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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Contents: Adagio in G minor -- Concerto in B flat, op. 7 no. 3 -- Concerto in C major, op. 7 no. 5 -- Concerto in D major, op. 7 no. 6 -- Concerto in G major -- Concerto in F major, op. 7 no. 9 -- Concerto in C major, op. 7 no. 11 -- Concerto in C major, op. 7 no. 12 -- Concerto a 5 in D minor, op. 9 no. 2.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL ALBSunazaki, Tomoko.
Contents: Sea of spring (6:56) -- London no yoru no ame (3:51) -- Shinsencho bukyoku (9:37) -- Koto tanshishu (9:53) -- Tegoto (12:26) -- Mittsu no dansho (9:08) -- Kamimu (8:05) -- Midare (7:48).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fortuna 1986
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/ASIAN SUNKakita, Tomoko
Summary: Perfect the gift of giving. The only modern, practical guide to the ancient art of Japanese gift wrapping. Discover how to use Furoshiki - beautiful, reusable wrapping cloth, to make gift-giving extra special and joyful, and kinder to the planet too. In Japan, gift-giving is an important cultural ritual, and the presentation is just as important as the gift itself. Learn 30 exquisite yet easy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Laurence King Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.54 KAKAbe, Momoko
Summary: "An avocado faces an identity crisis when it doesn't know if it's a fruit or a vegetable"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ABESummary: Ciel Phantomhive is the most powerful boy in all of England, but he bears the scars of unspeakable suffering. Forced to watch as his beloved parents were brutally murdered, Ciel was subsequently abducted and violently tortured. Desperate to end his suffering, the boy traded his own soul for a chance at vengeance, casting his lot with the one person on whom he could depend: Sebastian, a demon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: FUNimation Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME BLASummary: A rare glimpse of early Japanese anime and prewar Japanese culture, The roots of Japanese anime features the masterworks of such pioneers of Japanese animation as Noburo Ofuji, Yasuji Murata, and Kenzo Masaoka, in addition to Mitsuyo Seo's Momotaro's sea eagle, the notorious war cartoon billed as Japan's first feature anime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zakka Films 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ROOBaraka, Amiri
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.643 JONJackson, Kosoko
Summary: After a liver transplant, Andre suddenly becomes a time traveler, but is his soulmate Michael, who lives in 1969, or Blake, his donor's brother, who is training him in 2021?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JACSakai, Komako
Summary: When everyone is asleep, Hannah wakes up and discovers the quiet, exciting night-time world. When Hannah wakes suddenly in the night, she discovers a whole new world of adventure. With nobody awake to tell her off, she can do just as she pleases. The book combines simple language with beautifully textured images, capturing the innocence and wonder of young children at play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SAKTomory, David.
Summary: David Tomory traces the continuous western influences at work on Goa from the time of the Portugese to the present day. This entertaining and informative tour through the totality of western contact with Goa reveals what Goa is actually like for both westerners and Goans, and catches Goa as it stands at the brink of a complicated future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 954.799 TomorSummary: A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship before Ponyo's father forces her to return to the sea. Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the balance of nature and only Ponyo's mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PoBurian, Natalka
Summary: "In rural West Virginia, Joanie and her foster siblings live on a farm tending a mysterious plant called the vine. The older girls are responsible for cultivating the vine, performing sacred rituals to make it grow. After Joanie's arranged marriage goes horribly wrong, leaving her widowed and with a baby, she plots her escape with the help of her foster brother Cello. But before they can get...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BURTakaoka, Shannon
Summary: Gracie feels like a minor character in her own life story-until a mysterious journal turns her fictional stories into reality. It's 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her new school, she's still reeling from her parents' divorce, and her grandmother Katherine's Alzheimer's is getting worse. So when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TAKSummary: "From the Newark Rebellion of 1967 to current day, the city's narrative has been one of revolution with each generation picking up where the previous had left off. WHY IS WE AMERICANS? weighs in on Newark's struggle against oppression through the personal triumphs and tragedies of the Baraka family -- from Amiri's civil rights leadership and ultimate artistic marginalization, to the horrific...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHYTomosy, Thomas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amherst Media 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 770 TOMKataoka, Jinsei
Summary: Framed for the brutal murders of his classmates by the mysterious Red Man, middle school student Ganta Igarashi finds himself sentenced to death and sent to the bizarre and fatal theme park/prison that has risen from the ruins of the Great Tokyo Earthquake--a hell on earth known as "Deadman Wonderland." With their leader captured, Scar Chain's uprising is thwarted by the Undertakers. Ganta...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DEATamagoyama, Tamako
Summary: A full-color manga series about the hilarious antics of the artist’s rescue cats–accompanied by photos of real kitties in action! Staring at you at night, putting their butts on your face, getting stuck in a box… Based on a popular blog, this full color manga shares the everyday silliness of living with cats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2023
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Summary: A little rabbit enjoys having a day off from kindergarten and spending time with his mother during a snowstorm, but his father's flight home is cancelled until the snow stops falling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SakSummary: Relena and Heero have come aboard the Libra in a last-ditch hope to talk some sense into Zechs, but he will not listen. Treize and his forces arrive, and Treize challenges Zechs to a one-on-one duel to decide the fate of the war, but Zechs refuses. Now the immense ships Libra and Peacmillion are on a collision course with one another, and the resulting collision could destroy all life on Earth....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bandai Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME MOBTomosy, Thomas.
Summary: "A comprehensive, fully illustrated guide."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amherst Media 1996
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Summary: "Last Days is a practice of radical imagination for our current political and environmental crises. It excavates the conditions that have brought us here-white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, corporate power, capitalism-and calls ancestors, birds, organizers, and lovers to conjure a new world. It explores how to transform our future to be more beautiful, more just, and more compassionate than we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alice James Books 2021
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Summary: "A chance to rewrite their ending is worth the risk in this swoony romantic comedy from Kosoko Jackson. It's been months since aspiring journalist Kian Andrews has heard from his ex-boyfriend, Hudson Rivers, but an urgent text has them meeting up at a café. Maybe Hudson wants to profusely apologize for the breakup. Or confess his undying love. . . . But no, Hudson has a favor to ask-he wants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 2022