Nassif, Thiago.
Contents: Soar estranho-- Pele de leopardo-- Voz Única foto sem calcinha-- Plástico-- Feral fox-- Trepa trepa-- Transparente-- Cor-- Rijo jorra já-- Santa
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Gearbox records 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NASSummary: The soundtrack to the 2007 motion picture release "The Darjeeling Limited," featuring twenty-two songs by various performers, including "Where Do You Go To," "Bombay Talkie," and "This Time Tomorrow."
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ABKCO 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC DARKassin
Contents: Comprimidos demais -- Relax -- Estricina -- Momento de clareza -- O anestesista -- Sua sugestao -- A paisagem morta -- Digerido -- Serio o donut -- As coisa que nos nao fizemo -- Enquanto desaba o mundo.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Luaka Bop 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN KASTaleb, Nassim.
Summary: Not all swans are white, and not all events are predictable. Taleb shows that black swans, like 9/11, cannot be foreseen and have an immeasurable impact on the world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 003.54 TALTaleb, Nassim.
Summary: "The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 155.24 TALAbboud, Samer Nassif
Summary: In this fully revised second edition of his acclaimed text, Samer Abboud provides an in-depth analysis of Syria's descent into civil war, the subsequent stalemate, and the consequences of Russian military involvement after 2015.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Polity Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.91 ABDNashif, Kais
Summary: When a young Palestinian man, who has never done any creative writing in his life, as a result of unlikely circumstances becomes a screenwriter for a popular soap opera, an Israeli officer at the checkpoint that he passes daily, whose wife is a big fan ofthe show, agrees to help him with the plot ideas in exchange for a promise that the series will end with a wedding, but the Palestinian...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TELMoraes, Thiago de
Summary: This amazing atlas of history shows how fifteen extraordinary cultures experienced their world. Packed with remarkable characters from all different periods, you'll meet emperors, explorers, inventors, pirates, astronauts, and more! Children will be fascinated as they travel the world and discover how cultures such as the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Mongols, Ottomans, Inca, Chinese, Russians,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 TALTaleb, Nassim.
Summary: Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 003.54 TalebWassef, Nadia
Summary: "The warm and winning story of starting a bookstore where there were none, Shelf Life recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASSEF, NADIA WASBader, Bonnie
Summary: "Through this engaging Who Was? biography, kids will discover the woman behind the sunglasses. Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy. As First Lady she restored the once neglected rooms of the White House to their former glory, and through her charm and elegance became a style icon whose...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENFassin, Didier
Summary: "Adapted from the landmark essay Enforcing Order, this striking graphic novel offers an accessible inside look at policing and how it leads to discrimination and violence. What we know about the forces of law and order often comes from dramatic episodes that make the headlines, or from sensationalized versions for film and television. These gripping accounts can obscure a crucial aspect of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2 FASKassis, Reem
Summary: "The Arabesque Table takes inspiration from the traditional food of the Arab world, weaving Reem Kassis's historic research and cultural knowledge with her contemporary interpretations of an ancient, remarkably diverse cuisine. Organized by primary ingredient, the recipes and vivid photographs bring the dishes to life while her narrative offers not only a sense of taste, but a sense of time and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Limited 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5953 KASWeston, Randy.
Contents: African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant 1 (3:16) -- The healers (10:44) -- African cookbook (17:13) -- La Elaha-Ella Allah/Morad Allah (6:39) -- The call (6:12) -- African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant 2 (8:26) -- The seventh queen (16:35) -- Blue Moses (11:57) -- African sunrise (19:50) -- A prayer for us all (5:16).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Antilles 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ WESLassig, Jürgen.
Summary: A newly hatched spinosaurus wanders away from his nest into the forest and encounters many of the dangers and pleasures that lurk there.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North-South Books 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: FIC LASSharp Things
Contents: I will always be swimming in this sea -- Boys club -- Vacationing -- Right -- Demon of love -- Lies about you and I -- Precious -- Lament/A million things -- It took forever to get home tonight -- Lonesome for the man -- Missing the daze.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dive Records 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SharpBeasley, Cassie.
Summary: "When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BEAPretty Things
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Distribution, Inc 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PREBassil, Andrea.
Summary: Vincent van Gogh's artistic career only lasted from about 1880 to 1890. During that time, he produced over eight hundred paintings and a huge collection of drawings. Virtually self-taught, van Gogh developed his own individual style, which continues to inspire many today. Few artists of his time regarded him as a great painter, but during the twentieth century, decades after his death, he...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub./World Almanac Library 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759.492 VANHassib, Rajia
Summary: The affluent Al-Menshawy family find their American dream shattered when a devastating turn of events leaves their eldest son and their neighbor's daughter dead, and, becoming pariahs in their upscale New Jersey community, they struggle to keep their family together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HASHassib, Rajia
Summary: "A powerful novel about two Egyptian sisters--their divergent fates and the secrets of one family Sisters Rose and Gameela Gubran could not have been more different. Rose, an Egyptologist, married an American journalist and immigrated to New York City, where she works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gameela, a devout Muslim since her teenage years, stayed in Cairo. During the aftermath of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HASCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Hassib 2019Massie, Allan
Summary: Drawing on the accounts of historians past and present, novels, and plays, this is the complete story of the Stuart family, documenting their path from the salt marshes of Brittany to the thrones of Scotland and England and eventually to exile. The Royal Stuarts brings to life figures like Mary, Queens of Scots, Charles I, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, uncovering a family of strong affections and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 STUNasser, Dave.
Summary: "The funny and heartwarming story of one couple's unexpected life with the 'runt of the litter' puppy who grew to be the largest dog in the world...in fact ever"--Provided by the publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Life & Style 2012