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Avengers (Fictitious characters) Comic books, strips, etc China Fugitives from justice Germany History Harel, Isser 1912-2003 Martial artists Nazi hunters History Superheroes Comic books, strips, etc Toymakers Juvenile films War criminals Germany History World War, 1939-1945 AtrocitiesSummary: Zohan Dvir is an ex-commando, Mossad agent who decides to fake his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist. He romances his clients by giving them extra 'special services' in the back room of the beauty shop he works in. However, he is eventually recognized, and risks losing his newfound life and career.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY YOUO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: As the horrors of the Third Reich were exposed after World War II, many Nazi war criminals--including Josef Mengele, Klaus Barbie, and Adolf Eichmann--went on the run. But self-styled "Nazi hunters" were determined to track them down. This disparate group included a French couple, American lawyer, German prosecutor, Israeli Mossad agents, and a death camp survivor. Over decades, these men and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5318 OREO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: Killing the SS is the story of the espionage and daring waged by self-styled "Nazi hunters." This determined and disparate group included a French husband and wife team, an American lawyer who served in the army on D-Day, a German prosecutor who had signed an oath to the Nazi Party, Israeli Mossad agents, and a death camp survivor. Over decades, these men and women scoured the world, tracking...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio book, Henry Holt & Company 2018
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.5318 OREBen-Daṿid, Mishḳah
Summary: When Ronen, an expelled Mossad agent, vanishes after a failed assassination attempt against a Hezbollah operative responsible for suicide bombings in Israel, Gadi, his former commander, must find Ronen before he harms both himself and his country.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENBen-Daid, Mishah
Summary: Yogev Ben-Ari has been sent to St. Petersburg by the Mossad, ostensibly to network and set up business connections. His life is solitary, ordered, and lonely―until he meets Anna. Neither is quite what they seem to be, but while her identity may be mysterious, there is no doubt about the love they feel for each other.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Overlook Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENSummary: A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2011
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NINSummary: "Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China's seven kingdoms into one magnificent empire. Impressed by her lover's convictions, Lady Zhao helps Ying Zheng concoct an assassination plot that would justify the conquest of Qin's most powerful enemy"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN EMPSummary: A female agent, attacked and left for dead, trains with a kung fu master and uses her new skills to complete some unfinished and deadly business.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COMSummary: A new arrival in British-occupied Hong Kong wants to open a martial arts academy to teach his unique Wing Chun style. But a corrupt cabal of martial arts masters, led by Master Hung, refuses to allow him to teach in peace until he proves himself in a series of fights against the local master, which Ip does, in style. But even after earning the respect of the local masters, Ip's troubles are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IPSummary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSSummary: It's the beginning of the summer. In a village in the north of Turkey, Lale and her four sisters come home from school, innocently playing with boys. The supposed debauchery of their games causes a scandal with unintended consequences. The family home slowly turns into a prison, classes on housework and cooking replace school, and marriages begin to be arranged.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MUSSummary: In Pei, a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander faces peril both inside and outside the palace walls. But he has a secret weapon: a look-alike who can fool both Pei's enemies and the King himself.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN SHASummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONC
Summary: "Xavier is a strait-laced French college senior who moves to Barcelona as part of a student exchange program, much to the dismay of his beautiful girlfriend. But sharing cramped quarters with students from all over Europe quickly leads to multi-cultural chaos as Xavier gets an eye-opening lesson on how to live, love, laugh-- and party!"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN L'AUZub, Jim
Summary: "Riddled with guilt for rebuilding his creator, the Vision searches for Ultron on his own, which leaves the Avengers to wonder whose side he's really on"--Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ZUBCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC ZUBZub, Jim
Summary: "The Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man, and the Beast join the Avengers as Ultron alters Ant-Man's mind, which makes him turn his ant army on his friends"--Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ZUBCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC ZUBSummary: The brightest stars and biggest hits in Christian radio shine in a brand new two-disc collection that features some of the most inspirational music out there today. Includes tracks from Hillsong United, Jeremy Camp, Casting Crowns, and more.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS WOWZub, Jim
Summary: "Ultron hacks into Vision's mind to trick him into rebuilding the metallic menace, and now Ultron's ready to unleash his revenge"--Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Spotlight 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC ZUBZub, Jim
Summary: "Following Ultron's orders, the Vision faces off against the Avengers, but as time passes, he begins to question his creator's plans."--Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ZUBCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC ZUBSummary: Welsh musician Gruff Rhys documents his latest musical road trip, retracing the American journey of his 18th century relative, the explorer John Evans, during the summer of 2012 by means of an "Investigative Concert Tour." Starting at Yale University's Beinecke Library, where Evans' famous map of his expedition is said to reside, Rhys immerses himself in concerts, recording sessions, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Revolver Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AMEContents: Wouldn't it be nice (Saint Etienne) -- You still believe in me (Magnetic North) -- That's not me (The Sand Band) -- Don't talk (put your head on my shoulder) (Tim Burgess) -- I'm waiting for the day (Jeffrey Lewis (w/ Wooden Wand and Janet Simpson of Delicate Cutters) -- Let's go away for awhile (Neil Cowley Trio) -- Sloop John B (Tom McRae and the Standing Band) -- God only knows (The Flaming...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mojo 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJSummary: "Set in Fo Shan, China during the Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man vividly brings to life the brutality of the infamous Japanese occupation, where once proud men are forced to fight [to the] death for a precious bag of rice. Defined by courage and humility, Ip Man, whose fighting skills are revered all over China, rises to the fore front. Upon refusing to teach his martial arts to the invading...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IPSummary: Liu Jin-xi is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper's life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu. Convinced that Liu's martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region's vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013