Summary: A heartwarming tale of two unique women who bond while recuperating in a hospital. Martha, a mother of four rambunctious and imaginative children, finds solace when she meets the younger woman, Claudia, and quickly the two build a strong relationship. When Martha invites Claudia to live with her family, Claudia unwittingly takes on the responsibility of becoming a surrogate mother to Martha's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AMAPineda, Jon
Summary: "Fifteen-year-old Pearl is squatting in an abandoned boathouse with her father, a disgraced college professor, and two other grown men, deep in the swamps of the American South. All four live on the fringe, scavenging what they can--catfish, lumber, scraps for their ailing dog. Despite the isolation, Pearl feels at home with her makeshift family: the three men care for Pearl and teach her what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PINPineda, Jaime A.
Summary: "Controlling Mental Chaos shows how the dynamics of anxiety and incessant rumination reflect uncontrolled creativity, and how using simple, time-tested techniques we can learn to control the chaos and recover our creative nature"--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: From master director Jia Zhang-Ke comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors, Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong, born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, respectively. In their stories, we hear of the dire circumstances they faced in their rural villages and small towns, and the substantial political effort undertaken to address it, from the social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SWISefusatti, Emiliano.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vernacular Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 SEFSummary: Follows the real life rock 'n' roll fairy tale of Filipino Arnel Pineda, who was plucked from YouTube to become the front man for iconic American rock band Journey. In this Cinderella story for the ages, Arnel, having overcome a lifetime's worth of hardships, must now navigate the immense pressures of replacing a legendary singer and leading a world-renowned band on their most extensive world...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2013
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quilt Digest Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 SinemaPiedra, Tony
Summary: "Deep in the tropical forest of Costa Rica, ten sticky frog eggs cling to a leaf. Only nine eggs hatch. Only eight tadpoles wind up in the water below. What will it take to survive the countdown to adulthood and begin the cycle again? This beautifully designed, color-drenched introduction to frog metamorphosis peeks at this animal's habitats and predators as it illustrates competition and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.8 PIEPiedra, Tony
Summary: Eliot's grandfather, El Capitán, has retired from the sea, and after listening to his grandfather's stories, Eliot is ready for an adventure--so they set out together to find one they can share.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PIEŌyama, Sumita
Summary: "Zen monk Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) is one of Japan's most beloved modern poets, famous for his 'free-verse' haiku, the dominant style today. This book tells the fascinating story of his life, liberally sprinkled with more than 300 of his poems and extracts from his essays and journals--compiled by his best friend and biographer Sumita Oyama and elegantly translated by William Scott Wilson."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TANEDA, SANTOKA OYAPindar, Heather
Summary: Three hungry crocodiles are on a mission--to eat all of the guests at Zebra's birthday party! Emerging readers will love this carefully leveled story, complete with full-color illustrations and a reading comprehension quiz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN PINSonnino, Piera
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 SONHarts, Minda
Summary: "A guide for girls of color looking to find their voice and claim space as they prepare for high school, college, and their careers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.235 HARBrown, Pieta
Contents: In the light (with Calexico) -- Rosine (with Mike Lewis) -- Once again (with David Mansfield) -- How soon (with Mason Jennings) -- Street tracker (with Mark Knopfler) -- Stopped my horse (with Carrie Rodriguez) -- Station blues (with Chad Cromwell) -- Take me home (with David Lindley) -- On your way (with Eric Heywood & Caitlin Canty) -- All the roads (with The Pines).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BROIkeda, Akihisa
Summary: Tsukune is trying to hide the fact that he is human from the rest of Yokai because monsters kill humans on sight, especially humans who discover the existence of Yokai. Now, Kuyo, leader of the Security Enforcement Committee, has gotten a hot tip that Tsukune is human. Not only does that mean death for Tsukune, but his friends and allies--Moka and the rest of the newspaper club--may also have...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROSPiney Gir.
Contents: Hello halo--Say I'm sory--Blithe spirit--There was a drumnk--Early days--Blixa Bargeld's bicycle--Not your anything--Of all the wonderful things--Miss Havisham--Abelha:Bumblebee--199 g elephant and castle--Lion ( I am one)--Oleanna--Love is a lonely things-_Weeping machine--For the love of others
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Greyday Records 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PINHot Panda
Summary: 2012 release, the third album from the Canadian Indie Rock band. While tackling crippling social disorders like cynicism, depression and closed-mindedness in their lyrics, Go Outside retains the energy, humor and sub-genre diversity of their earlier releases and renowned live performances. This is not a transition from Hot Panda's freewheeling, light-hearted roots to soul-baring egotism and...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mint Records 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HOTPINES, AYALA
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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Place a hold to request this item.Brown, Pieta.
Contents: I never told -- Nobody's rose -- Blood song -- Going away blues -- Beautiful light -- Wish me luck --Electric fields -- Little sparrow.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: T Records
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BROIkeda, Akihisa.
Summary: All-around average student Tsukune transfers to Monster High, where he discovers the turf war isn't between the jocks and the nerds but the vampires and the werewolves. In this episode, Tsukune learns that having a witch for a classmate can create a vexing hexing situations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROSHarts, Minda
Summary: "In these tumultuous times, as workplaces across the nation struggle to become truly inclusive, women of color need frank talk and honest advice on how to deal with microaggressions, how to heal from racialized trauma, how to find relief from invisible workplace burdens. The stakes are high, as even Lauryn Hill had put it: "How you gonna win when you ain't right within?" In Right Within, Harts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3008 HARIkeda, Akihisa
Summary: Tsukune, an average teenager trying to get accepted to a high school, finds that there is something strange about the students at Monster High, where the turf war is waged between vampires and werewolves instead of jocks and nerds.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROSIkeda, Ryoji.
Contents: Data.index -- Data.simplex -- Data.duplex -- Data.triplex -- Data.multiplex -- Data.complex -- Data.hypercomplex -- Data.googolplex -- Data.microhelix -- Data.superhelix -- Data.minimax -- Data.syntax -- Data.telex -- Data.flex -- Data.reflex -- Data.convex -- Data.vertex -- Data.vortex -- Data.matrix -- Data.adaplex.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Raster Noton 2005