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Chinn, Laura Martin, Laura C. Miura, Shion Miwa, Shirō Shamsi, Shirin Shinn, Sharon.Miura, Shion
Summary: A charmingly warm and hopeful story of love, friendship, and the power of human connection. Award-winning Japanese author Shion Miura's novel is a reminder that a life dedicated to passion is a life well lived.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AmazonCrossing 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MIUContents: 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 BLINMiwa, Shirō
Summary: When the people of Remnant aren't fighting monsters, they still find conflict among themselves. Now they are at fierce odds. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long are Team RWBY. Together they are learning the deadly craft of hunting the monstrous species known as the Grimm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RWBChinn, Laura
Summary: "Laura Chinn tells her by turns horrifying and hilarious story of growing up with non-conformist, irresponsible parents and countless family tragedies (and really bad, chronic acne) and how she found happiness despite everything"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHINN, LAURA CHISummary: "If you could choose only one memory to hold on to for eternity, what would it be? That's the question at the heart of Hirokazu Kore-eda's revelatory international breakthrough, a bittersweet fantasia in which the recently deceased find themselves in a limbo where they must select a single cherished moment from their life to be recreated on film for them to take into the next world. After...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Almost 40 years after the discovery of HIV, could we be on the verge of ending the AIDS epidemic in America? As of 2019, in the US, there were only 34,000 new cases of the disease, a feat that once seemed near-impossible to achieve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ENDSummary: Maple doesn't want to experience pain in the VRMMO game she started playing, so she puts all her skill points into defense until she can't even move. Somehow it works better than anyone expected. Now she's got followers?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME BOFSummary: Based on the vibrant true story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence and determination she needs to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA QUESummary: Sword of vengeance: He was Ogami Itto, a man who held himself to the harsh code of Bushido. Their first commission: to save the life of Daimyo and kill the traitors that plot his death. Baby Cart at the River Styx: The Yagyu clan has murdered Ogami Itto's wife, and had him stripped of his position of Official Shogunate Second. Now Ogami and his son Diagoro wander the countryside.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A witty, yet poignant cinema vGeritGe documenting the life of a struggling New York actress who hopes to get more than a fleeting taste of fame when a racy cereal commercial brings her unexpected national notoriety. An earnest documentarian, who senses this actress's dreams are about to be fully realized, tracks her every move, attempting to capture the essence of someone in the seconds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: GreeneStreet Films 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LISSummary: In the middle of a fierce commercial competition between three caramel companies, an executive builds up a ditsy teenage girl as a mascot while simultaneously trying to uncover the rival companies' plans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN GIAMartin, Laura C.
Summary: Although the major thrust of this book is the folklore (the legends, stories, and superstitions) connected with each garden flower, a brief description of each plant and basic growing instructions are also included.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.242 MARShinn, Sharon.
Summary: The Mystic woman Senneth, accompanied by a team of Shapeshifters and Riders, is sent by the king into the land of Gillengaria to investigate reports of retaliation against those who use magic and discovers a perilous region under the control of a fanatical cult out to purge Gillengaria of all magic users, in the first in a four-volume series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHIShinn, Sharon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHIShinn, Sharon.
Summary: On a barren planet near the edge of the civilized galaxy, two religions are practiced, both sects worshipping the same goddess, but when a serial killer begins stalking the priestesses, Interfed Agent Cowen Drake is called in to stop the killer before both religions are destroyed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHISummary: Traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, Lucian is a young Lycan who emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor, the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja, whose the daughter of Viktor, in his battle against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RISShinn, Sharon.
Summary: A troubled Warrior Rider named Wen faces her greatest challenge in the last place she ever expected--behind the walls of a great family estate known as Fortune, where Wen has been hired to guard the young heiress. Once there, she will find that fate has other plans for her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHIShinn, Sharon.
Summary: Fiona is Safe-Keeper in the small village of Tambleham, where neighbors and strangers alike come one by one, in secret, to tell her things they dare not share with anyone else.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2004
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SHIShinn, Sharon.
Summary: Kirra, a shiftling, returns home from a mission to rescue Romar Brendan only to find that her half-sister Casserah has been named heir and she falls in love with the married Lord Romar, a tempestuous affair that places them both in mortal danger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHIShamsi, Shirin
Summary: Zahra wishes for a sister, never dreaming that volunteering with her mother at a refugee shelter might make her wish come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHAShinn, Sharon.
Summary: "National bestselling author Sharon Shinn presents a passionate, heart-wrenching story of secrets and the lengths we'll go to to protect those we love.... Melanie Landon and her half sister share a unique bond. For her entire life, Melanie has hidden thefact that Ann is a shape-shifter. The never-ending deception is a heavy weight to bear, but Melanie is determined to keep Ann's secret and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHIShinn, Sharon.
Summary: "In national bestselling author Sharon Shinn's latest Shifting Circle novel, a woman must choose between hiding her nature-and risking her heart... For Karadel, being a shape-shifter has always been a reality she couldn't escape. Even though she's built a safe life as a rural veterinarian, with a close-knit network of shifter and human friends who would do anything for her-and for each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHISummary: A beautiful and aristocratic vampire named Selene falls in love with a Lycan, a werewolf, whose people are involved in an ancient war with the vampires; the vampire Selene, known as a "death dealer," fights to stop the release of the original Lycan; a Lycan slave gathers his fellow werewolves to rise up against the vampires holding them captive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The world famous thief, Carmen Sandiego, plays an intricate game of cat and mouse with teen ACME detectives, Zack and Ivy. Based on the award-winning line of educational computer games, the energizing series is rich in both excitement and education as Carmen Sandiego attempts to steal the most valuable objects in the world. It's up to the detectives and the audience to figure out where in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cookie Jar 2012