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: 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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Min, Lio
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Santi Arboleda finally feels settled in his new life in Los Angeles with a growing found family and a relationship with musical prodigy Suwa--until Suwa is offered the chance to step into the spotlight that he has always denied himself and they must finally face their dreams, their pasts, and their futures, whether together or apart.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MINSummary: A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor. Min Jin Lee, author of the highly acclaimed National Book Award Finalist Pachinko, selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Summary: A young girl escapes from a too loud and busy world by living inside a whale, but when her retreat is disturbed by an intruder, she learns people will be quiet and listen whenever she tells a story.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days alone in the desert. He connects expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. As Ouyang narrates his tale, he interweaves the stories of his unusual clients, old friends and future foes. He begins to realize the mistakes of his own past, and how his fear of rejection may have led him to a life of exile.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASHLee, Min Jin.
Summary: "Goodbye, Columbus meets the novels of Amy Tan in this American story of class, society and identity that marks the debut of a new voice in fiction"--Provided by the publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEELee, Min Jin
Summary: "A new tour de force from the bestselling author of Free Food for Millionaires, for readers of The Kite Runner and Cutting for Stone. PACHINKO follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEECopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Lee 2017Summary: Soul Mate traces the relationship between two best friends (Zhou Dongyu and Ma Sichun) and the eventual collapse of their friendship when a boy comes between them. Anchored by two of the most promising young actresses of their generation, Soul Mate is an evocative drama that dissects young love with style and verve. --
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SOUSummary: A new arrival in British-occupied Hong Kong wants to open a martial arts academy to teach his unique Wing Chun style. But a corrupt cabal of martial arts masters, led by Master Hung, refuses to allow him to teach in peace until he proves himself in a series of fights against the local master, which Ip does, in style. But even after earning the respect of the local masters, Ip's troubles are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IPBaum, L. Frank, (Lyman Frank)
Summary: Presents an illustrated adaptation of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" in which after a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Starry Forest Books 2020
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Summary: After Dorothy's house is carried off by a tornado, she finds herself in the strange and magical Land of Oz. With the help of her new friends the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion, she must persuade the Wizard of Oz to help her get back to Kansas. L. Frank Baum's timeless fantasy is beautifully recreated in this enchanting graphic novel.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2020
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Summary: "Journey to Oz, a faraway land of magic, mayhem, and danger in this fantastical trilogy by L. Frank Baum. The Library Congress calls this "Americas greatest and best-beloved homegrown fairytale," and the stories will spark the imagination and wonder as you enter the wondrous Land of Oz."--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Just as Guei, a bicycle messenger, makes his final payment for the silver mountain bike loaned by his company, he finds it stolen. After endless searching Guai discovers his bicycle is now in the hands of Jian, who bought the bicycle with stolen money. The bicycle represents an escape for both from the competitive pressures of their lives. For Guei, it means access to a job, an income, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arc Light Films 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BEILien, Tracey
Summary: A young Vietnamese-Australian woman returns home to her family in the wake of her brother's murder and becomes determined to discover what happened in this exploration of the bonds of friendship, family, and community.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC LIELix, Caryn
Summary: "Trapped on a strange planet, Kenzie and her friends must figure out how to end the alien threat and then find their way home"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIXLix, Caryn
Summary: Kenzie and her friends learn that more aliens are headed to Earth, and it is up to them to stop the invastion at all costs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIXLeng, Qin
Summary: "With beautifully composed watercolor illustrations, Qin Leng recalls her own childhood in this story about a little girl who has always been the smallest: smallest of the family, smallest in school, smallest in a crowd. The girl faces her own set of challenges, but her loving parents and an unexpected visitor might change her perception for good."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LENPhillips, Gin
Summary: "An electrifying novel about the primal and unyielding bond between a mother and her son, and the lengths she'll go to to protect him. The zoo is nearly empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime. They are happy, and the day has been close to perfect. But what Joan sees as she hustles her son toward the exit gate minutes before closing time sends her...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC PHILiu, Zhenyun
Summary: To avoid violating China's one child policy, Li divorces Qin and plans to remarry him after their second child is born, but when Qin marries another pregnant woman, Li moves to have the divorce declared a sham so she can remarry Qin and divorce him for good.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIUSummary: The time is 1998. The setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. A relationship is formed between an ex-gangster trying to turn over a new leaf with his wife and newborn baby and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN EXICao, Lan
Summary: "An epic tale of love, loyalty, and war from the acclaimed author of Monkey Bridge Half a century after it began, the Vietnam War still has a hold on our national psyche. Lan Cao's now-classic debut, Monkey Bridge, won her wide renown for "connecting . .. the opposite realities of Vietnam and America" (Isabel Allende). In her triumphant new novel, Cao transports readers back to the war,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Cao 2014Cao, Lan.
Summary: A memoir of a Vietnamese refugee. The narrator, Mai Nguyen, was 13 when a helicopter lifted her from Saigon. Scenes of war written in lyrical Oriental style alternate with reflections on America, such as the obsession with winning and the usurping of parental authority by teachers. By the author of Everything You Need to Know about Asian Americans.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAOChupeco, Rin
Summary: Tea, a bone witch, has the power to take life...and return it. Her heart is set on vengeance, and she now possesses all she needs to command the mighty daeva. With the help of these terrifying beasts, she can finally enact revenge against the royals who wronged her-- and took the life of her one true love. But there are those who would use Tea's dark power for their own nefarious ends. Because...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2018