Summary: After years as a political prisoner in a labor camp during China's Cultural Revolution, Lu returns to his devoted wife Feng, only to discover she has amnesia and is unable to recognize him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COMSummary: Working as a hostess in a trendy bar, a young beauty finds herself mercilessly torn between two men: Hao-hao, her neurotic and jealous live-in boyfriend, and Jack, the mysterious and enterprising gangster who may be her undoing. Chronicles the fleeting, finite blooming of a young woman.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Palm Pictures 2004
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MILSummary: A woman lives on a remote lake, selling food to fisherman by day, and her body by night. Her life changes forever though, when she becomes obsessed with a former police officer living on the lake.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ISLSummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONC
Bae, Kenneth
Summary: Driven by his passion to help the people of North Korea, Bae moves to neighboring China to lead guided tours into the secretive nation. Six years later, after eighteen successful excursions in and out of the country, Ken is suddenly stopped at the border: he inadvertently brought his hard drive, that reveals the true nature of his visits, to customs. He is arrested, brought to Pyongyang for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. Publishing Group 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BAE, KENNETH BAEStabler, David
Summary: Sixteen "true tales from the childhoods of famous athletes, from Babe Ruth (so incorrigible that his parents put him in reform school at age 7) to Muhammad Ali (who learned to fight at age 12 after a thief stole his bicycle)"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSSummary: Singapore, late 90s. The friendship between the maid Teresa and young boy Jiale ignite the mother's jealousy, while the Asian recession hits the region.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ILOLiu, Jae Soo.
Summary: A story, in pictures and music, of children on their way to school on a rainy day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kane/Miller Book Pub. 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LIUSummary: As a son helps his mother arrange for the burial of his father in the traditional Chinese custom of his mother's village, the beautiful and touching story of his parent's courtship unfolds. His father was from the city and came to his mother's village to become the schoolmaster. In the days of arranged marriages, the son discovers that his parents marriage was the first marriage based on love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ROASummary: Serving countless newlyweds in Hong Kong's go-to one-stop-shop of cheap wedding supplies doesn't exempt Fong from social pressure to marry. Since nodding to Edward's proposal, she has been pushed beyond limits by unaffordable housing, archaic customs, and intrusive in-laws. What befuddles her further is the reappearance of Shuwei, a mainlander she's supposed to be divorced from out of a sham...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MYCrayton, Pee Wee.
Contents: When it rains it pours / Pee Wee Crayton -- Daybreak / Pee Wee Crayton -- Win-O / Pee Wee Crayton -- Do unto others / D. Bartholomew -- Every dog has his day / D. Bartholomew -- Hurry, hurry / E. Frank -- Eyes full of tears / E. Crayton -- I need your love / E. Crayton -- You know-yeah / E. Crayton -- Runnin' wild / D. Bartholomew -- My idea about you / Jack Goetz -- I got news for you / E....
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol Records 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES CRAPee Wee King
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Acuff-Rose 1949
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMContents: Disc 1. Freight train boogie (Captain Luke) -- A living past (Guitar Gabriel) -- Railroad Bill (Etta Baker) -- Going away (John Lee Ziegler) -- High yellow (Cootie Stark) -- Chapel Hill boogie (John Dee Holeman) -- Shortnin' bread (Neal Pattman) -- Old rugged cross (Carl Rutherford) -- No hidin' place (Cool John Ferguson) -- Feel like my time ain't long (Essie Mae Brooks) -- Old time religion...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES WESummary: Tequila is a die-hard cop who will stop at nothing to avenge his partner's murder, and joins forces with a rebel cop to fight the bad guys.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mei ya lei she ying die you xian gong si [distributor 1990
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Place a hold to request this item.Russell, Pee Wee.
Contents: That old feeling (4:15) -- World on a string (4:25) -- Exactly like you (3:01) -- It all depends on you (4:00) -- If I had you (3:20) -- Out of nowhere (4:50) -- Pee Wee blues (4:20) -- I used to love you (5:00) -- Oh no! (4:49).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: DCC Jazz 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ RUSNickelodeon (COR)
Summary: A collection of stories feature characters from such Nickelodeon television shows as PAW Patrol, Nella the Princess Knight, Sunny Day, and Butterbean's cafae.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "They are The Unit, a covert Special Forces team operating outside the usual military chain of command, risking their lives on undercover missions at home and abroad. Their identities are highly classified, a secret that's also fiercely guarded by their wives. But despite the men's determination to protect their families from the dangers of the job, they've learned that the enemy they have...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV UNISummary: A book is a wonderful, magical treat. The thirteen poems in this collection encourage young readers to snuggle up with a story and stretch their imaginations, to splash in a sea of tales by day and swashbuckle through chapters late at night. Playful illustrations by Yayo compliment thought-provoking poems by Jane Yolen, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Naomi Shihab Nye, and others.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Poetry Hopkins 2011Liu, Bin
Summary: Kites and China are practically synonymous, since these childhood toys were originally invented there before becoming popular around the world. For over 2000 years, kites have been a common sight in China, from the imperial court to the common people, and over that time period the craftsmanship of the kite has been perfected-and includes a diversity and richness of styles. In Chinese Kites,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Better Link Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.15 LIUXiao, Yao
Summary: "Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid perfectly captures the feelings of a young sojourner in America as she explores the nuances in searching for a place to belong. Baopu is a monthly serialized comic on Autostraddle, and this book includes beloved fan favorites plus new, never-before-seen comics. This one-of-a-kind graphic novel explores the poetics of searching for connection,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 XIARussell, Pee Wee.
Contents: If I could be with you (one hour tonight) (8:50) / Johnson-Creamer -- Tin tin deo (8:50) / Pozo-Fuller -- Mariooch (7:15) / Russell-Pierce-Hinton -- All too soon (7:26) / Ellington-Sigman -- 28th and 8th (7:24) / Russell-Pierce -- What am I here for (7:46) / Ellington.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Barnaby Records 1978
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ RUSRussell, Pee Wee.
Contents: We're in the money / Warren & Dubin (3:00) -- Gabriel found his horn / Bandini (2:16) -- Sugar / Pinkard & Mitchell (5:02) -- Missy / Russell (5:02) -- Sweet and slow / Warren & Dubin (2:45) -- Lulu's back in town / Warren & Dubin (2:51) -- Sweet Georgia Brown / Bernie, Pinkard & Casey (6:12) -- The lady's in love with you / Lane & Loesser (4:00) -- Louise / Robin & Whiting (3:20) -- She's...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Lion 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ RUSSummary: While raising the ruins of a long-buried Chinese kingdom, billionaire inventor Tony Stark digs up far more than he bargained for. He unleashes an age-old prophecy that foretells the resurrection of the Mandarin, the emperor of China's darkest and most violent dynasty. In order to confront destructive forces, Tony creates an armored suit infused with high-tech weaponry.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2007