Kropf, Latifa Berry.
Summary: Photographs and easy-to-read text portray children in a Jewish preschool as they prepare for and participate in a Hanukkah party, including lighting the menorah, playing dreidel, making sufganiyot, and telling the story of the Maccabees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kar-Ben Pub. 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 296.4 KROKropf, Latifa Berry.
Summary: Children do traditional activities for the Jewish New Year, such as baking challah, blowing the shofar, and performing tashlich.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kar-Ben 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 296.4315 KROSummary: Susan, B.O.B., the Missing Link, and Dr. Cockroach, Ph. D., are back as special operatives dispatched to investigate a mysterious alien presence on Halloween. As the night unravels the innocent-looking pumpkins are revealed for what they really are: mutant aliens! Luckily the monsters are there to smash the mutants' wicked scheme to take over Earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD MUTSummary: A story about the events leading up to the sword-fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and his friends.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2012
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Contents: Black hand side (3:22) -- Listen 2 me (4:42) -- I can't understand (5:03) -- Rough... (5:03) -- The D.J.'s (interlude) (1:37) -- Bring the flavor (3:25) -- Coochie bang (3:46) -- Superstar (3:56) -- No work (2:51) -- Just a flow (interlude) (1:30) -- Just another day (4:27) -- U.N.I.T.Y. (4:11) -- Weekend love (4:09) -- Mood is right (3:27) -- Winki's theme (5:29).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Motown Record Co. 1993
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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Contents: Baby get lost -- I put a spell on you -- Simply beautiful -- The same love that made me laugh -- Moody's mood for love -- Close your eyes -- California dreamin' -- Hard times -- Mercy, mercy, mercy -- Hello stranger -- If I had you -- Lush life.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Battery 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES QueenKapur, Ratika
Summary: Renuka Sharma is a dutiful wife, mother, and daughter-in-law holding the fort in a modest rental in Delhi while her husband tries to rack up savings in Dubai. Working as a receptionist and committed to finding a place for her family in the New Indian Dream of air-conditioned malls and high paid jobs at multi-nationals, life is going as planned until the day she strikes up a conversation with an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P KAPLatino, Kyle
Summary: "She Dwarf believes herself to be the last dwarf in existence. Hoping to find evidence to the contrary, She Dwarf sets out on a mission to find the lost dwarven city of Dammerung. But Dammerung isn't on any map and will not be easily found. Strong forces stand in She Dwarf's way. Begrudgingly forced to take on a partner to aid in her mission, She Dwarf is joined by war barbarian, Hack Battler....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LATSativa, Yzabetta
Summary: The second edition of the best-selling Baked features more than 40 new recipes for marijuana cooks with discerning palates. Explore more savory treats or mix up something special from the new drinks section. Easy-to-follow directions enable even the newest of marijuana chefs to create sumptuous dairy-free, gluten-free, sugar-free, and vegan delicacies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Green Candy Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6 SATTademy, Lalita.
Summary: "The intertwining stories of two Louisiana families--three generations of African-American men--and their struggles to make a place for themselves in a country deeply divided in the aftermath of the Civil War and beyond"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TADSummary: Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background, uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn. McCall comes across to most like an average single mom who is quietly raising her teenage daughter. But to a trusted few, she is 'The Equalizer,' an anonymous guardian angel and defender of the downtrodden, who's also dogged in her pursuit of personal redemption.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD EQUGhafari, Zarifa
Summary: "Zarifa Ghafari was three years old when the Taliban banned girls from schools, and she began her education in secret. She was six when American airstrikes began. She was twenty-four when she became mayor--one of the first female mayors in the country--and first of Wardak, one of the most conservative provinces in Afghanistan. An extremist mob barred her from her office; her male staff walked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GHAFARI, ZARIFA GHAMorgan, LaToya
Summary: Avery Aldridge was a decorated soldier during World War II; now he's just an ordinary young Black man busy providing for his family. But he's haunted by the wounds of war, and after a run-in awakens latent abilities, he'll discover he's anything but ordinary. But between flashbacks, ever-emerging and frightening powers, and a seemingly kind doctor with unclear motives, will Avery be able to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DARTademy, Lalita.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
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Summary: The "New York Times" bestseller and Oprah's Book Club Pick--the unique and deeply moving epic of four generations of African-American women based on one family's ancestral past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2001
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Ivanova, Katina
Summary: A tiny fairy lives with her friends in and around a huge lake with thousands of pink lotus flowers. She meets a boy with a magical bamboo flute and they set out on a quest to rescue a baby dragon. Later, they learn about flowers from bees.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Erik Istrup Publishing 2022
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Summary: Buying his freedom after serving as a translator during the American Indian wars, Cow Tom builds a remarkable life and legacy that is sustained by his courageous granddaughter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2014
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Summary: Follows four generations of African American women, from slavery to the early twentieth century, as they struggle for economic security and the future of their families along the Cane River in rural Louisiana.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2001
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P TADLatiff, Robert H.
Summary: "An urgent and prescient look at how technology will change virtually every aspect of war as we know it, and how we can respond to the serious national security challenges ahead. Battles fought in cyberspace; biologically enhanced soldiers; autonomous systems that can process information and strike violently before a human being can blink-- in Future War, Robert H. Latiff examines tomorrow's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 LATLaties, Andrew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vox Pop 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381.45 LATSummary: In her new role as a CIA station chief, Carrie convinces Saul and Quinn to help her hunt down one of the world's most dangerous terrorists. But when Carrie recruits a young Pakistani as an asset, the lines between right and wrong blur and the operation spins out of control. Facing unclear loyalties at every turn, Carrie must take extreme measures and risk everything to protect her country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HomelandWilbur, Matika
Summary: "In 2012, Matika Wilbur sold everything in her Seattle apartment and set out on a Kickstarter-funded pursuit to visit, engage, and photograph people from what were then the 562 federally recognized Native American Tribal Nations. Over the next decade, she traveled six hundred thousand miles across fifty states--from Seminole country (now known as the Everglades) to Inuit territory (now known as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 970.004 WIL2 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 970.004 WIL
Wilson, Lakita
Summary: "Leila is crushed when Dev, her boyfriend of four years, breaks up with her right before graduation. Just when she's thinking she wasted her entire high school experience on a dead-end relationship, her best friend Bree reminds her that Last Chance Dance is just around the corner. A high school tradition, the Last Chance Dance gives all the students one last opportunity to find love before they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Books for Young Readers 2023