Summary: A feisty, Bangladeshi teen-aged painter sets out on a quest to save her ailing father. Her artistic gift has blossomed with his encouragement but hasn't yet proven financially rewarding. Naima's mother dashes such childish dreams, which sends the frustrated teen off to the big city, determined to earn money for the family's survival. And she does, by disguising herself as a boy to get a job as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RICGaiman, Neil
Summary: "Neil Gaiman's award-winning masterpiece The Sandman continues here, filled with the art from the medium's most gifted talent. This volume picks up where the last left off in Morpheus' ongoing saga as he travels through the dreaming. This book collects The Sandman #38-56 as well as tales from Vertigo Preview #1. Lose yourself in Gaiman's fantastic worlds and continue the fantasy with The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Disc 1. Bellbottoms (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) (5:17) -- Harlem shuffle (Bob & Earl) (2:50) -- Egyptian reggae (Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers) (2:37) -- Smokey Joe's la la (Googie René) (2:55) -- Let's go away for awhile (The Beach Boys) (2:17) -- B-A-B-Y (Carla Thomas) (2:54) -- Kashmere (Kashmere Stage Band) (4:56) -- Unsquare dance (The Dave Brubeck Quartet) (2:02) -- Neat neat...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 30th Century Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC BABGaiman, Neil
Summary: "Neil Gaiman and Eisner Award-winning comics legend P. Craig Russell breathe new life into the ancient Norse stories in this comic-book adaptation of the hit novel Norse Mythology. Gaiman and Russell team with a legendary collection of artists to take readers through a series of Norse myths, including the creation of the Nine Worlds, the loss of Odin's eye and source of his knowledge, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC NORLoeb, Jeph.
Summary: Comic industry giants Jeph Loeb (Batman: The Long Halloween) and Joe Kelly (X-Men), along with some of the hottest up-and-coming artists in the business, usher in a new generation of Superman excitement by taking the Man of Steel back to basics. He's died, been resurrected, exiled, accused, turned blue and even split in two, but now, in the capable hands of two of comics' most happening...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2000
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SUPLoeb, Jeph.
Summary: Superman's hometown has grown up a bit in his absence, and he is called back to defend it against eco-terrorism, lake demons and other threats. Upon his return to Metropolis, our hero gets a visit from one of his deadliest foes, the Parasite, who's hungry for a rematch with the Man of Steel. But Superman's greatest challenge lies in his own home. Marital problems have come to the Kent house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2001
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SUPRucka, Greg
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2002
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATSummary: In one tale Terry McGinnis hunts a murderer throughout the streets of Neo-Gotham. In another magical adventure, Zatanna and Batman come together every year the two to defeat an evil curse. This year they fail, and the world is in peril because of it. And that's just the beginning of the twists and turns collected in Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 4! --Amazon
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATRussell, P. Craig.
Summary: The King of All Night's Dreaming is drawn into a tale about a monk, a fox woman, and an evil man set in ancient Japan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics/Vertigo 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GAIRussell, P. Craig
Summary: Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GAIBagman.
Contents: Rock 'n' roll -- Warp -- Bosh (Gaijin mix) -- Mama -- Headinabag -- 1 time 4 your mind (3x) -- The last laugh.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Invisible Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BAGSummary: Baham Farjami, a filmmaker who has not directed for 20 yeards due to censorship, experiences a strange set of coincidences that convince him that the Angel of Death is near.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SMESummary: Debbie Ocean, the estranged sister of infamous criminal mastermind Danny Ocean, seeks to carry on the family business by plotting an enormous heist on New York's annual Met Gala. After being released from prison, Debbie recruits her best friend Lou to set out and assemble a team of larcenists. This hodgepodge, seven-member team includes everyone from a street pick-pocket, a computer hacker, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY OCECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD OCECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OCECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OcCarman
Contents: Disc 1. Heart of a champion -- Jesus period -- Prayer -- Great God -- A witch's invitation -- Who's in the house -- The river -- Holdin' on -- My story -- Jericho, the shout of victory -- I feel Jesus -- Now's the time -- Legendary mission -- Mission 3:16 -- America again.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sparrow Records 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS CARRahman, Bahram
Summary: "Five-year-old Pari accompanies her mother on her library bus rounds for the first time, stopping at a village and a refugee camp so that girls there can exchange books and have a lesson in English. Talking with her mother as they drive, Pari learns that she is lucky that she can attend school the next year. Pari's mother had to learn in secret when it was forbidden to teach girls to read, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAHSummary: Debbie Ocean, the estranged sister of infamous criminal mastermind Danny Ocean, seeks to carry on the family business by plotting an enormous heist on New York's annual Met Gala. After being released from prison, Debbie recruits her best friend Lou to set out and assemble a team of larcenists. This hodgepodge, seven-member team includes everyone from a street pick-pocket, a computer hacker, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Ocean's 2018Carman
Contents: I got the joy (4:29) -- Sunday's on the way (6:17) -- Revive us, oh Lord (3:46) -- Lazarus come forth (6:24) -- Soap song (1:52) -- Lord of all (4:05) -- Revival in the land (6:29) -- God's got an army (4:27) -- No way, we are not ashamed (4:16) -- Radically saved (2:30) -- This blood -- Fear not my child (5:29) -- Celebrating Jesus (4:17) -- The champion (6:53) -- Serve the Lord (5:13).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sparrow 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RELIGIOUS CARRahman, Yasmin
Summary: Suffering from anxiety and depression, sixteen-year-old Mehreen Miah joins MementoMori, a website that allocates matches a method and date of death, and meets Cara and Olivia, but as the girls grow closer they realize the value of living, starting a sinister game as the website will not let them go.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FC RAHRahmani, Niloofar
Summary: In 2010, for the first time since the Soviets, Afghanistan allowed women to join the armed forces, and Niloofar entered Afghanistan’s military academy. Niloofar had to break through social barriers to demonstrate confidence, leadership, and decisiveness—essential qualities for a combat pilot. Niloofar performed the first solo flight of her class—ahead of all her male classmates—and in 2013...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAHMANI, NILOOFAR RAHSummary: Soran is a 13-year-old boy who orders other children around as he installs an antennae for villagers keen to hear of Saddam's fall. When, he falls for the quiet, beautiful Agrin, he is disturbed by her brother Henkov who can seemingly predict the future.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TURRahman, Bahram
Summary: Young Aria returns to school after recovering from an accident and being fitted with a prosthetic leg, but the school has no furniture and sitting on the floor is too painful. She finds a way to build her own bench, surprising and inspiring her classmates. A sensitive author's note addresses the author's experience growing up in Afghanistan during the civil war and the legacy of landmines. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press Inc. 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Rahman, Husna
Summary: Losing things can be hard but it's always exciting when we find them again! But what happens when we lose something we can never get back? A little girl shares some of her fondest memories as she tries to make sense of losing something very, very special.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bright Book Box 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE RAHNocera, Joseph
Summary: "Indentured tells the dramatic story of a loose-knit group of rebels who decided to fight the hypocrisy of the NCAA, which blathers endlessly about the purity of its "student-athletes" while exploiting many of them: The ones who get injured and drop out because their scholarships have been revoked. The ones who will neither graduate nor go pro. The ones who live in terror of accidentally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio / Penguin 2016