all-inclusive vacation at a tropical resort. Despite having come to the island of Li Tolqa to cure his writer₂s block, James finds himself more uninspired than ever until he meets fellow tourists, Gabi and Alban. James is immediately attracted to their glamorous lifestyle and lust for adventure. They invite James and Em on a day trip to a local...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY INFSummary: Mona's wedding day is the saddest day of her life. Once she crosses the border between Israel and Syria to get married, she will never be allowed back to her family in the Golan Heights.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by KOCH Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SYRKhouri, Nadine
Contents: Through you I awaken -- I ran thru the dark -- Jerusalem blue -- Broken star -- Daybreak -- The salted air -- Surface of the sea -- You got a fire -- Shake it like a shaman -- Catapult
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: One Flash Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KHOMota, Vanessa
Summary: In The Dominican Kitchen, Vanessa Mota, creator of the popular blog My Dominican Kitchen, brings the everyday dishes she grew up with in the Dominican Republic to your busy life. Made with easy-to-find ingredients and featuring traditional comfort foods, the 80 recipes incorporate the delicious flavors of la comida criolla dominicana (Creole food), with influences from the Taíno, Africa,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rock Point 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.597293 MOTBeck, Koa
Summary: "Join the important conversation about race, empowerment, and inclusion in the United States with this powerful new feminist classic and rousing call for change. Koa Beck, writer and former editor-in-chief of Jezebel, boldly examines the history of feminism, from the true mission of the suffragettes to the rise of corporate feminism with clear-eyed scrutiny and meticulous detail. She also...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42 BECMor Thiam.
Contents: Ayo ayo nene -- Sindiely -- Kele mubana -- Kanfera -- Africa.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Jazzman Records 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN MORDawn Mok.
Contents: Untitled -- Downpour -- What We Came to Be -- You Ended Up Being All I Know -- Like Thoughts of Moments We'll Fall -- Fade -- (Interlude I) -- End -- Daze -- Still with You -- Fade Down, You're My Evidence -- (Interlude II) -- (Interlude III) -- Time -- [Hidden Track].
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Records 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MOKLaferte, Mon
Contents: Pa' dónde se fue -- Que sí -- Mi buen amor / (ft. Enrique Bunbury) -- Ana -- Amárrame (ft. Juanes) -- Yo te qui -- Primaveral -- No te fumes mi mariguana -- Cielito de abril (ft. Manuel García) -- Flaco -- La trenza -- Bonus tracks: Aleli (ft. Caloncho) -- Vendaval -- Palomita -- Cuando era flor -- Antes de ti.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN LAFSummary: Living a happy life in Los Angeles, Izzy's life is forever changed when a brutal crime shatters her world. As izzy battles the nightmares left behind, she finds an inner strength that transforms her and experiences the amazing power of love and forgiveness in surviving the unimaginable.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Image Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA OPESummary: When a prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the UK and France, detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann are sent to investigate on behalf of their respective countries. The case takes a surreal turn when a shocking discovery is made at the crime scene, forcing the French and British police into an uneasy partnership.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV TUNBrennan, Moya
Contents: Follow the word -- Where I stand -- Hard to break the seal -- To the water -- Whisper to the wild water -- The peacemaker -- Ageless messengers -- I láthair dé = In God's presence -- Life -- Rinne tú -- Mary of the Gaels -- Sign of the hills -- Bí thusa mo shúile = Be thou my vision.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Epic 1999