Summary: In the wake of a brutal civil war, the legendary and feared killer Kenshin Himura throws down his sword and vows to turn his back on bloodshed. Choosing instead to live his life as a peaceful wanderer, Kenshin soon finds that the world around him is rapidly changing and not for the better. A sadistic drug lord, Kanryu, oppresses the people, poisoning them with opium and stealing what little...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN RURkeshi
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES KESSummary: The story takes place on Christmas Eve in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Middle-aged has-been Gin, aging transvestite Hana, and teenage runaway Miyuki are homeless friends who have formed a makeshift family structure bond. That bond is tested when they find an abandoned baby while searching for food in a trash dumpster. They try to care for the infant themselves, and travel throughout the city in search of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TOKSummary: Magnetic Rose: Two space travellers follow a distress signal and are drawn into a magnificent world created by one woman's memories. Stink bomb: A young chemist accidentally transforms himself into an unstoppable biological weapon set on a direct course for Tokyo. Cannon fodder: Depicts a day in the life of a city whose entire purpose is the firing of cannons at an unknown enemy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD ANIME MEMKesha
Contents: Tonight (3:15) -- My own dance (2:41) -- Raising hell (feat. Big Freedia) (2:49) -- High road (3:19) -- Shadow (3:33) -- Honey (3:21) -- Cowboy blues (4:00) -- Resentment (feat. Sturgill Simpson, Brian Wilson & Wrabel) (2:52) -- Little bit of love (2:22) -- Birthday suit (2:55) -- Kinky (3:24) -- Potato song (cuz I want to) (3:33) -- BFF (feat. Wrabel) (4:11) -- Father daughter dance (2:37) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KESKesha
Contents: Something to believe in -- Eat the acid -- Living in my head -- Fine line -- Only love can save us now -- All I need is you -- The drama -- Ram dass interlude -- Too far gone -- Peace & quiet -- Only love reprise -- Hate me harder -- Happy.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Kemosabe/RCA 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KESCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KESOtomo, Katsuhiro
Summary: As Neo-Tokyo lies in ruin after an assasination attempt invokes the fury of Akira, the Great Tokyo Empire rises with Akira its king, Tetsuo its mad prime minister, and a growing number of acolytes ready to go to any length to please the new leaders.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 AKIBush, Keisha
Summary: "Marabout Ahmed, is a highly regarded Koranic teacher who runs a religious school for young boys in the capital city where Ibrahimah is sent to join his cousin Etienne to study for a year--the local custom for many families. Six-year-old Ibrahimah loves swiping pastries from his mother's kitchen, harvesting green beans with his father, and racing down to the beach after the mosque in search of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUSJones, Keisha
Summary: "Earth is our home, and its our responsibility to take care of it. Thats just one important truth students will learn through this title, which tackles the problem of pollution in an accessible way. With text written to support elementary science curricula, students will learn what causes pollution, why its harmful, and what can be done to fix it. Detailed photographs and fact boxes supplement...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.7 JONOtomo, Katsuhiro
Summary: In the 21st century, the once-glittering Neo-Tokyo lies in ruins, leveled in minutes by the infinite power of the child psychic giant, Akira. Now a wasteland of rubble and anarchy, the Great Tokyo Empire rises, a ragtag group of zealots and crazies who worship and fear Akira and his mad prime minister, Tetsuo, an angry teen with immense powers of his own -- and equally immense twisted...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Comics 2001
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Summary: "A timely new resource to help kids understand and resolve conflicts stemming from issues of consent. Consent isn't just about sex. From an early age, kids are taught to respect personal space. They learn to express themselves about how they feel. As much as they need to be taught that kissing, hugging and touching are sometimes appropriate and sometimes not, it is important that they consider...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 176 EVAMorris, Keisha
Summary: "Kayla and Mateo enjoy passing drawings of dinosaurs to each other across the clothesline that runs between their apartment windows, but when the clothesline is taken down, the two children must find a new way to keep their story--and friendship going"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORKishi Bashi
Contents: Disc 1. Intro ; Pathos, pathos -- Manchester -- Bright whites -- It all began with a burst -- Wonder woman, wonder me -- Chester's burst over the Hamptons -- Atticus, in the desert -- I am the antichrist to you -- Beat the bright out of me.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL POP/ROCK BASKishi Bashi
Contents: Penny Rabbit and Summer Bear -- F Delano -- Marigolds -- A song for you -- Angeline -- Summer of '42 -- Theme from Jerome (Forgotten words) -- A meal for leaves -- Violin tsunami -- Annie, Heart Thief of the sea.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BASKishi Bashi.
Contents: Intro/Pathos, pathos -- Manchester -- Bright whites -- It all began with a burst -- Wonder woman, wonder me -- Chester's burst over the Hamptons -- Atticus, in the desert -- I am the antichrist to you -- Beat the bright out of me.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Joyful Noise 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BASArmstrong, Jennifer Keishin.
Summary: The story of the making of the classic television series offers insight into how the influential show reflected changing American perspectives and was the first situation comedy to employ numerous women as writers and producers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 ARMDanielsson, Krissi.
Contents: My baby is gone -- Looking for causes of miscarriage -- Miscarriage testing and treatments -- Alternative treatments and stress reduction -- Coping with pregnancy loss -- Trying again -- Pregnant again -- For dads only: a quick miscarriage coping primer.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Common Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.3 DANJoseph, Leisha
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1532 JOSHase, Seishū
Summary: "One dog changes the life of everyone who takes him in on his journey to reunite with his first owner in this inspiring tribute to the bond between humans and dogs and the life-affirming power of connection"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HASKashyap, Keshni.
Summary: Tina Malhotra, a sophomore at the Yarborough Academy in Southern California, creates an existential diary for an honors English assignment in which she tries to determine who she is and where she fits in.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 KASKureishi, Hanif.
Summary: Unwilling to admit that he has entered middle age, successful psychoanalyst and divorced father Jamal interacts with a string of outcast friends while struggling with memories about his first love, from whom he was separated by an unconfessed act of violence.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KUROnishi, Junko.
Contents: Piano quintet suite / Onishi (10:21) -- Peggie's blue skylight / Mingus (9:22) -- Interlude 1 / Schumann ; arr. Onishi (1:27) -- Naturally (10:35) ; Interlude 2 (0:51) / Onishi -- The tropic of capricorn / Onishi, Hayashi (9:29) -- Tony / Onishi (3:20) -- Orange was the color of her dress, then blue silk / Mingus (7:56) -- Take the A train / Ellington (6:58).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Notes Records 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ONIŌnishi, Satoru
Summary: Presents a series of animal picture puzzles with a question on each page. Suggested level: junior.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ONICole, Keyshia.
Summary: R & B singer Keyshia Cole performs fifteen songs, including "Let It Go," "Shoulda Let You Go," and "Got To Get My Heart Back."
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Geffen 2007