Oluseyi, Hakeem M. (Hakeem Muata)
Summary: "Born into extreme poverty and emotional deprivation, James Edward Plummer was blessed with a genius I.Q. and a love of science. But in his community, a young bookworm quickly becomes a target for violence and abuse. As he struggles to survive his childhood in some of the toughest cities in the country, and his teenage years in the equally poor backwoods of Mississippi, James adopts the hybrid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 OLUSummary: In Dhadkan (Heart beat), Anjali (Shilpa Shetty) is forced by her parents to marry a man they choose rather than Dev (Sunil Shetty), an illegitimate child. Anjali's marriage to Ram (Akshay Kumar) gets off to a disastrous start, as Anjali refuses to acknowledge Ram as her husband. But despite herself Anjali is drawn into Ram's family's intrigue, overcomes her memory of Dev, and gradually comes to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Eros International 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DHAHaken
Contents: Disc 1: Prosthetic -- Invasion -- Carousel -- The strain -- Canary yellow -- Messiah complex I: ivory tower -- Messiah complex II: a glutton for punishment -- Messiah complex III: marigold -- Messiah complex IV: the sect -- Messiah complex V: ectobius rex -- Only stars -- Prosthetic (instrumental) -- Invasion -- Carousel -- The strain -- Canary yellow -- Messiah complex I: ivory tower -- essiah...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HAKNaeem
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP NAESummary: "The Qur'an, believed by Muslims to be the word of God, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago. It is the supreme authority in Islam and the living source of all Islamic teaching; it is a sacred text and a book of guidance, that sets out the creed, rituals, ethics, and laws of the Islamic religion. It has been one of the most influential books in the history of literature....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297.1 QurSummary: "One of the preeminent figures of Iranian cinema, Mohsen Makhmalbaf has written and directed an impressive array of acclaimed films, winning accolades at international film festivals and admiration of world cinema audiences. This collection presents three of his most lyrical works which the director has termed his Poetic Trilogy. Gabbeh tells of an elderly couple who stop by a stream to wash...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN MOHAslam, Nadeem.
Summary: Jeo and Mikal are foster brothers from a small town in Pakistan. Though they were inseparable as children, their adult lives have diverged: Jeo is a dedicated medical student, married a year; Mikal has been a vagabond since he was fifteen, in love with a woman he can't have. But when Jeo decides to sneak across the border into Afghanistan--not to fight with the Taliban against the Americans,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASLAslam, Nadeem.
Summary: The disappearance of Jugnu and Chanda turns tragic when Chanda's brothers are arrested for their murders and the families struggle to reconcile their Islamic faith and the crime's impact on their families.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASLHrab, Naseem.
Summary: Ira and Malcolm are best friends: they always make each other laugh, always eat lunch together, and always play together. But one day, a disagreement about whether to play tag or hide-and-seek sees the suddenly über-popular Malcolm run off with a crowd of tag-loving kids―and Ira all alone. Ira’s tummy hurts, his chin is wibbling, and his eyes are leaking. What’s happening?! Any efforts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HRADeVaughn, Raheem
Contents: If you're the one / (feat. Skyzoo) -- One time / (feat. Becky Cane) -- When a man -- If I made love to you -- Just fall in love / (feat. Westside Boogie) -- Broken pieces -- I still love you -- Honey -- Zaddy / (feat. 3D Na'Tee) -- Rick James -- On top -- Everything baby.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES DEVAslam, Nadeem
Summary: "A brave, timely, searingly beautiful novel from the acclaimed author of The Blind Man's Garden: set in contemporary Pakistan, the story of a Muslim widow and her Christian neighbors whose community is consumed by violent religious intolerance When shotsring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis's life begins to crumble around her. Her husband, Massud--a fellow architect--is caught in the cross...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASLHadeed, Kristen
Summary: This is the story of how Kristen Hadeed built Student Maid, a cleaning company where people are happy, loyal, productive, and empowered, even while they’re mopping floors and scrubbing toilets. It’s the story of how she went from being an almost comically inept leader to a sought-after CEO who teaches others how to lead. Hadeed unintentionally launched Student Maid while attending college ten...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HADEED, KRISTEN HADSalloum, Habeeb
