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Boal, Dean. Chau, Chan Chen, Shan Shan Dehaan, Dane Foley, Dann Mukerji, Dhan Gopal Mukerji, RituMukerji, Dhan Gopal
Summary: The story of the training of a carrier pigeon and its service during the First World War, revealing the bird's courageous and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the Himalayan Mountains, and on the French battlefield.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1968
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MUKSummary: 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 MARBoal, Dean.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 780.79 BOA1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 780.79 1998
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Local BoalSummary: The Haitian Revolution represents the only successful slave revolution in history; it created the world's first Black republic. At the forefront of the rebellion was General Toussaint Louverture, an ex-slave whose genius was admired by allies and enemies alike.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EgaSummary: Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramla, fed up with dieting and the dieting club they belong to, discover the world of Sumo, where large people are honored and appreciated.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Menemsha Films 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MATSummary: Demonstrations of both traditional and modern bellydancing by Bellyqueen and others. Learn to improvise and dance either alone or with a partner. Provides a low-impact fitness workout.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Firstars 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 BELSummary: 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
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NINSummary: When a second-rate cage fighter, Luke Wright, is tormented by the Russian Mafia and wanders the streets of New York, he witnesses a young Chinese girl, Mei, being pursued by the same mafia who want her for a priceless numerical code that they would kill for.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SAFSummary: A refugee's escape, a prisoner's promise, and a daughter's painful secret converge in this inspiring true story of hope. As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become intertwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GVN Releasing 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEAChen, Shan Shan
Summary: On her sixth birthday, Mei Mei puts on a special new dress and helps her adoptive mother make a traditional birthday dish from Mei Mei's home country, China, to share with her loving family. Includes recipe for Lucky Birthday Noodles.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHEContents: Jim the Jinn / De Phazz -- Garab / Rachid Taha -- La voix du vaurien / Miro -- Les enfants perdus / Angélique Kidjo -- Mr. Kennedy / The Soft Boys -- This is the army of forgotten souls / Transglobal Underground -- Ragda / Khaled -- It's a wonderful life / Sparklehorse -- Epoca / Gotan Project -- Mentira / Manu Chao -- Fortress Europe / Asian Dub Foundation -- De cara a la pared / Lhasa -- Slow...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Play-Tone/Epic 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC TRUChau, Chan
Summary: Jessi recently moved to Stoneybrook and is one of the newest members of The Baby-sitters Club. She's getting ready to start regularly sitting for the BSC's newest charge, Matt Braddock. Matt has been Deaf since birth and uses sign language to communicate, so Jessi has to use it, too. It's a secret language! Soon all the neighborhood kids want to learn how to sign, which keeps the BSC busy....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC CHACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC BABSummary: Origami may seem an unlikely medium for understanding and explaining the world. But around the globe, several fine artists and theoretical scientists are abandoning more conventional career paths to forge lives as modern-day paper folders. Through origami, these offbeat and provocative minds are reshaping ideas of creativity and revealing the relationship between art and science. This film...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Green Fuse Films 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BETSummary: The story of defiant Southern farmer, Newt Knight, and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE FRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FRE RATED RCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FrCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FREFoley, Dann
Summary: "From celebrated interior designer Dann Foley, this book—part coffee-table stunner, part how-to guide—shows how to blend design elements to create the spaces where you can live your best life. Known for his ability to construct a signature mix of design elements, Foley draws on 30-plus years of experience to share..."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schiffer Publishing 2023
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Summary: Philadelphia, 1875: It is the start of term at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Lydia Weston, professor and anatomist, is immersed in teaching her students in the lecture hall and hospital. When the body of a patient, Anna Ward, is dredged out of the Schuylkill River, the young chambermaid's death is deemed a suicide. But Lydia is suspicious and she is soon brought into the police...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: MUK FICSummary: The story of the Henry family as they experience World War II in Europe and the Pacific, depicting the final years of the war and its impact on everyday people.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WARChau, Chan
Summary: Kristy's family moves to a new neighborhood where the kids make fun of Louie, Kristy's pet collie, who's going blind. The Baby-sitters are not going to let them get away with it.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC CHACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC BABCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: JS Babysitters ChouSummary: Peyton and Alex become best friends after meeting at the hospital where both of their mothers died of cancer. After visiting a pet store and realizing that their dream of owning a dog is beyond their family's financial reach, the girls hatch a plan to get their own puppies, do a good deed and Santa will bring them each one!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PRODehaan, Dane
Summary: When three ordinary high school friends discover they have unusual powers, harmless pranks escalate to dangerous activities as their darker sides develop along with their powers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD CHRCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DEHSummary: Fact-based story about the 40 passengers and crew aboard San Francisco bound flight United 93, who sat down as strangers and found the courage to stand up as one. This hijacked flight was the fourth terrorist attack plane on September 11, 2001. As a result of a delay on takeoff, the passengers on the flight, are behind the carefully scheduled planned attacks on the World Trade Center and the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA UNICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE UNICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNI RATED RSummary: In a world replete with greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, the series is based on the famed explorer's adventures in Kublai Khan's court in thirteenth century China.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015