Summary: A wealthy merchant in nineteenth century Macao becomes obsessed with bringing to life an oft-related anecdote about a rich man who gives a poor sailor a small sum of money to impregnate his wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IMMContents: Komoriuta: Lullaby (variations) / Tanaka (Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi ; Utazumi Kunishige, koto) (7:42) -- Toge hachi-ri: Eight miles through a mountain pass / Tanaka (Tozan Tanno, Tozan Hara, Shakuhachi) (7:06) -- Kuon no hikari: Eternal lights / Tanaka (Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi ; Utazumi Kunishige, koto) (6:50) -- Umi: Sea fantasy / Hoshida (Tozan Hara, Shakuhachi ; Soyo Nakamura, Reiko...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hemisphere 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/ASIAN TANMoran, Michelle.
Summary: The world knows Madame Tussaud as a wax artist extraordinaire ... but who was this woman who became one of the most famous sculptresses of all time? Spanning five years, from the budding revolution to the Reign of Terror, "Madame Tussaud" brings us into the world of an incredible heroine whose talent for wax modeling saved her life and preserved the faces of a vanished kingdom.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishing Group 2011
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Moran, Michelle.
Summary: The marriage of Marc Antony and Cleopatra is one of the greatest love stories of all time, a tale of unbridled passion with earth-shaking political consequences. Feared and hunted by the powers in Rome, the lovers choose to die by their own hands as the triumphant armies of Antony's revengeful rival, Octavian, sweep into Egypt. Their three orphaned children are taken in chains to Rome; only...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishing Group 2009
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Moran, Michelle
Summary: "From the international bestselling author of Rebel Queen and Nefertiti comes a captivating novel about the infamous Mata Hari, exotic dancer, adored courtesan, and, possibly, relentless spy. Paris, 1917. The notorious dancer Mata Hari sits in a cold cell awaiting freedom...or death. Alone and despondent, Mata Hari is as confused as the rest of the world about the charges she's been arrested...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORMoran, Michelle
Summary: "From the international bestselling author of Rebel Queen and Nefertiti comes a captivating novel about the infamous Mata Hari, exotic dancer, adored courtesan, and, possibly, relentless spy. Paris, 1917. The notorious dancer Mata Hari sits in a cold cell awaiting freedom ... or death. Alone and despondent, Mata Hari is as confused as the rest of the world about the charges she's been arrested...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Moran 2016Moran, Michelle.
Summary: Transport to the colorful and dangerous court of imperial Rome and into the remarkable lives of two young captives--the children of Cleopatra, Egypt's most powerful and notorious ruler, and her lover Marc Antony. Taken in chains to Rome as ten-year-olds, twins Selene and Alexander cling to each other, and to the hope of one day returning to their rightful place on the throne of Egypt.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC MORMoran, Michelle.
Summary: The marriage of Marc Antony and Cleopatra is one of the greatest love stories of all time, a tale of unbridled passion with earth-shaking political consequences. Feared and hunted by the powers in Rome, the lovers choose to die by their own hands as the triumphant armies of Antony's vengeful rival, Octavian, sweep into Egypt. Their three orphaned children are taken in chains to Rome; only...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2009
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Moran, Michelle.
Summary: In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family's past and remake history. Nefertari has been left to run wild in the palace, but catches the eye of the Crown Prince. All of Egypt opposes this union, and political adversity sets the country on edge.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORMoran, Michelle.
Summary: Draws on primary sources to recreate the wildly promiscuous court of Napoleon Bonaparte through the experiences of his stepdaughter Hortense, his infamous sister Pauline, and his freedom-seeking Austrian wife Marie-Louise.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORHogan, Michelle
Summary: Following her firsthand success with the keto diet, author Michelle Hogan shares her knowledge in Keto in 28. This comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide shows you how to make lasting changes--with big results--over the course of 28 days. Learn how to transition, and commit, to a keto lifestyle, with: a practical 28-day meal plan that cuts carbs, curbs sugar cravings, and encourages creative ways...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sonoma Press 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 HOGMaynard, Micheline
Summary: "From an accomplished national journalist, a lively look at the inception, growth, future, and unique management style of Zingerman's-a beloved, $70 million-dollar Michigan-based specialty food store with global reach. Certain businesses are legendary, exerting immense influence in their field. Zingerman's in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is one of those places. Over the years the flagship deli has...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 MAYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Misc MaynardSlawson, Michele Benoit.
Summary: A young girl and her family spend a fall day picking apples with others from their small town.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC SLASummary: Set in England in the years leading up to the First World War, Downton Abbey tells the story of a complicated community. The house has been home to the Crawley family for many generations, but it is also where their servants live, and plan, and dream, and they are as fiercely jealous of their rank as anyone. Some of them are loyal to the family and committed to Downton as a way of life, others...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DOWSummary: Set up, double-crossed and left for dead, Machete is an ass-kicking ex-Federale who lays waste to anything that gets in his path. As he takes on hitmen, vigilantes and a ruthless drug cartel, bullets fly, blades clash and the body count rises. Any way you slice it, vengeance has a new name: Machete.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MACSummary: Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. A pocket full of rye: Who poisoned the wealthy businessman Rex rotescue? Miss Marple barely has time to ponder this question before her former maid Gladys turns up strangled on the Fortescue estate. Murder is Easy: Murder is easy, says elederly Miss Pinkerton to Miss Marple...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV AGABresnahan, Michaeline.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: S. Greene Press/Pelham Books 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.478 BRESummary: Join Barbie, Chelsea, and her puppy Honey as they swim through rainbow rivers with beautiful mermaids and fly through cotton candy clouds with fairies. All you have to do is dream!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BARSummary: An honest, moving and uninhibited love story. The uncompromising portrait of Dean and Cindy, a young married couple who have grown apart, taking one night away from their daughter to try to save their relationship. Highlighted by provocative scenes alternately intimate and intense, the film captured audiences and critics alike.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2011
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BLUMichelinie, David.
Summary: Captain America, Iron Man, Ms. Marvel, and their teammates unite to fight the elder god Chthon who is on the loose again after spending over forty years imprisoned in Mount Wundagore.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 AVEMichelinie, David.
Summary: Iron Man faces his most untouchable foe in criminal industrialist Justin Hammer and his literal army of super-villains! But can the Armored Avenger overcome an even more implacable personal demon, invulnerable to technology or wealth?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MICRohan, Ethel
Summary: "At four hundred pounds, Billy Brennan can always count on food. From his earliest memories, he has loved food's colors, textures and tastes. The way flavors go off in his mouth. How food keeps his mind still and his bad feelings quiet. Food has always made everything better, until the day Billy's beloved son Michael takes his own life. Billy determines to make a difference in Michael's memory...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROHMarcom, Micheline Aharonian
Summary: "Emilio thinks he is living the American Dream: his parents, who emigrated from Guatemala to California, sacrifice daily to make sure of it. And his life seems relatively normal until he turns sixteen. Like most teenagers, Emilio is determined to get his driver's license--however, his mother dissuades him from doing so. When Emilio asks why, his parents reveal a shocking secret: he is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARRozan, S. J.
Summary: Investigating a rumor about new paintings by a famous contemporary Chinese artist who has been dead for twenty years, private investigator Lydia Chin and her partner, Bill Smith, discover that a new client is not who he claims to be.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2011