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Food Ethnic SalloumKassam, Raheem
Contents: The unsettled debate -- What happens in Europe -- From Molenbeek, with terror -- From Sweden, with rape -- From France, with hate -- From the United Kingdom, with sharia -- From San Bernardino, with lies -- From Detroit, with the call to prayer -- From America, with radical Islam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Pol KassamRaheem, Zara
Summary: To Leila Abid's traditional Indian parents, finding a husband is as easy as match, meet, marry. But for Leila, a marriage of arrangement clashes with her lifelong dreams of a Bollywood romance, where real love happens before marriage, not the other way around. Yet after twenty-six years of singledom, and still no sign of "Mr. Perfect," even Leila is starting to get nervous. And to make matters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RAHElsbai, Hadeer
Summary: In a novel set wholly in a new world, but inspired by modern Egyptian history, two young women--Nehal, a spoiled aristocrat used to getting what she wants, and Giorgina, a poor bookshop worker used to having nothing--find they have far more in common, particularly in their struggle for the rights of women and their ability to fight for it with forbidden elemental magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: "Snail is a party animal. Well ... kind of. He especially appreciates the quiet things about parties, like confetti, using his indoor voice, and softly blowing out birthday candles. But parties tend to get pretty loud, and that's when Snail disappears into his shell. But not to worry! Snail still has fun at parties - it's just that from inside his shell nobody can tell he's having a good time....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HRASummary: Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors. On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Worlds 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STAHagee, John.
Contents: The Meeting In The Air / Heaven's Jubilee (Medley) (3:46) -- Just A Closer Walk With Thee (3:29) -- I'd Rather Have Jesus (3:21) -- Highway To Heaven (2:17) -- Cry From Valley Forge / It Is The Soldier (Medley) (3:30) -- Near The Cross (4:06) -- When The Saints Go Marching In / Just A Little While (Medley) (3:26) -- No On Ever Cared For Me Like Jesus (3:32) -- Victory In Jesus (3:52) -- When...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Difference Media Group 2013
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Makem, Tommy.
Contents: A place in the choir / Bill Staines (2:26) -- The cobbler / trad., arr. Tommy Makem (3:00) -- The Dutchman / Michael Peter Smith (5:05) -- The garden song / David Mallet (3:18) -- Willie McBride / Eric Bogle (5:09) -- Morning glory / Doug Flett & Guy Fletcher (2:45) -- Four green fields / Tommy Makem (4:20) -- Ballad of St. Anne's reel / David Mallet (3:17) -- Red is the rose / trad.,...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Shanachie Records 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MAKHagee, John.
Contents: It's 1938 again -- My lifelong love for Israel -- Sins of the fathers -- "One single night" becomes many -- The peoples of the Middle East -- The religions of the Middle East -- Revolution and radical Islam -- Our debt to the Jewish people -- Honoring Israel brings God's blessing -- Answering Christian critics -- Answering secular critics -- "Israel lives!".
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Publisher / Publication Date: FrontLine 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 231.76 HAGMakem, Tommy.
Contents: The wild colonial boy -- The little beggarman -- Johnny I hardly knew you -- Canada my own land -- Gentle Annie -- Roddy McCorley -- The old orange flute -- Johnny McEldoo -- The black velvet band -- The Irish rover -- The rambles of spring -- Farewell to Carlingford -- The wild rover -- Red is the rose -- Tim Finnegan's wake -- The moonshiner -- The butcher boy -- I'll tell my ma -- Bold...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shanachie Records 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MAKHagee, John.
Summary: Hagee explores what upcoming blood moons mean, and why it is critical Christians understand what these signs mean both for Israel and the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Worthy Pub. 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.15 HAGCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 220.15 HAGSummary: Trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, five people discover that the Devil is among them, and no one can escape their fate. This chilling, supernatural thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat all the way to a heart-stopping ending with a truly wicked twist.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2010