Summary: A beautifully composed and magical documentary that introduces viewers to the colorful residents of a Turkish retirement home, a community made up of pranksters, historians, artists, and would-be Casanovas. An Independent Spirit Award nominee, Mizrahi's playful, dreamy film is one of the most unforgettable cinematic experiences of the year. Has some forced English subtitles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DISSummary: A heartwarming and light hearted look at the daily lives of ultra-Orthodox Jews learning, living and loving in modern-day Israel. The story of a family facing hardships who must rely on their faith for miracles to happen during the holiday season.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN USHMirah
Contents: Goat shepherd -- Oxen hope -- Turned the heat off -- Gold rush -- Fleetfoot ghost -- I am the garden -- No direction home -- 24th St. -- LC -- Radiomind.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MIRMizrahi, Isaac
Summary: "Isaac Mizrahi is sui generis: designer, cabaret performer, talk-show host, TV celebrity. Yet ever since he shot to fame in the late 1980s, the private Isaac Mizrahi has remained under wraps. Until now. In [this book], Isaac Mizrahi offers a poignant, candid, and touching look back on his life so far. Growing up gay in a sheltered Syrian Jewish Orthodox family, Isaac had unique talents that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MIZRAHI, ISAAC MIZMizrahi, Isaac.
Summary: Misrahi believes all women have an inner sense of style waiting to come out. He shows you how to listen to that inner voice that tells you what's right- and what's wrong- when you look in the mirror.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.92 MIZMirah
Contents: Counting -- Information -- Lake ocean -- Lighthouse -- Blinded by the pretty light -- Ordinary day -- Hot hot -- Love jetty -- Sundial -- Energy.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MIRPasero, Stevan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE PASShevah, Emma
Summary: Lexie and her fragile cousin Elena are inseparable until Lexie tells a lie that splits apart her large, colorful Greek-Cypriot family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHEShovan, Laura.
Summary: "A story told in verse from multiple perspectives of the graduating fifth grade class of Emerson Elementary. The kids join together to try to save their school from being torn down to make way for a supermarket"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHOMisraki, Paul
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca 1958
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL SHOW MUSIC ANDPaul, Stevan
Summary: "The author follows the course of the setting sun once around the world offering quickly and easily prepared delicacies to be shared with friends and guests in a casual environment, whether at home or at a bar or party. These snacks are surprisingly light and healthy with plenty of fresh herbs, salads and vegetables. You will find exciting combinations with intriguing spices, new aromas and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Whitecap Books. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.81 PAUShovan, Laura
Summary: Told in separate voices, sixth-graders Mikayla, a wrestler like her brothers, and Lev, part of the Fearsome Threesome, become good wrestling partners and friends, but there can be only one winner at the State competition.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHOPasero, Stevan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE PASPasero, Stevan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE PASMitrani, Carla
Summary: Crochet 15 iconic women who changed the world with this collection of amigurumi crochet patterns. Whether it's Greta, Amelia or Malala, this collection of crochet patterns celebrates 15 women who have made an impact on the global stage whether in politics, sport, medicine or education. Learn more about each of the characters featured in this collection and make unique gifts to inspire and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 2020
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Summary: Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHEShevah, Emma
Summary: Abandoned by her father at a young age, half-Japanese, half-Italian middle schooler Amber Miyamoto must dream up a way for her and her sister to make it on their own while making friends at her new school.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SHEKarunatilaka, Shehan
Summary: "Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a searing satire set amid the mayhem of the Sri Lankan civil war. Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida--war photographer, gambler, and closet queen--has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. In a country where scores are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KARGallagher & Shean
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Jack Mills 1922
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMSummary: "Enter the world of Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva Dance Company. A man with an extraordinary vision, Naharin is regarded as one of the most important choreographers in the world today. He is known for developing "Gaga"--a movement language that resists labels, highlights somatic experience, emphasizes improvisation, and pushes dancers to use their body in ways that are ignored or overlooked by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MR.Bolender, Mirah
Summary: Five hundred years ago, magi created a weapon they couldn't control. An infestation that ate magic--and anything else it came into contact with. Enemies and allies were equally filling. Only an elite team of non-magical humans, known as sweepers, can defuse and dispose of infestations before they spread. Most die before they finish training. Laura, a new team member, has stayed alive longer...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOLBolender, Mirah
Summary: The sequel to Bolender's City of Broken Magic--a fast-paced, adventure fantasy. Amicae, City of Sweepers, survived the Falling Infestation which nearly destroyed it thanks to the efforts of Laura and Okane. While the ancient monsters have been beaten back for the moment, new and more monstrous dangers face them in the form of belligerent bureaucracy, dangerous gangs, grasping Sweepers bent on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOR 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOLBythell, Shaun
Summary: "A wickedly witty field guide to bookstore customers from the Person Who Doesn't Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover) to the harried Parents Secretly After Free Childcare. It does take all kinds. If you visit bookshops more often than the grocery store, you'll recognize the types. There's the Expert (with subspecies from the Bore to the Helpful Person), the Young Family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: David R. Godine, Publisher 2020