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Summary: A bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru who marries a follower with a son who's a punk rocker named Charlie Hero. Consequently, the guru's son is propelled from his bland life into a series of erotic experiences in London. Set to a backdrop of politics, fashion, music, drugs, morality and race, Karim must negotiate adolescence, a dysfunctional family and his own sexuality, as he seeks...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BUD

Summary: The 1970s and '80s were a time of turmoil and dislocating change in Britain as customs and values were repeatedly challenged-a period in which, as Angela Carter put it, there was nothing sacred. This program examines the evolution of the British novel during the period 1970-90, spotlighting Fay Weldon, Angela Carter, Penelope Fitzgerald, John Berger, Malcolm Bradbury, Hanif Kureishi, Alasdair...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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Smith, Zadie

Summary: "Since she burst spectacularly into view with her debut novel, White Teeth, almost two decades ago, Zadie Smith has established herself not just as one of the world's preeminent fiction writers, but also as a brilliant and singular essayist. She contributes regularly to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books on a range of subjects, and each piece of hers is a literary event in its own...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 824 SMI

Contents: A farewell to arms / Vendela Vida -- A squeaky office chair / Jonathan Franzen -- Post-it notes / Will Self -- The Baths of Diocletian / Alan Hollinghurst -- Stövchen / Benjamin Markovits -- Jarry's spiral / Tom Robbins -- A Maglite / Janine Di Giovanni -- A cork wall / Eric Chase Anderson -- Kiehl's / JT Le Roy -- A large desk / Alain de Botton -- Ganesha / Luis J. Rodriguez -- A picture from...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 CROW

Summary: Every year, three to four million people move to a new country. From war refugees to corporate expats, migrants constantly reshape their places of origin and arrival. This selection of works collected together for the first time brings together the most compelling literary depictions of migration.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019

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Summary: This third and final Spotlight Collection showcases 35 classic cartoons, 15 freshly remastered in their original CinemaScope widescreen. On any screen, large or small, Tom and Jerry remain the friskiest animated adversaries of all time.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Summary: In a re-telling of the story, Tom and Jerry help the boy Charlie attain a Golden Ticket and secretly accompany him into the Chocolate Factory to prevent one of Wonka's competitors from stealing a special candy known as the Everlasting Gobstopper.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV TOM

Summary: It's Halloween, time for spooky thrills and creepy chills. These seven animated adventures are filled with bats, ghosts, witches and our favorite cat and mouse team, Tom and Jerry!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2013

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TOM

Summary: This third and final Spotlight Collection showcases 35 classic cartoons, 15 freshly remastered in their original CinemaScope widescreen. On any screen, large or small, Tom and Jerry remain the friskiest animated adversaries of all time.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Vickers, Elaine

Summary: "Drew was never much of a runner -- until his dad's unexpected diagnosis. Mia has nothing better to do -- until she realizes entering Half Moon Bay's half-marathon could solve her family's housing problems. And just like that they decide to spend their entire summer training to run 13.1 miles. Along the way, they both discover it takes a lot more than a good pair of shoes. Drew and Mia may...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2023

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

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

Summary: Yosemite National Park embraces nearly 1,200 square miles located near the Sierra Mountains in California. One of the world's pre-eminent scenic wonders. Encompasses mountains, tranquil valleys, roaring rivers, mist-enshrouded waterfalls and groves of giant sequoias - the largest living things on Earth. Enjoy the sights of the massive granite shapes of Half Dome, El Capitan and Cathedral Rock,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Good Times 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.94 DIS

Malala, Justice

Summary: "Johannesburg, Easter weekend, 1993. Nelson Mandela has been free for three years and is in power sharing talks with President FW de Klerk when a white supremacist shoots the Black leader's popular young heir apparent, Chris Hani, in hopes of igniting an all-out war. Will he succeed in plunging South Africa into chaos, safeguarding apartheid for perhaps years to come? In The Plot to Save South...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968.07 MAL

Sharif, Omar

Summary: "The grandson of Hollywood royalty on his father's side and Holocaust survivors on his mother's, Omar Sharif Jr. learned early on how to move between worlds, from the Montreal suburbs to the glamorous orbit of his grandparents's Cairo. His famous name always protected him wherever he went. When in the wake of the Arab Spring he made the difficult decision to come out in the pages of The...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHARIF, OMAR, JR. SHA

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B SHARIF SHA

Sachs, Dana.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7 SAC

Schusterman, Michelle

Summary: The girls in the coding club are preparing their voting app for the school talent show, but when they discover Erin is secretly suffering from anxiety they band together to find her help.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018

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

Abdurraqib, Hanif

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Summary: "While Hanif Abdurraqib is an acclaimed author, a gifted poet, and one of our culture's most insightful music critics, he is most of all, at heart, an Ohioan. Growing up in Columbus in the '90s, Abdurraqib witnessed a golden era of basketball, one in which legends like LeBron were forged, and countless others weren't. His lifelong love of the game leads Abdurraqib into a lyrical, historical,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024

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Rothman-Kerr, Rachael

Summary: Bipolar disorder causes extreme behavioral and mood swings. These changes from the highs known as mania to the lows of depression are the reasons why it was often called manic depression in the past. Readers discover this and other essential information about this disorder as they explore its symptoms, causes, and treatments. Through detailed sidebars, quotes from experts, and full-color...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent 2019

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Summary: Tom and Jerry are in for spooks galore in this monster collection. With 20 eerie cartoons and two bonuses, your goodie bag will be overflowing with fun!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2012

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TOM

Summary: Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse continue to taunt each other in their new adventures.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV TOM

Aiken, Chris

Summary: "Approaching depression as a complex disorder with many different facets rather than all-or-nothing,"--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017

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Bach, P. D. Q.

Contents: Opening & introduction (4:50) -- Short-tempered clavier : preludes and fugues in all the major and minor keys except for the really hard ones : S. easy as 3.14159265 (31:47) -- Introduction (3:16) -- Little pickle book (9:59) -- Introduction (1:16) -- Sonata da circo = Circus sonata : S. 3 ring (8:43) -- Calliope frustration (:42) -- Introduction (1:07) -- Three chorale-based piecelets : S. III...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1995

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BAC

Winter, Jeanette

Summary: A biography of architect Zaha Hadid, who grew up in Baghdad and went on to design buildings all over the world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2017

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

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Winter 2017

Summary: When Jerry moves into a fine hotel on the eve of an important society wedding, the event planner hires Jerry to get rid of him. Unfortunately, the battle which follows is big enough to destroy the wedding, her career, and possibly the hotel -- so the sworn enemies decide to work together to save it all.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TOM

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TOM

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TOM

Contents: Disc 1. Tom and Jerry fur flying adventures, Vol. 1 -- Tom and Jerry's greatest chases, Vol. 2 -- Disc 2. Tom and Jerry tales, Vol. 1.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010

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