Summary: Focuses on Bessie Smith's transformation from a struggling young singer into 'The Empress of the Blues', who became one of the most successful recording artists of the 1920s and is an enduring icon today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BESSummary: In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PREPolak, Monique.
Summary: Anneke, a Dutch Jewish teenager, is sent with her family to Theresienstadt, a "model" concentration camp, where she confronts great evil and learns to do what it takes to survive.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC POLAllen, Monique
Summary: "Are you craving a landscape that truly represents you and bridges your connection to nature? Are you overwhelmed with how to get there? Confused by all the gardening "how-to" books that don't seem to fit your style? Frustrated by projects not going as you thought? In STOP Landscaping, START Life-Scaping, Monique Allen, landscape designer, contractor, and fine gardener, speaks frankly about why...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Garden Land AllenPonti, Monique
Summary: Zoé est une grenouille qui vit très heureuse sur la lune où elle habite. Elle sait même faire des choses extraordinaires. Comme, par exemple, des sauts et des pirouettes incroyables. Mais voilà, il y a quelque chose de très difficile pour elle. Quelque chose qui lui donne beaucoup de mal : elle n'arrive pas à s'endormir le soir. Heureusement, elle a une bonne idée...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallimard-Jeunesse 2012
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Summary: "The Mermaid of Black Conch spins the enchanting tale of a cursed mythical creature and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROFCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROFTruong, Monique T. D.
Summary: Considering whether he will accompany his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, to America, a personal cook remembers his youth in French-colonized Vietnam and his days cooking for the doyennes of the Lost Generation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2003
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1990
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 730.92 LAUVescia, Monique
Summary: Practitioners of the art of movement known as parkour display strength, skill, and grace as they climb and leap over every urban obstacle in their path. Parkour is a physically demanding discipline that almost anyone of any means can practice with proper instruction and when safety measures are taken. This riveting book examines the origins of parkour and its global appeal. An engrossing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.42 VESVilla, Monique
Summary: The horrific world of modern slavery is exposed in this book based on the first-hand experiences of victims of human trafficking. Through the stories of three remarkable individuals who share how they fell victim to traffickers and how their bodies and souls resisted an enterprise of total destruction, Monique Villa takes us around the world--from Ohio to Tokyo, London to India, Qatar to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 VILCouvson, Monique
Summary: Follows the story of Charisma, a Black high school student grappling with mounting pressures from home and school, and when frustrations with her family intersect with a conflict at school, she reaches a crossroads, facing a choice that could change her future.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 COUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC COUPeterson, Monique
Summary: Explores various aspects of biking, including mountain biking, BMX biking, road racing, and fast-track racing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 796.6 PETPolak, Monique
Summary: "This nonfiction book encourages teens to stand up for equality and speak out against injustice"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2019