Summary: Seventeen years after his family was separated by the civil war in Angola, a New York taxi driver is reunited with his now devoutly religious wife and teenage daughter when they are finally able to follow him to America. But after living thousands of miles apart for so long, the three find they must discover one another's strengths, forgive one another's weaknesses, and bridge cultural and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA FARThomas, Pat
Contents: Onfa Nkosi Hwee / Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (Pat Thomas, Kwame Yeboah, Eric Owusu, Ben Abarbanel-Wolf, Alan Sommer, Kweku Mensah, Emmanuel Tetteh, Kwesi Boateng ... [et al.])(5:06 min) -- Yamona / Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (Pat Thomas, Kwame Yeboah, Eric Owusu, Ben Abarbanel-Wolf, Alan Sommer, Kweku Mensah, Emmanuel Tetteh, Kwesi Boateng ... [et al.])(5:00 min) -- Bubu / Pat Thomas...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: K7 Music 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN THOSummary: Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her alienated mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the dread of turning into her own mother.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UMMMana
Contents: disc 1. De pies a cabeza (5:40) -- Oye mi amor (4:54) -- Refrigerador (3:59) -- Donde jugaran los niños (Obertura) (6:30) -- Soledad (6:12) -- Huele a tristeza (7:12) -- Te llore un rio (6:34) -- Estoy agotado (4:16) -- Perdido en un barco (4:19) -- Buscandola (4:11) --
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: WEA Latina 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN MANSummary: The Best Eighties Album contains the defining tracks of the decade features some of the biggest hits from artists including Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Bonnie Tyler, Toto, Adam & The Ants, KC & The Sunshine Band, The Bangles, Billy Ocean, James Brown and many more.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ONEVarious
Contents: disc 1. Yei ngebewoh (ET Mensah & the Tempos) -- Taxi driver (I don't care) (Bobby Benson) -- Ilu le o (Dr. Victor Olaiya) -- Akwanoma hiahii (the Ramblers Dance Band) -- Enum (International Charles Iwegbue & his Hino Sound) -- Sweet mother (Prince Nico Mbarga) -- Muntie (Highlife charanga) (the Ramblers International) -- Yaa nansa (Bunzu Soundz) -- Suantsi (George Williams Aingo) --
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Vampi Soul 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN HIGSummary: A G.I. Joe spin-off centered on the character of Snake Eyes, a tenacious loner who is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan. But his honor and allegiance will be tested, even if that means losing those closest to him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SNASummary: In 2015, a fire at Bucharest's Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, more burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening. Then a doctor blows the whistle to a team of investigative journalists. One revelation leads to another as the journalists start to uncover vast health care fraud. When a new health minister is appointed, he offers...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC COLMensah, Bernard
Summary: Eight-year-old Kwame is eager to start Nkonyaa School and learn calabash magic, yet none of the teachers can figure out what kind of magic is in his calabash--but when one of Kwame's new friends is possessed by an evil magic his power is revealed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2024
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR BLUE MENPatekar, Nana
Summary: An eighteen-year-old hotel worker in India is unhappy with his life and is offered a chance to better himself after meeting a local businessman who owns a villa.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN POOVasconcelos, Nana.
Contents: Bird boy / D. Cherry, N. Vasconcelos -- Anarrie ; Rain dance / C. Baptista, Bushdancers -- Push dance / T. Gohl, Bushdancers -- Eh! Bahia / Bushdancers -- Cantei oba / E. Vasconcelos, Bushdancers -- Batida ; Olhos azuis / T. Gohl, Bushdancers -- Pasha love / T. Gurtu, Bushdancers -- Bemtevi ; Festa / T. Gohl, Bushdancers.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Antilles New Direction 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN VASSummary: Chelsea inherits a house in Vail. She meets Owen and gets a much needed break. Together, they put on Strudelfest to highlight the charm of Old Vail.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2020
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WINCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HALLuckham, Nana
Summary: Get ready to pack your bags for the family vacation of a lifetime. With dazzling photography and carefully researched entries, this list of one thousand activities includes something for explorers of all ages. Make memories on a family road trip down the iconic Route 66, dine with a giraffe in Kenya, take a ride on zip line through tropical jungles in Costa Rica, visit Santa Claus in Lapland,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Universe Publishing 2023
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.2 LUCMensah, E. T.
