Summary: The story of a Jewish family's escape from 1933 Berlin to Europe tackles prejudice, exile, displacement and adaptation, as told from the perspective of the author's alter ego, nine year-old Anna Kemper. Anna is too busy with schoolwork and friends to notice Hitler's face glaring from posters plastered all over 1933 Berlin. But when her father suddenly vanishes, the family is secretly hurried...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WHECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WHEDiva
Summary: L.A.'s sci-fi priestess is a unique talent. Los Angeles is a trip. And currently the music emanating from this West Coast dreamland are spinning heads like no others. Diva Dompe is central to this L.A. renaissance, having founded the fabulously costumed trio BlackBlack with her sister Lola; thrown down sinewy bass grooves as a member of the sadly missed Pocahaunted and grown into a key member...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Critical Heights 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC DIVRiva, Renee.
Summary: "A. J. Degulio loved the idea of a visit to the Old Country... until her family decided to stay. Now it's 1972 and she's turning fourteen in a crumbling castle on a hill in Tuscany, wishing she were back in Idaho with her beloved dog, Sailor. In Italy, her blonde hair makes her stick out like a vanilla wafer in a box of chocolate biscotti, and she's so lonely her best friend is a nun from the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: David C. Cook 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVRiva, Renee.
Summary: When A.J. returns home to Indian Island, her dog Sailor, and childhood friend Danny, she surprises everyone with her plans . . . but Danny has something else in mind. For eight years, A.J. Degulio has been itching to get back to her beloved Indian Island. It's home. But a lot has changed: Sailor moves slower, Danny has grown into a man . . . and A.J. has a promise to keep.but it doesn't include...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: David C. Cook 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVCastleman, Riva.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 769.9 CASRiva, Renee.
Summary: "A quirky girl, a faithful dog, and one unforgettable summer." -- cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cook Communications Ministries 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVLehrer, Riva
Summary: "What do we sacrifice in the pursuit of normalcy? And what becomes possible when we embrace monstrosity? In 1958, Riva is one of the first children born with spina bifida to survive. Her parents and doctors are determined to "fix" her, sending the messageover and over again that she is broken. That she will never have a job, a romantic relationship, or an independent life. Enduring countless...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEHRER, RIVA LEHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LEHERER LEHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem LehrerRiva, Maria
Summary: Sweeping and panoramic, You Were There Before My Eyes is the epic and intimate story of a young woman who chafes at the stifling routine and tradition of her small, turn-of-the-century Italian village. When an opportunity presents itself for her to emigrate to America, her hunger for escape compels her to leave everything behind for the gleaming promises await her and her young husband in Mr....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVKina.
Contents: Girl from the gutter -- I love you -- Have a cry -- Stop -- Give and take -- Me -- U don't know -- Loser -- Hurt so bad -- Insanity -- Still here.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamworks 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES KINAGalchen, Rivka.
Summary: When Dr. Leo Liebenstein's wife disappears, she leaves behind a single confounding clue: a woman who looks, talks, and behaves exactly like her. A simulatcrum. But Leo is not fooled, and he knows better than to trust his senses in matters of the heart. Certain that the real Rema is alive and in hiding, he embarks on a quixotic journey to reclaim her. With the help of his psychiatric patient...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GALRival Consoles.
Contents: 1. Howl (6:03) -- 2. Ghosting (4:30) -- 3. Afterglow (3:39) -- 4. Pre (5:15) -- 5. Walls (4:18) -- 6. Low (4:21) -- 7. 3 laments (2:05) -- 8. Morning vox (5:07) -- 9. Looming (6:26).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC RIVRival Consoles
Contents: Beginnings -- World turns -- Eventually -- Frontiers -- Vision of self -- Now is -- Echoes -- Running -- The fade -- A warning -- Quiet home
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC RIVRive, Joey.
Summary: Over 110 proven drills in "Tennis Skills & Drills "demonstrate appropriate technique with descriptions for players to master a skill and then use that targeted skill during competition. From singles and doubles coverage to movement and tactical drills, the comprehensive coverage and full-color photos will lead you to more victories on the court.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.342 RIVRival Consoles
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC RIVVaidhyanathan, Siva
Summary: This is the story of how Facebook devolved from an innocent social site hacked together by Harvard students into a force that, while it may make personal life just a little more pleasurable, makes democracy a lot more challenging. It's an indictment of how "social media" has fostered the deterioration of democratic culture around the world, from facilitating Russian meddling in support of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 302.23 VAIViva, Frank
Summary: "A boy and a mouse trek to the top of a volcano, taking in soaring trees, lunar landscapes and snow capped peaks, then return to the ancient city at the bottom"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 VIVGalchen, Rivka.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GALLesser, Rika.
Summary: A retelling of the well-known tale in which two children are left in the woods but find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 LESCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JN Caldecott LesserSingh, Rina
Summary: A collection of Turkish folktales featuring Nasrudin Hoja and lessons taken from his experiences with his family, at the market, and with animals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 SINViva, Frank
Summary: Rhyming text tells of a boy's birthday at Coney Island, while each turn of the page reveals a new meaning for an oronym--a pair of words or phrases which sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E VIVCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VIVGalchen, Rivka.
Summary: In one of the intensely imaginative stories in Rivka Galchen's American Innovations, a young woman's furniture walks out on her. In another, the narrator feels compelled to promise to deliver a takeout order that has incorrectly been phoned in to her. In a third, the petty details of a property transaction illuminate the complicated pains and loves of a family. By turns realistic, fantastical,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GALTeitler, Risa.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: T.F.H. Publications 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.6865 teiElva.
Contents: Athens -- Tailwind -- Dreaming With Our Feet -- Ghost Writer -- Harbour In The Storm -- Airport Town -- Don't Be Afraid -- Everything Is Strange -- I Need Love -- Winter Sun.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tapete Records 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK ELVKira Kira
Contents: Call it music -- Warmer than the sun -- Blue my mind -- Laniakea -- Beautiful time -- Suikinkutsu -- Puretone -- Magic acid -- Space elevator
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Arabesque