Higuchi, Yumiko
Summary: A lively and accessible book featuring embroidery motifs and sewing projects that highlight the wonder and beauty of the animal kingdom with designs for foxes, cats, owls, zebras, and pandas. From elegant birds to adorable rabbits and wonderfully simple sheep, the 25 motifs and patterns in this book offer both a modern flair and an organic true-to-nature style. The whimsical animal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roost Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.44 HIGSummary: "One of the ineffably lovely domestic sagas made by Yasujiro Ozu at the height of his mastery, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice is a sublimely piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle-aged couple, as the wife's city-bred sophistication bumps up against the husband's small-town simplicity, and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN FLAAdachi, Yumiko
Summary: Real Vietnamese Cooking gathers the collective culinary wisdom of three intrepid food explorers who spent years training with Vietnam's best chefs while scouring the countryside in search of tastes few foreigners experience. It introduces readers to local takes on classic dishes, as well as lesser known favorites--all delicious and accessible, made from easy-to-find ingredients.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59597 ADASummary: With the threat of arch enemy Naraku lurking at every turn, our heroes must face an array of foes, including a jealous dark priestess, an evil mountain sage, giant ogres, and deadly traps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Video 2006
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME INUYumbo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morr Music 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK YUMAlexander, Yumiko.
Summary: Presents step-by-step instructions for eighteen crochet projects by the Japanese designer with organic themes and earth colors, including such items as gloves, scarves, cowls, and shawls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F & W Media Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.434 ALEHiguchi, Yumiko
Summary: Learn how to use felt, cotton, and linen to create beautifully layered designs full of texture and contrast, then embellish with just a handful of basic embroidery stitches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zakka Workshop 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.44 HIGSudō, Kumiko.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.0952 SUDMotoya, Yukiko
Summary: Motoya's collection of stories features individuals who lift the curtains of their orderly homes and workplaces, only to be confronted by the bizarre, the grotesque, the fantastic-- yet somehow find a doorway to liberation. -- adapted from back cover. "A housewife takes up bodybuilding and sees radical changes to her physique, which her workaholic husband fails to notice. A boy waits at a bus...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOTMotoya, Yukiko
Summary: In these eleven stories, the individuals who lift the curtains of their orderly homes and workplaces are confronted with the bizarre, the grotesque, the fantastic, the alien--and, through it, find a way to liberation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MOTSudō, Kumiko.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quilt Digest Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 SUDSudō, Kumiko.
Contents: Flower origami, a guide to technique -- Awakening -- Sun rose/Sun rose sewing kit -- Thistle -- Tangerine/Tangerine tote -- Dwarf dahlia -- Begonia -- Discovery -- Delphinium/Delphinium cache -- Fennel flower -- Barberry -- Firewheel/Firewheel purse -- Gloriosa daisy -- Joy -- Star allium/Star allium pochette -- Mallow rose -- Dwarf primrose/Dwarf primrose purse -- Wild poppy -- Tulip tree --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Breckling Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.445 SUDContents: Disc 1, Films 1-3. Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi (1962 ; 96 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kenji Misumi -- Zoku Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi continues (1962 ; 72 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kazuo Mori -- Shin Zatōichi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLINSudō, Kumiko.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quilt Digest Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 SUDLove, Kumiko
Summary: "As a newly divorced single mom making $24,000 per year and facing down $77,000 in debt, Kumiko Love worried constantly about money. She saw what other moms had-vacations, birthday parties, a house full of furniture-and felt ashamed that she and her son lived in a small apartment and ate dinner on the floor. Worse, when her feelings began to exhaust her, she binge-shopped, reasoning that she'd...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 LOVSudō, Kumiko.
Summary: A sensational collection of original quilt designs from world-renowned fiber artist, Kumiko Sudo. In Fabled Flowers, Kumiko creates a mesmerizing array of flower patterns, each accompanied by a sweetly and simply told tale inspired by memories of her childhood in Japan. The 30 quilt blocks combine the traditional arts of sashiko, origami, and flower arranging for a dazzling three-dimensional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quilt Digest Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.3 SUDHaydock, Yukiko.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha International 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 HAYTominaga, Yukiko
Summary: "A tender, slyly comical, and shamelessly honest debut novel following a Japanese widow raising her son between worlds with the help of her Jewish mother-in-law, as she wrestles with grief, loss, and-strangest of all, joy. Shortly after her husband Levi'suntimely death, Kyoko decides to raise their young son, Alex, in San Francisco, rather than return to Japan. Her nosy yet loving Jewish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: For some people, the daily grind of city life is exhausting. Yet somewhere between busy streets there's a mysterious cat cafe that can only be found by weary souls. What's on the menu? A delicious cup of coffee, specially brewed for each customer…by a cat barista!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 0000
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC ISummary: Tokyo teenager Gorgeous is upset with her long-widowed father--he wants to marry his new girlfriend Ryoko. Seriously miffed, Gorgeous hits the road to visit her aunt in the country, bringing along her best girlfriends Sweet, Melody, Fantasy, Prof, Mac, and Kung Fu. The titular house belongs to the wheelchair bound aunt, whose large white cat has been immortalized in artwork throughout. Things...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOUMaijima, Hiro
Summary: "A purrfect brew. For some people, the daily grind of city life is exhausting. Yet somewhere between the busy streets there's a mysterious cat café that can only be found by weary souls. What's on the menu? A delicious drink, specially brewed for each customer by a cat barista!"--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC IAhuja, Masuma
Summary: "Journalist Masuma Ahuja introduces us to 31 teenage girls from 29 countries. Through diary entries and photographs, they share their own stories of growing up and show what ordinary girlhood is like all over the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.235 AHUKouno, Fumiyo.
Summary: Two stories about life for the survivors in Hiroshima after the detonation of a nuclear bomb over the city in 1945.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Last Gasp 2007