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NDiaye, Marie NDiaye, Marie. Niia Reeves, Dianne. Weintraub, Aileen Yuna Yundi Yunus, Muhammad YusufSummary: After jobless Ibrahima Dieng receives a money order for 25,000 francs from a nephew who works in Paris, news of his windfall quickly spreads among his neighbors, who flock to him for loans even as he finds his attempts to cash the order stymied in a maze of bureaucracy, and new troubles rain down on his head. An adaptation of a novella by the director himself is a bitterly ironic depiction of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN MANWeintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Reeves, Dianne.
Contents: I Want You (4:57) -- Feels So Good (Lifted) (4:26) -- Dreams (5:20) -- Satiated (Been Waiting) (5:39) -- Waiting In Vain (6:35) -- 32 Flavors (5:27) -- Cold (6:14) -- Wild Rose (5:51) -- Stormy Weather (8:03) -- Tango (6:36) -- Unconditional Love (For You) (5:43) -- Long Road Ahead (3:59).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Concord Records 2014
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Summary: A highly-acclaimed production from the Bayerische Staatsoper, a powerful and fascinating reinterpretation of Dvorak's fairy-tale opera Rusalka. The young, up-and-coming Latvian soprano, Kristine Opolais's performance was rightly praised by the press. With her supple and velvety soprano voice, captivating physical beauty, and hauntingly moving stage presence, Opolais perfectly embodies the role...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2012
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA RUSYunus, Muhammad
Summary: After helping to save 7.5 million Bangladeshi from poverty, nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus opens a branch of his Grameen Bank in an effort to help women in Queens, N.Y., achieve their American dream.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOSummary: In this madcap and lighthearted comedic romp, introverted optometrist Weichung begins to question his marriage with his wife Feng, upon learning of her desire to have another baby. At his sister's engagement party, Weichung bumps into an old friend, Stephen, a wedding photographer who, though also married, is living the high life of a younger, single gay man. When Stephen teases Weichung for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WILYundi
Contents: 1. in C Major (0:31) -- 2. in A Minor (2:03) -- 3. in G Major (0:52) -- 4. in E Minor (1:43) -- 5. in D Major (0:29) -- 6. in B Minor (1:41) -- 7. in A Major (0:45) -- 8. in F Sharp Minor (1:30) -- 9. in E Major (1:35) -- 10. in C Sharp Minor (0:24) -- 11. in B Major (0:33) -- 12. in G Sharp Minor (1:02) -- 13. in F Sharp Major (2:41) -- 14. in E Flat Minor (0:27) -- 15. in D Flat Major...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mercury Classics 2015
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Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ISLSummary: Two decades after its original negatives were burned in a fire, Satyajit Ray's breathtaking milestone of world cinema rises from the ashes in a meticulously reconstructed new restoration of a family saga. Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) follows a poor Bengali family living in a village. The boy Apu's development grows as he witnesses the protection of family members' reputations, the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN APUSummary: Set in the Pakistani community in south London, the film focuses on two youths--Johnny, a working-class white, and Omar, a Pakistani. Together they operate a laundrette, which Omar inherits from his uncle. While Johnny looks upon the laundrette as a life line on which to salvage his self-respect, Omar sees it as just the beginning step on the road to riches.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYNDiaye, Marie
Summary: From the Booker Prize-nominated author of Three Strong Women: an elegant, hypnotic new novel about a legendary French female chef--the facts of her life, the nearly ineffable qualities of her cooking, and the obsessive, sometimes destructive desire for purity of taste and experience that shaped her life. Continuing her tradition of writing provocative fiction about fascinating women, here Marie...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NDINiia
Contents: Prelude -- Hurt you first -- Sideline -- Nobody -- last night in Los Feliz -- Girl like me -- Day & night -- Constantly dissatisfied -- California -- All I need -- Mulholland -- Sideline Ft. Jazmine Sullivan
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NIISummary: Jim Phelps continues to focus on targets outside the reach of conventional law enforcement, as he and special effects whiz Barney, muscle man Willy, and the gorgeous Casey help smash organized crime rings.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MISSummary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSNDiaye, Marie.
Summary: After a woman, Clarisse, is murdered on a trip to visit her mother in Bordeaux, her daughter tries to uncover what happened to her with the help of a brown dog who appears to have taken in the spirit of the deceased.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NDIYuna
Summary: Yuna's personally charged songs are deeply felt yet melodically irresistible, combining her engaging voice and expressive song craft with imaginative production to create wholly distinctive music. Features guest appearances from Usher and Jhene Aiko.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK YUNSummary: Tequila is a die-hard cop who will stop at nothing to avenge his partner's murder, and joins forces with a rebel cop to fight the bad guys.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mei ya lei she ying die you xian gong si [distributor 1990
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Amanda lives in Los Angeles and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey, England and is a journalist. The two live five thousand miles apart and have never met, but both are dealing with the same problem: men. Amanda just broke up with her cheating boyfriend. Iris has pined for her ex. Amanda comes upon a website that advocates home exchange and the two decide to swap houses for two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOLCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Holiday 2007Yuna
Summary: ""WHAT IF I'M ABANDONED YET AGAIN?" Thanks to the boisterous Carsein and her new imperial bodyguards, Aristia is able to put her desperation aside and find her smile again. But when the dreaded invitation to the crown prince's coming-of-age ceremony arrives before her father can return from the border regions, she's overwhelmed with the daunting prospect of announcing her plans for the future...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022
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Summary: Maître Susane, a quiet middle-aged lawyer living a modest existence in Bordeaux, known to all as a consummate and unflappable professional. But when Gilles Principaux shows up at her office asking her to defend his wife, who is accused of a horrific crime, Maître Susane begins to crack. She seems to remember having been alone with him in her youth for a significant event, one her mind obsesses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.NDiaye, Marie.
Summary: Follows the stories of three women who discover the power of saying no, including a lawyer who must save a victim of her tyrannical father, a Dakar teacher whose happiness is thwarted by a depressed boyfriend, and a penniless widow desperate to escape homelessness.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NDIYuna
Summary: "Out in the peaceful countryside, far away from the painful memories of the Imperial Capital, Aristia hopes to recuperate and focus on her sword training. However, she soon finds out the hard way that it's not so easy to escape fate. As Ruveliss's unexpected visit rekindles the deep-seated trauma in her heart, can Tia find the strength cut a new path for herself? "-- Amazon.of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Yuna
Summary: ""I HOPE SHE, AT LEAST, WILL BE FREE." As the newly appointed assistant officer to the commander of the First Order of Knights, Aristia is one step closer to becoming the heir of House Monique. But fighting against destiny is never easy, and a run-in with Ruveliss on the anniversary of her mother's death makes it clear that the bonds that tie them together run deeper than Tia ever knew. And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Jeffrey is the killer hired by the mob for one last job. Lee is a relentless cop whose mission is to stop Jeffrey at all cost. The two enemies form a strange bond that blurs the line between good and evil. When Jeffrey is double-crossed by the mob in a shootout, Lee picks up his trail in a church while Jeffrey's mistress is caught in a crossfire.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Films 2000