Summary: "Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sámi girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930's and race biology examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture"--IMDb.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Synergetic Distribution 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SAMLessing, Doris May
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968.91 LessiLessing, Doris May
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial Classics 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLessing, Doris May
Contents: The grandmothers -- Victoria and the Staveneys -- The reason for it -- A love child.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLessing, Doris May
Summary: "This is a tale of love--and of the ancient war between men and women--that beguiles and charms like a true fable. It follows Shikasta, which Time magazine hailed as "Dazzling. . . .At once a brief history of the world, a tract against human destructiveness, an ode to the natural beauties of this earth, and a hymn to the music of the spheres." This second book brings us into the territory of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1980
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLessing, Doris May
Summary: Feeling trapped and alienated by her husband, Martha Quest must choose between the security of marriage and the sacrifices of independence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLessing, Doris May
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.914 LESDay, Doris
Summary: A labor/management dispute at the Sleeptite Pajama Factory is the subject of this musical comedy.Employees of the Sleeptite Pajama Factory are looking for a whopping seven-and-a-half cent an hour increase and they won't take no for an answer. Babe Williams is their feisty employee representative but she may have found her match in shop superintendent Sid Sorokin. When the two get together they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 0000
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS PAJLessing, Doris May
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flamingo 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLessing, Doris May
Summary: An old woman falls in love with a man who could be her grandson. She is Sarah Durham, 65, a widow working in the theater in England and she develops a passion for a young actor. A look at love in the golden age by the author of The Golden Notebook.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLessing, Doris May
Summary: Ben, now grown and in the care of good-hearted prostitute Rita and her boyfriend, unknowingly helps them transport drugs to Paris.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLessing, Doris May
Summary: In an ancient society solely populated by women whose childbirth cycles are controlled by the moon, community harmony is thrown into jeopardy by the unheralded birth of a boy, whose existence brings into awareness the role of gender in virtually every aspect of daily life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.914 LESLessing, Doris May
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1983
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLessing, Doris May
Summary: In a world destroyed by environmental damage, a people trek north in search of the remnants of civilization. They include two children and it is through their eyes that the novel analyzes the real meaning of civilization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFlamingo 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLessing, Doris May
Summary: Intelligent, sensitive, and fiercely passionate, Martha Quest is a young woman living on a farm in Africa, feeling her way through the torments of adolescence and early womanhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLessing, Doris May
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.914 LESLessing, Doris May
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf : distributed by Random House 1979
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLessing, Doris May
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1980
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESLessing, Doris May
Contents: Schlueter, P. Introduction.--The small personal voice.--Preface to The golden notebook.--Newquist, R. Interview with Doris Lessing.--Raskin, J. Doris Lessing at Stony Brook: an interview.--Howe, F. A talk with Doris Lessing.--My father.--Afterword to The story of an African farm, by Olive Schreiner.--Allah be praised.--In the world, not of it.--Vonnegut's responsibility.--Ant's eye view: a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf; [distributed by Random House] 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.9 LESSummary: Set during the height of the Bosnian War in 1993, a group of Bosnian soldiers are advancing on Serb territory under the cover of a foggy night. At daybreak, the fog lifts, and the Serbs open fire. Soon there is only one Bosnian survivor because he was able to dive into a trench in no man's land. He then watches as two Serbian soldiers use the body of a fallen Bosnian to bait a land mine. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie NoSummary: The Ultra City Smiths story unfolds via the stop-motion animation of baby dolls repurposed as a grown-up cast of characters. The series hinges on an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of fictional metropolis Ultra City's most famous magnate. Two intrepid detectives follow the case, rallying to fight against their city's dangerous corruption, at a high cost to themselves and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ULTLessing, Doris May
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LESDay, Doris J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.72 DAYWinwood, Steve
Contents: Disc one. Dimples ; I can't stand it ; Every little bit hurts ; Strong love ; Keep on running ; Somebody help me ; When I come home ; Gimme some lovin' ; I'm a man (Spencer Davis Group) -- I want to know ; Crossroads (Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse) -- Paper sun ; Dealer ; Coloured rain ; No face, no name, no number ; Heaven is in your mind ; Smiling phases ; Dear Mr. Fantasy ; Pearly queen ;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island 1995