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Carle, Eric Hood, Ann Mahmoody, Mahtob. Mahood, Jan. Maloof, Joan Yan, Lan Yolen, JaneMahood, Jan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 MAHMaloof, Joan
Summary: In a winning combination of fine-art photography and short, lyrical essays, The Living Forest reveals the top-to-bottom mystery, beauty, and interconnectedness of the forest. GenreElectronic books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 770 MALSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: "Craft in America is an exploration into the hearts and minds of artisans devoted to a diverse array of mediums -- from furniture making and basket weaving to pottery and metalsmithing. Each episode reveals that craft has earned itself a place within the realm of fine art"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Craft in America, Inc. 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CRAContents: The Peanut Butter Conspiracy: It's A Happening Thing -- Love: !Que Vida! -- The Monkees: She Hangs Out (Single Version) -- The Cryan' Shames: Mr. Unreliable (Single Version) -- Rose, Tim: Morning Dew -- The Spike-Drivers: Strange Mysterious Sounds -- The Blues Magoos: Pipe Dream -- The Blues Project: No Time Like The Right Time -- The Youngbloods: Merry-Go-Round -- Fowley, Kim: Strangers From...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grapefruit Records 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Mahmoody, Mahtob.
Summary: The author tells the story of her and her mother's escape from an abusive, fanatical Iranian father when she was six, as well as how she lived her subsequent life under the shadow of fear of her menacing father, and eventually was healed by her faith in God.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAHSummary: Collection of eight classic stories. Swashbuckling pirates, talking rabbits in top hats, majestic horses, and flittering fairies spring into action, setting into motion the tales that have delighted audiences for ages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam 2012
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY STOSummary: In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Yan, Lan
Summary: "In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country. In telling her and her family's story, she serves up an intimate account of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 YANYolen, Jane
Summary: Where is Wendy? Leading a labor strike against the Lost Boys, of course. A Scottish academic unearths ancient evil in a fishing village. Edgar Allan Poe's young bride is beguiled by a most unusual bird. Dorothy, lifted from Kansas, returns as a gymnastic sophisticate. Emily Dickinson dwells in possibility and sails away in a starship made of light. Alice's wicked nemesis has jaws and claws but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tachyon Publications LLC 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC YOLCarle, Eric
Summary: Fifteen children's book artists, including Joey Chou, Eric Fan, and Denise Fleming, share their favorite bugs and explain why they love them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2019
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Summary: Fifteen children's book artists, including Joey Chou, Eric Fan, and Denise Fleming, share their favorite bugs and explain why they love them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CARSummary: After having the emperor's minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail the victim's children to a remote point on the northern Chinese border. But that bloodthirsty mission is confounded by a mysterious group of fighters who arrive on the scene, intent on delivering justice and defending the innocent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DRAHood, Ann
Summary: "An enthralling novel about love, loss, secrets, friendship, and the healing power of literature, by the bestselling author of The Knitting Circle. Ava's twenty-five-year marriage has fallen apart, and her two grown children are pursuing their own lives outside of the country. Ava joins a book group, not only for her love of reading but also out of sheer desperation for companionship. The...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HOOHood, Ann
Summary: In this warm collection of personal essays and recipes, best-selling author Ann Hood nourishes both our bodies and our souls. From her Italian American childhood through singlehood, raising and feeding a growing family, divorce, and a new marriage to food writer Michael Ruhlman, Ann Hood has long appreciated the power of a good meal. Growing up, she tasted love in her grandmother's tomato sauce...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B HOOD HOOHood, Ann
Summary: Grieving over the sudden loss of her only child, Mary Baxter joins a knitting circle in Providence, Rhode Island, whose members not only teach her a variety of knitting techniques but also valuable lessons about friendship, love, and redemption.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOOHood, Ann
Summary: Reveals the personal stories behind the author's written works, describing her early years in a Rhode Island mill town and the books that shaped her love of literature, her political views, and her travel ambitions. "Growing up in a mill town in Rhode Island, in a household that didn't foster a love of literature, Ann Hood discovered nonetheless the companionship of books. She learned to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOOD, ANN HOOHood, Ann
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1995
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HOOHood, Ann
Summary: An Italian immigrant watches her six children grow up while she searches for her seventh, the product of a love affair who was given up for adoption.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOOHood, Ann
Summary: Grieving over the sudden loss of her only child, Mary Baxter joins a knitting circle in Providence, Rhode Island, whose members not only teach her a variety of knitting techniques but also valuable lessons about friendship, love, and redemption.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HOOHood, Ann
Summary: On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, a young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless but secure marriage or to follow the man she loves and whose baby she may be carrying. Decades earlier in 1919, Vivien Lowe, an obituary writer, is searching for her lover who disappeared in the Great San Francisco...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2013
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HOOHood, Ann
Summary: A friendship between a widow and a homeless girl enriches both their lives. The widow is wealthy Olivia, 37, frustrated by not being a mother. The girl is poor Ruby, 15, pot smoking, manipulative and pregnant. Olivia takes her in and Ruby agrees to let Olivia have the child--hopefully without changing her mind when it is born.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador USA 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOOHood, Ann
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1989