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(Fictitious character) Shaft, John (Fictitious character) Shaft, John Drama Drug addicts Rehabilitation California Juvenile literature Ghost plays Japan Jazz 1951-1960 Magic Drama Methamphetamine abuse California Biography Juvenile literature Video recordings for the hearing impaired Witches DramaSummary: This heartrending masterpiece by Kenji Mizoguchi about the give-and-take between life and art marked the director's first use of the hypnotic long takes and eloquent camera movements that would come to define his films. The adopted son of legendary kabuki actor Kikunosuke, who is striving to achieve stardom by mastering female roles, turns to his infant brother's wet nurse for support and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN STOMuramatsu, Kevin
Summary: Step-by-Step Guide to Parts Placement for Today's Most Popular Shotguns! Shooters, gunsmiths and collectors alike will find the revised version of this handy guide an essential reference for disassembling and reassembling a variety of shotguns. Step-by-step photographs and clear, simple text make it easy to disassemble and reassemble a wide range of modern and vintage models. Plus, author...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gun Digest Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 683.4 MURSummary: When Ginei Studios shuts down, filmmaker Genya Tachibana and his assistant are tasked with interviewing its reclusive star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who had retired from the spotlight 30 years prior. As she recounts her career, Genya and his crew are literally pulled into her memories where they witness her chance encounter with a mysterious man on the run from the police. Despite never knowing his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME MILSummary: A deeply moving portrait of a family's unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son's addiction and his attempts at recovery. As David's son repeatedly relapses, the family are faced with the harsh reality that addiction is a disease that does not discriminate and can hit any family at any time.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: From David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy (2008), and Nic Sheff, author of Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines (2008), comes the ultimate resource for learning about the realities of drugs and alcohol for middle grade readers. This book tells it as it is, with testimonials from peers who have been there and families who have lived through the addiction of a loved one, along with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Y 616.86 SHESatō, Shōzō
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Pub. 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.1 SATSheff, David.
Summary: The story of one teenager's descent into methamphetamine addiction is told from his father's point of view, describing how a varsity athlete and honor student became addicted to the dangerous drug and its impact on his family.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Past and present collide as a film director discovers a mysterious key that unlocks the secrets of a legendary actress who vanished at the height of her career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME MILSheff, David
Summary: "The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters who became one of America's most respected Buddhist practitioners during his two decades in solitary confinement in San Quentin"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MASTERS, JARVIS JAY SHECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B MASTERS SHESheff, Nic.
Summary: The author details his immersion in a world of hardcore drugs, revealing the mental and physical depths of addiction, and the violent relapse one summer in California that forever changed his life, leading him down the road to recovery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SHESheff, David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.8 SHESheff, Will
Contents: The spiral season -- In the thick of it -- Estrangement zone -- Nothing special -- Holy man -- Like the last time -- Marathon girl -- Evidence.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: Japanese master artist Shozo Koike reveals the simple secrets of Sumi-e, offering step-by-step instructions with clear photographs and online video tutorials showing you how to paint 19 traditional subjects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.42 KOISatō, Shōzō
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Pub. 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 745.92 SATSheff, David.
Summary: From as early as grade school, the world seemed to be on Nic Sheff's string. Bright and athletic, he excelled in any setting and appeared destined for greatness. Yet as childhood exuberance faded into teenage angst, the precocious boy found himself going down a much different path. Seduced by the illicit world of drugs and alcohol, he quickly found himself caught in the clutches of addiction....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.29 SHECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.299 SHECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B Sheff SheSheff, David.
Summary: Combines personal stories and experiences with cutting edge research to describe a new way of treating substance addiction as well as accompanying mental illnesses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.29 SHECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.29 SHESheff, Nic.
Summary: Sheff writes candidly about stints at in-patient rehab facilities, devastating relapses, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SHESummary: When Lu comes ashore and adds her mermaid singing to a middle-school rock band, a threatening ancient prophecy follows her, so Kai and her other bandmates step up to come to Lu's--and the village's--rescue.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME LUSummary: Sent to the seaside to stay with relatives for the summer, Anna strikes up a friendship with Marnie, who lives there in an old mansion surrounded by marshes. As their friendship grows, so does Anna's curiosity about the truth surrounding her new friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME WHE1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WHE
Summary: After more than a decade of sober political dramas and social-minded periodpieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn's collections of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: To stop a racist killer Shaft's got to track down the only eyewitness that can put the bad guy behind bars. As Shaft closes in, so does the danger. Up against corrupt cops and venomous druglords Shaft's out to make crime pay up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SHASummary: While the Black Power movement was reshaping America, trailblazing director Gordon Parks made this groundbreaking blockbuster, which helped launch the blaxploitation era and gave the screen a new kind of badder-than-bad action hero in John Shaft, a streetwise New York City private eye who is as tough with criminals as he is tender with his lovers. After Shaft is recruited to rescue the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE SHASummary: After suffering a humiliating loss at the Grand Prix Final, Japan's number one skater, Yuri Katsuki, is ready to hang up his skates for good. But when his idol and five-time champion Victor Nikiforov offers to be his coach, Yuri's put on a trek for gold and to discover the true meaning of victory. Together, they'll face skaters from all around the world while discovering where their true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018