Summary: An animated reinterpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana blends the stories of Sita, a goddess separated from her husband Rama, and Nina, an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Film Karavan 2009

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Bharara, Preet

Summary: A former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York presents an overview of the American justice system, drawing on case histories and personal experiences to discuss why the rule of law is essential to U.S. society.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019

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Kavana, Ron.

Contents: Disc 1 Songs of our land -- Seevocuda -- Before history's tale began -- Invaders -- Arrival of the Celts -- St. Patrick -- Partial catastrophe -- A Pagan cult survives -- Wran -- Vikings and Brian Boru -- Weep now for poor Roisin -- MacMurrough and the Normans -- Bards -- Henry VIII - For all his wives... -- A Royal and a reasonable fellow -- Irish slaves -- Elizabeth and the planters -- Liza...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Proper Records Ltd 1992

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Beavan, Colin.

Summary: Bill McKibben meets Bill Bryson in this seriously engaging look at one man's decision to put his money where his mouth is and go off the grid for one year--while still living in New York City--to see if it's possible to make no net impact on the environment. In other words, no trash, no toxins in the water, no elevators, no subway, no products in packaging, no air-conditioning, no television....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2009

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Yoshimoto, Banana

Summary: The lives of people in both straight and lesbian relationships, all with connections to a book entitled NP. They include the author's children and the translator's mistress. Written by one of Japan's leading pop writers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kadokawa Shoten 1992

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Summary: The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Yoshimoto, Banana

Summary: "Yayoi, a 19-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino. No one understands her aunt's unusual lifestyle. For as long as Yayoi can remember, Yukino has lived...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2023

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Yoshimoto, Banana

Summary: Having grown up by the sea with her invalid cousin Tsugumi, Maria moves to Tokyo and encounters university life and impending adulthood, and spending a last summer with her cousin, she comes to a new understanding about home and family.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2002

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Yoshimoto, Banana

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 1994

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Hobbs, Suzanne Havala.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Books 1999

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Electric banana (Musical group)

Contents: Disc one, Music de wolfe, Walking down this street -- If I needed somebody -- Free love -- 'Cause I'm a man -- Danger signs -- Walking down the street (inst.) -- If I needed somebody (inst.) -- Free love (inst.) -- 'Cause I'm a man (inst.) -- Danger signs (inst.) -- I see you -- Street girl -- Grey skies -- I love you -- Love dance and sing -- A thousand ages from the sun -- I see you ...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry red records 2019

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Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan (Musical group)

Contents: This could be the start of something -- Shiny stockings -- Slightly out of tune -- Doodlin' -- Cousin Mary -- April in Paris -- Feed me -- One note samba -- Melba's blues -- Dis hyunh -- Swingin' til the girls come home.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Victor 1963

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Summary: In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing. After thirty years of war and five devastating years of Taliban rule, pop culture is beginning to return to the country. Since 2005, millions have been tuning in to Tolo TV's wildly popular American idol-style series, Afghan star. Like its Western predecessors, people compete for a cash prize and record deal. More surprisingly, the contest is open to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2010

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Summary: Profiles the Pink Panthers, a gang of international jewel thieves responsible for stealing nearly one billion dollars worth of jewels.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Contents: Stronger (what doesn't kill you) (Kelly Clarkson) -- Good feeling (Flo Rida) -- Brokenhearted (Karmin) -- What makes you beautiful (One Direction) -- Turn me on (David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj) -- Feel so close (Calvin Harris) -- Turn up the music (Chris Brown) -- We run the night (Havana Brown feat. Pitbull) -- Sorry for party rocking (LMFAO) -- Give me all your luvin' (Madonna feat. Nicki...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: EMI 2012

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Summary: How do you find lasting love in today's world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe, swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr. Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath's dismay. For Zoe's childhood friend and neighbor Kaz, the answer is to follow his parents' example and opt for an arranged (or "assisted") marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan. As Zoe...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Gendrot, Valentin

Summary: "The story of a French journalist who infiltrated the country's police force, revealing a culture of racism and violence in which officers act with impunity."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribe Publications 2023

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Reynolds, Emma

Summary: Emma Reynolds shines a spotlight on sixteen incredible youth activists from around the world who are fighting to protect the planet and all life on Earth. From Autumn Peltier campaigning for clean water to Edgar Edmund Tarimo turning plastic waste into building materials-and many more-these inspiring true stories highlight the importance of taking charge and creating change. Beautifully...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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Summary: In sixteenth-century Florence, a woman's role in society isn't one of an artist, but this is Arte's goal. When she finally meets a master willing to take her in as an apprentice, her dream of living the creative life finally takes shape.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Various artists.

Contents: El son de la santiaguera (Ibrahim Ferrer) -- Sera cuando tu digas (Compay Segundo) -- Sabrosona (Habana All Stars) -- Pena (Eliades Ochoa y Compay Segundo) -- Qu ̌cosas tiene la vida (Pupy y Los Que Son Son) -- El patalm͠ (Sur Caribe) -- Ten un poquito de f ̌(Felix Baloy) -- Anita (Compay Segundo) -- Piensa en mi (Omara Portuondo) -- La gloria eres t ͠(Rubň Gonzl̀ez) -- Que te parece cholito...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: In2 Music 1990

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Summary: An artistic sixteen-year-old is forcefully separated from her family by Soviet soldiers and sent to one of Stalin's work camps in Siberia. Despite suffering through cruel and harsh conditions, Lina finds refuge in the connections she makes with other deportees and in the art she continues to create to document her experiences.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007

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Summary: A medieval couple in Macedonia cannot conceive. An old woman offers help but only if they give her their firstborn. A year after they have a baby, she visits them. A taxi driver hits a man in the street. The ambulance and neighbors come and go. Seated alone on the curb in the rain, he waits for the police. Taken with his honesty, Rodna brings him an umbrella. Three years later they are married,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: For three years, the Driftwood, a 60-foot motor yacht, and its modern-day band of explorers traveled along 25,000 miles of North American waterways rediscovering the sites and sounds of a continent that has fascinated and challenged adventurers for hundreds of years. Join the crew of sailors and young filmmakers in this 13-part series as they sample the substance, the spirit and the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2007

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