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Art schools Japan Comic books, strips, etc Art students Japan Comic books, strips, etc Cafés Japon Tōkyō Romans, nouvelles, etc Coffeehouses Japan Tokyo Fiction High school students Japan Comic books, strips, etc Interpersonal relations Fiction Japan Tokyo Korean Americans Fiction Time travel Fiction Voyages dans le temps Romans, nouvelles, etcSummary: In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord, The Governor, whose adopted granddaughter Bernice has run away. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within five days if he doesn't find the missing girl, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman, and his own path to redemption.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRISummary: Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her, but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel uncover a plot by the Toymaster to use a secret, potentially deadly element in his new video game, the characters created by players manifest in real life. The ultimate fighting game results--and a world-wide network of players must team up to create the most powerful, skilled Super Heroes imaginable with one goal: To kill Batman. When Batman and Superman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2014
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2 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATYamaguchi, Tsubasa
Summary: "Yatora studies hard and gets good grades, and he parties hard, staying out late drinking and watching soccer with his friends. He checks all the boxes he needs to be the perfect high school student. But it all starts to feel empty, and he begins to wonder what part of his life expresses who he is...or even if he has a unique voice at all. Then he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2023
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Summary: In a small back alley in Tokyo at a century-old coffee shop rumored to offer patrons the chance to travel back in time, four customers reevaluate their formative life choices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KAWKeller, Tae
Summary: "After just barely surviving their last trip to the Rainbow Realm, Mihi Whan Park and her friends Reese and Savannah know that stepping back through the library refrigerator and into the magical fairy-tale world would be a dangerous choice. But when they discover that Mihi's nemesis, Genevieve, has crossed through the fridge and into the Rainbow Realm herself, Mihi, Reese, and Savannah decide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KELKawaguchi, Toshikazu
Summary: In a back alley in Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee--the chance to travel back in time. With faces both familiar and new, Tales from the Cafe follows the story of four patrons who visit to take advantage of café Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling offer and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2021
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Summary: When busy Santa selects the presents by peering through the windows of each house and guessing what animal lives there, the results are often unexpected. Features die-cut illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GOMKuwabara, Taku
Summary: "TALL TALES FROM THE TROPOSPHERE: The ferocious ship eater is slain, Vannie is recovering, and the crew is finally back in the black! The stalwart drakers land in the city of Harley for some much-needed shore leave. But waiting for them in the city along with the warm food and cold drink is a trip into Mika's past. A washed-up dragon chaser named Cujo tells the story of how he and Mika braved...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DRIYamaguchi, Tsubasa
Summary: "Yatora studies hard and gets good grades, and he parties hard, staying out late drinking and watching soccer with his friends. He checks all the boxes he needs to be the perfect high school student. But it all starts to feel empty, and he begins to wonder what part of his life expresses who he is...or even if he has a unique voice at all. Then he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLUGomi, Tar
Summary: Little Boat has a lot to watch out for: big boats, waves, rain, and rough weather--but he is brave and determined, and in the end he is reunited with his parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2018
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE GOMKeller, Tae
Summary: Mihi and her friends head back to the Rainbow Realm to save Princess Pat from a destructive quest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KELTauk, Mamie
Summary: Jack, the Scarecrow, believes he has to be scary because he's a scarecrow. Until one day he realizes that just because he is a scarecrow doesn't mean he has to act like one. Read about Jack as he makes a few unlikely friendships and realizes that being kind is exactly how he likes to be.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: FriesenPress 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE TAU (Basket)Yamaguchi, Kristi.
Summary: Poppy is a waddling, toddling pig with big dreams. She wants to be a star! But she soon discovers that's not as easy as it sounds. It's only when Poppy feels the magic of gliding and sliding, swirling and twirling on ice that our most persistent pig truly believes in herself: Poppy, star of the rink.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Yamaguchi 2011Yamaguchi, Tsubasa
Summary: "Summer whizzes by like a typhoon, and Yatora has learned that large-scale pieces--in production and concept--only come together with elbow grease and teamwork. TUA opens its gates once more for the second term and Yatora's back at it. . .But he hasn't picked up a brush in months!"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLUYamaguchi, Tsubasa
Summary: "Art has changed the course of Yatora's once dull life, and now he's aiming for Japan's most competitive art school. With entrance exams a year away, he'll need to expand his limited eye for art, and quickly. He turns to new peers and the masters to envision pieces only he can produce, and soon dives into his first competition--the same one where his Art Club role model nearly scored last...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLUYamaguchi, Tsubasa
Summary: "Relief is short-lived for Yatora after his first competition, where his piece ranks higher than expected but is far from his dream school's standards. He's prepared to give Ooba-sensei's challenges everything he's got...but what if all he's got is still not enough? With 100 days until university exams, Yatora must toil to produce a piece only he can."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLUYamaguchi, Yoji
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YAMPak, Greg
Summary: "After spending thirteen years in a war that made him a monster, a Chinese gunslinger named Kingsway Law just wants to live in peace with his wife, Sonia. But even in a fantastical Old West crackling with magic, a man of his skills can never quite disappear. So when a woman with a red-gold sword brings bloody chaos to his doorstep, Kingsway must fight for his life, his wife, and his very soul"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PAKPak, Kenard
Summary: "In a simple, evocative conversation with nature, a young girl witnesses how the season changes from summer to autumn"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E PAKCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PAKSummary: The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SNO1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SNO
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
Summary: The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series. The regulars at the magical Cafe Funiculi Funicula are well acquainted with its famous legend and extraordinary time-travel offer. Many patrons have reunited with old flames, made amends with estranged family and visited loved ones. But the journey is not without risks, and there are rules to follow. In the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAWKawaguchi, Toshikazu
Summary: "From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Tales from the Café comes another story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Café Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling offer. Along with some familiar faces from Kawaguchi's previous novels, readers will also be introduced to a daughter, a comedian, a sister and a lover, each with something they wish they had said...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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Summary: "Troy has been having nightmares about El ever since the psychic girl embarrassed him and now he is on a mission to prove that it was all a trick. But it wasn't!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2020