Oelschlager, Vanita.
Summary: Presents several humorously illustrated food-related idioms, along with explanations of what they mean and examples of how they are used.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanita Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 428.313 OELMaita
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MAIRissi, Anica Mrose
Summary: "A contemporary collection of original short stories by Anica Mrose Rissi that is sure to elicit chills, laughs, and screams, even from the most devoted fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RISRania
Summary: Best friends Lily and Salma disagree over their preferred foods, but after trading sandwiches to see how they taste, the girls change their minds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E RanAnika
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ANIAnika.
Contents: Terry -- Yang Yang -- End of the world -- Masters of war -- Officer officer -- Sadness hides the sun -- No one's there -- I go to sleep -- Masters of war (dub).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Stones Throw Records 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ANIBlackburn, Venita
Summary: Coral is the first person to discover her brother Jay's dead body in the wake of his suicide. There's no note, only a drably furnished bachelor pad in Long Beach, California, and a cell phone with a handful of numbers in it. Coral pockets the phone. And then she starts responding to texts as her dead brother. Over the course of one week, Coral, the successful yet lonely author of a hit...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD / Farrar Straus and Giroux 2024
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Summary: Ashley Taylor has been straightforward with her husband, the president-elect of the United States. She supported his candidacy, but she has no intention of assuming the traditional role of First Lady--a position she describes as "First Hostess". Instead, she will resume her own career as head of one of the largest art museums in New York. The aftermath of her decision triggers reactions from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELLDavis, Tanita S.
Summary: Henri has attended a special school for her learning disability, dyscalculia, but when she is mainstreamed, she finds herself struggling to balance other parts of her life, and not just in math class--a family feud, drama on the soccer team, and a passion for poetry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DAVHavill, Juanita.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.54 HAVJaślan, Janina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Textbook Co. 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.85 JASOza, Janika
Summary: "At the turn of the twentieth century, Pirbhai, a teenage boy looking for work, is taken from his village in India to labor on the East African Railway for the British. One day Pirbhai commits an act to ensure his survival that will haunt him forever and reverberate across his family's future for years to come. Pirbhai's children are born and raised under the jacaranda trees and searing sun of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OZATademy, Lalita.
Summary: "The intertwining stories of two Louisiana families--three generations of African-American men--and their struggles to make a place for themselves in a country deeply divided in the aftermath of the Civil War and beyond"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TADKonami, Kanata
Summary: Chi's adventures continue as her new family moves to a new home, she meets other cats, and learns to like the vacuum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Comics, an imprint of Vertical, Inc. 2016
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Summary: "Rich, absorbing, and exotic, City of Lies travels up and down Vali Asr Street, Tehran's pulsing thoroughfare, from the lavish shopping malls of Tajrish through the smog that lingers over the alleyways and bazaars of the city's southern districts. Ramita Navai gives voice to ordinary Iranians forced to live extraordinary lives: the porn star, the aging socialite, the assassin and enemy of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 955 NAVNavai, Ramita.
Summary: This is Real Tehran: A City that is hidden from view and rarely written about, where survival depends on an intricate network of lies and subterfuge. It is a place where mullahs visit prostitutes, drug kingpins run crystal meth kitchens, surgeons restore girls' virginity and homemade porn is uploaded to the Internet and sold in the bazaars. Plotted around the city's great central thoroughfare,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 955 NAVMagness, Janiva.
Contents: Blues ain't pretty -- Nobody loves you like me -- It's your voodoo working -- The more I keep on losin' -- I don't know -- Makin' money -- St. Gabriel -- Act right -- Tell me how do you feel -- Help me to find my love -- I'm gonna play the honky tonks -- Tell me what I did wrong -- Every dog has his day -- Heartbreaker.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blues Leaf Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MAGSummary: When his young daughter's beloved companion, an android named Yang, malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AFTCopies Available at Kingsley
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AFTDavis, Tanita S.
Summary: "After her best friend, JC, has a kidney transplant, Serena feels that they are falling out of touch, especially as JC makes a new best friend in the hospital"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DAVApte, Sunita.
Summary: A lively discussion about the culture, geography, and history of India.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 954 APTCharles, Tanika
Summary: Composed and recorded while in and out of lockdowns, it is an album anchored in growth and maturity. The thematic inspiration came from an unlikely source, a creature that soars after the sun sets, but often goes unnoticed until the light shines on it. Following the success of "Soul Run" (2016/17) and "The Gumption" (2019), Tanika had found a comfortable pace of releasing albums then hitting...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES CHAHall, Juanita
Contents: Lovin' Sam, the sheik from Alabam' -- Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer -- After you've gone -- Nobody wants you when you're down and out -- A good man is hard to find -- Downhearted blues -- Baby won't you please come home -- I don't want it second hand -- Second hand -- You've been a good old wagon -- Hold that train -- Gulf Coast blues.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantasy 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HALMagness, Janiva.
Contents: A woman knows -- The whale has swallowed me -- Everything gonna be alright -- Lost and lookin' -- Wasn't that enough -- The soul of a man -- That's no way to get along -- Bury him at the crossroads -- One more heartache -- I'm leaving you -- Less and less of you -- Ain't lost nothin' -- Eat the lunch you brought.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: NorthernBlues 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MagneAbouzeid, Rania
Summary: This astonishing book by the prize-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid tells the tragedy of the Syrian War through the dramatic stories of four young people seeking safety and freedom in a shattered country. Extending back to the first demonstrations of 2011, No Turning Back dissects the tangle of ideologies and allegiances that make up the Syrian conflict. As protests ignited in Daraa, some...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018