Summary: After gambling away his freedom, one king becomes slave to another, and uses his lowered position to expose corruption and win the love of his life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THRSummary: "Gripping saga of two rival moles--played by superstars Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah--who navigate slippery moral choices as they move between the intersecting territories of Hong Kong's police force and its criminal underworld. Set during the uncertainty of the city-state's handover from Britain to China and steeped in Buddhist philosophy, these ingeniously crafted tales of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Contents: The same -- Too high -- Cherry glow -- Real -- Roar -- Night driving -- Slow dance -- Romance -- Forever -- Let's talk.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC RHIRai, Alisha
Summary: One minute, Katrina King's enjoying an innocent conversation with a hot guy at a coffee shop; the next, a stranger has live-tweeted the entire episode with a romantic meet-cute spin and #CafeBae is the new hashtag-du-jour. The problem? Katrina craves a low-profile life, and going viral threatens the peaceful world she's painstakingly built. Besides, #CafeBae isn't the man she's hungry for . ....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rai 2020Rai, Alisha
Summary: If Sonia Patil had her way, she'd be attending her local comic con instead of covering a shift for her boss's daughter. Since Sonia's mom was deported and her sister, who never claimed deferred status under DACA, had to forgo college to support them, Sonia's had her hands full with work, school, and pretending everything is okay at home. Then Sonia, in homemade superhero cosplay, stumbles into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RAICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RAIRai, Alisha
Summary: While settling her aunt's affairs with the help of Naveen Desai, a lawyer--and the man she rejected--Mira and Naveen find themselves in a mad dash through Las Vegas, following clues to untangle the mess her family left behind, which puts both their lives in danger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RAIRai, Alisha
Summary: "Two rival dating app creators find themselves at odds in the boardroom but in sync in the bedroom. Rhiannon Hunter may have revolutionized romance in the digital world, but in real life she only swipes right on her career--and the occasional hookup. Thecynical dating app creator controls her love life with a few key rules: - Nude pics are by invitation only - If someone stands you up, block...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RAISummary: Computer hackers demand ransom when they break into a computer system with a powerful and apparently unstoppable virus. A mysterious young woman quickly saves the business. She requests a meeting with the company's CEO and he ends up getting more than he bargained for. Lynn turns out to be a highly skilled assassin, who knocks off the CEO with the help of her younger sister Sue. Hong, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SORae Sremmurd (Rap duo)
Contents: Origami (Hotties) -- Royal flush (ft. Young Thug) -- Mississippi slide -- Tanisha (Pump that) -- Bend ya knees -- Activate (ft. Future) -- Flaunt it/Cheap -- Sexy -- YMCA -- Something I'm not -- Torpedo -- Diamonds dancing -- ADHD anthem (Too many emotions).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP RAEHeimans, Jeremy
Summary: Why do some leap ahead while others fall behind in our chaotic, connected age? In New Power, Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms confront the biggest stories of our time--the rise of mega-platforms like Facebook and Uber; the out-of-nowhere victories of Obama and Trump; the unexpected emergence of movements like #MeToo--and reveal what's really behind them: the rise of "new power." For most of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 005 HEITy Dolla $ign
Contents: LA (featuring Kendrick Lamar, Brandy & James Fauntleroy) -- Saved (featuring E-40) -- Straight up (featuring Jagged Edge) -- Solid (featuring Babyface) -- Horses in the stable -- Know ya (featuring Trey Songz) -- Credit (featuring Sevyn Streeter) -- Miracle/Wherever (featuring Big TC & D-Loc) -- Guard down (featuring Kanye West & Diddy) -- Sitting pretty (featuring Wiz Khalifa) -- When I see ya...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP TYCai, Chongda
Summary: "An unprecedented and heartfelt memoir that illuminates the lives of rural Chinese workers, offering a portrait of generational strife, family, love, and loss that crosses cultures and time. Cai Chongda spent his childhood in a rural fishing village in Fujian province. When his father-a former communist gang leader turned gas station owner-has a stroke that partially paralyzes him, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAI, CHONGDA CAIFernandez, Rafi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hermes House 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.595 FERAbramitzky, Ran
Summary: "Through this authoritative account of the historical record and important new findings, Abramitzky and Boustan will help shape our thinking and policies about the fraught topic of immigration with findings such as: Where you come from doesn't matter. The children of immigrants from El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala today are as likely to be as successful as the children of immigrants from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.6 ABRBai, Xue
Summary: "Written from the perspective of children who observe the world through their windows, this book for young readers looks at the lives of housebound children during the coronavirus pandemic. Inspired by true events and people from around the world, "From My Window" shows children that we all have the same fears, and that we can overcome them by being creative and empathetic, and by staying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: United Nations Publications 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAIHomans, John.
Summary: Journalist John Homans explores the dog's complex place in our world and how it came to be. Evolving from wild animals to working animals to nearly human members of our social fabric, dogs are now the subject of scientific studies concerning pet ownership, evolutionary theory, and even cognitive science. They are also subject to many of the same questions of rights and ethics as people, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 HOMIvker, Rav
Summary: "The first authoritative and comprehensive guide for treating chronic pain with medical marijuana from a holistic family physician who has treated more than six thousand chronic pain patients with cannabis. While the number of patients using medical marijuana increases every year, misconceptions about cannabis and whether it's harmful or dangerous still exist. In Cannabis for Chronic Pain, Dr....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.3 IVKTai, Lolly
Summary: The Magic of Children’s Gardens features hundreds of comprehensive drawings and gorgeous photographs of successful children’s outdoor environments, detailed explanations of the design process, and the criteria needed to create attractive and pleasing gardens for children to augment their physical, mental, and emotional development.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Temple University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 TAIUttal, Jai.
Contents: Lake of exploits (4:31) -- Hara shiva shankara (7:50) -- Be with you (5:26) -- Gopala (8:27) -- Rama bolo (7:59) -- Radhé radhé (7:29) -- Monoka (6:27) -- Beggars and saints (6:46) -- Lake of exploits pt. 2 (4:40) -- Conductor (5:49) -- Coda (1:14).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Triloka 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE UTTVai, Steve.
Contents: Celluloid heroes -- Love blood -- Music from or inspired by Crossroads. Fried chicken ; Butler's bag ; Head-cuttin' duel ; Eugene's trick bag -- Music from or inspired by Dudes. Amazing grace ; Louisiana swamp swank -- Music from or inspired by Bill & Ted's bogus journey. Air guitar hell ; Reaper ; Introducing the Wylde Stallions ; Girls mature faster than guys ; Battle ; Meet the reaper ;...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Favored Nations Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK VAIHomans, Jennifer.
Summary: Unique among the arts, ballet has no written texts or standardized notation. It is a storytelling art passed on from teacher to student. A ballerina dancing today is a link in a long chain of dancers stretching back to sixteenth-century Italy and France: Her graceful movements recall a lost world of courts, kings, and aristocracy, but her steps are also marked by the dramatic changes in dance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.8 HOMKing, Rax
Summary: "TACKY is about the power of pop culture -- like any art, low or high -- to imprint itself on our lives and shape our experiences, no matter one's commitment to "good" taste. These fifteen essays are a nostalgia-soaked antidote to the millennial generation's obsession with irony, putting the aesthetics we've learned to hate to love -- frosted tips and glosses, Sex and the City, The Cheesecake...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 KINRao, Joe.
Summary: "Did you know that comets are sometimes called "hairy stars?" Or that if you saw a sunset on the moon, the sun would look white because the moon doesn't have an atmosphere? You'll learn this and much more as you become an expert on the objects in the sky"--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2017