Contents: Kwame Nkrumah -- Muntum -- Ngele Waewae -- Auntie B -- Makoma -- Yei Ngbewoh -- Hweyie -- Menye Wo Bowu -- Akuafo Cocoa -- Natsui -- The Tree and the Monkey -- Onua -- Owu Aye Me Adze -- Mr Mouse -- Nimpa Nawie -- Akole Manuma Dibi -- Club Girl -- Nothing But Man's Slave -- Akpanga -- Sanbra -- Onua Pa -- Shemi Ni Oha -- Korle Bu -- Small Boy -- Afi Fro Fro -- Bus Conductor -- Nkebo Baaya --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Retroafric Records 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN MENMensa, Vic
Contents: Didn't I (say I didn't) (5:15) -- Memories on 47th St. (4:02) -- Rollin' like a stoner (3:15) -- Homewrecker (with Weezer) (4:08) -- Gorgeous (with Syd) (4:30) -- Heaven on Earth (with The Dream) (5:17) -- Card cracker (1:10) -- Down for some ignorance (ghetto lullaby) (with Chief Keef & Joey Purp) (4:25) -- Coffee & cigarettes (4:30) -- Wings (with Pharrell Williams & Saul Williams) (4:02) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Roc Nation 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP MENFraillon, Zana
Summary: Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, Subhi has only ever known life behind the fences. But his world is far bigger than that -- every night, the magical Night Sea from his mother's stories brings him gifts, the faraway whales sing to him, and the birds tell their stories. And as he grows, his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2016
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FRAGoldberg, Sana
Summary: "From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive handbook to navigating common medical situations. From the routine to the unexpected, How to Be a Patient is your ultimate guide to better healthcare.Let's face it: nobody likes going to the doctor. It can be uncomfortable, nerve wracking, expensive--and that's just for routine care! When...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.69 GOLNada Surf
Contents: Concrete bed -- Do it again -- Always love -- What is your secret? -- Your legs grow -- All is a game -- Blankest year -- Comes a time -- In the mirror -- Armies walk -- Imaginary friends.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Barsuk Records 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NADMensah, Elvin James
Summary: "An unexpected friendship saves a young man's life in this moving, utterly charming debut about chosen family, the winding road to happiness, and the grace of second chances. Could I one day inspire happiness in others, the same way he seemed to do in me? It's 2005 and Harley has dropped out of college to move home, back to rural England where he works a dead-end job at a movie theater....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MENAtlas, Nava.
Summary: Shares vegan recipes that star nutritious leafy greens, featuring ideas from wraps and dips to juices and smoothies, and introduces different preparation techniques.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.654 ATLGiles, Nyna
Summary: Gile's childhood had been spent in doctor's offices; she spent nearly every waking moment at her mother's side. As Nyna grew up, her mother became more and more distant. Carolyn Scott Reybold had been a model in 1947, a friend of Grace Kelly, and even a bridesmaid at her wedding. How had that confident, glamorous woman become the mother Giles knew growing up-- the mother who was now living in a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GILES, NYNA GILRoep,Nanda
Summary: Lisa's father as an overactive imagination. She asks for a simple kiss and he takes her on an adventure to places where kisses come in all shapes and sizes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Front Street 2002
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: FIC Roep,Nana Grizo (Musical group)
Contents: Circles 'round the moon -- Tamborine 'n' thyme -- Less than the air -- Motion in the ocean -- Voices echo down thee halls -- Stop and smell thee roses -- Tiny rainbows -- Will we -- Everything you ever hoped or worked for -- Broken cityscapes -- The idea that everything could possibly ever be said
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Orange Twin 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NANBaker, Nena
Summary: Links everyday products to illness-causing chemical buildups in the body, exploring the roles of manufacturing breakthroughs, political policies, and popular culture in exposing people to chemical hazards.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2008