Summary: Detective Maiku Hama navigates the Yokohama underworld with super cool threads and two-fisted street smarts. But when he comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter at a local parlor, the unflappable Hama has no idea what he's in for. Though seemingly a luckless immigrant on the threshold of Yokohama's gutter, Hama's client holds the secret to a ferocious gangland revenge triangle that soon has...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MOSSummary: Haunted by the mysterious loss of her grandmother many years before, a beautiful young mother (Makiko Esumi as Yumiko) struggles to come to terms with the sudden loss of her husband. Yumiko remarries and with her young son moves to her new husband's home in a remote village on the wild, untamed Sea of Japan. There, with time, she awakens to find love, understanding, happiness and a sense of peace.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MABSummary: Young widow Tanpopo attempts to start a small ramen noodle restaurant. She has little success until she meets Gorō, a cowboy-hat-wearing truck driver who decides to helps her to make the perfect bowl of top ramen. A story that features various subplots and an eclectic group of supporting characters, all of whom have expressively passionate relationships with food.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TAMMasie
Contents: Listen, it's obsessive! -- I'm ashamed -- Flight song #7 -- Guts -- Ambra and her fans -- Dance stone -- Easy tune for Simon Jeffes -- Division -- Vigo oh oh -- Post modern? -- Post modern! -- Sipsysolly -- Candies -- H.A.D.D. -- I am not a fucking vegetarian -- I am sad -- Sense of speed -- When I float -- William Lustig.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Acidsoxx Musicks 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MASMiyamoto, Musashi
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala Publications 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.02 MIYKimura, Stephanie Masae.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KP Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.48 KIMSummary: A sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. Follows Musashi's odyssey from his unruly youth to his enlightened years as a warrior.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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Summary: "Intimacy has always eluded twenty-seven-year-old Maggie Krause - despite being brought up by married parents, models of domestic bliss - until, that is, Lucia came into her life. But when Maggie's mom, Iris, dies in a car crash, Maggie returns home only to discover a withdrawn dad, an angry brother, and, along with Iris's will, five sealed envelopes, each addressed to a mysterious man she's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MASIwamoto, Nao
Summary: Roll out the red carpet for this critically acclaimed and self-contained fantasy rom-com that inspired an anime film (also known as Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom )! Once upon a time, two kingdoms, one rich in gold, the other rich in water, shared a border. The two nations were always fighting until an agreement was the most beautiful girl in the gold kingdom would marry the smartest man in the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC IWAMura Masa
Contents: Demon time -- Bbycakes -- Slomo -- 2gether -- Up all week -- Prada (I like it) -- Hollaback bitch -- Blessing me -- Tonto -- E-motions -- Blush.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MURMura Masa
Contents: Raw youth collage (3:38) -- No hope generation / (featuring Clairo) (3:54) -- I don't think I can do this again (3:42) -- A meeting at an oak tree (1:29) -- Deal wiv it / (featuring Slowthai) (2:57) -- Vicarious living anthem (2:06) -- In my mind (5:32) -- Today / (featuring Tirzah) (3:20) -- Live like we're dancing / (featuring Georgia) (4:10) -- Teenage headache dreams / (featuring Ellie...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MURAshe
Contents: Rae's theme -- Another man's jeans -- Hope you're not happy -- Shower with my clothes on -- OMW -- Angry woman -- Emotional -- Love you need -- It can't be you -- Loose ends -- San Jose -- Love is letting go (feat. Diane Keaton) -- Count on me -- Fun while it lasted.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ASHHiramoto, Akira.
Summary: "A phantasmagoric reimaginging of the life of legendary blues great Robert Johnson, Me and the devil blues follows the journey of a man who really did sell his soul to the devil."--p. [4] of cover, vol. 1.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MEHiramoto, Akira.
Summary: "RJ was a simple farmhand who dreamed of becoming a great bluesman. When RJ made a deal with the devil, he lost his wife and his mortal soul. Nw he may lose his last remaining possession: his life. Kidnapped by thugs, RJ is locked in a tiny cell to await justice. His only hope lies with gangster Clyde Barrow. Clyde, however, has problems of his own. Masquerading as a newspaper reporter, Clyde...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MESummary: Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARSummary: A true story of humanity and heroism, this film vividly recounts the 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai, India. Among the dedicated hotel staff is the renowned chef Hemant Oberoi and a waiter who choose to risk their lives to protect their guests. As the world watches on, a desperate couple is forced to make unthinkable sacrifices to protect their newborn child.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOTCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HoTurner, Pamela S.
Summary: Documents the true story of the legendary samurai who was raised in the household of the enemies who killed his father before being sent to live in a monastery where, against the odds, he learned and perfected his fighting skills.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 MINAgaoglu, Basak
Summary: A rabbit is inspired to fulfill his dream of flying after seeing a colorful bird in the sky, and works to find success with the help of his friends.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AGAAlinejad, Masih
Summary: A photo on Masih's Facebook page: a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind. Her crime: removing her veil, or hijab, which is compulsory for women in Iran. This is the self-portrait that sparked 'My Stealthy Freedom,' a social media campaign that went viral. But Masih is so much more than the arresting face that sparked a campaign inspiring women to find their voices. She's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALINEJAD, MASIH ALIBatoh, Masaki
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BATBieschke, Marke
Summary: "Prominently featured photos, artwork, and other visual elements will guide young adult readers through this lively, informative exploration of significant protests, sit-ins, and collective acts of resistance throughout US history."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 303.48 BIEBoyadjian, Maral
Summary: It is 1913 and late summer in the Ottoman Empire. The sun rises, full and golden, atop a lush, centuries-old village tucked into the highlands where the blood-red poppies bloom. Outside the village leader's home, the sound of voices carries past the grapevines to the lane where Anno, his youngest daughter, slips out unseen. She heads to a secret meeting place. She forgets that enemies surround...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salor Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYDuus, Masayo
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha International 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOGGarcia, Mayte
Summary: A candid assessment of the iconic musician's personal and professional life by his first wife traces their long-distance courtship, marriage, and creative partnership as well as the challenges that compromised their romance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2017