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 OTHSummary: 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 MANSamaris.
Contents: Hljma -- Viltuvitrast -- Gatungl -- Stofnarfalla -- Vggudub -- Slhvrf i -- Slhvrf ii -- Klanmikla -- Hljma (muted remix) -- Viltuvitrast (futuregrapher remix) -- Gatungl (dj arfi remix) -- Stofnarfalla (sub:minimal remix)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: One Little Indian 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SAMSASAMI
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SASBakar
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES BAKBakar
Contents: Oneinoneout (3:14) -- Alive! (3:52) -- Facts_situations (2:42) -- All night (3:28) -- Selling biscuits (2:10) -- I'm done (2:29) -- Right here, for now (3:01) -- Hate the sun (3:35) -- Invisible (2:37) -- To open my heart (3:39) -- Hell n back (3:33).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "When you meet someone for the first time, they might ask, "Who are your people?" and "Where are you from?" In these pages is a timeless celebration of the individuals and experiences that help shape young children into the most remarkable and unique beings that they can be"--Jacket flap.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SELMakari, George
Summary: "A startling work of historical sleuthing and synthesis, Of Fear and Strangers reveals the forgotten histories of xenophobia-and what they mean for us today. By 2016, it was impossible to ignore an international resurgence of xenophobia. What had happened? Looking for clues, psychiatrist and historian George Makari started out in search of the idea's origins. To his astonishment, he discovered...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8009 MAKSellers, Bakari
Summary: "The CNN analyst and youngest state representative in South Carolina's history illuminates the lives of America's forgotten rural, Black working-class men and women"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SELLERS, BAKARI SELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B SELLERS SELSakai, Sonoko
Summary: The art of Japanese cooking lies in the twin appreciation of ingredients and process. Using high-quality, in-season ingredients in simple preparations is the way of Japanese home cooking that Sonoko Sakai promotes in this book of essential recipes. Beginning with the Japanese pantry, the key flavors of Japanese cuisine are explored alongside recipes for the fundamental building blocks of this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roost Books 2019
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Summary: "Before his journey as a wandering, masterless samurai (ronin) began, Usagi underwent intense training under a mountain hermit, Katsuichi-Sensei, taking his first steps down the path of the warrior. Eventually, that path leads him to the pivotal battle of Adachigahara, which serves as the impetus for the host of amazing tales to come"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARSakai, Komako
Summary: When everyone is asleep, Hannah wakes up and discovers the quiet, exciting night-time world. When Hannah wakes suddenly in the night, she discovers a whole new world of adventure. With nobody awake to tell her off, she can do just as she pleases. The book combines simple language with beautifully textured images, capturing the innocence and wonder of young children at play.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SAKSakai, Stan
Summary: "Usagi's cast of characters continues to expand with the first appearances of his longtime tokage (lizard) companion, Spot, and his greatest nemesis, the demented, seemingly unkillable wolf samurai, Jei! The bonds of family and the bounds of honor are tested as Usagi helps an elderly mother face the villain her son has become. When the blind swordspig Zato-Ino comes back for revenge, can Usagi...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 USASakai, Komako
Summary: A little rabbit enjoys having a day off from kindergarten and spending time with his mother during a snowstorm, but his father's flight home is cancelled until the snow stops falling.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SAKCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SakSakai, Stan
Summary: Usagi Yojimbo Origins presents the complete saga of Rabbit Ronin Miyamoto Usagi from the very beginning, in new, definitive color editions! One of Usagi's most iconic adventures, "the Dragon Bellow Conspiarcy" is the first novel-length storyline, featuring all of the characters appearing throughout the series in one epic tale! A sinister plot to overthrow the Shogun percolates, and one of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 USAPelaccio, Zakary.
Summary: Pelaccio's ever expanding Fatty Crab/Fatty 'Cue restaurant empire is famous for his outrageously flavorful and wholly original dishes. Now, Pelaccio takes the reader on a zesty tour of his Southeast Asian-inspired, French and Italian-inflected cuisine in this irreverent cookbook.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 PELSakhai, Essie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moyer Bell 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.7 SakhaiSuvari, Mena
Summary: An award-winning actor, in this harrowing, heartbreaking coming-of-age story set in Hollywood, not only reveals her own mistakes, but also the lessons she learned and her efforts to understand and grow rather than casting blame, proving that there is always a light at the end.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SUVARI, MENA SUVTakami, Leo
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ TAKSummary: "One of the preeminent figures of Iranian cinema, Mohsen Makhmalbaf has written and directed an impressive array of acclaimed films, winning accolades at international film festivals and admiration of world cinema audiences. This collection presents three of his most lyrical works which the director has termed his Poetic Trilogy. Gabbeh tells of an elderly couple who stop by a stream to wash...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN MOHO'Shea, Samara
Summary: Presents a guide to overcoming rejection and thriving in the face of unrequited love, offering advice on cultivating self-worth and loving oneself without requiring the validation of others.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: February Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 OSHSAKADE, FLORENCE
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Publisher / Publication Date: TUTTL 0000